tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11055287144651866192024-03-19T04:40:28.263-04:00April M. Rimpo ArtApril M Rimpo's Art Blog -
Exploring Color and Light
to Tell Stories of Life.
Image: "Traffic Jam III" Copyright April M Rimpo
AprilRimpohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678848782570505524noreply@blogger.comBlogger429125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1105528714465186619.post-67142978992896774032023-02-17T13:44:00.000-05:002023-02-17T13:44:09.702-05:00"Last Trip Together", a watercolor by April M Rimpo<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpenYFoVfPaTBeL1BYC_5g3rogQXL6Z8yeZABhHK5uuAkeI3cYLaO5IBvgTIMqceWjTiYWCKxKtcC91yRSPVr0oHbpepq9m2b5UBu5GgZwSOA2i0U8CE5awFYipF3gri4zgDLXIEtWysY6grJcfEB33l7VqOPENBqwbQcOU8a8ex-Pke0xTBwH9Z4l/s1440/ARimpo-Loss-LastTrip-2021-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1188" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpenYFoVfPaTBeL1BYC_5g3rogQXL6Z8yeZABhHK5uuAkeI3cYLaO5IBvgTIMqceWjTiYWCKxKtcC91yRSPVr0oHbpepq9m2b5UBu5GgZwSOA2i0U8CE5awFYipF3gri4zgDLXIEtWysY6grJcfEB33l7VqOPENBqwbQcOU8a8ex-Pke0xTBwH9Z4l/w330-h400/ARimpo-Loss-LastTrip-2021-web.jpg" width="330" /></a></div></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><b><i>Loss</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Watercolor</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">20" X 16"</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The story of a couple on their last vacation
together because one is beginning to fade and they believe travel will become
too difficult as time goes on. This quiet moment during the trip felt like a
good way to tell their story. Their strong sense of togetherness was palpable,
but the beginning of loss was also present.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Given the subject of the painting it took me years to decide how to portray the emotion from this scene. Although they were relaxed and enjoying the ride across the lake, my emotions were more complex. The decision to portray the scene all in blue with just touches of flesh tone on the woman was inspired by a variety of sources but ultimately my response to their situation. Her color is fading with the loss she sees in her husband.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Below is a video of the first wash used to establish the background of the painting. It is a fast-forward recording taking under 1 minute to watch, but conveying enough of the distant landscape to set the environment.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: x-small;">Interested in April's artwork or taking one of her classes? Consider becoming a Studio Friend by </span><a href="https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?llr=zswkoikab&p=oi&m=zswkoikab&sit=t4llhtchb&f=6daa0f5f-7751-432c-8642-98a4f8344417" style="font-size: small;" target="_blank">signing up for her weekly email</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: x-small;">. April segments her newsletter so you can select topics you'd like to hear about when you sign up. For those who Select the General Interest topic you will receive emails about twice-monthly. If you are only interested in classes, then the emails will be much less frequent discussing upcoming classes and how to register. Thank you for your support of April M Rimpo Art. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: x-small;">Oh, and please be sure to click on the link in a second email to verify your interest in joining my newsletter. Without the verification you will be left in a limbo state where you will not receive my emails and I can't complete the verification on your behalf. If you receive a response that you are already subscribed, email me to confirm and I can send you a different link to update your profile and get the verification email resent to you.</span></span><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><div style="background-color: white; clear: both;"></div><div style="clear: both;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;"><a href="https://www.amrart.org/gallery-of-art" target="_blank">Contact April</a><span style="color: black;"> and see </span><a href="http://www.amrart.org" target="_blank">more of her art on her website</a></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br />Copyright April M Rimpo All Rights Reserved. You may share my work with attribution and a link to this source site, but all other uses are prohibited.</span></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><p></p>AprilRimpohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678848782570505524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1105528714465186619.post-22526366155867161852021-11-12T08:48:00.005-05:002021-11-12T10:13:07.319-05:00Watch our exhibition come to life<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY3z35J88mNqgFJPRM59SchekUMVuNVDJQFeH13LzbGdW1v0xjKts8dieWfySGVzlLN1lwpmqkIjC3fg5eCu6WFUrr2R-RzrqjnDztkiLJIizjv8L59Z4huYfTmk58YlJaAcz5B-85i7w/w316-h237/IMG_0751.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="316" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top Row: Elaine Weiner-Reed's Painting<br />Bottom Row: April Rimpo's Paintings</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiptHDI2Uh43nCYmb9EbW58yW8nb8v4pxSDIyHHJSDzDZXWSWAxgpkU9Ku4gc8hL_Pa06bFJXemrc5CarrgM4FdgxiDqu_SxBJaVj_T8ZGobyM5YQJEoZRDbNiB39nLo0EykDrWm-C6k2c/s2048/EWR-AMR.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiptHDI2Uh43nCYmb9EbW58yW8nb8v4pxSDIyHHJSDzDZXWSWAxgpkU9Ku4gc8hL_Pa06bFJXemrc5CarrgM4FdgxiDqu_SxBJaVj_T8ZGobyM5YQJEoZRDbNiB39nLo0EykDrWm-C6k2c/w320-h240/EWR-AMR.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The happy artists, <br />Elaine Weiner-Reed and April M Rimpo</span></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY3z35J88mNqgFJPRM59SchekUMVuNVDJQFeH13LzbGdW1v0xjKts8dieWfySGVzlLN1lwpmqkIjC3fg5eCu6WFUrr2R-RzrqjnDztkiLJIizjv8L59Z4huYfTmk58YlJaAcz5B-85i7w/s2048/IMG_0751.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">It's Like Magic!</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The arrival of </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">PORTRAITS OF LIFE: Once Upon a Story</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">with April M Rimpo and Elaine Weiner-Reed</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We wish it was this fast to install an exhibition. Between the two days there was at least 5 of us working on installing my and Elaine Weiner-Reed's exhibition at Baltimore County Arts Guild's venue The Clubhouse. That doesn't include the countless hours selecting the work and deciding how to pair each piece to make them all shine. Watch and enjoy this time-lapse film of part of the installation.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="476" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=476&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FWeinerReed%2Fvideos%2F1980588048777742%2F&show_text=false&width=267&t=0" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="267"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Portrait's of Life: Once Upon a Story</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Join us at the reception tomorrow, Saturday, November 13, from 3 - 5PM.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Clubhouse</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">10 St Timothy Lane</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Catonsville, MD</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Park on the North side of the building and enter from there. The entrance on the East end is currently closed. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My thanks to all those who helped us make this a reality. You know who you are.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Video: Thanks to Lorraine Imwold</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbR-Lh9X2bgLqkUuy3uS29NGUahG6gDf_3v1gtyY_vSbaOdokb4JqUmvIedEkfoV3ekgFZR4VSkh2lb1QmUrjFBOsh6ns_7OneH_xW1DFViZobyWD1GQ_8rqsEFKCnkpinSRpUjbWRYJ8/s1440/PartiallyInstalled-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1123" data-original-width="1440" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbR-Lh9X2bgLqkUuy3uS29NGUahG6gDf_3v1gtyY_vSbaOdokb4JqUmvIedEkfoV3ekgFZR4VSkh2lb1QmUrjFBOsh6ns_7OneH_xW1DFViZobyWD1GQ_8rqsEFKCnkpinSRpUjbWRYJ8/w352-h275/PartiallyInstalled-web.jpg" width="352" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Installation Day<br />At Left: Duane Winfield with Elaine's painting<br />Above: Lorraine Imwold</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDim5WrGABTlihF9kJCBMhJDyge7XYVhMSZ0gXrKoDxUdRqKaDrsgqoUum0qKkiCjXIJQ9zY1sXFNsppM43T-bGm-5hIk_OuPh09rdqOG59dQ2NVg6Q0SH96U569pOVye4bFxhYp72Otc/s2048/IMG_0743.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; font-size: x-large; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDim5WrGABTlihF9kJCBMhJDyge7XYVhMSZ0gXrKoDxUdRqKaDrsgqoUum0qKkiCjXIJQ9zY1sXFNsppM43T-bGm-5hIk_OuPh09rdqOG59dQ2NVg6Q0SH96U569pOVye4bFxhYp72Otc/s320/IMG_0743.JPG" width="240" /></a> </span></p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"></span><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Interested in April's artwork or taking one of her classes? Consider becoming a Studio Friend by </span><a href="https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?llr=zswkoikab&p=oi&m=zswkoikab&sit=t4llhtchb&f=6daa0f5f-7751-432c-8642-98a4f8344417" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;" target="_blank">signing up for her weekly email</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">. April segments her newsletter so you can select topics you'd like to hear about when you sign up. For those who Select the General Interest topic you will receive emails about twice-monthly. If you are only interested in classes, then the emails will be much less frequent discussing upcoming classes and how to register. Thank you for your support of April M Rimpo Art. