DENOART : artist journal

The Life

2012-01-30T03:58:00.001-08:00

6" x 6" ceramic tile painted with oil/media text

for Artport 2012
. . . . . . .postcard to Richard Moore
given to me by Claudia which she
purchased at his estate sale.

Artport 2012: Paired

2012-01-29T09:33:00.001-08:00

"Pair of Alternate Interior Angles"

Two 15" x 36" canvases hung 6" apart

acrylic/sharpie

Shreveport Regional Airport 2012

Headed for the Eclipse

2012-01-29T09:23:00.000-08:00

"Headed for the Eclipse"

32" x 43" acrylic/sharpie painting

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The Fortune Teller

2011-11-16T04:11:00.000-08:00

The Fortune Teller

Three Men

2011-11-15T14:53:00.001-08:00

P's Gallery - Longview, Texas

left to right:
John Hillier, Joshua Kight & Dennis O'Bryant

Bound Torso

Broken Wing

Copa da Vino: Venus & Mars

Menage a Trois

She's Complicated

Still Life with Stiletto
Torso Azul
Torso Bronze

Torso Verde

Wild Red

REFRESH

2011-11-15T03:52:00.000-08:00

"She's Complicated"

acrylic/sharpie

San Francisco

2011-11-14T03:58:00.001-08:00

View of Coit Tower from the ferry

Downtown

California Coastline

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Street Art

WPA Mural in Coit Tower

Coit Tower

View of Alcatraz from Coit Tower

Segways at Mother's

de Young Museum of Art

Picasso

Chinatown

BUDDHA

Shop!

Happy Green Buddha

Flags in Chinatown

Lanterns in Chinatown

Alcatraz from the Ferry

Golden Gate Bridge from the Ferry

Muir Woods

Ferry Building Tower

FedEx truck/Streetcar

Me & Margot at the Golden Gate Bridge

NEAR & FAR - EAST TEXAS REGIONAL ARTISTS - Longview Museum of Fine Arts

2011-07-15T02:42:00.001-07:00

Pablo the Picasso Owl with Deno

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Claudia - Susan - Deno - Margot - Kay - Karen

my entourage

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Susan with Broken Wing

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Wild Red - Tile Mosaic

2011-06-24T03:17:00.000-07:00

"Wild Red"

20" x 24" Tile Mosaic

(framed)

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arranging tiles for grouting ~ 2011-5-21

drying clay ~ 2010-1-31

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original sketch ~ 2010-1-4

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Bruce Plums at the Studio - 2011

2011-06-24T03:08:00.001-07:00

The Bruce Plum tree

in the front yard of

Denoart Studio was in

full bloom in early spring

2011 and produced an

abundance of fruit this

year.

Caddo Painting in Progress

2011-05-19T03:32:00.000-07:00

...from sketch to paint and color,

the early evolutions of a Caddo landscape at sunrise

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...still unfinished at this time

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DENOART Sketchbook - 20 New Sketches

2011-04-22T03:28:00.000-07:00

the sketch as a generation of an idea

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Caddo Painting Highest Selling Auction Item

2011-04-22T03:16:00.000-07:00

"The Face of God In Goverment Ditch ~ Caddo"

32" x 43" acrylic painting / Live Auction Item

High Cotton Ball

Fundraiser for The Bondage to Freedom House

in Marshall, Texas - final bid / $3700

the zen porch ~ April 2011

2011-04-22T02:53:00.000-07:00

A long over due front porch project finally took wings at

the beginning of April - removal of railings, replace rotten

boards, scrap old paint, add an extra column from another

old house (that fell down in Marshall) - what began as some

basic home repair turned into the Zen Porch.

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Plum Blossoms in front of the Studio/February 2011

2011-04-22T02:41:00.000-07:00

The Bruce Plum tree was a gift from friend and fellow artist,

Lewis Kalmbach - currently loaded with plums and home to

a Red Breasted Robin family.

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Sculpture in the Snow - early January 2011

2011-01-15T10:33:00.000-08:00

Early January snow in Marshall, Texas

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Wallscape - Marshall, Texas

2010-09-07T03:32:00.000-07:00

Mr. Don at the Third Grand Opening

This 19" x 21" acrylic/sharpie/collage painting

was done in late 2007 as an entry for Marshall's

Main Street Art Contest. The painting won first prize

in that year's contest and held somewhat of a personal

victory over and above the creativity of a art piece

and the winning of a contest. The painting became the

possession of one of the sponsors.

In late 2009 the painting was chosen from my portfolio

by the Marshall CVB and Brand Manager John Arrend

as a selection to be reproduced for their Wallscape

project. They wished for the work to be up

for that year's Christmas festival but soon realized

that was impossible.

