Linda Gleitz Art

OK Something to Show!!

and now I can relax a little...not much tho  because I just committed to doing a second door for Bold Doors in Boulder...the first one is previewing at On Broadway Salon, 380 Arapahoe...this pic has been here before but in case you missed it:

and then some images from Sync Gallery Show...new stuff

this is a detail image of "Flock"...twenty 6 x 6 " birds...birds of many colors all moving in the same direction...UP...my dream for humanity.

the whole "Flock"

the new "bird people" thinking about a day of the dead piece...

another view

Second New "Birdperson"

PLEASE come to FF...Broke Bridge an AWESOME bluegrass band is playing...what more could you want? A beautiful summer (almost) evening, excellent art, even better music, and maybe a little vino...June 1, 7ish at Sync Gallery in Denver, www.syncgallery.org

 

Got Nothing to Show You

I feverishly finished my work for my Denver show at Sync and got it up on the walls (and pedestals)...however no time to photograph...gotta say tho the show looks pretty awesome!!  Will open tomorrow night 7-9pm at Sync Gallery...878 1/2 Sant Fe Drive in the heart of Denvers most happenin art's district.  I will be serving Chicken Green Chilli...to go with the painting...I also finished several new birdpeople which I will photograph tomorrow...promise pics tomorrow!  Meanwhile...once again...Chicken Green Chili...

Featured Artist for Artwalk Longmont...

...same night as my opening at Sync in Denver!  http://www.artlinklongmont.org/  will be at Adorn form 5-6pm and at Sync Gallery   www.syncgallery.org   from 7-9pm the same night May 18.  I will be serving my chicken green chille at Sync to go with the painting!

would love to see YOU at one of the events!!

Sleeping Outside Weather is Here...

I'm not going to say I do it because it would be crazy...but it's sooo nice out and IF I was crazy enough to sleep outside...NOW would be the time...lilacs dripping scent over my head...the not yet warm earth slowly cooling from below...the unbelievalbly warm weather like a blanket overhead...no mosquitos yet...feeling the earth breathe...Venus and the crescent moon overhead...IF only I was crazy enough to experience the wonderful gifts of this universe!!!

last bird recipe painting for my Denver show...my little exercise in mindful eating...have I written this here before??  We go to the grocer and buy a couple of chicken breasts...and never really give a thought to the beautiful bird we are about to eat...sometimes I think we should have to kill everything we eat...be it plant or animal...would we appreciate that life given for ours more??

Pheasant with Pomegranate

and speaking of those lilacs...the view out my studio window...

not that I'm crazy enough to ever sleep under these beauties...

New Chicken Green Chille...I killed the first one...

I just didn't like the overall balance of the first painting so here's the redo...

...and Thanksgiving dinner too!!

A Book That Will Include My Art...

http://www.facebook.com/n/?video%2Feditvideo.php&v=391609557530753&mid=5e67e25G5af32b616ca1G145a423G3d&bcode=MKf63fe9&n_m=lms927%40comcast.net

I hope this link works...this was an internationally juried show in Laguna Beach last year and there will be a book published about it...Night of 100 Angels...felt very honored to be included...

Also finished "Chicken Green Chille"

 

Duck a L'Orange est fini...

Tasty???

Another Article!!

www.timescall..com  go to entertainment and article about Capistrano!!  This is a story about my Capistrano and the reunion show at Rabid Rabits Galleria.  It was a very special uplifting project and twenty of the original twenty one birds made it back!!  Twice in one week in the paper...I feel honored.

The Capistrano Piece...

The Patrons did writings and creative image musings about the project on it's return and these are exhibited adjacent to the piece...this is of cours amazing art by Stephanie Hilvitz!

and musings by Erica Lignon.

Donna Crehan came all the way from Massachusets to see her bird hanging in "the flock"...again I am so honored to have such amazing participation.  The reunion show along with bird art from over 30 other artist's will be up through April 29.   And one last pic...artist Julia Cameron Damon--a body painter--transformed my adorable daughter into a bird at the opening...her picture graced the cover of our local entertainment magazine in the paper "Day & Night"...my Sophie:

Don't Miss the Bird Show!!!

