2009 living room show

the 2009 living room show is done. 13 paintings. come over and see it. all are for sale. will post pictures soonish.

mountain and air

mountain and air, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

here is mom's painting. it's a bit dark because i took the picture inside and the photo i took with the flash was too washed out. so here you go. you'll have to go to my mom's house after christmas eve to see it in person though. cheers.

the living room show

so it's december and i'm almost finished with the living room show. i have 3 new ones finished that are not on the wall yet. then i think i'll only need about 2 more! i could possibly finish before the end of the year. stay tuned.

the living room

so i've been working on a series of paintings that i'm calling The Living Room show. only because this series is going to be hung in my living room and there really isn't any connection between the paintings other than their size: 15"x45". they are going to be hung all around the living room as vertical panels, except over the fire place where they will be horizontal. i have almost completed the 7th one and am hanging them as i go, unfortunately for you, i'm not posting any pictures until it's completed. the one photo exception (because it's already posted) is bronze flowers in an orange pot (below). this is one panel that will be in The Living Room when it comes down from the Art of Touch show and if it doesn't sell there.

i'd say i'm almost halfway done, so hopefully by december i'll be finished.

bronze flowers in an orange pot

bronze flowers in an orange pot, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

here's a new painting that's in The Art of Touch. show. the orange flower pot is my current obsession. it is actually a little yellow flower vase with 5 flower bud vases protruding from it. It belonged to my great grand mother and it is just so cool. on the bottom of the vase is written "HenRiot Quimper France 119". on the front of the vase is a little drawing of a women with a basket of eggs kneeling down in a clearing. she is dressed in traditional clothing that reminds me of the Brittany region of France.

I just did a quick online search and found this: Henriot

so the mystery is mostly solved. i just need to figure out when this piece was created and how many more like it there are. i'll take a pic and post it soon...

554

my goal last year was to reach 500 paintings. after that i wasn't going to subject myself to another goal, not yet at least. plus 1000 seems like the logical next goal and that is just too far off considering it took me several years to reach 500. anyway, i'm currently at 554 which means i could quite possibly reach 600 by the end of the year, though i'm not ready to set that goal... we'll just wait and see how it turns out...

successful show last night!

so it was a very successful show last night at The Art of Touch. despite the rain, lots of people turned out and everyone seemed to have had a good time. my favorite comment of all was from a coworker who said upon seeing my work for the first time, "Oh thank god it's good! I didn't know I was going to say if it wasn't." Just hilarious! thanks to all who came, supported local artists, drank wine, ate fine italian (stinky) cheeses, had chair massages, etc...

to do list flowers

to do list flowers, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

here's a new painting, that is not in the show this week. i would love to have put it in the show, but it currently resides in our kitchen. this painting is not for sale. i don't like putting paintings in shows that are not for sale.

group art show at The Art of Touch

I will have 6 pieces in a group art show this week. The opening reception will be Thursday, May 15 from 6-8 pm. The Art of Touch is located in midtown at 244 14th Street NE, near the W Hotel. I hope you see the show and let me know how you liked it!

flowers from atlanta

flowers from atlanta, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

here is a piece that i painted for my aunt and grandmother up in philadelphia. 3 roses in this really cool french flower vase. it's very heartlike. oh, and i had to include the green bunny! not for easter, but just because i like it.

warning

warning, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

i was going to hang this in the show, but since it was canceled, you can see it here. I'll post other pieces from the show here soon.

Art Show Mar 20-24, 2008! - Canceled.

the details so far for the art show are:

art show at wordsmiths books in decatur
art goes up thursday evening
reception friday night (time yet to be determined)
hangs until monday

yes, i know it's easter weekend but what's better than a nice piece of marco art in your easter basket?


note - as of march 3, the show has been canceled. please stay tuned for future shows.

art show coming up next month

i'm working on some new paintings for an art show at wordsmiths books next month. stay tuned for a sneak peek and details of course!

rehab. la fete

rehab. la fete, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

my most recent collage. appropriately titled as it came from tabloid mags. the crazy person eyeing the green bunny is either going to or coming from rehab while everyone watches... look closely at the border of eyes!

homage to georgia o'keeffe

homage to georgia o'keeffe, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

so in light of the georgia o'keeffe show that's opening at the museum today, i thought i'd post my homage to georgia o'keeffe. my favorite paintings of her's are the steer skulls. here, i've turned a headless mannequin into a steer skull and put a flower where it's head used to be. this painting currently has the honor of hanging above our fire place (itself an art instillation).

Julia'a abstracts

so as you can see below, i've finished the abstract paintings for julia. i didn't intend for there to be a bird/nesting theme, but it's hard to ignore with the oval and feather shapes in the paintings. plus, kevin and julia have a new home, so it's fitting. i've photographed them with the top orienting the way i imagine them. i think they are quite successful attempts as my first abstracts. i've had much fun working on them and may do more in the future. oh, the photos below are not the best quality and i photographed the artwork in my studio, so you can see my (italian) indoor/outdoor carpet behind the paintings.

Julia I, nesting

Julia I, nesting, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

Julia II, egg

Julia II, egg, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

Julia III, incubating

Julia III, incubating, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

Julia IV, hatching

Julia IV, hatching, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

ooooh, an abstract! or 4.

so i'm now working on a project for julia. she has asked me to paint her 4 abstract paintings that will hang in her living room. each canvas is 20"x20" and will be hung in sort of a diamond style, together they will form a large square formation though.

as i don't consider myself an abstract painter, and have never painted an abstract before, i was off to a rocky start. the colors are earthy reds, greens, yellows and bronze and except for the bronze, they aren't colors that i have been using recently. i think this has also added to initial difficulties i was having.

the first try was a group of paintings that i really liked, but didn't think julia would appreciate them. i admit it was a bit on the creepy side, so i took a picture and painted over them. the second try resulted in a similar result: i liked them, but didn't think julia would, though they were not creepy this time. they were in fact, too simple with too many circles.

off and running.

so i painted over them a third time, and i have almost very happy with them. i think they are a good compromise that julia will also be very pleased with. i just have a little more work to do on them and i think they will be complete!

woo!