tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32069975813246572372024-03-13T06:11:07.787-07:00Lorraine Shirkus: A Painter's JournalLorraine Shirkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289581724600276889noreply@blogger.comBlogger233125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206997581324657237.post-15230740783757665932023-12-01T12:24:00.000-08:002023-12-01T12:28:07.923-08:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">A Post at Last</span><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;"> </span> </h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9fOkLeX45VW7Ce-bXg0kCFPy-0O3qWplyyzlANP3VpmvkuEQfyjr-SXprKFnrACORhw3fTwAufsuhCMdaMhABunciUPTkC2JJ5ZVLWywKpETkXTSR2QjELUNvz9mNBMLOS7EyxKpN3Ozjv4LDtXKLsuarxF-1uPw6hjrp7sSJMqFo7y2mFOQ5rohZx260/s597/Mandarins1.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="588" height="421" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9fOkLeX45VW7Ce-bXg0kCFPy-0O3qWplyyzlANP3VpmvkuEQfyjr-SXprKFnrACORhw3fTwAufsuhCMdaMhABunciUPTkC2JJ5ZVLWywKpETkXTSR2QjELUNvz9mNBMLOS7EyxKpN3Ozjv4LDtXKLsuarxF-1uPw6hjrp7sSJMqFo7y2mFOQ5rohZx260/w414-h421/Mandarins1.jpeg" width="414" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Mandarins</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This is one of my paintings at the Holiday Show Open House at the Hunt Gallery </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">4225 McCullough, San Antonio, TX — Saturday December 2nd from 1:00—5:00pm. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The show will be up until January 5th, 2024. <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Lots of terrific art will be on display on the walls and small works in baskets </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">(sculpture and jewelry too)! <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Come enjoy some holiday cheer and check out work by some of the best artists </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">in the southwest region. You may find a special gift for a friend or family member. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Or maybe something special for yourself . . . Hope to see you there!<br /></span></span></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Lorraine Shirkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289581724600276889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206997581324657237.post-22890492801496001142020-01-08T12:16:00.000-08:002020-01-08T12:16:56.688-08:00Last Three Still-lifes of 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Waiting for Toast</i> 11 x 14 Oil on canvas panel<br />
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<i>Apple on Orange</i> 8 x 8 Oil on canvas panel<br />
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<i>Big Apple Blues</i> 8 x 8 Oil on canvas panel <br />
<br />Lorraine Shirkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289581724600276889noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206997581324657237.post-16597535166551500132019-11-04T12:02:00.000-08:002019-11-04T12:02:32.801-08:00And it was all yellow<br /><br />
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<i><i>Lemon on Orange</i> 10 x 8 oil on canvas </i> <br />
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<i><i>Rift</i> 8 x 10 oil on canvas </i> <br />
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<i><i>Lemon on Lime</i> 10 x 8 oil on canvas </i> <br />
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<i><i>Yoga</i> 10 x 8 oil on canvas </i> <br />
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<i><i>A Star is Born</i> 10 x 8 oil on canvas </i> <br />
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<i><i>On The Green</i> 10 x 8 oil on canvas </i> <br />
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<i>Lemons on a Ledge</i> 8 x 10 oil on canvas<br />
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<br />Lorraine Shirkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289581724600276889noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206997581324657237.post-42093886196532596322019-08-19T10:58:00.000-07:002019-08-19T10:58:00.948-07:00Fields of Gold<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Lorraine Shirkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289581724600276889noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206997581324657237.post-50353087020803174462019-08-13T13:30:00.000-07:002019-08-13T13:30:26.068-07:00Low-lying Clouds (sold)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Low-lying Clouds 12 x 12 Oil on canvas <br />
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Greenacres 12 x 12 Oil on panel<br />
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Willow at Greenacres 12 x 12 Oil on panel<br />
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Greenacres 3 16 x 20 Oil on canvas Lorraine Shirkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289581724600276889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206997581324657237.post-22705068006034502552019-08-13T12:47:00.000-07:002019-08-13T12:47:01.030-07:00Remains of the Day 1 and 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Remains of the Day 24 x 30 Oil on canvas <br />
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<span id="goog_1709986526"></span><span id="goog_1709986527"></span><br />Lorraine Shirkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289581724600276889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206997581324657237.post-73459936104881432792019-08-13T12:26:00.000-07:002019-08-13T12:26:01.543-07:00Two Palms <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I started painting and drawing palm trees when I was in<br />
eighth grade in Boston where I grew up—not a palm tree<br />
in sight! Even dreamt of living the sailing life, exploring<br />
tropical islands on a 50-foot sailboat. These are Los<br />
Angeles palms but there are many varieties right here in<br />
