Tag Archives: new paintings
Talking objects
Below are images of a work shown in progress through to completion, of the Porcelain Dining Room in the Chateau de Versailles. It’s a commission I’ve enjoyed making for a private home near Toronto. The wide panoramic format was pieced …
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Tagged art, beauty, Canadian art, chandelier, Chateau de Versailles, contemporary art, decoration, decorative arts, dining room, France, gilding, In the Studio, marble, new paintings, oil painting, painting commissionartist, palace, Paris, parquet, photography, Val Nelson, Vancouver
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Eastside Culture Crawl
Please join me for the Eastside Culture Crawl, Vancouver’s annual visual arts festival! I will have some new work and works in progress––drop by my studio at #322b-1000 Parker Street and say hello. There will be so much art and …
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Tagged art, Canadian painting, contemporary painting, creative process, Eastside Culture Crawl, interior, new paintings, studio, Val Nelson artist, Vancouver, work
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Embracing Technology
In my September 2012 post on my “In the Studio” page, I bemoaned my boredom with photography as a source for my paintings. Well since then things have changed quite a bit. While photography has limitations, I am once again …
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Tagged Canadian painting, life-drawing, new paintings, painting today, photography, premier coup, slow painter, Val Nelson artist
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Thinking about new paintings
“Voyages en Zigzag” is the working title to my next show, which will be in November 2009 at the Bau-Xi Gallery in Toronto. This time, instead of working from photographs from my travels, I will stay at home (this is …
Posted in decorative arts, new paintings, painting, Uncategorized
Tagged Amanda Forbis, art, bau-xi gallery, decorative arts, happiness, new paintings, painting, photography, travel, Val Nelson artist, Wendy Tilby
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