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oh, and please be sure to click on the link in a second email to verify your interest in joining my newsletter. Without the verification you will be left in a limbo state where you will not receive my emails and I can't complete the verification on your behalf. If you receive a response that you are already subscribed, email me to confirm and I can send you a different link to update your profile and get the verification email resent to you.</span><div style="clear: both; font-family: "times new roman";"></div></div><div style="background-color: white; clear: both;"></div><div style="clear: both; font-family: verdana;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;"><a href="https://www.amrart.org/gallery-of-art" target="_blank">Contact April</a><span style="color: black;"> and see </span><a href="http://www.amrart.org" target="_blank">more of her art on her website</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: small;">Copyright April M Rimpo All Rights Reserved. You may share my work with attribution and a link to this source site, but all other uses are prohibited.</span></div></div>AprilRimpohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678848782570505524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1105528714465186619.post-88728614306466036082021-09-30T10:38:00.012-04:002021-10-08T18:34:25.169-04:00Saturday Watercolor Studio classes at HorseSpirit Arts Gallery<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPeB47V-a9he1OVL1PzsIOWHpOt380IfFmKU0mdEQdBLO2oZRHcGIVPvslLaIKOwxu8iBb62zeMqH_evHNJslnRAaL0EaOr5xzkYgy5wl2O5k5e1SZVBmCOP5SplmcDipZLPOGX0lTzBI/s1152/ARimpo-Grazing-12x20-2021-web.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Watercolor painting of sheep grazing in a field by woods in Autumn" border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1152" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPeB47V-a9he1OVL1PzsIOWHpOt380IfFmKU0mdEQdBLO2oZRHcGIVPvslLaIKOwxu8iBb62zeMqH_evHNJslnRAaL0EaOr5xzkYgy5wl2O5k5e1SZVBmCOP5SplmcDipZLPOGX0lTzBI/w400-h235/ARimpo-Grazing-12x20-2021-web.jpg" title="Grazing by Maryland Artist April M Rimpo" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">As one of the feature artists at HorseSpirit Art<br />s Gallery show "Lines and Curves" I did a demonstration of watercolor painting at the gallery. There were five people who attended and to my surprise most stayed for the full three hour session. I am used to people coming buy, watching for 15 minutes, then wandering off to check out other things in the gallery, but this set of people were full of questions. I love it when that happens so I know that what I am sharing is what they want to understand. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I demonstrated four different paintings at different stages of completeness so I could show how watercolors build from one layer to the next. The gallery manager captured some of the session on video that I am sharing here.</span></p>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="317" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=317&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FHorseSpiritArts%2Fvideos%2F922998234982697%2F&show_text=false&width=560&t=0" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="560"></iframe></div></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the last few months the gallery had asked me to return as a teacher in their classroom on the second floor of the gallery. When four the those who watched the demonstration also asked Robin Holliday, owner and curator of HorseSpirit Arts Gallery, whether I had classes at the gallery, she asked again about teaching.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm happy to say we found some dates that worked for me and the gallery, so I'll be teaching a Watercolor Studio class starting in January. There will be four 3-hour sessions, where artists can work on their own projects under my guidance. I will do demonstrations both to teach some skills and to help give examples the students request to assist with their paintings. <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/4-day-watercolor-studio-with-april-rimpo-tickets-181347955617?fbclid=IwAR2rZwng6MrdGb-hIP_CsrbM78DgT_PqHxieyY1l2y26fxIoJIeoES1ibKA" target="_blank">Learn more at HorseSpirit Arts Gallery's Eventbrite site</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Interested in April's artwork or taking one of her classes? Consider becoming a Studio Friend by </span><a href="https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?llr=zswkoikab&p=oi&m=zswkoikab&sit=t4llhtchb&f=6daa0f5f-7751-432c-8642-98a4f8344417" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;" target="_blank">signing up for her weekly email</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">. April segments her newsletter so you can select topics you'd like to hear about when you sign up. For those who Select the General Interest topic you will receive emails about twice-monthly. If you are only interested in classes, then the emails will be much less frequent discussing upcoming classes and how to register. Thank you for your support of April M Rimpo Art. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oh, and please be sure to click on the link in a second email to verify your interest in joining my newsletter. Without the verification you will be left in a limbo state where you will not receive my emails and I can't complete the verification on your behalf. If you receive a response that you are already subscribed, email me to confirm and I can send you a different link to update your profile and get the verification email resent to you.</span><div style="clear: both; font-family: "times new roman";"></div></div><div style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman";"></div><div style="clear: both;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;"><a href="https://www.amrart.org/gallery-of-art" target="_blank">Contact April</a><span style="color: black;"> and see </span><a href="http://www.amrart.org" target="_blank">more of her art on her website</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"></span></div></div><div style="clear: both;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;">Copyright April M Rimpo All Rights Reserved. You may share my work with attribution and a link to this source site, but all other uses are prohibited.</span></div></div></span></div>AprilRimpohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678848782570505524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1105528714465186619.post-54148512596599718412021-09-17T09:24:00.002-04:002021-09-17T09:24:00.149-04:00"Preserving a Time" Watercolor 20" X 10" by April M Rimpo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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quotes about art is by Ivan Lissner, who said, "The secret of great art -
to rob the moment of its impermanence." That was my goal with <b><i>Preserving
a Time</i></b>. Sometimes Mother Nature puts on such a vibrant show that I must
capture it. That was the case when the sky started to turn behind the beautiful
clock tower. A gorgeous setting made better by the way the light enhanced the
clouds with beautiful lavender and coral shades that picked up the color of the
roof and shadows thrown by the trees. I amplified the sky and created a taller
tree to cast a larger shadow on the building. I will remember this forever and
hope my painting brings back wonderful memories for you of similar places painted
by nature.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span face="calibri, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span face="calibri, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt;">Enjoy my time-lapse video of me creating this painting below.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2cZRhxozbVw" width="320" youtube-src-id="2cZRhxozbVw"></iframe></div><span face="calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></div>
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AprilRimpohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678848782570505524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1105528714465186619.post-43304138683656556052021-09-11T09:24:00.003-04:002021-09-11T09:24:00.151-04:00"Time to Breath" 20" X 10" Watercolor by April M Rimpo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Inspiration occurs
from something as simple as a reflection in the water. The teal hull of the
boat is what made me stop and notice this scene. We were walking through the
outskirts of a beautiful town by the shore to meet some friends when the
reflection caught my eye. I stopped in my tracks and started to take
photographs from a few different angles. I primarily wanted the capture the
sailboat and its reflection but including the surrounds provided a backdrop
essential to set the stage. When getting ready to paint the scene I decided to
add the light streaking through the clouds to add drama to the sky and provide
an interesting cross pattern where the mast and rigging intersected with the
light. Capturing the quiet spirit of the place was essential to me. I hope you
get lost in the beauty of the place.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span face="calibri, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span face="calibri, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt;">Check out my video on this painting. It starts with me describing my design then transitions to a time-lapse video of the painting process.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7aznDP0xtqE" width="320" youtube-src-id="7aznDP0xtqE"></iframe></span></div><span face="calibri, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></div>