 

Food as Art...

www.timescall.com  go to LIFESTYLES and then FOOD...an article about my food paintings...a series where I am trying to acheive some "mindful eating" thoughts about FOOD...I am exploring paintings about WHAT exactly I put in my mouth...sometimes I think we go to the supermarket and by a slab of chicken breast and don't even think that this was once a bird...just trying to think more about nourishment and where it comes from.  Painting recipes...the ingredients...

Salsa

Lemon Caper Chicken

A BirdWOMAN!!

Current Shows

Spring is just around the corner--Thank You Universe!  With it, The Bird Show & Capistrano-Return of the Flock will be showing at Rabit Rabits Galeria opening Sunday March 18 from 10:00 am to 3:00pm...this is the reunion show of my original project that was launched a year ago.   Twenty little bird paintings created one large bird...and like the swallows of San Juan Capistrano they are reuniting one year later.  Twenty different patrons will be returning their birds for this one time event and will also be participating in the show by writing about their experience, all of the writings will be exhibited adjacent to the piece.  Some birds traveled as far as Thailand...and one will be coming all the way from New York WITH her owner.

A special event at the opening...Julia Cameron Damon will be finding the spirit of the bird within by doing a full body painting on a live model!

There will be a large variety of other "bird art" celebrating our feathered friends and the coming season by local and national artists...including a small "flock" of oil on canvas birds and a "flock of birdmen" by yours truly...



I will be participating in a fundraiser show in Boulder called Small Resources=Big Possibilities.  Artists were invited to create a piece specifically for this show using a matchbox...It is sponsored by Naropa Community Art Studio, they are sending art therapists to Cambodia to work with Transitions Global which is a group that helps victims of sex trafficking.  For more info or tickets go to www.ncasi.wordpress.com.

I am also participating in Ecocreations, a juried show sponsored by the Longmont Council for the Arts.  This show is all about using "throw away" materials in new artistic ways...it opens Friday, March 9, 6:00pm- 9:00pm.   More info at www.artslongmont.org.

Finally I'm gearing up for my gallery show in Denver that opens in May...save the date opening May 18 and...or First Friday, June 1...I am working on a series of still life's about food...mindful eating if you will...I'm trying to learn a thing or two!

Happy Spring-Linda

Twice in One Week-wow

Quick post but wow twice in one week--how bout those New Year Resolutions?  One more Birdman in progress...still wet even...and I think this one might actually be a Birdwoman...

Birdmen are Coming Along!

Some quick images...Birdmen finished...with a rooster...

My favorite birdman...

and my totem...the rooster should go on top but we'll see...

for now I combined it with a blue bottle garden sculpture from my sister in law...playin around!

going back to playing with clay now...I felt the first real springish feeling today it was 60ish degrees outside but the wind is whipping...I would guess 40mph...staying inside with my clay...

Sooo Tired of Winter...

What can I say...I am a warm weather girl...I feel ALIVE in the warmth...lucky me I'm going on a layover date with my hubby onTuesday to Maui...36 hours in paradise!!  I do suspect I wouldn't love the warm seasons as much if I didn't have the long cold winter to contrast with it...and I always find myself outdoors in the winter trudging through the snow thinking how lovely!   Except when it's the same snow on the groud for over a month and you can see where every dog has pee'd.  I know they have to do that, I just don't like to see it...

Working on some new bird art to accompany my Capistrano reunion at RR Galeria in March...I am excited to gather the birds back together and hope they all make it back!  I have my doubts about a couple of them but so is the nature of migrating flocks!!

A small flock of "Birdmen" in various stages of progress...they will be there...

I will also have a small flock of small oil paintings with birds.

Also still working on my Tower of Flowers...

Soooo two weeks until March and green things begin popping out of the ground...I can handle big snows in March because I know they are followed quickly by warm temps and spring!!!  The hope of spring to come was one of the major themes of Capistrano and we are almost there!!

 

Tower of Flowers...in progress...

My Tower of Flowers...in progress...desperately needs grout!

The three dimensional flowers on top...

and another view...back to work now!