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Experience Michael Orwick’s Art

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Experience Michael Orwick's Art in Color and Aroma

“My new series is based more on grounded realism and local settings. I allow my passion for nature and the way I feel, or at times how I wish the place made me feel, to work its way into the painting. It is not enough for me to just record what I see and pass it along. I love the poetic, expressive side of creating. I love to merge experience, shared sentiment, creativity and a feeling of place.”   

 

 Beautiful Consensus

“I can really see a direction emerging in my style; and the voice of my work is really coming into fruition.  Living in Oregon has always been a gift, surrounded by so much inspiration and beautiful scenery. I’m really focusing on conveying the unique atmosphere and light we get here. I’m always so intrigued by how normal seemingly mundane things can appear extraordinary when lit just so.”

Jenny Lake Canoes

“The painting above is from a photo I took on Father’s Day last year just before going on the boat tour at Jenny Lake. I received the tour as a gift from my wife and our four-year-old daughter. The weather was cold and often stormy and we camped part of the trip in the snow.  I tried to capture the cool light and turmoil of the constantly changing weather in the reflected clouds and thick active paint.”

Homeward Bound

“I’m not after a strict adherence to details. I would rather my paintings hint at mood through atmospheric brush work and serene colors.” 

Tres Folium

 “I wanted to do animation or comic books when I was a kid. The desire to tell the complete story rather than only a portion of it led me to paint on my own.”

 Shy Deere

“I like reacting and responding with those who are watching me. It creates a relationship with the piece and with the people who are observing. When I’m doing plein air painting, I’m really responding to the moment. When I’m painting in the studio, I have more time to contemplate and paint the fuller story.”

 Golden Vines

“The California Impressionists have influenced me quite a bit, and that interest led me to the Barbizon school.”  

 Sharing Shade Upon Us

“For my next group of paintings, it would be interesting to explore more about why art and wine go so nicely together. It may be something to do with refined tastes or the appreciation for things that go above and beyond the ordinary; or the fact that both give a chance to step back even just for a small amount of time and enjoy something that speaks to beauty, earth and hard work. Wine like art is different for each of us and it allows for so much personal interpretation brought from our own experiences.  A good wine should tell a story of the soil, the weather and the winemaker; just like a painting speaks about the artist, the event being depicted and the medium being used.”

www.michaelorwick.com

Thank you Michael!

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farm paintings

Artists Reception, wine tasting, fine art, and flowers...what a date!

AMATO’S GALLERY

Gallery Events

You are invited

Artists Reception

6pm-9pm, Friday, April 23

12320 SW 1st Street, 

Beaverton, OR. 97007

• Complimentary wine tasting, fine art, and

flowers...what a date!

“Secondary Colors”

show dates April 20 through May 29

featuring:

Brenda Boylan - pastel

Chris Helton-watercolor

Michael Orwick - oil

Joe Pogan - found metal sculpture

Donna Sanson - watercolor

An opening reception with wine tasting on Friday, April 23rd is free and open to the public. Come join in the fun, meet the artists, and sip some wine!

– Amato’s Gallery located at 12320 1st Street in downtown Beaverton, Oregon announces a new show that explores the use of artists ‘secondary colors’ of green, orange and violet in works by award-winning Beaverton artists Brenda Boylan, Chris Helton, Michael Orwick and Donna Sanson. In addition the exhibition includes “found metal” animal sculptures by Joe Pogan and runs April 13 through May 24, 2010.

Amato’s Gallery is located inside Amato’s Floral, Wine and Gifts, 12320 SW 1st Street, Beaverton, Oregon. Gallery hours: Monday to Friday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, Saturday, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Phone 503-601-3300 for more information.

Gallery Hours: Mon. - Fri. 10-5; Sat. 10-4

All paintings by on this post by Michael Orwick

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dance paintings

DragonFire Spring Unveiling!

Look for a few new paintings in my back corner by the fire place.
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Cultivate patience in your heart and you will improve. Learn to see well and your hand will become sure. (Charles Philip Brooks)