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AprilRimpohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678848782570505524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1105528714465186619.post-83687022444351841342021-05-11T10:23:00.003-04:002021-05-11T10:30:30.745-04:00"Parade Play" watercolor by April M Rimpo<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhx2CL23axn4sC9JbVi1NQYJvHxJlLOBBQHsij3_2aw-8zsEGq1hdG0WIEght5Z-cYkEBxtb53S3AtOB6WATgACSRrZ6ecmeHt_La2ZGjctNCcytM-1dqY3hac4ftglE6Ya3q0vC3refI/s864/ParadePlay%252827.75x27.5%2529-2021-web.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="864" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhx2CL23axn4sC9JbVi1NQYJvHxJlLOBBQHsij3_2aw-8zsEGq1hdG0WIEght5Z-cYkEBxtb53S3AtOB6WATgACSRrZ6ecmeHt_La2ZGjctNCcytM-1dqY3hac4ftglE6Ya3q0vC3refI/w640-h632/ParadePlay%252827.75x27.5%2529-2021-web.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b><i>Parade Play</i></b> by April M Rimpo</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>Parade Play</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Watercolor</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">27" X 28" painting</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">42" x 42" mat and frame</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Parades and New Orleans come hand-in-hand. We
all know the crowds that come to watch these parades, but for me the painting is
all about the musicians and local dignitaries who participate. I love the
clothing and colors showcased in these parades: purple and orange always being
prevalent. Wanting to represent the music and energy of these events without
including the crowds led me to consider how to “show” the music and help you
“hear” it in my painting, resulting in the burst of color and “confetti” shown.
Although not a conscious decision to leave out people because of the pandemic I
can’t help but wonder if that may have been in the back of my mind as a quiet
undertone.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Knowing there were 466 images submitted for this exhibition, I am honored that Parade Play was selected by juror Anne Abgott for the Baltimore Watercolor Society's 2021 Mid-Atlantic Exhibition to be presented from June 12 - August 31. </span><br /><p></p><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Interested in April's artwork or taking one of her classes? Consider becoming a Studio Friend by </span><a href="https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?llr=zswkoikab&p=oi&m=zswkoikab&sit=t4llhtchb&f=6daa0f5f-7751-432c-8642-98a4f8344417" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;" target="_blank">signing up for her weekly email</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">. April segments her newsletter so you can select topics you'd like to hear about when you sign up. For those who Select the General Interest topic you will receive emails about twice-monthly. If you are only interested in classes, then the emails will be much less frequent discussing upcoming classes and how to register. Thank you for your support of April M Rimpo Art. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oh, and please be sure to click on the link in a second email to verify your interest in joining my newsletter. Without the verification you will be left in a limbo state where you will not receive my emails and I can't complete the verification on your behalf. If you receive a response that you are already subscribed, email me to confirm and I can send you a different link to update your profile and get the verification email resent to you.</span><div style="clear: both; font-family: "times new roman";"></div></div><div style="background-color: white; clear: both;"></div><div style="clear: both; font-family: verdana;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;"><a href="https://www.amrart.org/gallery-of-art" target="_blank">Contact April</a><span style="color: black;"> and see </span><a href="http://www.amrart.org" target="_blank">more of her art on her website</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"></span></div></div><div style="clear: both; font-family: verdana;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;">Copyright April M Rimpo All Rights Reserved. You may share my work with attribution and a link to this source site, but all other uses are prohibited.</span></div></div>AprilRimpohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678848782570505524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1105528714465186619.post-72510751360596203792021-04-24T08:59:00.001-04:002021-04-24T09:23:09.415-04:00"Fishing Day" <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I grew up with a father who loved to fish. He didn't get to do it terribly often, but when he did he was the happiest I ever saw him. He either went out on a boat he owned with one of my uncles or went to a quiet spot, without the chaos shown here on this fishing pier. My mother's father was also a huge fisherman. He loved to fish on the Jersey shore, just standing on the shore in his waders. I heard so many times about his love of fishing and saw so many pictures of him that I feel like I saw him out there, but in reality I don't think I ever actually saw my grandfather at the shore. It's interesting how family stories become real images to us. His sons followed in his footsteps in their love of fishing as did one of my uncles sons, who still fish nearly daily, one still in waders in New Jersey, the other now in Florida.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Although my family didn't fish off of fishing piers, I find the interaction and camaraderie on this pier mesmerizing, where fishing is almost a team sport.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><i>Fishing Day</i></b> was selected for the Watercolor Art Society of Houston's exhibition in 2019 and for the Illinois Watercolor Societies 37th National Exhibition 2021.</span></span><br />
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AprilRimpohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678848782570505524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1105528714465186619.post-41856797130152717852021-03-12T08:47:00.004-05:002021-04-24T09:22:12.473-04:00Heritage a 24" X 24" watercolor<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i><span style="color: #8c0010;">Heritage</span></i></b><span style="color: #403f42;"> is part of my Inner Stories portrait series where the goal is not a traditional portrait of a person but a look at the story of the person. These paintings will be included in an exhibit at the Columbia Art Center in 2021. Elaine Weiner-Reed and I are joining forces again in this exhibit that will expand one our "Every Painting is a Story"/"Every Painting is a Song" initiative that you first experienced at our joint show in 2019.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #403f42;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sometimes the stories in my "Inner Stories" series are my emotional response to that person, how I feel they are inside. Others, like this, look back to her roots growing up in Vietnam. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #403f42;">The inlays that surround her are derived from a Mother-of-Pearl inlay piece in her home that tells the story of the </span><b><span style="color: #222222;">Trưng sisters</span></b><span style="color: #222222;">,</span><span style="color: #403f42;"> National heroes in Vietnam. They were Vietnamese military leaders who ruled for three years after rebelling in AD 40 against the first Chinese domination of Vietnam.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #403f42;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I loved the story of these brave women and wanted to represent the model as though her story was also preserved in Mother-of-Pearl. To me she represents a strong brave women in today's world. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #403f42;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #403f42; font-family: verdana;">"Heritage" is included in the 2021 Visionary Women exhibition at the Columbia Art Center. The exhibit will be on display through Mar 26, 2021.</span></div>
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AprilRimpohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678848782570505524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1105528714465186619.post-29113236199712331812021-03-09T22:43:00.002-05:002021-04-24T09:25:26.620-04:00" Beach Vacation" 11" X 24" watercolor<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><i><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Beach Vacation</span></i></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> brings back memories of many years of
trips to the beach. My first beach trips were to the beautiful white sands on
the Atlantic City Beach, way before the casinos moved there. The beaches in New
England, where I grew up, had tan sand, while those in Oregon were slightly
more rock and I found myself mesmerized by the Pacific Ocean, not paying much
attention of the color of the sand. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this painting, I decided to give a rose colored cast to the sand, just for the
fun of it, although I do believe I’ve seen coral colored beaches somewhere over
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you to a beach you enjoyed in your lifetime.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">This painting was selected for the Georgia Watercolor Society National Show 2021 by John Salminen.</span></div>
