Change of Season and NEW studio

Dear Friends and Collectors of Laurie Maves ART. in the new studio with new paintings photos by Kathleen Peachey              Fall is definitely here, once again, and this time I look onto the world from a new studio situtated near the 8th Avenue Exit off of I25 - right smack dab in the center of the city of Denver. This most amazing space has been created for me by my endearing husband. Yes, I was married this past summer and one of the amazing perks of my newlywed status is that my husband is part owner of a constrcution company in Denver called, Platinum Renovations. The new work space is brightly lit with floor to ceiling north-facing windows. The light is so amazing I rarely ever have to turn on a light. Many who know me from my days of having the basement studio on Santa Fe Drive in the Santa Fe Arts District in Denver will know that the space is a true change for me - even symbolizing rising from a dark time in my personal life to a new bright and brilliant existence. To Ralph Guglielmi, my husband, I am most grateful. Come see the space when you can, all you have to do is call me, email me or text to make an appointment.  We are located at 730 Umatilla Street, Denver, CO 80235, USA

More news in the art world for Laurie Maves ART (my name was officially changed to Laurie Maves Guglielmi, but for all art-related business, I will maintain the Laurie Maves ART trademark). There are two shows I would love to bring to your attention. This weekend I will have one painting of a portrait of Annie Oakley made specifically for the "Buffalo Bill DAZE" 9/11 - 9/13  event in Georgetown, Colorado. "Annie Oakley Ain't Afraid" is 24"x30"  acrylic on canvas and is currently available for purchase

The next exhibition I would like to let you know about is one of a collaboration with Erica Jane Huntzinger that will take place in the Frank Juarez Gallery in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, starting October 24-November 28. The show will be titled, "20 and Counting," as Erica and I have been friends for the past twenty years following our enrollment in the Masters of Art in Art Therapy program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) in 1995. Erica visited Denver in August and we created 20 paintings for the show, 4 being true collaborative paintings.  "intuition" 24"x30" acrylic and china makers on Tyvek all rights reserved by Laurie Maves ART Thank you to all of you who continue to support my painting. I look forward to the new works that will be created in the new space.  Come Visit!

a Venus for the 2015 Denver Chalk Arts Festival

the end of Saturday, day one, we got a lot of chalk on the ground...twice!

Ah, the annual Denver Chalk Art Festival! What an amazing event, 13 years in the running.  I was able to participate again this year, which marks my fourth or fifth year chalking it up. Many of my local artist friends have been showing up every year, but this was the first in about 5 years that I had volunteered my chalking efforts on the streets of Larimer Square.

I was told by one Larimer Arts Association member that approximately 100,000 people would walk the streets and get a viewing of over a hundred amazing examples of temporary chalk art over the weekend.

The annual chalk arts event in Denver runs for three days. We would have started outlining our works on Friday June 5th, had the weather in Denver not been so very wet.

So we waited (we being the Laurie Maves Art team of myself and my eldest son, Forest) until Saturday June 6th to get started on out 8'x8' reproduction of one of my 2015 paintings called, 

"Venus and the Ponte Vecchio"

detail of Laurie Maves' 72"x72' mixed media painting on canvas, 2015. all rights reserved by the artist

Below are some photos of the weekend's process, including the untimely downpour at 3pm in the afternoon, which inevitably washed away over 80% of what Forest and I had gotten on the pavement in the prior 6 hours of work.

9 am on Saturday morning

just about noon on Saturday. Forest at work 

and then the rains came at 2pm

and this is what remained...

by the end of day one

venus detail day 2, Sunday June 7, 2015

after a day's worth of hustle I was able to complete the image Forest and I started

many thanks to our square sponsor, the band, Something Underground

When all was said and done, even with the rains and all the back-breaking, knee-crunching work, the image came out beautifully.  I am so grateful for the assistance of my son on day one. What a great way to spend 8 ours with a fabulous child. I am also most grateful to have had the opportunity to work next to a longtime artist colleague and dear friend, Eric Matelski. Eric was the guy who said to me over a decade ago, "If you can chalk live, you can paint live!" and my life changed from then on!
For more information on the annual event, visit the Larimer Arts.org website

