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color inspiration. i need to paint some rooms.

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Your own photographs are a treasure trove of images for color inspiration.  Often it’s subject matter you’re drawn to (like my daughter Lucy’s hair flying) but often it’s color.  The way the colors are perceived next to each other, the saturation & depth can create unexpected combinations that work beautifully in a lot of different applications—interior design, fashion, make-up and graphic design. I wanted to show how full saturation of the colors can look pretty intense—however, move a few steps up the color sample and unlikely colors can really work together.  I had my living room painted a few years ago and it was sooooo wrong—it made me sick to my stomach.  Often with color it’s a process of elimination which is a pain, but when we get it right.  We know it’s right.

visiting old work for inspiration…

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I am working on a commissioned painting with text this week.  I wanted to take a look at the text style and size of some of my older works.  These are no longer in my possession so I have to rely on my photos.  (photos by Dok Wright)

The Federal Art Project (FAP) was the visual arts arm of the Great Depression-era New Deal Works Progress Administration Federal One program in the United States. The program operated from August 29, 1935 through June 30, 1943.

“Folk art expert Holger Cahill, who managed this large program, believed it could demonstrate the government’s commitment to the art community, give artists a sense of participation in American life, and provide the public a stake in American art.”

http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/F/FE001.html

This series I created as homage to the art created during the WPA (Works Progress Administration) under the the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration.  I love the messaging and graphic nature of the art created during that time.  Can you imagine any modern administration thinking that getting artists to work would be good for our nation’s legacy and to exhibit our government’s commitment to art. Thanks FDR, you truly were one of a kind.

This series of paintings is owned by John Canning/PCC Physician’s Computer Company in Winooski, Vermont.  I hope to sell another whole series another time in my life, it was utterly thrilling.  Thank you John.

I think I need to create a new series based on these posters.

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http://vintagraph.com/collections/wpa-posters?page=2  (You can buy amazing Federal Arts Project prints for $15)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Works_Progress_Administration_artists