Sedona paintings

The Sedona show

| Angie Brooksby Arcangioli

I’ve already blogged about my positive experiences with Carré d’artistes fine art galleries. Here is another reason why I like to work with them. After returning home from Sedona this came in the mail.


I lovely note signed by wonderful people. And two brushes. A thoughtful follow up.

 Painting isn’t an effort, it is a pleasure and I am lucky to call myself a professional painter. Lucky also to work with Carré d’artistes. They know how to make their artists feel desirable. 

I managed to take in the sights and photograph the Bell Rock vortex. Hiking wasn’t on my agenda. But I did meditate and saw the magic. There are lots of faces on that rock.

The show had a good turnout despite the outrageous heat. It was 49 degrees in Phoenix, and 37 in Sedona. 

I made the trip to Flagstaff and found my father’s tomb. Afternoon wandering around the cemetery for over an hour and being dive bombed by crows I asked for a sign.  This was the sign. It was on top of the tomb. No idea who put it there.


Thank you to all of you who contributed to The Indiegogo campaign. And thank you Cate Stetson for the wonderful meals.

Open Studio in Sedona, Arizona

| Angie Brooksby Arcangioli

Two weeks from today, Saturday June 17th, my palette knife and I will be in Sedona, Arizona. Painting at the Carré d’artistes fine art gallery in the Tlaquepaque Arts & Crafts Village.

I want to thank all the wonderful family and friends who contritubed to my Indiegogo campaign. You helped my buy my plane tickets and some taco lunches. I can’t wait to eat some fine Mexican food. Paris boasts great food but Tacos are hard to find.

This trip is a big deal for me. Not only the painting exibition but also my personal quest. In the past five months I painted 80 small format paintings for the gallery and 15 large ones. I’m ready to fly and enjoy the Southwest energy.

Here is an underpainting, how I start my paintings. It’s what you’ll see if you arrive early on Saturday. Not this exact image but it gives you an idea of how I work. I used to prime my canvases with a flat color then paint alla-prima. Now I do underpaintings. Lots of people wonder if this is watercolor. It’s not. It is very diluted oil. I like the drips.

Snoopy Rock underpainting
An underpainting, done in oil wash on canvas

Fly me to Sedona

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On June 17th I’ll be in Sedona, Arizona for a live painting demonstration. To help pay for my expenses I’ve put up a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. Here is the link

Fly Me to Sedona

I’m hoping to raise just $750 to help buy my plane tickets.

My total expenses will be over $2000 for the four day trip.

One of the perks I’m offering is a postcard-sized watercolor of Sedona’s famous Bell Rock. I’ll write whatever you want and send from Sedona to anywhere in the world. This could be a fun surprise for a friend.

I’m also offering painting workshops, limited edition lithographs, and some original paintings.

If you’ll be in Sedona on Saturday June 17th come see me paint at the

Tlaquepaque Arts & Crafts Village
336 State Route 179, Suite B121
86336 Sedona, Arizona
Tél. : 928-282-8704
Email : sedona@carredartistes.com

Here are some of the large paintings that will befor sale at the gallery.  All are oil on canvas.

 

100x100HeavenAndRock700
Heavan and Rock, 100x100cm, oil on canvas
80x80-CanyonLands
Canyonlands, 80x80cm, oil on canvas
50x50Painted-Medows
Painted Meadows, 50x50cm oil on canvas
50x50Love is a Pinto Pony
Love is a Pinto Pony, 50x50cm, oil on canvas
50x50-Cliffs
Cliffs 50x50cm
40x120-When the Valley is Blue
When the Valley is Blue, 40x120cm
100x100Canyon-de-Chelly
Canyon de Chelley, 100x100cm
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Pink Time, 80×80 cm, oil on canvas, ©2017 Angie Brooksby-Arcangioli

Grand Canyon Love

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original oil painting of the Grand Canyon by Angie Brooksby-Arcangioli
Grand Canyon Love: 80×80 cm , oil on canvas , 2017 Angie Brooksby-Arcangioli

After the sad decision made by  officials in Washington D.C. to sell the United States national parks I am pouring love into every brushstoke. All the paintings I make for my upcoming show in Sedona will be pure love. Gobs of love from my palette to the canvas.
I hope this view will not be spoiled by greed. Condominiums or a hotel.

I will miss this painting when it goes to a happy client’s home. The illusion of distance is a window in my Parisian living room. It is my favorite so far for the Southwest series.

It leaves next week to go to Carré d’artistes Sedona gallery. I’ll be there June 17th and will do a live painting demonstration. All the way from Paris, France.

My atelier today

| Angie Brooksby Arcangioli

paintingsofsedonabyangiebrooksbyYesterday I prepared four new oil paintings of the Southwest. The underpaintings look like watercolors. They are watery, almost drippy. The spots on the floor are proof.

I tend to paint high contrast. See the painting on the shelf, on the right? It’s unfinished. I need to add highlights and details. But it is high contrast.

While studying sculpture at the Maryland Institute College of Art, one of my professers — the infamous Art Benson— suggested I photograph my sculptures and contemplate the next step. The photograph removed me from the slapdash creative moment.

It was good advice. At the time I didn’t  follow much advice.

As I look at the paintings here, on my blog, I see how to proceed in a new way. Less overall contrast could give a dreamy quality, almost illustrative.

I wonder if I am capable of painting with lest contrast. Hmm.