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AprilRimpohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678848782570505524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1105528714465186619.post-58611285196473295902020-09-29T09:52:00.006-04:002021-04-24T09:25:53.337-04:00"Cycling Together" 16"X 24" watercolor (Demo video)<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjO89jtZ_tKzH1_G-WCOZojyxyz4KVuNUd1iGnfjNMAQtI5CLu3K6PdeoofQS-iT4WdLFDqXmb9qFk3DHtmFnYSLI1ANbdUP-2ZXLTwZHyt7TZ9_8gaysG9mfZc0NdlaDUSIBk6fUOTzM/s900/ARimpo-CyclingTogether-16X24-2020-web.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="Watercolor paitning of three cyclists in a bike race." border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="900" height="435" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjO89jtZ_tKzH1_G-WCOZojyxyz4KVuNUd1iGnfjNMAQtI5CLu3K6PdeoofQS-iT4WdLFDqXmb9qFk3DHtmFnYSLI1ANbdUP-2ZXLTwZHyt7TZ9_8gaysG9mfZc0NdlaDUSIBk6fUOTzM/w640-h435/ARimpo-CyclingTogether-16X24-2020-web.jpg" title="Cycling Together" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><i>Cycling Together</i></b> </span>©<span> April M Rimpo</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>Cycling Together</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Watercolor & Fluid Acrylic</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">16" X 24" gallery wrapped</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As in most of my cycling paintings, my goal is
to capture the movement and energy of cyclists. I so admire bicycle riders for
their strength and athleticism. When a local triathlon runs through our town I
capture them in photographs as they ride by. I love their interplay as they
ride in groups, sometimes passing each other on their way by. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Abstracted backgrounds help bring focus
to the rider but also augment the sense of speed with which the rider is
traversing the landscape.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span><b style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Cycling Together</i></b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> is primarily a watercolor painting with a small amount of fluid acrylic in the shadows cast by the tree line onto the road.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Below is a video created by Sylvie Carter, who started Art with Sylvie - "</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span>Unlocking the journey of artists and their work.</span></span><span face=""IBM Plex Sans", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #686868; text-align: center;">"</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Sylvie is an artist in Canberra, Australia who set about interviewing artists in a variety of media and creating videos to share their art. I am honored that she was drawn to my paintings on Instagram and asked to include me and my work in her free videos. This is the second video she created with me where I demonstrate and talk about creating this painting. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Dud8QqkE4b8" width="320" youtube-src-id="Dud8QqkE4b8"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You can see more of Sylvie's Art with Sylvie Free videos on her website at <a href="https://artwithsylvie.com/free-videos/" target="_blank">https://artwithsylvie.com/free-videos/</a> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There are portions of my process beyond what Sylvie included in her video that I also wanted to share. Below is my 25 minute video about creating this painting.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/D3ZkUmRnqNc" width="320" youtube-src-id="D3ZkUmRnqNc"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Interested in April's artwork or taking one of her classes? Consider becoming a Studio Friend by </span><a href="https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?llr=zswkoikab&p=oi&m=zswkoikab&sit=t4llhtchb&f=6daa0f5f-7751-432c-8642-98a4f8344417" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;" target="_blank">signing up for her weekly email</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">. April segments her newsletter so you can select topics you'd like to hear about when you sign up. For those who Select the General Interest topic you will receive emails about twice-monthly. If you are only interested in classes, then the emails will be much less frequent discussing upcoming classes and how to register. Thank you for your support of April M Rimpo Art. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oh, and please be sure to click on the link in a second email to verify your interest in joining my newsletter. Without the verification you will be left in a limbo state where you will not receive my emails and I can't complete the verification on your behalf. If you receive a response that you are already subscribed, email me to confirm and I can send you a different link to update your profile and get the verification email resent to you.</span></p><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div style="clear: both; font-family: "times new roman";"></div></div><div style="background-color: white; clear: both;"></div><div style="clear: both; font-family: verdana;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;"><a href="https://www.amrart.org/gallery-of-art" target="_blank">Contact April</a><span style="color: black;"> and see </span><a href="http://www.amrart.org" target="_blank">more of her art on her website</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"></span></div></div><div style="clear: both; font-family: verdana;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;">Copyright April M Rimpo All Rights Reserved. You may share my work with attribution and a link to this source site, but all other uses are prohibited.</span></div></div>AprilRimpohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678848782570505524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1105528714465186619.post-30427534400215572002020-09-25T05:30:00.004-04:002021-05-31T20:45:05.391-04:00"First Look" a 12" X 12" Watercolor on Aquabord<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhixalQILuHL5QR6I4aGKKImTZK712HW_4l0Q6R7mwDIjYvujgrr2i0gmlPYDiDdz9TCh1sPa8qyxRXBhy3BDj-c0riSiVFtLL5oEIEmQTrLGoaxLVrG-_smv375t7UWRxiuBHi0FFPnKE/s792/ARimpo-FirstLook-12x12-2020-web.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="792" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhixalQILuHL5QR6I4aGKKImTZK712HW_4l0Q6R7mwDIjYvujgrr2i0gmlPYDiDdz9TCh1sPa8qyxRXBhy3BDj-c0riSiVFtLL5oEIEmQTrLGoaxLVrG-_smv375t7UWRxiuBHi0FFPnKE/s640/ARimpo-FirstLook-12x12-2020-web.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><b><i>First Look</i></b> ©<span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"> </span>April M Rimpo</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>First Look</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Watercolor on Aquabord</span><span style="text-align: left;">™</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">12" X 12" Painting</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">in a 13.5" X 13.5" Black Wood Floater Frame</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">$500</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWBdK3dFx-RFdB6pgSmWit8ivmnKv9bjf3amLa97Jybh-VKq764tHGIyZXV7JhwgUKtqLe7TClwXSmI4RcU_t5NCfItL2Ol3ljOr2lthaF2RGzjLNv-aHNug9kMVDneZcu0WXDXAAMWT4/s2048/ARimpo-FirstLook-12x12-2020-Overall.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWBdK3dFx-RFdB6pgSmWit8ivmnKv9bjf3amLa97Jybh-VKq764tHGIyZXV7JhwgUKtqLe7TClwXSmI4RcU_t5NCfItL2Ol3ljOr2lthaF2RGzjLNv-aHNug9kMVDneZcu0WXDXAAMWT4/w198-h200/ARimpo-FirstLook-12x12-2020-Overall.jpg" width="198" /></a></div><br />This sweet little fawn was born in the tall grass in our yard. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Who knew that negligence, due to a lot of rain, would result in a perfect hiding place for the doe to deliver her fawn. We were fortunate to have a view looking down into this spot from our living room. My husband and I both took pictures as we watched our new neighbor. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I believe this was its first time standing as it looked about on the world. Not long later the mother arrived to check on her fawn, who walked over to nurse. They sure get moving quickly. We were so honored to witness these early hours of the baby fawn's life.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Interested in April's artwork or taking one of her classes? 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This is my secure site created using a php format. It is safe to proceed.</span></div></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"></span><br /></div></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"></span></div></div><div style="clear: both; font-family: verdana;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;">Copyright April M Rimpo All Rights Reserved. You may share my work with attribution and a link to this source site, but all other uses are prohibited.</span></div></div></div><p></p>AprilRimpohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678848782570505524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1105528714465186619.post-57738031860184049652020-09-20T14:45:00.000-04:002020-09-20T14:45:59.246-04:00"The Love-Birds Boat", Watercolor, 24" X 36"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span face="verdana, sans-serif">24" X 36" painting</span></div>
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<span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">I love watching birds