San Antonio. Lorraine Shirkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289581724600276889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206997581324657237.post-16529825664921857382018-12-31T13:00:00.000-08:002018-12-31T13:00:56.027-08:00Sunrise Pansies <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's pansy season in South Texas. These valiant little flowers love the<br />
winter here—high 20s - 30s at night and even during the day. It doesn't<br />
snow here very often but when it does, their little faces look happy<br />
peeking out from a snowy blanket. I have no idea how "pansy" became <br />
synonymous with "delicate" or "fragile." <br />
<br />Lorraine Shirkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289581724600276889noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206997581324657237.post-77742310369417523812018-12-22T20:02:00.000-08:002018-12-22T20:02:02.788-08:00Esperanzas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There are a few versions of this underneath—esperanzas<br />
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them as they really look ended up feeling static. At some<br />
point, it felt that this was really about complementary<br />
colors—yellow and purple and about brush strokes. Mixing<br />
greyed-down yellows and yellow-tinted purples seemed<br />
like a fine-enough intention for this one painting. Lorraine Shirkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289581724600276889noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206997581324657237.post-35963199128117529412018-12-17T13:11:00.000-08:002018-12-17T13:11:40.308-08:00Bringle Bottle (Blue)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Same bottle . . . When I paint a subject for the first time,<br />
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This "model" is a porcelain bottle by Cynthia Bringle,<br />
a wonderful Penland ceramist. I think I bought it <br />
around 1980 from a Denver gallery. This painting<br />
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the Hunt Gallery in San Antonio. Lorraine Shirkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289581724600276889noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206997581324657237.post-19538987966417072162016-11-22T09:17:00.000-08:002016-11-22T09:17:23.725-08:00Unsuspecting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I loved David Shevlino's workshop and everyone in it! David<br />
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one in the group was so dedicated to improving their work.<br />
My intention was to get looser and more interpretive but<br />
learning to paint figures was a challenge in itself. So while my<br />
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His workshop really bounced me out of an obsessive mindset— <br />
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concentrated on painting without judging. Maybe the looseness I<br />
aspire to will just appear on its own?Lorraine Shirkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289581724600276889noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206997581324657237.post-83211833069550579112016-09-13T11:59:00.000-07:002016-09-13T11:59:54.440-07:00Waiting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I think this is my fifth attempt at trying to paint from this reference<br />
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traditional way is really challenging so I signed up for a David Shevlino<br />
workshop hoping some of his looseness and magic will rub off on me! Lorraine Shirkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289581724600276889noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206997581324657237.post-28347854734469382692016-09-06T15:59:00.001-07:002016-09-06T15:59:50.239-07:00Some Animal Paintings!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Lorraine Shirkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289581724600276889noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206997581324657237.post-52539781627063739612016-08-21T09:18:00.000-07:002016-08-21T09:18:09.109-07:00The Artist<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This painting is one I managed to fit in early on in the animal-<br />
painting marathon. I used a black and white reference photo of<br />
the artist Francis Bacon. When I first saw his work in the late<br />
60s, it intrigued me and also repulsed me in a way but I was drawn<br />
to it for its intensity and originality. I've always wished I could be<br />
that bold and push past what seems safe and acceptable. While that<br />
wish doesn't seem to materialize, I enjoyed trying to infuse my<br />
impressions of him onto a portrait.<br />
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Still photographing the animals and will post some at some point.<br />
Thanks so much for viewing and for your very nice comments! Lorraine Shirkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289581724600276889noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206997581324657237.post-17512065818071430472016-08-11T15:40:00.001-07:002016-08-11T15:40:32.875-07:00Rancho de Taos Church<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Can't believe I haven't posted since April! Time flies. This one<br />
was done in May as an exploration of color, invented, exaggerated color.<br />
I used a reference photo taken by a photographer friend, Peter Szarmach.<br />
His work can be seen at <a href="http://www.composingbeauty.com/">www.composingbeauty.com </a><br />
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I've been painting a lot—25 5 x 7 animal paintings for my daughter's<br />
wedding. I feel like I've been painting them for months (because I have). Lorraine Shirkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289581724600276889noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206997581324657237.post-73006527270880200422016-04-20T19:47:00.000-07:002016-04-20T19:47:21.342-07:00Facing West<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've done a lot of paintings recently but haven't wanted to post any<br />
of them. Or show them to anyone. They just didn't look like me or<br />
I didn't recognize anything of me in them. And then it seemed I should<br />