August 20, 2010 - Just fininshing lunch and was called by

the CVB that it was going up that afternoon.

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DENOART Steel - Photography by Jeff Eames

2010-07-31T03:06:00.000-07:00

Slippery Slope

Powder Coated Steel 26" x 16" x 14.5"

On loan from the estate of Norvin Malone

Courtesy of Bennie and Guillermina Davis

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DENOART Steel photographed by Jeff Eames

at the Longview Museum of Fine Arts.

This group of work is currently on exhibit at the museum

along with eight other east Texas artists as a part of the

Spritual UNDERTONES show.

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The Dance

Powdercoated Steel 27.5" x 17" x 11.5"

$650

Push Me Pull Me (with Winged Victory)

Poluyurathane coated steel with concrete base

27.5" x 19.5" x 12"

$730

Winged Victory - Clay Art

$75

Delicate I No. 2

Powdercoated Steel 35.5" x 20" x 20"

$850

Delicate I

Powdercoated Steel 32" x 30" x 10"

$1500
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Another Moment

Powdercoated Steel

Green Figure

Powdercoated Steel with wood & tin base

24" x 14" x 8"

$450

Untitled Figure

Powdercoated Steel 23.5" 7.5" x 6"

$690

Black Toe

Powdercoated Steel with broken marble

40" x 14" x 18"

$850

Omega

Enamel Painted Steel with glass lens and door knob

49.5" x 27" x 12"

$980

Angel Eye

Powdercoated Steel

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Opening Night ~ Spiritual UNDERTONES ~ LMFA

2010-07-16T03:36:00.000-07:00

Erin Lambers ~ Dennis O'Bryant ~ Curtis Graff

Brothers

Gin, Me & Mary Lynn

...we're not right!

Check it out Heather

The Graff Group & the Borns

Erin - what a show off!

Crazy Lambers!

Margot

Me & Claudia

do we let these people in the museum?

Thanks to Claudia Lowery & Paula Divine

for being friends and photographers.

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Spiritual UNDERTONES in July

2010-07-03T13:37:00.001-07:00

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Mosaic (in progress)

2010-07-03T13:33:00.000-07:00

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Crunk-O-Licious Raku

2010-07-03T13:22:00.001-07:00

Crunk Trunk

Raku Clay Art

Bound Figure

Raku Clay Art with embedded glass

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Breakfast in the Devil's Kitchen

2010-06-13T05:43:00.000-07:00

Breakfast in the Devil's Kitchen

30" x 30" acrylic painting

2010-5-8 / 4:45 AM / Marshall, Texas: I woke up to

what sounded like rain dripping from the roof only to

find out a few moments later as I heard the fire truck

sirens stopping out my back door that the Old Marshall

Motor Company building was on fire and those were boards

popping and snapping that I heard in my awakening state.

Grabbed my camera and took pictures as the old building

burned rapidly but the Marshall Fire Dept. was on the job

and brought it under control - as I watched, I couldn't help

but think that this was a little too close for comfort.

Even a sadder note than the fire was that a young man

named Clay Cantrelle died in that fire - on the back of the

painting are references to Clay.

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New Favorite Crunk Can

2010-06-13T05:37:00.000-07:00

Raku Clay Art - Caddo Crunk Can

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EAST TEXAS ARTISTS

2010-06-13T05:12:00.000-07:00

EAST TEXAS ARTISTS - July 10th through August 28th

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Always Hire A Professional (Photographer)

2010-04-24T04:38:00.000-07:00

photography: jeff eames

raku clay art: dennis o'bryant

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Crunk Can & Torso: Raku Clay Art

2010-04-11T05:37:00.001-07:00

The metalic colors change each time the piece is moved

around in the sunlight creating a prismatic effect.

beautiful!

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Raku Firing - March 13, 2010

2010-04-11T05:14:00.000-07:00

Kay's piece: we already know that it has a big crack near

the bottom and it's leaning and resting on the edge of the

kiln as we remove the first section.

Time is of the essence and I rush to grab the other end

of the tongs that Kay is holding - per our strategy,

Lift out

...and there is the large crack?

Reduction fire.

We redeemed ourselves on the second round and Kay's

other piece is a masterpiece.

Me & Paula.

hmmmm.....

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Torso in Clay (work in progress)

2010-03-07T09:57:00.001-08:00

A new work in development is a raku clay torso,

the third sculpture in this series.