flock to fishing boats when they return to port. I’m sure the pelican’s
goal was a late afternoon snack, but from what I can tell the fisherman didn’t
cooperate. As soon as he pulled into the dock and tied up the boat, two pelicans
perched on the side. Their heads formed the shape of a heart and I couldn’t
help but think they had love on their minds. Capturing the glow of the boat in
the late afternoon sun emphasized by the cool lavender shaded side led me to
create this painting in an orange, violet, and green palette. Pushing the
colors of the brown pelicans to orange-brown helped them stand out against the
multi-colored water, creating a romantic mood for the painting concept.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">I used one of my favorite color schemes of orange-red, green, and violet. Emphasizing the violets brought the dreamy feel to this painting that I desired.</span><br />
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AprilRimpohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678848782570505524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1105528714465186619.post-48753675488902615252020-09-08T15:14:00.002-04:002020-09-20T14:23:04.233-04:00"They're Everywhere" 30" X 24" Fluid Acrylic by April M. Rimpo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>They're Everywhere</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">Fluid Acrylic</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">30" X 24" image</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Two of my favorite things combine in <b><i>They're Everywhere</i></b>: the colors of pigeons and painting with drips and splatters to create the illusion of a rocky cliff.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I know, so many people think pigeons are pests but I love their iridescent colors. I'm also amazed that no matter where I travel I see pigeons. I've done paintings of pigeons in Italy, Seattle, New Jersey, and now Colorado. </span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><i>They're Everywhere</i></b> was particularly fun because of the way I created the background of this painting. I started by spraying water on the paper letting the water run in all directions, making rivers of water the went across and down the page, weaving a random pattern on the page. I then dropped on color, either with a brush or by using a pipette, and tipped the paper to make the colors blend randomly following the path of the water. I also added some splatters here and there that became the shadowed spots on the cliffs. After drying I continued painting to refine the cliffs, but many of the random cracks in the rocks and shadows were already established from the first wet-into-wet wash.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I've included a video of me creating this painting; a time lapse over a week of painting. Enjoy! I'd love to hear your feedback.</span></span><br />
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AprilRimpohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678848782570505524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1105528714465186619.post-5939037399043644522020-08-22T11:54:00.007-04:002020-09-20T14:41:04.725-04:00"Switching Point" a 11" X 14" watercolor <p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbMlZst4RGEXOxR7aWsP3Aa8vWEsE0pvmCU-ZLYXa8bcs_6r_htyPDWPxetjml3_7e4ywMAH5zYMs0xZc6JDm6I1m7kXdzYYZpHs_6tpIz8AzEVX5cfzR2FljVEL4fuFdzlvL09_qgWhY/s864/ARimpo-SwitchingPoint-11X14-2020-web.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="An image seen from an AmTrak train while heading from Baltimore to NYC. It shows Train Control Lights and track track switches" border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="864" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbMlZst4RGEXOxR7aWsP3Aa8vWEsE0pvmCU-ZLYXa8bcs_6r_htyPDWPxetjml3_7e4ywMAH5zYMs0xZc6JDm6I1m7kXdzYYZpHs_6tpIz8AzEVX5cfzR2FljVEL4fuFdzlvL09_qgWhY/w400-h309/ARimpo-SwitchingPoint-11X14-2020-web.jpg" title=""Switching Point" copyright April M Rimpo" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Switching Point" ©<span face="verdana, sans-serif"> </span>April M Rimpo</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>Switching Point</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Watercolor on textured watercolor paper</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">11" X 14" Painting</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">$600 </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">includes a $50 framing budget, currently unframed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The views along train tracks show a variety of subjects including cityscapes, rivers, mountains, and expansive fields. This painting looks at the workings of the railroad: the train light signals that keep trains on schedule avoiding collisions and the switches that move trains between tracks. The workers you see along the rails keep everything maintained. These are essential workers that keep this part of our infrastructure in order.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>Switching Point </i></b>is a watercolor on watercolor paper </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">that was textured with a gesso and acrylic medium mixture. Working on a textured surface adds a lot of interest to the background. I textured this by using stamps to apply the gesso and acrylic mixture. The pattern was over most of the surface, shining through to different degrees depending on whether I subdued the pattern as I was painting.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Interested in April's artwork or taking one of her classes? Consider becoming a Studio Friend by </span><a href="https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?llr=zswkoikab&p=oi&m=zswkoikab&sit=t4llhtchb&f=6daa0f5f-7751-432c-8642-98a4f8344417" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;" target="_blank">signing up for her twice-monthly email</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">. April segments her newsletter so you can select topics you'd like to hear about when you sign up. For those who Select the General Interest topic you will receive emails about twice-monthly. If you are only interested in classes, then the emails will be much less frequent discussing upcoming classes and how to register. Thank you for your support of April M Rimpo Art. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oh, and please be sure to click on the link in a second email to verify your interest in joining my newsletter. Without the verification you will be left in a limbo state where you will not receive my emails and I can't complete the verification on your behalf. If you receive a response that you are already subscribed, email me to confirm and I can send you a different link to update your profile and get the verification email resent to you.</span><div style="background-color: white; clear: both;"></div><div style="clear: both; font-family: verdana;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.amrart.org/Contact/index.php" target="_blank">Contact April</a><span style="color: black;"> and see </span><a href="http://www.amrart.org/home.php" target="_blank">more of her art on her website</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Note: You may be taken to an error page asking if you want to proceed to my https://..... .php site. This is my secure site created using a php format. It is safe to proceed.</span></div></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"></span><br /></div></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"></span></div></div><div style="clear: both; font-family: verdana;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;">Copyright April M Rimpo All Rights Reserved. You may share my work with attribution and a link to this source site, but all other uses are prohibited.</span></div></div></div><p></p>AprilRimpohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678848782570505524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1105528714465186619.post-89347789181402653072020-08-05T09:21:00.002-04:002020-09-20T14:41:43.832-04:00"Village Connector" watercolor 12" X 24" <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5djyP_hRaOUZbmryQrFLZ5UjkQxHKJaghVKk584d1F41_ivQFuqxOWy50-cmdZd062ZjHB50n7UZFTLxs7I9rCq2YLN1vpTrKael-Y6emon1d-EAu4JfGdSK7LqBGvbLMK16MZMkXr7w/s1224/ARimpo-VillageConnector-12X24-2020-web.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Interlaken train bridge" border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="1224" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5djyP_hRaOUZbmryQrFLZ5UjkQxHKJaghVKk584d1F41_ivQFuqxOWy50-cmdZd062ZjHB50n7UZFTLxs7I9rCq2YLN1vpTrKael-Y6emon1d-EAu4JfGdSK7LqBGvbLMK16MZMkXr7w/w640-h321/ARimpo-VillageConnector-12X24-2020-web.jpg" title="Village Connector" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><font face="verdana"><b><i>Village Connector</i></b>, watercolor by April M. Rimpo</font><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="verdana"><b><i>Village Connector</i></b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="verdana">Watercolor</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="verdana">12" X 24"</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="verdana">in 12" X 24" black frame </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="verdana"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="verdana"><a href="https://horsespiritartsgallery.com/product-category/artists/april-m-rimpo/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Available through HorseSpirit Arts Gallery</a></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="verdana"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="verdana"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">The inspiration to paint this scene more than two
