Little De Grazia Gal
This is another demo that I did during a pallette knife painting class. And I even remember the name of the artist we were studying - Ted De Grazia!! This Arizona artist became famous for his painting of little American Indian girls on UNICEF cards - years ago. I was never too enamored of those paintings - thought they were way overdone commercially. But after we visited De Grazia's gallery and museum in Tucson, I totally changed my mind about this artist. Now he's one of my "fave's." Maybe it's because I'm so into pallette knife painting now. The idea with this demo - like the painting in my last posting - was to take a simple subject matter and work on the techniques of painting with a "knife." Again, sometimes I feel very attached to a demo and it's probably because I do them so quickly that they can be very expressive and free.
AND - I remembered the name of the artist from my last posting: William Debilzan. Whew!! Now I know why I couldn't find my info on him. I have a goal to organize my piles of reference material, and I actually had created a file for "Pallette Knife Classes." What's even more amazing - I put the reference material in the file . . . . Now that can be confusing!
Today I'm painting poppies and butterflies. I'm just taking a break to share this little gal with you. I hope you're having a beautiful Spring day!
Hey, I really like this one!! You should do more of the pallette knife paintings!!
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Thanks, Patsy. Why don't you give pallete knives a try!
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Hi Claudia~haven't commented in some time but I love this little gal. Colors are awesome. Anxious to see the Poppies and Butterflies. I'll have to email you and catch you up on my last eight months. Have a blessed Easter.
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Thanks, Sharon - I hope things are going well for you. Your attitude towards life is amazing! Blessed Easter to you, too -
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