tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53733509235915009952011-07-08T04:17:22.590-07:00A place for the art of Grace. Grace is based in beautiful Ventura, California and specializes in figurative work. She prefers oils, but also works in ink, charcoal, watercolor, and whatever else she can scrounge up.Grace Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17006603921233756481noreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373350923591500995.post-28718910016348864422009-11-12T22:21:00.000-08:002009-11-12T23:15:47.851-08:00I went to the Getty yesterday, and was inspired by all the classical works. I was also pleasantly surprised to see the gold and silver inks I hadn't previously used look rather nice.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/33776589@N05/4100178772/" title="Nude by WestofEden, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2689/4100178772_0d5f51c7c4.jpg" alt="Nude" height="500" width="375" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/33776589@N05/4100256818/" title="Nude 2 by WestofEden, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2786/4100256818_00d8e33a6a.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Nude 2" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5373350923591500995-2871891001634886442?l=gracevanderson.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grace Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17006603921233756481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373350923591500995.post-34299134946784137602009-05-29T14:44:00.000-07:002009-05-29T14:45:29.964-07:00New painting I finished a couple days ago.<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3389/3577174202_a63d7252f5.jpg?v=0" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5373350923591500995-3429913494678413760?l=gracevanderson.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grace Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17006603921233756481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373350923591500995.post-55145313454452854702009-05-29T14:37:00.000-07:002009-05-29T14:44:30.229-07:00So I was never really sure if Savas got my "Pete Fundy" piece over to Coast magazine, turns out he did! Check it out, its the April 08 edition on page 106!<br />http://www.virtualonlineeditions.com/publication/?i=16495<br /><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2447/3577173386_8e40746d74.jpg?v=0" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5373350923591500995-5514531345445285470?l=gracevanderson.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grace Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17006603921233756481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373350923591500995.post-83740222555876773512009-05-20T18:28:00.000-07:002009-05-20T18:34:06.876-07:00I've been working on a postcards series called 'Dirty little secrets...', its been a lot of fun so far just playing with the themes of Victorian melodrama, with a bit of a twist. I will be selling the originals at Splice at the Bordello tomorrow night!<br /><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2479/3550444378_543f0ec32d.jpg?v=0" /><br />The Flight of Lilian<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3632/3549619323_b0820b135e.jpg?v=0" /><br />Sybil, the Visionary<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3662/3550427152_f9335aa06e.jpg?v=0" /><br />Dr. Reed's 4 o'clock Appt.<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3609/3549617655_b7b9c0d453.jpg?v=0" /><br />Hawthorne's Young Mistress<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3394/3550446046_a5d87515da.jpg?v=0" /><br />The Hand Dealt to Delilah<br />I've also been trying to knock out some bookmarks.<br /><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2426/3550448022_567518b68d.jpg?v=0" /><br />Amnesiac<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3359/3549640515_416634d6b4.jpg?v=0" /><br />April's Shower.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5373350923591500995-8374022255587677351?l=gracevanderson.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grace Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17006603921233756481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373350923591500995.post-82673261817863864642009-05-20T18:00:00.000-07:002009-05-20T18:28:19.296-07:00I've been on a major pen and ink kick lately. I made these pieces especially for the show Infernal Contraption I was in last week. It was a really great event, a steampunk themed 'soiree'. Anyway, here's the art!<br /><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2468/3550415044_2d09b1c050.jpg?v=0" /><br />I've been playing with collage and cut up prose.<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3538/3550413088_aa72338f2a.jpg?v=0" /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3355/3550411828_158638f1fc.jpg?v=0" /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3655/3550409804_ca49810c67.jpg?v=0" /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3582/3550408238_a8a15826b7.jpg?v=0" /><br /><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2477/3549600781_0a7bacc931.jpg?v=0" /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3308/3549599191_89f68f3423.jpg?v=0" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5373350923591500995-8267326181786386464?l=gracevanderson.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grace Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17006603921233756481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373350923591500995.post-77078361204352839222009-04-12T17:54:00.000-07:002009-04-12T17:57:39.563-07:00Finished 2 more of the 4x4 paintings, 2 more to go!<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3644/3436571506_9e2f41fc13.jpg?v=0" /><br />I'm pretty happy with the way this turned out, I didn't use any reference, so I was really leaning on my memory and hoping it'd eventually look like a building I guess.<br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3608/3435766447_0def60b3e9.jpg?v=0" /><br />Also decently pleased with this.<br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3645/3436572478_86589b858b.jpg?v=0" /><br />Painted this the other night for fun, 5x5.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5373350923591500995-7707836120435283922?l=gracevanderson.