Category: Artists

Congratulations to our own Janelle Di Lizio for her Purchase Award in the 2013 Art Renewal Center Salon Competition.  We thought it was a big deal when she won Best in Show in two local juried shows.  This is a REALLY REALLY BIG DEAL.

The Art Renewal Center
has created the largest on-line Museum on the internet and has held
this prestigious competition for nine years.  This year, there were 2000
entries by 850 artists.  The finalists in several categories
represented the top 30% of all the works submitted.

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Read More… from Our own Janelle – Now Award Winning Artist

Hi.  Lenny here
-giving Arlene some well-deserved, good behavior time off from being our
official blogger.

Spring is here.  I
know, not officially as of this writing, but I declare that spring is
here.  ‘Cause I’m tired of the cold,
tired of getting colds and tired of being cooped up in the house. So there!

And now that spring is here, that means outdoor tennis,
cycling without having to dress like I’m going skiing and it
means fresh new art at The Art Shop.

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Read More… from Spring Is Here….Almost

In this holiday season, if you are considering buying art as
a gift or for yourself, buy "the real thing." 
Of course, I’m not saying you must buy an original. Limited-editions and
legitimate reproductions make wonderful gifts. What I’m saying and the point of
this blog: Don’t buy a knock-off of
someone else’s blood, sweat and tears.

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Read More… from The Real Thing

If I knew then what I know now…

You can say that about a great many things, but today, I’m referring to PORTRAITS.  When you are young or have young children, you don’t often think about freezing a moment in time.  Trust me – in what seems like a split second, your babies turn into adults who live far away and you and your spouse reach the stage in life where you no longer like looking at current photos of yourself. (It’s too depressing.)  

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Read More… from Commissioning A Portrait