The May 2013 issue of Southwest Art Magazine features my painting, In Focus: Nobu Chefs, with an accompanying editorial! So exciting to be selected for this special anniversay issue!
Fresh new paintings are now available at Abend Gallery in preparation for next Friday's opening night All Gallery Show. Join us for a fun evening of art, appetizers and libations at the corner of York and Colfax streets in Denver, 5pm-9pm. You can view the new work online at my website, www.marindobson.com, under artwork, new work. Would love to hear your feedback!
Evergreen Fine Art celebrates the West with an art-filled weekend on August 26-27. The weekend kicks off with a western-style art opening on Friday, August 26, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Many of this year’s participating artists will be in attendance. That night, a silent auction called “The Masters of Today and Tomorrow” begins, featuring china plates with artwork from local fifth-grade students. The gallery hosts this special event in conjunction with Center for the Arts Evergreen.
On Saturday, August 27, the artists create new works during a Quick Draw from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in Evergreen Fine Art’s nearly half-acre sculpture garden. Following the Quick Draw is a champagne brunch. Later that day, a live auction takes place. Prior to this weekend’s festivities, the gallery asked each artist to submit an image of their choice. The artist’s images were then converted onto china plates. These unique plates, along with the artists’ paintings from the Quick Draw, are available for sale during the live auction. Proceeds from the sales of all plates benefit art education in the local schools. Tickets to Saturday’s events are $25 per person.
My painting "Dinner Rush" was selected by the jury in the March 2011 BoldBrush Painting Competion as one of the top 15%! See more winners at; http://faso.com/boldbrush/fav15/49
Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly neologism contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternative meanings for common words.
The winners are:
1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs.
2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained.
3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.
5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent.
6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightgown.
7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.
8. Gargoyle (n), olive-flavored mouthwash.
9. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller.
10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.
11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam.
12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.
13. Pokemon (n), a Rastafarian proctologist.
14. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), (back by popular demand): The belief that, when you die, your soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
16. Circumvent (n.), an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.
The Washington Post's Style Invitational also asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.
The winners are:
1. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
2. Foreploy (v): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
3. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
4. Giraffiti (n): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
5. Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
6. Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
7. Hipatitis (n): Terminal coolness.
8. Osteopornosis (n): A degenerate disease.(This one got extra credit.)
9. Karmageddon (n): its like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.
10. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
11. Glibido (v): All talk and no action.
12. Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
13. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
14. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
15. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in the fruit you're eating.
And the pick of the literature:
16. Ignoranus (n): A person who's both stupid and an asshole.
Puns for Educated Mind
1. The fattest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.
2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian .
3. She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.
4. A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class, because it was a weapon of math disruption.
5. No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery.
6. A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.
7. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.
8. Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.
9. A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it.
10. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
11. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
12. Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat said to the other: 'You stay here; I'll go on a head.'
13. I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.
14. A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said: 'Keep off the Grass.'
15. The midget fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
16. The soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.
17. A backward poet writes inverse.
18. In a democracy it's your vote that counts. In feudalism it's your count that votes.
20. If you jumped off the bridge in Paris , you'd be in Seine .
21. A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess looks at him and says, 'I'm sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed per passenger.'
23. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.
24. Two hydrogen atoms meet. One says, 'I've lost my electron.' The other says 'Are you sure?' The first replies, 'Yes, I'm positive.'
25. There was the person who sent ten puns to friends, with the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh. No pun in ten did.
Wow, am I behind on updating all my friends and collectors!!
Two of my paintings were selected for a juried show at the Madden Museum of Art in Greenwood Village! It is an exciting show with many outstanding artists participating. I am so honored to be a part of this show! The show runs through Oct. 23 at The Madden Museum of Art, 6363 S. Fiddlers Green Circle, Greenwood Village, CO, 303-773-0400. View the work online at www.theMADDENmuseum.org, or contact them at museum@theMADDENmuseum.org
I will finally be teaching and I am so excited to share my techniques, insights and resources with you! The class will be for beginners-you know you have always wanted to try your hand at painting-here is your opportunity to embark on an artistic journey in a casual fun environment where exploration of oil painting will give you a new way of 'seeing' the world! Join me for a series of three classes in Evergreen or Crested Butte where inspiration is everywhere! Contact me directly at marindobson@aol.com or the galleries at www.stoneheartgallery.com, Evergreen or www.rijksfamilygallery.com, Crested Butte for details and to register for space is very limited. Please see the outline below for general workshop information and many thanks for your support!
Artistic Journey: Dialogues and Exploration of the Basics of Oil Painting
Prior to creating a work of art an artist needs certain tools, training and a sense of adventure! Marin will present a series of three classes for the beginning oil painter.These classes will consist of a dialogue with students on the basics of oil painting, painting demonstrations, and in classes 2 and 3, student painting at the easel. It is designed to introduce the medium and jump start the artistic process. All classes will include discussion of essentials such as color, temperature, edges, form, and composition.
The first class, Where to Begin, will address the beginning stages of oil painting with discussions on paint , pallet, canvas, brushes, easels, mediums, etc. and a demonstration of technique. Students will receive information on the tools of the trade and reference materials that will help them on their journey in paint. This is a preparatory class to guide students in purchasing materials for oil painting, setting up a pallet, and will allow the student to begin with confidence. It will include information on color theory and exercises for color mixing for students to work on before the second class.
The second class, Applying Paint, will include ongoing dialogue, a demonstration and student painting experience,in which each participant will explore the medium. Students will learn to see with the artists eye, paint from life and have some fun experiencing the joy of manipulating paint with a variety of tools. We will consider the importance of composition and learn basic compositional elements. We will also view and discuss the work of a variety of artists with a range of styles and enjoy an interactive painting demonstration.
The third class, Moving On, will focus on establishing a vision for our work and the role of composition, value, edges, temperature and other elements to communicate in paint. Thumbnail sketches and the value of small works will be discussed and demonstrated. Students will have ample opportunity for questions and assistance. We will discuss how to thoughtfully take our art to the next level. A painting demonstration will be included -with interactive dialogue, of course!
Aspen Images, 30x10, Aspens of Squaw Pass in Early Morning Light, 1300
This Friday Nov 21, from 6-9pm is the annual holiday celebration and thank you party for friends an collectors at Artists on Santa Fe, 747 Santa Fe Drive in Denver. The new collections by 16 artists are wonderful to behold, to own and to give for the holidays! Drop in for excellent food and wine and a fun evening with artists and art lovers!
See you there!
Happy Holidays!Rhapsody, Aspens of McClure Pass at Sunset,36x18,2600.00
Rhapsody, Aspens of McClure Pass at Sunset,36x18,2600.00