Arriving Here, Leaving 2014

Today being the last day of the year I tend to embark on a life review - I'm sure like many others. What have I done with my life? Where am I headed? How am I doing as a mom? What to paint next? How to make the work better, how to reach more people...is it ever enough? Am I ever going to do or be enough??? (something my dear friend, Bernadette Slowey and I often talk about.) I spent the better part of yesterday reviewing almost a decade's worth of work posted online - some of it lovely, but honestly most of it I could do without. There's the inner critic for you. But I always come back to the fact that you can't get there from here. Everyday you have to be here. Here. Here. And every moment is now. Now. Now. And I could have never arrived at Circles, had I not painted Venuses, poppies, and Lollipop Figures on cliffs, then daisies, then orbs, then Circles. You can only get here, from where you are. 
Today's featured painting is my favorite Circle painting of 2014, appropriately entitled, "My Favorite Circle Painting." I love the lightness of being of it, it feels happy - the floating bubbles of possibility. It feels grounded and strong. It knows color and all the ins and outs and endless combinations.
I thank you all for an amazing 2014, and also for an amazing life thus far. I am truly blessed to be spending the majority of the hours of the day doing what I love to do - ever since I was a child, and that is to create.
I look forward to 2015, all the new paintings that will be made, all the new experiences I will have with you at my side, and all the new places we will arrive at together called "here." Happy New Year!

"my favorite circle painting" mixed media on canvas, 40"x40", 2014
all rights reserved by Laurie Maves ART

EbAy ART sales roll at $.99

Can you believe that title of this blog?
REAL? ORIGINAL? ARTWORK? STARTING AT $.99?
you betcha!!!
I've got lots of the work in the studio.
I'm a self-proclaimed prolific artist.
I've got to move art this summer to make room in the studio for new works.
New Healthy Cell paintings and new Dragonfly and Metamorphosis paintings.
So yes, I'm practically giving the work away, and that's great for you and great for me because I get to share what I make with the world, and you can buy it for a price of your choosing.
So check out my LAURIE MAVES ART page on EBAY: 

Laurie Maves ART ebay page

and here are some of the works going like hotcakes:

June Art Sale #9

Find Me Somebody to Love 

Mixed media on paper

28"x17"

Orig $500 

Msg me your offer for purchase opportunities!

 Hail Onward and Upward for the June Art Sale!

For more information on this piece: http://fineartamerica.com/featured/find-me-somebody-to-love-laurie-maves.html

A very special summer sale...ART

here I am standing with a handful of works from my "Entitled" series in 2013.

It's almost June.
The studio is full.
I'm making a whole new series of "Healthy Cell" paintings.
It's time to move some artwork.

I've always said, "I'm in the business of making artwork, not storing it."
therefore, the time has come for another miraculous Laurie Maves ARTsy SALE.  

Throughout the entire month of June, I will be offering 20 pieces from my "Entitled" series. Some framed, some unframed, some on canvas, some on paper. Original prices on all of these pieces ranged from $175 - $900. Now is when the party begins...for You!.

I will be promoting this sale with a different featured piece every morning on Twitter (@LaurieMavesArt #JuneArtSale #Entitled). Don't worry. If you're not one of those social media bugs, it's ok. I will be posting them on my blog as well - right here on Blogger.  The piece for sale that day will have an original price attached to it. If that price seems fair and suits your budget, then go ahead and pull the trigger.  If you love the piece, but simply can't swing it financially at the moment, let me know what you can afford, and we'll see if we can make a deal.

I've had ARTsy sales like this in the past. 6 months ago I ran the ART Stealio Dealio, and that was very successful at not only helping me make more room in my studio for new works, it also allowed for a number of art collectors and Laurie Maves ART fans to get some original artwork at prices they could afford.

So be on the lookout for June deals and summer fun and remember, giving the gift of original artwork always brings smiles. 

Enjoy!

P.S. to see some of the other works available from my "Entitled" Series, visit my page on Fine Art America

Painting and Drawing Process in the Laurie Maves ART studio

Here's just a bit of the process of making pieces from my "Entitled" series.

This one captured is one of my favorites - called "Love Is."

The completed piece is 16"x20" mixed media on paper.

After layers and layers of paint, chalk, and pencil, the finished piece you can see below:

Drawing Time-Lapses Dance

Greetings dear ones who like to follow the process of how Laurie Maves ART is made.

I'm attempting to make a daily drawing and document the process via time-lapse photography. These pieces are intended to be loose, light, inspirational and experimental in regards to mixing media. If there is a subject matter you wish to see reproduced here on paper, please let me know your ideas.

Happy Tuesday!
time lapse 1

http://youtu.be/JGWfKY0YWWQ

time lapse 2

http://youtu.be/DZ-vLv4T29Y

ArT Project / Venice Italy

A few of my Dolce Vita paintings have been selected for two exhibitions in Italy this month. For this I am ever so grateful. Below is one of the international contemporary art shows, this one located in Venice.