Latest Paintings

Though I’m not as diligent at this as I should, being better at the visual word than the written word, and for that I apologize, it is not without reason as can be noted by the latest works displayed herein. I’ve also been participating in an exhibit in New York that just closed, was part of the recent LynnArts auction to benefit the arts programs in Lynn, as well as a number of other art related activities.
Though I may be lax on my posts, your continued support is appreciated and I hope our paths will be found together during the upcoming year.
Artistically yours,
Jeff

New Image posted to my web site

For those who couldn't make the demo that I presented on this Saturday past (04/04/09), I thought I would share what I created. The title of this piece is: September Shadows (Saratoga National Park) To see a larger version, visit my web site at www.fioravanti-fineart.com and check out the historical gallery under Saratoga. Click on the thumbnail and there you go!

Saratoga National Battlefield is first and foremost a lovely landscape, with rolling hills, open fields and a view of the Hudson. There are actually two battles that comprise the Battle of Saratoga. The Battle of Freeman's Farm (09/19/1777) and The Battle of Bemis Heights (10/07/1777) Saratoga is key event in the War for Indepedence as it helped to bring France into the war on the side of America.

Pastel Demo by Jeff Fioravanti at Danvers Art Association

Good Day All,

I will be giving a pastel demo on Saturday, April 4, 2009, from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM at the Danvers Art Association. The demo is FREE and open to the public. So, if you want to see how I might develop a pastel painting, have questions, or just want to come and say "Hello!" by all means, feel free! Hope to see you there!

Jeff

New Images Added to my Web Site

Nice sunny Saturday here in New England today. Hope you are enjoying the same. Just wanted to share a couple of new images have been added to my web site. The first of Kaaterskill Creek in New York and is in the online gallery of the site. The second is of Saratoga Military Park and is found in the historical landscape gallery.

10th Annual "Pastel 100" Art Competition

I am pleased to announce that my painting “Winter’s Glow (Lynn Woods)” has been selected as part of the Tenth Annual “Pastel 100” art competition sponsored by the Pastel Journal magazine. Consisting of five categories, Landscape/Interiors, Portrait/Figure, Still Life/Floral, Abstract/Non-objective and Animal/Wild Life, with approximately twenty winners per category, the “Pastel 100” is one of the most competitive in the medium, and garners more a thousand entries for consideration and inclusion in the exhibition. Featured in the April 2009, this is the second time my work has been selected as an award winner in the landscape category.

He's Created What I Have in Mind

It’s been a while since I’ve written. Spending each weekend shoveling snow, five birthdays and a 50th wedding anniversary have kept me from much time at the computer. However, it has not prevented me from doing work and creating art.

Today, I have a unique experience to share. As many of you who read this blog know, I recently created a painting of Lily/Pranker’s Pond in Saugus. It is a place at which I spent many a moment of my younger life, honing my athletic skills with ash and steel in winter’s chill, or reflecting upon a summer’s eve. Wrapped in autumn’s fire, or the clean freshness of spring! Some of you who read this spent days with me there, exploring, playing, lost in our youth in this little oasis of nature.

Tom Sheehan is a master of the written word. A fellow Saugonian, (ok, I now live next door in Lynn) Tom shares that same connection to Lily/Pranker’s pond. Like me, he ventured there, in winter, picking the pocket of an opponent about to celebrate a winning goal. His experience in summer is more of stories told to me by my mother, fishing, swimming, or relaxing with that special girl or boy, rowing a small boat, like characters in a painting by Monet.

Some of you might recognize the name of Tom Sheehan in part because my paintings “Reflections (Gloucester Dory)” and “Burnside’s Bridge” have graced the cover of his books “Epic Cures” and “Brief Cases Short Stories”

The painting “Lily/Pranker’s Pond” which debuted on this blog back in December was actually part of a third collaboration between Tom and myself; I didn’t mention anything back then because I didn’t want to jinx things. (I’m superstitious like that. You should have seen my rituals for hockey and soccer)

Qarrtsiluni, an online publication recently put out a call for submissions for a piece they were developing entitled “Mutating the Signature” Briefly, the idea was that two creative artists, from different disciplines, or similar would collaborate in a manner that would show how the other or together could influence and inspire. As part of the submission, you also had to include the process used to develop the collaboration. You did not have to know the person with whom you were collaborating, just had to describe how that person has inspired you to create a reaction to the piece. It could be sculpture, audio, video, or in our case, written word and visual.

I created the painting, and then Tom wrote the poem. And now, I am happy to say, we’ve made the cut. The piece is up and online, and if you click the little speaker under the painting, you can hear the author read the poem which serves to only enhance the viewer’s experience. I hope you like it as much I had working with Tom to create this piece.

Here’s the link to the piece: http://qarrtsiluni.com/2009/01/30/hes-created-what-i-have-in-mind/

I hope you are all well and thank you for your continued support. Though I have several more birthdays’ arriving soon, including my own, I hope that I will be able to post more regularly. Until next, do take care.

Artistically yours,
Jeff

Happy Holidays!

May the peace and joy of the season be with you and yours now, and throughout the New Year! Hope to see you in 2009. For you pleasure, I've included the following image of Pranker's Pond in Saugus, Massachusetts. I grew up in this town, and skated many times on this pond. This was painted as we like to say, "en plein air" while sitting on a bench by the pond edge. It's a small pastel, 7x9, painted on watercolor board, toned burnt sienna. It's not on my website, at least not yet, and is posted specifically for you! Enjoy!