2010-02-26T20:28:00.000-08:00

Caddo with Duckmill

Caddo Lake Art on Display at Visual Art Center
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DENOART Sketchbook 2010

2010-02-07T04:58:00.000-08:00

Starting a new sketchbook this month and the

cover is decorated with a picture of Michelangelo's

Sistine Chapel painting and an Empty Bowls sticker.

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Cut Clay Tiles for Mosaic Drying

2010-01-31T14:27:00.000-08:00

20" x 24" board / 1" (+-) inset / raku clay

...drying.

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Four Late Paintings for 2009

2009-12-31T06:46:00.000-08:00

Artist & Muse

20" x 24" acrylic/sharpie/oil glaze

DENOART

Ironic Eve

25" x 32" acrylic/sharpie/oil glaze

DENOART

Stiletto with Figure & Wine Bottle

23" x 27" acrylic/sharpie/oil glaze

DENOART

Moon with Figure & Red

19" x 25" acrylic/sharpie/oil glaze

DENOART

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Torsos in Azul & Verde

2009-12-04T16:20:00.000-08:00

Torso in Azul

DENOART - raku clay art

Torso in Verde

DENOART - raku clay art

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the test pieces

2009-11-08T09:32:00.000-08:00

test piece 1

test piece 2

test piece 3

test piece 4

test piece 5

test piece 6

These works in clay were just test pieces to learn

about mixing different glazes during the recent

Small Town Raku Workshop with Raku Master,

Steven Branfman.

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The Professional Shot

2009-10-17T05:22:00.000-07:00

New Face

Raku Clay

El Sueno
Raku Clay
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Messenger

Raku Clay

One Eyed Joker

Raku Clay

Photography by: Jeff Eames

On a recommendation from teacher, Erin Lambers,

I had five of my raku clay art pieces professionally

photographed and are being submitted to Lark

Publications for 500 Raku.

Recent Sketches

2009-09-30T02:48:00.000-07:00

Sketches from a recent trip to Puerto Rico

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Puerto Rican Vacation

2009-09-30T02:34:00.000-07:00

Flight from Atlanta to San Juan, Puerto Rico

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Cafe Kitties

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Bougainvillea by the Sea

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Mr. Crab

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Thunderhead

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Turret in Aguadillia, Puerto Rico

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Street in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

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Boats by the Sea - Aguada, Puerto Rico

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Vista at Aguada. Puerto Rico

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Refreshments by the Sea

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A recent vacation to the beaches of Puerto Rico was just the ticket

to recharge the creative juices.

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Copa da Vino - A Trio of Paintings

2009-07-25T15:22:00.000-07:00

Copa da Vino - Dreams Unwind

acrylic/mixed media

DENOART 2009

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Copa da Vino - Venus and Mars

acrylic/mixed media

DENOART 2009

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Copa da Vino

acrylic/mixed media

DENOART 2009

.What started off as three unsucessful paintings,

covered with gesso and more acrylic paint, sprayed,

wiped, patterns applied and maybe even covered.

First one arrangement on the easel and then another,

then turned over several more times, with more paint,

spraying, scraping and reconnecting previous patterns

with lines and color. The three pieces were almost

independent works. About that time Erin had

challenged us to make a wine glass for class and

that she would provide the wine and wash the cup.

At the same time I was working on a 12" x 12"

series of Rachel's stiletto and enjoying

Smoking Loon merlot...the same wine Erin had the

night the cup was ready to use. Those elements

came together as some what of a still life in all

three works.

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below: paintings in the early stages

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stiletto 1 - 5

2009-07-20T15:54:00.000-07:00

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2
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4
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acrylic/mixed media

DENOART 2009
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Raku Firing Demonstration at LMFA

2009-06-21T06:28:00.000-07:00

loading the kiln

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hmmm....?
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hot kitty!

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dancing with Erin

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seriously

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signature

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rear view

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The Hand & The Eye

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all photos by Claudia Lowery

www.claudiawrites.blogspot.com

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The Female Torso

2009-06-14T10:34:00.000-07:00

I have been looking for new ideas for the clay

sculptures and Erin suggested the female torso

only...and that sounded like something I had

been studying all along anyway...might as well

put forth the effort in clay. Google'd some images

and did a sketch...good idea Erin.

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erin's monday night clay class

2009-05-30T06:16:00.000-07:00

2009-5-29 Raku firing for the Monday night class:

Friday afternoon, hot but plenty of beer & food,

Stacy & Karen stop by to watch and fire 2 of Karen's

pieces...loads of fun, great group effort and

participation...everyone had a task.

It has and continues to be "an in the moment

experience."

the first of two pieces I had in the firing.

action

group

Claudia's Jesus (with copper crown)

...thanks for the spot Erin.

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