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grace Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17006603921233756481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373350923591500995.post-25964878693075879092009-04-07T23:47:00.000-07:002009-04-07T23:49:04.576-07:00<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3588/3423530496_46ea7666f3.jpg?v=0" /><br />I am so excited to show off my first commissioned portrait of 2009! So, thanks to the ever talented Travis Greer, one half of the Jimmy Mooks and one hell of an actor!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5373350923591500995-2596487869307587909?l=gracevanderson.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grace Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17006603921233756481noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373350923591500995.post-47501081130840519602009-04-05T20:01:00.000-07:002009-04-05T20:06:59.375-07:00I'm working on a series of many small paintings at the moment. I'm trying to see what I can do working from memory instead of using reference. I admit I cheated on the landscape, but that was necessary, as you may have noticed landscapes aren't my usual. Anyway, all the paintings are either 4x4 or 4x12, and the series is only halfway done at the moment.<br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3311/3416060517_8c1eab792c.jpg?v=0" /><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3594/3416866306_082ef46eeb.jpg?v=0" /><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3544/3416861462_b60c93612f.jpg?v=0" /><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3318/3416865178_df783b753f.jpg?v=0" /><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3610/3416055491_a2b60f7871.jpg?v=0" /><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3566/3416870022_144f12dd88.jpg?v=0" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5373350923591500995-4750108113084051960?l=gracevanderson.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grace Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17006603921233756481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373350923591500995.post-12956845858446908982009-04-05T19:57:00.000-07:002009-04-05T20:01:05.824-07:00The next few paintings have a modernist flavor that I'm liking lately.<br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3624/3416066415_b08934eacb.jpg?v=0" /><br /><br /><img src="http://fc28.deviantart.com/fs23/i/2007/338/1/3/Kandinsky_poster_by_ThereIsNoBox.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3366/3416063265_13793ccc66.jpg?v=0" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5373350923591500995-1295684585844690898?l=gracevanderson.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grace Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17006603921233756481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373350923591500995.post-62957869734085575632009-04-05T19:46:00.000-07:002009-04-05T19:55:50.575-07:00This short series was done in late '07 and early '08 of fellow artist Joel Woodard (http://www.myspace.com/theartofjoelwoodard). Definitely check him out after me.<br /><br /><img src="http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/13/l_c9c24ba787eca890955cd4557a707614.jpg" /><br />The 'Green' house was decorated abominably, but I absolutely loved it, it made for good setups.<br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3300/3416042919_68c4f85bde.jpg?v=0" /><br />The wallpaper in his bedroom was so hideous, it really deserved a painting all its own.<br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3390/3416044279_f90eb8f21b.jpg?v=0" /><br />Nixed the pattern in this one.<br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3638/3416860220_4ace6a58ea.jpg?v=0" /><br />This is my favorite in the series, he was a good sport about the photo session. I had to showcase the moldy showerstall at the Green house.<br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3594/3416848534_736f6b7294.jpg?v=0" /><br />Painted this on a whim one night, its not cohesive as a series, but I figured I'd keep all the paintings of him in one place.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5373350923591500995-6295786973408557563?l=gracevanderson.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grace Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17006603921233756481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373350923591500995.post-66421814317679357262009-04-05T19:39:00.000-07:002009-04-05T19:46:11.319-07:00These portraits are from '07 when I was living in the OC and motoring up to LA and meeting all sorts of interesting people.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs15/f/2007/042/2/5/9_45_AM_by_ThereIsNoBox.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs14/f/2007/043/2/3/9_47_AM_by_ThereIsNoBox.jpg" /><br /><br />Both paintings of Adam were from pictures taken on my balcony at some ungodly early hour of the morning.<br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3092/3416849982_25d8022fbd.jpg?v=0" /><br />This last one is family though, from a picture of my Grandpa around the mid 50's.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5373350923591500995-6642181431767935726?l=gracevanderson.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grace Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17006603921233756481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373350923591500995.post-19195700142720637242009-04-05T19:30:00.001-07:002009-04-05T19:38:30.539-07:00I'm going to be making a lot of different posts today, but I want to keep my art fairly chronologically sorted. So here's some old stuff first!<br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3298/3416858834_e501b8eeec.jpg?v=0" /><br />Ink and charcoal on 16x20 canvas, made sometime in 2006. Showed at the Love House in August '06 during my 'Adventures in Portraiture' show.<br /><br /><img src="http://th05.deviantart.com/fs11/300W/i/2006/179/1/0/Goudchaux_2_by_ThereIsNoBox.jpg" /><br />Also from the '06 'Adventures' show, one of my favorite sketches still.<br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3625/3416047913_d47b68390f.jpg?v=0" /><br />Figure painting from '05 roughly, anyone from LCAD can spot Anthony.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5373350923591500995-1919570014272063724?l=gracevanderson.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grace Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17006603921233756481noreply@blogger.com0