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New Work

9/28/2015

 
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2 new paintings added to the Spring Favourites Gallery. Left to right: Let's Get Lost, 2015 acrylic & mixed media on canvas, 30" x 36" & Rise, 2015 acrylic & mixed media on canvas 36" x 48"
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Salt Lake City's Gallery Stroll @ Vive Juicery

9/21/2015

 
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I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to everyone who came out to support the opening of my 10 painting exhibition at Vive Juicery during Salt Lake City's Gallery Stroll. I couldn't have asked for a better venue. I couldn't have asked for more loving support. If you didn't have the chance to attend the opening, the show will be up until mid-December.

Antelope Island Abstract Inspiration

9/16/2015

 
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I feel like I've landed on the surface of a different planet. Everything feels "other-worldly". The vast pools of salt, the seaweed made crisp by the harsh sun, the crunching of bones beneath my feet, the sound of strange birds, the near-solid foam on the beach. Inspiration is everywhere.


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Abstract Rock Inspiration

9/15/2015

 
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While everyone else is taking pictures of the pretty scenery, I am taking close-up pictures of rocks. The questions that go through my mind are these: How does nature put colours together? How does it use texture? Where does nature lay on the texture thick? Where does it spread it thin? How does is work with contrast? How does it make a neutral palette work? Where is it rough? Where is it smooth? Which products would I use to make the same effects on the canvas? This is why I tossed my colour wheel a long time ago: Nature does it best. The following are my 15 favourite abstract rock inspirations:


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Painting As A Lifestyle

9/14/2015

 
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Painting isn't a hobby. For me, painting is a lifestyle. Wherever I am in the world, whatever I am doing, I paint because I love to paint. I paint because I have to. If I don't paint, my world just doesn't feel right. The truth is, if something is important to you, you find the time to do it. You stop making excuses. You stop allotting time to things that just aren't that important. You carve out the time and you protect that time like it's something precious. Because it is precious. We are all given the same amount of hours in a day. The way you choose to spend those hours, day after day, determines who you are. 


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How To: Rust Colour Palette

9/12/2015

 
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How to choose a rust colour palette: 


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Regular Plaster VS Pink Plaster

9/12/2015

 
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What is the difference between regular plaster and pink plaster? Is one better than the other? How do I chose?


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daSilva Fine Art: September Newsletter

9/10/2015

 
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You've got mail! If you did not find my September newsletter your inbox this morning, contact me to get on the mailing list. Don't miss out on what's new, hot and happening at daSilva Fine Art. Be the first to know of upcoming classes, promotions and fearless fine art tips.

    This blog was created to share my belief that the art-making process is a catalyst for transformation and personal empowerment. I am living proof. 

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