Sunday Brunch- 9.25.11- The Artists Way
Now that the busy Summer wedding season has wrapped up, I will get some time to engage other creative ventures for awhile. It serves to refresh, enliven and inspire all the rest. If you are in a shoulder season as well- I have a suggestion for you, if I might. Give a hand to painting and not just any kind or type- how about plein air? It's the perfect time of year for such an adventure. I've been trying to get Aaron Schuerr, a wonderful Livingston local artist to start a weekly or biweekly class for those of us interested. If you are, message me. :) Recently Aaron invited his friend Frank Serrano from California to co- teach a workshop in the Paradise Valley. I missed it due to the ramp up of wedding season this past June. Aaron has impressed me with his work. It's been fun to watch his growth and progression as an artist for the past 12 years. I would certainly own a few of his works by now and most certainly will by the time this whole thing is over. The same could be said for Frank Serrano. His plein air work is atmospheric and simply stunning- beautiful loose landscapes and cityscapes fill his days. He almost daily posts some new piece he created that day sitting sea side, on a rock in the mountains or off to the side of a sidewalk in Montrose on facebook. His work inspires me to pick up my brushes again. My dad, now nearly 80, still mumbles questions to himself about why Im not an artist to this day. ( I am, my work just doesn't hang on Gallery and Museum walls, it gets eaten and listened to, but the old dog will never understand that) It's been a long hiatus, but buying Franks plein air video and working with Aaron are in my near future. Time to break out the dusty brushes and enjoy filling my lungs and life with wild Montana skies and perhaps even farther afield until wedding season begins again.
http://www.pleinairgallery.com/index.html for Frank Serrano
http://aaronschuerr.com/
One of Franks titled
El Matador
and one of Aarons titled
Red Winged Balckbird
(yes, there is one in there)
Today's show as it happened:: Thanks as ever for making the Sunday Brunch on the Moose a part of your personal songline. :)
Ryan Adams- Two- KBCO Vol 19
Jackson Browne- My Opening Farewell- Saturate Before Using
Joseph Arthur- Morning Cup- could we Survive
David Wilcox- Leave It Like It Is- How Did You Find Me Here
Chris Trapper- Starlight- Songs From The Drive-In
Neil Young- Red Sun- Silver & Gold
Michelle Shocked- The L&N Don’t Stop Here Anymore
Kenny White- Until You Learn- Symphony in 16 Bars
Lyle Lovett- North Dakota- Live in Texas
The Shins- New Slang- KBCO Vol 19
Colin Hay- Where the Sky is Blue- Gathering Mercury
Eliza Gilkyson- Lights of Santa Fe- Your Town Tonight
Tony Furtado- Waste of the Moon- Deep Water
Chris Whitley- Loco Girl- Dirt Floor
Willy Porter – Undertow- The Trees Have Soul
Darrell Scott- And the River is Me- The Invincible Man
The Decemberists- June Hymn- iTune Sessions
Bruce Cockburn- Pacing the Cage- The Charity of Night
Indigo Girls- Winthrop- Rarities
Anders Osborne- Coming Down- Coming Down
Slaid Cleaves- Green Mountains and Me- Sorrow & Smoke
Joan Baez- Diamonds and Rust- Diamonds and Rust
Amos Lee- El Camino- iTunes Sessions from Soho
Patty Griffin- Goodbye- Flaming Red
Keb’ Mo’- Kindhearted Woman Blues- Keb’ Mo’
Peter Bradley Adams- I May Not Let Go- Between Us
Beth Orton- Wild World- How to Deal soundtrack
Cat Stevens- Katmandu-Classics
John Mayer- Message in a Bottle- Any Given Thursday
Suzanne Vega- Marlene on the Wall- Close Up Vol 1
Alexi Murdoch- At Your Door- Towards the Sun
Van Morrison- Celtic New Year- Magic Time
Ryan Adams- Lucky Now- Ashes and Fire
Johnatha Brooke- Little Bird- The Works
Simon & Garfunkel- 59th Street Bridge Song- Greatest Hits
Jeffery Foucault- Mesa Arizona- Ghost Repeater
Ray LaMontagne- Devil’s in the Jukebox- God Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise
Shawn Colvin- Secret Gardens- Collaborations
Nick Drake- Free Ride- Pink Moon
Alison Krauss & Robert Plant- Killing the Blues- Raising Sand
Green River Ordinance- Where The West Wind Blows- The Morning Passenger EP
Mastering Plein Air in Oil with Frank Serrano - DVD