Friday, November 9, 2012

Copy your favorite artist and have fun doing it

"It's a Forgery!" 
No, not really.  It's only a forgery if you sign the name of the artist you are copying.  I admit, I'm guilty of copying art.  Here's the story:
I never thought of art forgery as an option but just recently I gave it a try.  Surprisingly, it is fun! 
Beyond the fun aspect, I'm looking at the work in a new light and seeing things I did not see.  I can highly recommend art forgery as a learning activity.
Matisse Like acrylic on paper

Picasso Like acrylic on paper

Monday, July 23, 2012

Fake Picasso

"Psst, do you want to buy a Picasso painting?"
"Sure, how much?"
"Cheap, 1.5 million"


Caught! 
Two weeks ago in Madrid, Spanish police arrested four people trying to sell a forged Picasso oil painting for 1.5 million dollars.    The canvas was a counterfeit version of a 1964 work.  These people also provided fake document signed by Paloma Picasso, one of the painter's daughters. 
Three art brokers were arrested and the current owner, a well-known Madrid antiquarian. 

"Good artists copy, great artists steal" Pablo Picasso
Forged Picasso painting

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Abstract Faces




 About This Abstract Art

These Abstract Oil Paintings are on masonite which is a hard board about 1/8 of an inch thick. I prepare the board by sanding and gessoing many layers before I paint with oil. These paintings must have some support to hang, such as a frame or support in the back. I've done art on masonite board for many, many years and they are as durable as canvas paintings.
  • These paintings are completely original. They will never be recreated.
  • This art work is for the few who dare to be different. It's not mainstream.
  • It's a bold, colorful and edgy. March to your own drummer and go abstract.
  • This is modern art, cubist and expressionist.


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