just accept that this is me, this is the way I paint. So I did and slowly,<br />
it dawned on me that it was the paint itself or lack of painterliness<br />
that was bothering me. I was using more and more paint with a<br />
little walnut oil but the paint still seemed brittle and flat when it dried,<br />
not juicy. This is painted over a previous image as an attempt to just<br />
putter. It was fun to drag dark colors into and over lights and not worry<br />
about overshooting edges, just keeping everything soft, finding an edge<br />
if the composition seemed to need it. Most fun I've had in awhile. <br />
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I found it easier here to think in terms of composition<br />
and light and not worry about details. Wise artist friends<br />
have told me I should allow viewers to supply details<br />
or complete unfinished areas in their imaginations. I<br />
try to be conscious of that while painting but don't always<br />
practice what I'm intending . . . This will be one of my<br />
offerings in an upcoming holiday show at the Hunt Gallery<br />
in San Antonio. It's on Saturday, December 5th from<br />
1 - 5pm. There will be drinks and munchies and maybe<br />
even some very good deals! <br />
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Same building as in previous posts but this time, I<br />
hoped to create a "white" painting. My intention was<br />
to spell out very little but it may still need more work.<br />
The actual painting looks better than this photo—it was<br />
hard to shoot and color correct. Lorraine Shirkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289581724600276889noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206997581324657237.post-62028071617891830452015-10-27T14:55:00.000-07:002015-10-27T15:02:37.259-07:00Galveston Wharf Building 3 and 4 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Same building in Galveston as the previous post . . . this building<br />
has different architectural elements and many windows, some of<br />
which are arched and some a hybrid arch. Some areas of the facade<br />
are pretty clean while others are dark, dirty and rusty. It's one subject<br />
that can be cropped so many ways to look for different compositions,<br />
colors and to play with scale. This old girl probably has a lot of<br />
interesting stories to tell. Lorraine Shirkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289581724600276889noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206997581324657237.post-17230225361853275162015-10-18T10:31:00.000-07:002015-10-18T10:32:02.201-07:00Galveston Wharf Building 1 and 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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These are two 8 x 10 studies of an old neglected building in Galveston,<br />
with 2 more in the works. I've been working on several larger canvases<br />
but am not yet satisfied with how they're developing. Switching gears<br />
usually disrupts whatever single-minded obsessive rut I seem to fall into.<br />
There are several layers on these, some where everything is spelled out,<br />
then scraped and softened, then repainted. Sometimes I get too focused<br />
on what I'm observing and don't pay enough attention to what's happening<br />
on the canvas. Working in layers feels natural to me but it was mostly to try<br />
to get things more "right." Now I'm watching the layers create optical grays<br />
and a skin or patina so that the paint itself seems as important as the<br />
subject. These may need more work but they'll be set aside for a bit and<br />
looked at again later. (The other rut I'm prey to is overworking and ruining!) <br />
<br />Lorraine Shirkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289581724600276889noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206997581324657237.post-48744697527410566642015-07-08T16:01:00.000-07:002015-07-08T16:01:05.796-07:00Another Day in Paradise<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It was fun to concentrate on color and making marks and not think <br />
at all about accuracy. I take photos of buildings all the time but I'm<br />
not really interested in reproducing them on canvas. I've wasted a lot<br />
of time moaning about not having a subject I'm excited about. <br />
Then it struck me that I could assemble different architectural features to<br />
give myself a structure to hang paint on. I drew a b&w composition in my <br />
sketchbook and used it as a model. Color was made up and maybe it's<br />
too simplistic but it's an experiment to alter my thought process, practice<br />
straying from reality and try to get closer to a marriage of representation<br />
and abstraction. Lorraine Shirkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289581724600276889noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206997581324657237.post-88888017559403370792015-07-02T16:30:00.000-07:002015-07-02T16:33:40.885-07:00Galveston Beach Side <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This was not a very interesting scene, taken from a motel<br />
parking lot, but I love palm trees and love painting them so<br />
I snapped it. I thought it was finished months ago but it<br />
was pretty blah. Reworking was an opportunity to use my<br />
imagination which I forget to use sometimes because I tend<br />
to get hung up on accuracy and trying to be faithful to a scene. <br />
Going forward, my intention is to focus more on color, texture<br />
and paint manipulation. And to make stuff up! <br />
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<br />Lorraine Shirkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289581724600276889noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206997581324657237.post-31321662439553511152015-05-30T13:18:00.000-07:002015-05-30T13:18:17.275-07:00Piper-----sold<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This painting was included in a gulf coast-themed group show<br />
(done from a photo taken in Galveston). <br />
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