decades ago occurred during a visit to Interlaken, Switzerland. This
view was across the road from the hotel where we stayed. Staying in the second-story room was lucky, providing this view. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="verdana"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Sometimes
it takes years to figure out how to paint a beautiful scene, such as this. I hope <b><i>Village Connector</i></b> brings back some wonderful memories for you.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Interested in April's artwork or taking one of her classes? Consider becoming a Studio Friend by </span><a href="https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?llr=zswkoikab&p=oi&m=zswkoikab&sit=t4llhtchb&f=6daa0f5f-7751-432c-8642-98a4f8344417" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;" target="_blank">signing up for her twice-monthly email</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">. April segments her newsletter so you can select topics you'd like to hear about when you sign up. For those who Select the General Interest topic you will receive emails about twice-monthly. If you are only interested in classes, then the emails will be much less frequent discussing upcoming classes and how to register. Thank you for your support of April M Rimpo Art. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oh, and please be sure to click on the link in a second email to verify your interest in joining my newsletter. Without the verification you will be left in a limbo state where you will not receive my emails and I can't complete the verification on your behalf. If you receive a response that you are already subscribed, email me to confirm and I can send you a different link to update your profile and get the verification email resent to you.</span><div style="background-color: white; clear: both;"></div><div style="clear: both; font-family: verdana;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.amrart.org/Contact/index.php" target="_blank">Contact April</a><span style="color: black;"> and see </span><a href="http://www.amrart.org/home.php" target="_blank">more of her art on her website</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Note: You may be taken to an error page asking if you want to proceed to my https://..... .php site. This is my secure site created using a php format. It is safe to proceed.</span></div></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"></span><br /></div></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"></span></div></div><div style="clear: both; font-family: verdana;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;">Copyright April M Rimpo All Rights Reserved. You may share my work with attribution and a link to this source site, but all other uses are prohibited.</span></div></div></div>AprilRimpohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678848782570505524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1105528714465186619.post-76510018423838212082020-07-18T10:00:00.001-04:002020-09-20T14:42:32.875-04:00A Glint of the Sun, watercolor 14" X 11"<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4-BPk8jpwK2ChToCz8cg8WkxZyptpqmCFjTYhtq53NxFLFE84faqU6gOyDrrQf5yYikmo3ZvMtaActUGZd7zWanW7NmVP0ayIJGIEVKgpA1pFuVPVhkiTykdeG7-tJDjWp6knQBwCd0E/s828/AMR1441-overall-AGlintOfSun-web.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Artwork by Maryland Artist, April M Rimpo, landscape in watercolor on canvas" border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="828" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4-BPk8jpwK2ChToCz8cg8WkxZyptpqmCFjTYhtq53NxFLFE84faqU6gOyDrrQf5yYikmo3ZvMtaActUGZd7zWanW7NmVP0ayIJGIEVKgpA1pFuVPVhkiTykdeG7-tJDjWp6knQBwCd0E/w400-h400/AMR1441-overall-AGlintOfSun-web.jpg" title=""A Glint of Sun" by April M Rimpo, watercolor on canvas, 14" X 11"" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><font face="verdana"><b><i>A Glint of the Sun</i></b> </font>©<span face="verdana, sans-serif"> </span><font face="verdana"> April M Rimpo</font><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="verdana"><b><i>A Glint of the Sun</i></b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="verdana">Watercolor on Canvas</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="verdana">14" X 11" in black frame</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="verdana"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="verdana"><a href="https://horsespiritartsgallery.com/product-category/artists/april-m-rimpo/" target="_blank">Available at HorseSpirit Arts Gallery</a></font></div><div><br /></div><div><font face="verdana"><b><i>A Glint of the Sun</i></b> shows a chicken coop on my neighbor's property. The chickens tend to stay in the back of the property so I seldom see them, except when they wander out onto our shared private road. I’ve been wanting to paint this barn since we moved here 23 years ago. I’ve taken dozens of photos but none showed the barn well. In March I went out for a morning walk, not my normal time, and there the barn stood in its glory with the sun shining on the roof. I finally got some long awaited photos of the barn. It was worth the wait. I hope you enjoy the painting as much as I rejoiced being able to finally share this view with others.</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">I<font face="verdana"> chose a spring green, purple, and red/orange color scheme for this painting. I find this color scheme dramatic and cheerful at the same time. I find it very appealing and hope you too will find this to be a joyful and cheerful spot that you love to periodically visit.</font></p></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Interested in April's artwork or taking one of her classes? Consider becoming a Studio Friend by </span><a href="https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?llr=zswkoikab&p=oi&m=zswkoikab&sit=t4llhtchb&f=6daa0f5f-7751-432c-8642-98a4f8344417" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;" target="_blank">signing up for her twice-monthly email</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">. April segments her newsletter so you can select topics you'd like to hear about when you sign up. For those who Select the General Interest topic you will receive emails about twice-monthly. If you are only interested in classes, then the emails will be much less frequent discussing upcoming classes and how to register. Thank you for your support of April M Rimpo Art. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oh, and please be sure to click on the link in a second email to verify your interest in joining my newsletter. Without the verification you will be left in a limbo state where you will not receive my emails and I can't complete the verification on your behalf. If you receive a response that you are already subscribed, email me to confirm and I can send you a different link to update your profile and get the verification email resent to you.</span><div style="background-color: white; clear: both;"></div><div style="clear: both; font-family: verdana;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.amrart.org/Contact/index.php" target="_blank">Contact April</a><span style="color: black;"> and see </span><a href="http://www.amrart.org/home.php" target="_blank">more of her art on her website</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Note: You may be taken to an error page asking if you want to proceed to my https://..... .php site. This is my secure site created using a php format. It is safe to proceed.</span></div></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"></span><br /></div></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"></span></div></div><div style="clear: both; font-family: verdana;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;">Copyright April M Rimpo All Rights Reserved. You may share my work with attribution and a link to this source site, but all other uses are prohibited.</span></div></div></div>AprilRimpohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678848782570505524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1105528714465186619.post-7980982029899173112020-07-18T09:38:00.004-04:002021-08-01T10:29:14.478-04:00"Keeping Us Fed", Watercolor, 15" X 7" with black frame<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgarHyP6QTn2phLP_ScHLDij3pmgnPdNqHNTI7Qw-tE6C5l-IgfGfojVqXrvlSuqPuB8ZHm_x17ILKCedYXSpQ0fG7HMQ8deYuzNk8tPRWWIXyLwD8ycA_YAxVtUUsdRBSJ-pqnUwPh7co/s1054/ARimpo-KeepingUsFed-15X7-2020-web.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1054" data-original-width="504" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgarHyP6QTn2phLP_ScHLDij3pmgnPdNqHNTI7Qw-tE6C5l-IgfGfojVqXrvlSuqPuB8ZHm_x17ILKCedYXSpQ0fG7HMQ8deYuzNk8tPRWWIXyLwD8ycA_YAxVtUUsdRBSJ-pqnUwPh7co/w306-h640/ARimpo-KeepingUsFed-15X7-2020-web.jpg" title=""Keeping Us Fed" by April M Rimpo, watercolor, 15" X 7"" width="306" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><font face="verdana"><b><i>Keeping Us Fed</i></b> </font><font size="5">©</font><font face="verdana"> April M Rimpo</font><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="verdana">Keeping Us Fed</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="verdana">Watercolor</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="verdana">15" X 7" with black frame</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="verdana"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">I’m grateful for the
food industry: from the farmers, the food processors, those who deliver our