Loved this and wanted to share: Letter to the Student of Painting April 9, 2010 "Letter to the Student of Painting" "Your day contains a great measure of freedom. Your responsibility as a painter is here within the walls of the studio and in the setting of the landscape. You have the opportunity to exercise genuine mastery at every step, and it is in this spirit of grand possibility that I hope you will reflect on the advice made plain here. Do not grieve too long for the troubles of the outside world. There is important work to be done here. We can best express our care for all others by attending to our work well. Allow yourself the peace of purpose and the knowledge that to make another attempt with the brush is a noble thing. If you accept the discipline of the truest principles of art, then yours is the reward of an unbroken line of tradition. Therefore, you may earnestly free your mind of all heartaches, sadness, and transitory despairs. Creation is above these things. Your vocation is as real and as true as any other. Those who denounce the artist as idle manifest a deep ignorance of the nature of art. Have faith that the civilized will somewhere, at some time, value your well-wrought works. It is a miracle that the world keeps its havens for art and yet it does. Know that to create art is to do a necessary piece of work. The most noble pleasures and measureless joys result from such endeavors. True art is undeniable and it is a gift for all humanity. The threefold responsibility of the artist is: to creation, to individual talent, and to humanity. For creation - the whole of nature - we must cultivate prayerful awe. This is our source of work and our refuge as well. We should seek harmony with nature. For the individual talent - long hours and years of steady industry hope to find our abilities fulfilled, our minds, hearts, and hands put to valuable service. In this way, we maintain the sanctity of art. Lastly, we make to humanity a willing gift of all we do. Our control over the material world lasts only a lingering moment and it takes a generous soul to build the ambition of a lifetime and then to hand it over in trust to the future. Painting requires the bravery of solitude. Painting requires disciplined labor. To be a painter is to search the world with a benevolent eye for every subtle beauty that the infinite world offers. Here is the opportunity to give your honest effort and to add in any small way to the legacy of art. Cultivate patience in your heart and you will improve. Learn to see well and your hand will become sure. No pain or doubt can invade the honest soul engaged in the communion of creation. We artists must love the world with our deepest selves and forgive it at every turn. To paint even a little passage with a measure of quality is to achieve a life's triumph. Spend your days wisely with the best thoughts and works of those who have walked the road before you. Search their paths, their timeless inspirations, and the lineage of their genius. Learn your craft well and your talent will mature into its full possibility. Keep an obedient heart before nature. She is the master above all other masters. Nature is the concrete manifestation of all that remains true and sublime. Let us always be thankful for her abundance and hopeful that we might approach her in our art. Nature will renew every generation of painters, ready to illuminate the minds of those who practice the art with what is calm, rational, beautiful, sublime, and eternal. Such is the purity of your vocation. Treat every moment before the easel as a quick and tender opportunity. Invest your most noble self. Give your most noble self. To be a painter is to enjoy a precious state of life." (Charles Philip Brooks) Cultivate patience in your heart and you will improve. Learn to see well and your hand will become sure. (Charles Philip Brooks) Esoterica: FYI, we've put a selection of Charles Brooks' paintings at the top of the current clickback. Current clickback: "Fun with retreads" looks at ways to successfully alter earlier works and to make them more effective. Readers also question whether the effort is worthwhile. Your further opinion and information are appreciated. Charles Brooks' paintings are also included. Read this letter online and give us your feedback on Charles Brooks' remarkable letter. Live comments are encouraged. You can also send your illustratable remarks directly to Robert at rgenn@saraphina.com. Charles Brooks is at cpbrooks08@gmail.com Every day there are new features going into The Painter's Post. This online arts aggregator has links to art info, ideas, inspiration and unmitigated creative fun. If a friend is trying to subscribe to the Twice-Weekly Letter via Constant Contact, please let them know that as well as subscribing they must confirm their subscription. You can also follow Robert's valuable insights and see further feedback on Facebookand Twitter.

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3 great Oregon workshops this Summer with my Friend Elio camacho

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Hello everyone,here are 3 different opportunities to paint, play and learn from my good friend Elio in his signature Alla Prima style. I have taken two workshops in the last few years with him and always learn so much and have such a great time that I look forward to pushing my self again.Join Elio Camacho for five days of plein air painting instruction on the Columbia River Gorge. Elio studied under Russian Impressionist Ovanes Berberian and is influenced by master impressionists such as Bongart, Sorrolla, and Fechin. Last year Elio was named "Artist to Watch" in the July Issue of Southwest Art. Students of Elio can't say enough good things about him: (reviews and testimonials here).
#1Elio Camacho workshop July 5-9, 2010 Columbia River Gorge

Breathtaking views! What else can you say about this wonderful location. Simply one of the most spectacular places I have ever painted. 

Each time I paint my goal is to capture the particular mood of the moment and to express myself in a bold and colorful way and while capturing the beauty and spontaneity of nature. Putting passion and emotion into a painting is far more important then just making a copy of your subject.

If you have similar goals and want to learn to fill your canvases with color and boldness then this class may be for you.

Some of the things we will cover are:

• Stroke angle and how it affect depth in thick loose strokes
  
• Properly holding a brush to ensure you have limitless possibilities with your strokes
  
• Brush speed
  
• Time management and capturing the moment: The question most often asked is “how do you deal with the changing light”. We will cover efficient ways of painting so you dont waste strokes or motions.
  
• Forget formulas and learn to “SEE”: Learning see nature as paint.
  
