Oil on Canvas Size: 8X10 Price $100 S&H: $10 It always amazes me to see how much snow still remains high in the mountains in late June, early July; enjoyable time to hike and to paint. To see more of my art work you may visit my websites: www.marylandis.com www.marylandis.blogspot.com A BIG HELLO AND THANK YOU FROM MARY LANDIS, MARY LANDIS FINE ART, MARY LANDIS LANDSCAPES
This time next week, I'll be in Spring Green, Wisconsin setting up a show at my friends' gallery, Red Squared. Michael Desbarres and Ryan Hewson, recent graduates of Taliesin, the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, refitted an old auto parts store that covers 5000+ sf on two levels. They've organized a series of shows relating to art & architecture, the next of which is entitled CONJURE and will feature the artists who have come to Taliesin over many years.
My work on display includes MIGRATION, a collection of needle felted birds (seen on this blog over the past year). Indicative of invisible change, MIGRATION is conceptually and symbolically the slow process of change that is, however, immediate. The time spent in slowly felting the fiber using a single barbed needle is in line with meditation. Meditation is simultaneously an effort to cultivate stillness and a basis for progress and growth.
Also included is BREATHING ROOM, layers upon layers of translucent white paint and the transcribed syllables of the breath, are again a result of meditation – breathing and meditative mark making. The focus upon one’s breath, the sound and sensation of it, is a simple meditation technique here made visually apparent. The end product is a created atmosphere of stillness and the simple knowing of one’s living by breathing.
Oil on Canvas Size: 8X10 Price: $100 S&H: $10 This is a painting of Hallett Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park, which is a very popular peak to site and to paint. To see more of my art work you may visit my websites at: www.marylandis.comwww.marylandis.blogspot.com A BIG HELLO AND THANK YOU FROM MARY LANDIS, MARY LANDIS FINE ART, MARY LANDIS LANDSCAPES, IN THE SWEETHEART CITY, LOVELAND, COLORADO.
I have to admit that I am a rather analog guy and this blog should serve as an experiment to enter my personal digital age.
My aim is to communicate and share on this blog all the wonderful and amazing things, people and events related to my obsession with arts, design and architecture that I have the pleasure to discover, work and live with.
Oil on Canvas Size: 8X10 Price: $100 S&H: $10 Painting in Rocky Mountain National Park is never boring; any way you turn your head, there is a breathtaking scene to be painted. This little homestead in Moraine Park was perfect for an intimate 8X10 painting. To see more of my art work you may visit my websites at: www.marylandis.comwww.marylandis.blogspot.com A BIG HELLO AND THANK YOU FROM MARY LANDIS, MARY LANDIS FINE ART, MARY LANDIS LANDSCAPES, MARY LANDIS MOUNTAIN SCENES
Today's sewing accomplishment: Fancy jade dress. Like Fancy purple, this dress is made with a cotton/polyester blend, satin finish fabric. This version incorporates another tie at back to make wearing more simple. Keeping this dress simple, with embellishments centered on fit, is the goal in my design.
Arlene Shechet's cast paper art works currently on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver are a brilliant change from the often color-lost, subject-heavy paper pulp work I relate to paper making. Often categorized as craft, paper-making rises to an honorable height with Shechet's work. Above, a detail of Shechet's paper work. Her colors, amorphous fields and fluid lines create depth and atmosphere with stunning clarity and simplicity. Shechet confidently gifts the viewer with continuity between upwards of 10 cast paper works keeping to the same pallet of color, texture and form. Go to MCA on 15th St. and Delgany St., Denver or their website to see more.
It seems I've been missing for almost a month... at least according to my holsumation posts. We did travel to Wisconsin for a week, which required working extra to prepare for being gone... I did make a commitment to myself to make 1 dress every 2 weeks starting (when?) sometime in June. I made the dress for the Guggenheim opening and finished a dress started last year. I made a commission dress for a friend of mine, drawing here - photo of actual dress to come. That dress led to another dress for myself using a variation of the style she wanted. I finally had a reason to use the last of screen printed whale fabric I printed 2 years ago. Now I'm working on more dresses of that type for potential consignment in a Denver boutique. For these I'm using solid colors of a satin finished cotton/polyester blend. Next will come some Autumn oriented styles. All my styles are personally draped patterns (meaning, I'm not using patterns from an envelope at the store right now. If I do use them, I use them for reference).