food to market, and restaurants that prepare food for our consumption. It would
be a very different life for most of us if these didn’t exist. This is my nod to those who toil and
persevere to keep us fed.</span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">The stacks of flour needed to constantly supply the kitchen drew me to this scene. Their subtle color shift from one bag to the next was gorgeous to my eye so my camera came out to capture the lovely variation. The wonder pastel shades somehow enforced the beauty of what these people do for all of us.</span></p></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Interested in April's artwork or taking one of her classes? Consider becoming a Studio Friend by </span><a href="https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?llr=zswkoikab&p=oi&m=zswkoikab&sit=t4llhtchb&f=6daa0f5f-7751-432c-8642-98a4f8344417" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;" target="_blank">signing up for her twice-monthly email</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">. April segments her newsletter so you can select topics you'd like to hear about when you sign up. For those who Select the General Interest topic you will receive emails about twice-monthly. If you are only interested in classes, then the emails will be much less frequent discussing upcoming classes and how to register. Thank you for your support of April M Rimpo Art. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oh, and please be sure to click on the link in a second email to verify your interest in joining my newsletter. Without the verification you will be left in a limbo state where you will not receive my emails and I can't complete the verification on your behalf. If you receive a response that you are already subscribed, email me to confirm and I can send you a different link to update your profile and get the verification email resent to you.</span><div style="background-color: white; clear: both;"></div><div style="clear: both; font-family: verdana;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.amrart.org/Contact/index.php" target="_blank">Contact April</a><span style="color: black;"> and see </span><a href="http://www.amrart.org/home.php" target="_blank">more of her art on her website</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Note: You may be taken to an error page asking if you want to proceed to my https://..... .php site. This is my secure site created using a php format. It is safe to proceed.</span></div></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"></span><br /></div></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"></span></div></div><div style="clear: both; font-family: verdana;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;">Copyright April M Rimpo All Rights Reserved. You may share my work with attribution and a link to this source site, but all other uses are prohibited.</span></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>AprilRimpohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678848782570505524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1105528714465186619.post-39472581058657739262020-07-17T00:30:00.008-04:002021-08-01T10:30:05.575-04:00"A Heavy Load" 24" X 45" Fluid Acrylic © April M Rimpo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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be inspiring as an artist. I was there
during apple picking time and the trees were loaded with fruit. This tree
leaned heavily under the weight of the fruit but was strong and looked like it
had withstood years of producing food.
The hard work done by farmers to continually work for the betterment of
all. Like this tree they have taken on a
heavy load of their own. This painting acknowledges their pledge to us and to
the earth. We have a lot to be thankful for.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 13.85pt;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 13.85pt; text-align: left;"><font face=""><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Here you can see April painting two parts of this painting</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 13.85pt;"><font face=""><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AyzmSUEcP9o" width="320" youtube-src-id="AyzmSUEcP9o"></iframe></div><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></font></div>
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AprilRimpohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678848782570505524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1105528714465186619.post-33539734081310314352020-06-26T12:45:00.002-04:002020-06-26T12:48:19.642-04:00"Let's Dance" 24" X 20" watercolor<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6uCA9BTM_oNP7zUXEk34ix783TCnz4Wx2Ebh1EO7dHO94-tWSZ__N7CkhnAS56ByOAOyREUDUUrJG3VxyN1_GtZCuUOL6pa6D8bZ8JBmOyHA6mgxhw31vUBwzWV6zGIHzA5DJxfNPrJ0/s1080/ARimpo-Let%2527sDance-2020-web.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Figures, April M Rimpo, dancers, musicians, watercolor, fine art, explore color and let, everypaintingisastory" border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6uCA9BTM_oNP7zUXEk34ix783TCnz4Wx2Ebh1EO7dHO94-tWSZ__N7CkhnAS56ByOAOyREUDUUrJG3VxyN1_GtZCuUOL6pa6D8bZ8JBmOyHA6mgxhw31vUBwzWV6zGIHzA5DJxfNPrJ0/w400-h240/ARimpo-Let%2527sDance-2020-web.jpg" title="Let's Dance by April M Rimpo, 24" X 40" watercolor" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b><i>Let's Dance</i></b>, watercolor </font>©<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><font face="verdana" size="2">April M Rimpo</font></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="verdana"><b><i>Let's Dance</i></b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="verdana"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="verdana">watercolor on watercolor paper</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="verdana">mounted, varnished and framed</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="verdana"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="verdana">24" X 40" painting in 26" X 42" frame</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="verdana"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="verdana"><a href="https://amrart.org/Art/Detail.php?artid=1201102" target="_blank">Available for Purchase on my Website</a></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="verdana"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.85pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="display: none; font-size: 12pt;">LMy My </span><font face="verdana"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">My inspiration for <b><i>Let’s Dance</i></b>
came from a trip to New Orleans during the French Quarter Jazz Fest. A great
festival with 21 stages from small ones like this stage set up next to the
French Market to very large stadiums. A portable dance floor was in front of
the stage encouraging everyone to dance. The central couple appeared to be
professional dancers and their movements and energy motivated me to paint the
scene. I had fun brightening it up with color to reflect the energy I felt while watching the dancers and listening to the lively music. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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you are a dancer or like me enjoy watching other’s dance I hope you enjoy this
painting and the story of the day.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.85pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="verdana">This painting was selected for the prestigious Baltimore Watercolor Society's 2020 Online Mid-Atlantic Regional Exhibition. Paintings are available through the artists and available upon completion of the purchase. No waiting for the end of the exhibition.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.85pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Interested in April's artwork or taking one of her classes? Consider becoming a Studio Friend by </span><a href="https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?llr=zswkoikab&p=oi&m=zswkoikab&sit=t4llhtchb&f=6daa0f5f-7751-432c-8642-98a4f8344417" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;" target="_blank">signing up for her twice-monthly email</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. April segments her newsletter so you can select topics you'd like to hear about when you sign up. For those who Select the General Interest topic you will receive emails about twice-monthly. If you are only interested in classes, then the emails will be much less frequent discussing upcoming classes and how to register. Thank you for your support of April M Rimpo Art.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><div style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: "times new roman";"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.amrart.org/Contact/index.php" target="_blank">Contact April</a><span style="color: black;"> and see </span><a href="http://www.amrart.org/home.php" target="_blank">more of her art on her website</a></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "times new roman";"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "times new roman";"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: "times new roman";"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;">Copyright April M Rimpo All Rights Reserved. You may share my work with attribution and a link to this source site, but all other uses are prohibited.</span></div></div></div>AprilRimpohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678848782570505524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1105528714465186619.post-86226073391319125592020-06-18T19:23:00.000-04:002020-08-30T10:30:04.585-04:00Pelican Yoga" a 32" X 32" Watercolor<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Pelicans show off their