• Color temperature
  
• Harmony
  
• Each day will end with a group critique
  

To find out more and register:Workshop information

#2

On Behalf of the Walters Cultural Arts Center:

 

Plein Air Painting workshop with guest artist Elio Camacho

16 to Adult

Walters Cultural Arts Center

Join well known and vibrant Bay Area painter Elio Camacho for this special two day Plein Air workshop preceding the Hillsboro Plein Air Painting Event on July 17^th. Painters will join Elio at various Hillsboro locations and brush up on their skills while painting the town.  Elio’s colorful approach to painting and his sunny disposition is guaranteed to inspire. Each work shop participant will also receive entry to Hillsboro Plein Air and a Hillsboro Plein Air T-shirt. For more information about this incredible painter go to his website; www.eliocamacho.com

In his words:

“Each time I paint my goal is to capture the particular mood of the moment and to express myself in a bold and colorful way and while capturing the beauty and spontaneity of nature. Putting passion and emotion into a painting is far more important than just making a copy of your subject.”

“If you have similar goals and want to learn to fill your canvases with color and boldness then this class may be for you.”

“Depending on your level and goals we will try to develop a program for improving your ability as a painter.”

Some of the things we will cover are:

·         Stroke angle and how it affects depth in thick loose strokes

·         Properly holding a brush to ensure you have limitless possibilities with your strokes

·         Brush speed

·         Time management and capturing the moment: The question most often asked is “how do you deal with the changing light”. We will cover efficient ways of painting so you don’t waste strokes or motions.

·         Forget formulas and learn to “SEE”: Learning see nature as paint.

·         Color temperature

·         Harmony

Students will need to bring all their own materials and will be given a map to locate Elio after they check in at the Walters Cultural Arts Center morning of the first day.

Day:                 Thursday, July 15 and Friday, July 16

Time:               9am to 4pm

Fee:                 $175

Location:        Walters Cultural Arts Center, 527 East Main Street, Hillsboro, OR.

Call 503-615-3485 to register for course #23779.

#3

Sign up now to secure your spot!Lavender Festival Paint  out with Elio Camacho

The plein air workshop with Elio Camacho will be held June 25, 26 and 27, 2010 at Wild Rain Farm and/or Woodland Lavender. This is the beginning of the paint out in lavender farms all over Oregon. Please, direct any questions regarding the workshop to:

Yamhill Lavender Festival…Yamhill, Oregon

This promises to be a fantastic year for the Yamhill Lavender Festival, starting with the Elio Camacho workshop. We are excited to tell you that the response re: the plein air workshop taught by renowned artist Elio Camacho was even better than we imagined.

The workshop will be held June 25, 26 and 27, 2010 at either Wild Rain Farm or Woodland Lavender. The cost is $265. There are only 16 spots available. To secure your place, a deposit of $50 is due with the balance of $215 due by June 1, 2010.

The workshop will kick off the Yamhill Lavender Festival Plein Air Paint Out. The paint out (which costs $25 to participate) will begin June 25 and go through July 9, 2010. The festival itself will be July 10 and 11, 2010 at Beulah Park in Yamhill. More on the paint out and festival in April.

Direct any questions to:

Cathy Long (503) 857-0145
e-mail: stevewlong@comcast.net
Susan Day (503) 662-3339

Mail registration of workshop to: ECW c/o Cathy Long 1320 SW 2nd St McMinnville, OR 97128-5440 
Make checks out to: ECW/YLF

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Artists enter paintings in the art show at the Lavender festival in Yamhill July 10 & 11th, which offers cash prizes and ribbons and potential sales, the art show then is shown in two places in McMinnville for the successive month for more possible sales.

Born on the island of Madeira, hundreds of miles south of Portugal in the North Atlantic Ocean. 

Long an admirer of the master impressionists such as Bongart, Sorrolla, and Fechin, in his mid-twenties Camacho decided to follow his childhood passion of fine art. Intensive studies with Ovanes Berberian led to the development of a distinct style with abstract brush work.

All of his paintings are in the Alla Prima style to capture the first impression and light on a given subject. He has exhibited in galleries and plein air painting events throughout the United States.

http://www.eliocamacho.com/theJourney/columbia-river-gorge-workshops

All the best

Michael Orwick

www.michaelorwick.com

First Glance Feature: Michael Orwick: Cole Gallery

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This month's First Glance Feature: New Works by Michael Orwick April 1st ~ April 30th "When Day is Done" 18x24, Oil by Michael Orwick Michael's new show brings his characteristic Art Deco infulenced work with a new perspective from  the pre-impressionists of Barbizon painters.   This group of artists were the first to paint outside so as to truly study light and air and how it interacted to unveil the physical world.   View Michael's luminous pieces in person at the gallery from now until April 30th.   To view Michael Orwick's new show on-line click here.                                                              "Golden Still" 24x12 Oil                                     "Tall and Proud" 16x8 Oil Read about our new shows along with postings by our artists, staff and instructors on our blog site!   To check out our latest blog posting click here To follow us on Twitter click here.      To become a fan on Facebook click here. Cole Gallery & Artist Supplies 107 5TH AVE SOUTH   ·   EDMONDS, WASHINGTON 98020    425.697.2787 www.ColeGallery.net      Open Tues ~ Sat 10:00 - 6:00, Sun 12:30 ~ 5:00, Closed Mondays