SOLD!
Taking the Evening Trolley
Mixed Media
20 x 24
I love this trolley work and it sold today at Fountain Art Gallery. A big thank you to the new collector of my art work. May you enjoy your new piece of art for many years!
To see more of my work
http://www.Michelleeaststudio.com. I have some NEW work coming up that I can't wait to show you.... hopefully I'll have it up on line by the end of the week. I will give you a hint - abstract and acrylic!
Saturday I am hosting an art class for children aged 11-15 at my studio. We are focusing on an introduction to color, acrylic paint and learning about Rembrandt. (Who had a July birthday!)
Having achieved youthful success as a
portrait painter, his later years were marked by personal tragedy and financial hardships. Yet his etchings and paintings were popular throughout his lifetime, his reputation as an artist remained high, and for twenty years he taught many important Dutch painters. Rembrandt's greatest creative triumphs are exemplified especially in his portraits of his contemporaries,
self-portraits and illustrations of scenes from the
Bible. His self-portraits form a unique and intimate biography, in which the artist surveyed himself without vanity and with the utmost sincerity.
In his paintings and prints he exhibited knowledge of classical
iconography, which he molded to fit the requirements of his own experience; thus, the depiction of a biblical scene was informed by Rembrandt's knowledge of the specific text, his assimilation of classical composition, and his observations of
Amsterdam's
Jewish population. Because of his empathy for the human condition, he has been called "one of the great prophets of civilization."
One of my favorite paintings by Rembrandt-
Night Watch 1640-1642
I will be giving future art lessons in my studio, if you are interested in your child participating, please email me at
michelleeastfineart@live.com for more information!
Till next time,