flexibility and balance when preening their feathers after a morning swim. I took countless photos that day waiting to
capture one where they were all standing upright, then it dawned on me that
their crazy poses were the real story of this painting. The subtle variation in
color in their feathers went unnoticed until I started to paint them. Take some
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AprilRimpohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678848782570505524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1105528714465186619.post-40083337040837766192020-05-11T08:10:00.000-04:002020-06-18T19:26:25.406-04:00Moment to Relax, 15.5" X 15.5" watercolor on Aquabord<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Normally I paint on watercolor paper, but not so for <i><b>Guatemalan Girl</b></i>. Ampersand</span></span>™ <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">has</span> a product called Aquabord</span></span>™<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> that has a deep cradle made from 2" birch plywood strips that are attached flush with the back edge of the pane. They make a nice presentation, so framing is not required. The medium on the board is </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">designed for use with aqueous media. I found it had some of the same properties as watercolor paper, but I did have to be careful about how long I worked on a<span style="font-size: small;">n area to keep it from getting too soft. When <span style="font-size: small;">the painting was complet<span style="font-size: small;">e I varnished the sur<span style="font-size: small;">face so it can hang without glass.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I wanted to fragment the image so I chose 5" square aquabord and designed the piece so each segment would be an interesting painting in its own right. The exact placement of her body in each frame was carefully crafted <span style="font-size: small;">to <span style="font-size: small;">create interesting abstract in <span style="font-size: small;">each panel<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I <span style="font-size: small;">considered</span> an exhibit where each segment could be purchased separately. If sold separately the girl would be shared among the various buyers. It would be interesting to bring the buyers together to meet and foster new relationships<span style="font-size: small;"> through my art</span>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The more I thought about the logistics I feared it would be very difficult to hang the segments <span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>so </b></span>they remain<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>properly aligned when hung as a whole. It seemed like aligning the segments might be a nightmare for me and the gallery, so in the end I attach<span style="font-size: small;">ed</span> the 9 panels to a sheet of Plexiglas</span></span>™<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"> and drill <span style="font-size: small;">a</span> slotted hole in the Plexiglas </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> where it could be hung from a nail. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I still like the idea of displaying a<span style="font-size: small;">rt so separate pieces form <span style="font-size: small;">one image while the individual<span style="font-size: small;"> works are <span style="font-size: small;">sold <span style="font-size: small;">separately. Perhaps if I do this a<span style="font-size: small;">s <span style="font-size: small;">a single<span style="font-size: small;"> line </span><span style="font-size: small;">of <span style="font-size: small;">paintings <span style="font-size: small;">instead of a <span style="font-size: small;">square of nine paintings</span> the logistics of hanging would be reduced.<span style="font-size: small;"> Let me know what you think about this idea<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">This feature show transitioned from HorseSpirit Art Gallery's physical gallery at Historic Savage Mills to an Online Show at the link provided above. April reveals several new paintings in this show. You'll see some new themes in April's work but all with a story to share. She'd love to hear what story you see in her work as that enriches the work for all.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">In April's art she uses Color and Light to Tell Stories of Life. Some are stories that capture history, show reveal the effects of time, others are a quiet spot where you can get lost in a calm and dreamy world. She has also included some small work of clouds that return April to her childhood when she would lie in the grass with a friend and they'd tell each other what they saw in the clouds. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">These is a small series that portrays seasons of the year. Rather than just capture the iconic symbols of each season April included birds that she sees at the bird feeders her husband set up in the backyard of their home. In these paintings the birds are all placed on the same mailboxes but their setting changes in each, transporting you from garden, to lake, to farm country, and a snowing drift. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Most of the work is watercolor that has been mounted, varnished, and either framed or gallery wrapped around stretcher bars. A few of the pieces are fluid acrylics that are also painted on watercolor paper. Six of the pieces were painting on Aquabord, a trademarked clay surface available from Ampersand Supplies. These too are varnished providing a very modern display with no glazing. Two of the watercolors use traditional framing under Plexiglas and a white mat. </span></div>
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AprilRimpohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678848782570505524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1105528714465186619.post-19882367055569543012020-04-30T22:35:00.003-04:002021-08-01T10:35:22.671-04:00"Busy Night Out", a 32 X 16" Watercolor<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif">In <b><i>Busy Night Out</i></b> a place is shown where people are arriving for a night out. My goal is for you to define the stories about where these families and solo explorers are going and what they might do. I'd love to hear your stories.</span><br />
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<span face="verdana, sans-serif">Varnished watercolor paintings are protected from the elements, so no glazing is used with this painting. I think you'll find varnished paintings are more approachable and enticing.</span><br />
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<span face="verdana, sans-serif">Here are additional nighttime paintings by April:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.amrart.org/Art/Detail.php?artid=1184240" target="_blank">Night Reflections</a></span></i></b> <span face="verdana, sans-serif">(12" X 18") - Moon over the water</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.amrart.org/Art/Detail.php?artid=1182173" target="_blank"><b><i>Distant Glow</i></b> </a>(16" X 44") - early sunset </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://aprilrimpoblog.amrart.org/2018/08/night-scenes-by-april-rimpo.html" target="_blank"><b><i>Nighttime Stroll</i></b> (30" X 24")and <b><i>Quiet Times</i></b> (11" X 14")</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.amrart.org/Art/Detail.php?artid=1151349" target="_blank">Nighttime Glitter</a> - 5" X 7" painting of the Eiffel Tower</span></li>
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<span face="verdana, sans-serif">You can see the <a href="https://aprilrimpoblog.amrart.org/2018/09/student-work-from-night-landscape.html" target="_blank">student paintings from one of my Nighttime painting workshops here</a>.</span><br />
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AprilRimpohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678848782570505524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1105528714465186619.post-67399670148946865972020-04-24T22:32:00.001-04:002021-08-01T10:36:43.902-04:00"By the Old Mill" 30" X 20" Watercolor<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><a href="https://www.horsespiritartsgallery.com/product-category/artists/april-m-rimpo/" target="_blank">SOLD through HorseSpirit Arts Gallery's Online Shop</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">By the Old Mill</span></i></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> reveals a perfect place to fish in the
quiet of an old abandoned building. I always enjoy seeing places that have
started to decay and collapse. I think I find them fascinating because their
history is revealed. This building challenged me in countless ways with so many
different materials (brick, reflections on glass, rusted metal, tree brambles
and vines, water reflection, and the undergrowth of the distant woods.)
Although I loved figuring out how to portray these textures it is the story of
the place and the lone fisherman that drew me to paint it.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">You can read more about creating this painting in a post titled</span><br />
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<li><a href="https://aprilrimpoblog.amrart.org/2019/08/how-long-did-it-take-answers-to-consider.html" target="_blank"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">How Long Did It Take? Answers to Consider</span></a></li>
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