http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger A blog by J.D. Williams Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:19:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/artful-blogger/~3/K1EnK0qNJoU/ http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/04/08/im-back/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:10:09 +0000 J.D. Williams http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/?p=158 Warning: constant() [function.constant]: Couldn't find constant TT_TH8US_LEN in /home/psblogs/public_html/wp-content/plugins/tweet-this/tweet-this.php on line 1821

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The Artful Blogger is back from the wonderful vacation he spent under the sinks in his bathroom. I realize it’s an unusual place to holiday. After all, had I wanted to spend my time off in a dark, moist place, I could have just gone outside. But no, I wanted to install the new, copper [...]]]> http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/04/08/im-back/feed/ 0 http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/04/08/im-back/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/artful-blogger/~3/yCMgQ5u79cs/ http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/02/25/cvg-show-roy-peratovich-jr/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:18:51 +0000 J.D. Williams http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/?p=134 Warning: constant() [function.constant]: Couldn't find constant TT_TH8US_LEN in /home/psblogs/public_html/wp-content/plugins/tweet-this/tweet-this.php on line 1821

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Roy Peratrovich Jr. An artist who sculpts large pieces of public art can encounter obstacles. Finding the proper base material to support a heavy bronze sculpture, then welding dissimilar metals so that the piece doesn’t collapse over time are just a couple of the design problems a sculptor must solve. At times, it can seem [...]]]> http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/02/25/cvg-show-roy-peratovich-jr/feed/ 0 http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/02/25/cvg-show-roy-peratovich-jr/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/artful-blogger/~3/_Gzt58YXpfk/ http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/02/17/sk-artists/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:32:03 +0000 J.D. Williams http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/02/17/sk-artists/ Warning: constant() [function.constant]: Couldn't find constant TT_TH8US_LEN in /home/psblogs/public_html/wp-content/plugins/tweet-this/tweet-this.php on line 1821

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South Kitsap Artists will be having their February meeting on Monday the 22nd at 7:00 pm.  They meet at Cedar Heights Middle School, 2220 Pottery Ave., Port Orchard. The demonstration will be “Why I Like Acrylics” by Loretta Anderson.  She will show both watercolor and oil methods of using this medium. The public is welcome. [...]]]> http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/02/17/sk-artists/feed/ 0 http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/02/17/sk-artists/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/artful-blogger/~3/DgvIm2BwT9Q/ http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/02/09/eric-carson/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:23:28 +0000 J.D. Williams http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/?p=113 Warning: constant() [function.constant]: Couldn't find constant TT_TH8US_LEN in /home/psblogs/public_html/wp-content/plugins/tweet-this/tweet-this.php on line 1821

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Eric Carson has a great day job. He’s a gallery attendant, or “service representative” manager, at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle. It’s a job that involves a few hours of commuting from his downtown Bremerton house to the University of Washington’s art gallery. Carson wishes he had more time and space for painting large, [...]]]> http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/02/09/eric-carson/feed/ 0 http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/02/09/eric-carson/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/artful-blogger/~3/17pizS60crs/ http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/02/08/winners-announced-at-cvg-show/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:21:42 +0000 J.D. Williams http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/?p=107 Warning: constant() [function.constant]: Couldn't find constant TT_TH8US_LEN in /home/psblogs/public_html/wp-content/plugins/tweet-this/tweet-this.php on line 1821

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This list of winners of this year’s Collective Visions Gallery Show has been announced and posted on the CVG Web site. Kitsap Sun Arts & Entertainment writer, Michael Moore has the list of the award winners on his blog, too. Kingston artist Priscilla Preus, whom I recently highlighted right here on The Artful Blogger, won [...]]]> http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/02/08/winners-announced-at-cvg-show/feed/ 0 http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/02/08/winners-announced-at-cvg-show/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/artful-blogger/~3/ZQpIGXiFCEw/ http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/02/05/oil-water-celebrates/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:59:40 +0000 J.D. Williams http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/?p=104 Warning: constant() [function.constant]: Couldn't find constant TT_TH8US_LEN in /home/psblogs/public_html/wp-content/plugins/tweet-this/tweet-this.php on line 1821

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I  just got a note from Richard Nelson, owner of Oil & Water in Bainbridge, who says that the store is throwing a party to celebrate their 5th anniversary. It’s an Open House, Friday, February 19 from 7 to 10pm. They’re having live music, artwork, hors d’oeuvres, and wine from Victor Alexander winery! Tweet This [...]]]> http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/02/05/oil-water-celebrates/feed/ 0 http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/02/05/oil-water-celebrates/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/artful-blogger/~3/Sj_LrRBTIYQ/ http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/02/05/cvg-show-priscilla-preus/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:19:26 +0000 J.D. Williams http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/?p=88 Warning: constant() [function.constant]: Couldn't find constant TT_TH8US_LEN in /home/psblogs/public_html/wp-content/plugins/tweet-this/tweet-this.php on line 1821

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Along my journey to visit Kitsap’s most creative, I stopped at a home on the Hood Canal not far from Little Boston. With a view of the Hood Canal Bridge to the south, Port Ludlow to the north, and Olympic Mountains spanning south to north, the home sits in a sleeping garden near a tree [...]]]> http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/02/05/cvg-show-priscilla-preus/feed/ 1 http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/02/05/cvg-show-priscilla-preus/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/artful-blogger/~3/TgyRVfbW8Vc/ http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/02/02/cvg-show-caroline-cooley-browne/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:37:49 +0000 J.D. Williams http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/?p=73 Warning: constant() [function.constant]: Couldn't find constant TT_TH8US_LEN in /home/psblogs/public_html/wp-content/plugins/tweet-this/tweet-this.php on line 1821

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An art professor I knew used to say that red is not a color, it’s an emotion. No doubt, red is emotional. Put it next to its complement green, and red becomes so red that it can jump out of a chair. Caroline Cooley Browne knows how to make red jump out of a chair. [...]]]> http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/02/02/cvg-show-caroline-cooley-browne/feed/ 0 http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/02/02/cvg-show-caroline-cooley-browne/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/artful-blogger/~3/ZhegMeuJW4w/ http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/01/29/cvg-show/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:30:59 +0000 J.D. Williams http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/?p=49 Warning: constant() [function.constant]: Couldn't find constant TT_TH8US_LEN in /home/psblogs/public_html/wp-content/plugins/tweet-this/tweet-this.php on line 1821

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Barbara Wilson Next time you’re in Poulsbo’s That’s a Some Italian Restaurant, check out the mural of the two monks with wine barrels in the dining room. Barbara Wilson painted that. The Bainbridge Island artist has painted a few murals in the area. When Wilson speaks, her accent gives testimony to the fact that she [...]]]> http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/01/29/cvg-show/feed/ 1 http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/01/29/cvg-show/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/artful-blogger/~3/x1ERcnrmVwA/ http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/01/20/this-and-that/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:28:58 +0000 J.D. Williams http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/?p=46 Warning: constant() [function.constant]: Couldn't find constant TT_TH8US_LEN in /home/psblogs/public_html/wp-content/plugins/tweet-this/tweet-this.php on line 1821

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THE BIG SHOW: The 2010 Annual Washington State Juried Art competition at Collective Visions Gallery begins next month. There are a number of Kitsap artists participating this year. I’m sure I’ll be posting more about it before the exhibit opens on Feb. 2, then throughout the month. There’s a schedule of events on their Web [...]]]> http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/01/20/this-and-that/feed/ 0 http://pugetsoundblogs.com/artful-blogger/2010/01/20/this-and-that/