Oil on canvas Size:8X10 Price: $100 S&H: $10 I was visiting Rocky Mountain National Park, searching for a beautiful mountain vista to paint, when I came across this intimate little spot where the early morning sun was enveloping these pine trees and making the creek water sparkle. This was a small stream that overflowed it's banks and was cozing up right around the roots of the trees. To see more of my art work you may visit my websites: www.marylandis.comwww.marylandis.blogspot.com
Oil on canvas Size: 8X10 Price: $100 S&H: $10 I was in Rocky Mountain National Park early and was able to catch the light on the peaks in Moraine Park. It was still quiet and only a handfull of people disturbed the invironment. The sights, smells, and air were extremely refreshing. To see more of my art work you may visit my websites at: www.marylandis.com www.marylandis.blogspot.com A BIG HELLO AND THANK YOU FORM MARY LANDIS, MARY LANDIS FINE ART, MARY LANDIS LANDSCAPES
Oil on canvas size:8x10 price: $100 S&H: $10 To see more of my art work you may visit my websites at: www.marylandis.com www.marylandis.blogspot.com HELLO AND THANK YOU FROM MARY LANDIS, MARY LANDIS FINE ART, MARY LANDIS FLORALS
Oil on canvas size:9X12 price: $$150 S&H: $11 This Kauai Rooster was a proud specimen and just knew I wanted to paint him; of course I had to request his permission for a photo. These roosters and chickens run rampant on the Hawaiian island of Kauai and are known to be quite a nuisance, especially on the golf courses. To see more of my art work you may visit my web sites: www.marylandis.com www.marylandis.blogspot.com A BIG HELLO AND THANK YOU FROM MARY LANDIS,MARY LANDIS FINE ART, MARY LANDIS ANIMALS IN THE VALENTINE CITY, LOVELAND, COLORADO
Oil on canvas Size: 9X12 Price: $150 S&H: $11 I was driving up to the mountains to paint, just after sunrise, when I spotted this scene with brilliant hues and daring shading. I stopped the car and Immediately began painting before I lost that terrific sunlight highlighting the ridge. To see more of my art work you may visit my website at: www.marylandis.com www.marylandis.blogspot.com A BIG HELLO AND THANK YOU FROM MARY LANDIS, MARY LANDIS FINE ART, MARY LANDIS LANDSCAPES IN THE VALENTINE CITY, LOVELAND, COLORADO
Oil on canvas Size: 7.25X5.25 Price: $50 S&H: $11 A little path off of a mountain road caught my attention. The path was inviting and made me wonder what was beyond, however, I never found out, I just started painting before I lost the light that made this scene so intriguing. To see more of my art work you may visit my website at www.marylandis.com www.marylandis.blogspot.com A BIG HELLO AND THANK YOU FROM MARY LANDIS, MARY LANDIS FINE ARTS, MARY LANDIS LANDSCAPES
My work on display includes MIGRATION, a collection of needle felted birds (seen on this blog over the past year). Indicative of invisible change, MIGRATION is conceptually and symbolically the slow process of change that is, however, immediate. The time spent in slowly felting the fiber using a single barbed needle is in line with meditation. Meditation is simultaneously an effort to cultivate stillness and a basis for progress and growth.
Above, a detail of Shechet's paper work. Her colors, amorphous fields and fluid lines create depth and atmosphere with stunning clarity and simplicity. Shechet confidently gifts the viewer with continuity between upwards of 10 cast paper works keeping to the same pallet of color, texture and form. Go to MCA on 15th St. and Delgany St., Denver or their website to see more.
I made the dress for the Guggenheim opening and finished a dress started last year. I made a commission dress for a friend of mine, drawing here - photo of actual dress to come. That dress led to another dress for myself using a variation of the style she wanted. I finally had a reason to use the last of screen printed whale fabric I printed 2 years ago. Now I'm working on more dresses of that type for potential consignment in a Denver boutique. For these I'm using solid colors of a satin finished cotton/polyester blend. 
Next will come some Autumn oriented styles. All my styles are personally draped patterns (meaning, I'm not using patterns from an envelope at the store right now. If I do use them, I use them for reference).
