urban landscape

Amsterdam and Parisian works

| Angie Brooksby Arcangioli

Today is the equinox. Summer is officially over. In Paris today the wind is strong and feels like ocean air. It’s a clearing wind that brings a feeling of change.

And talk about change. In July I left for vacation after preparing many oils for the Carred’artists gallery in Amsterdam. I’d sent off my last shipment and went to the beach for the first time in 2 years.

If you are looking for these Amsterdam paintings do not go to the Amsterdam Gallery to find my them. Contact Carré d’artistes directly  here.  (opens in new window)

To see what’s available look at the Amsterdam Portfolio on my website or go directly to the Carréd’artistes website. (opens in new page)

Here are a few:

I  enjoyed painting Amsterdam and they sold quite well.

But now I’m painting large formats of Paris. Here are a few that are available right now  in the Saint Germain Gallery in Paris:

 

My paintings are also available in
Carré d’Artistes online
Carré d’artistes Beruit
Carré d’artistes Sedona, Arizona
Range of Arts fine art gallery , Honfleur

Automobile Classics

| Angie Brooksby Arcangioli

It’s time for cars. Dream cars, race cars, steel cars. Stick shifts and double shifts. Those cars we drove before seat belts. The classics.

My favorite cars are those where I can relax in the passenger seat with my feet on the dash.

These cars will be at the Paratissima art fair in Turin, Italy from 1 to 5th November. Look for Carré d’artistes stand and find the your dream car.

All paintings are oil on canvas.

 

Class in Piazza 50x50cm
CubaTaxi 80x80cm
500 a Torino 36x36cm
Lamborghini 13x13cm
Sport 25x25cm
Deux Chevaux Orange 19x19cm
Blue Steel 19x19cm
La Cubaine 25x25cm
Fiat 500 a Firenze 36x36cm

A painting from another day

original oil painting by Angie Brooksby
| Angie Brooksby Arcangioli
original oil painting by Angie Brooksby
Taxi Nite, 120x80cm, oil on canvas ©Angie Brooksby

Counting your blessings is good but sometimes it’s a good idea to look at your accomplishments.

This painting is one of my all time favorites. I first showed it in 2012 at the Grand Marché d’art Contemporain at the Bastille. It went to a gallery in Honfleur and sold quickly.

I painted 66 large format oils of NYC. One I took to BHV, the chic department store on rue de Rivoli. Searching for the framing department I walked around with it under my arm. Some lady asked me, “C’est où qu’on trouve les affiches comment-ça?” Where can you find posters like that?

“I don’t know? I painted this.”

“Ah, bon?”

At the time I was painting in a fabulous atelier in Ivry-sur-Seine at La Fabrique des artistes. No heating, no hot water. Industrial, totally bohemian. I had a boiler  to make tea and a microwave that I never hooked up. The boiler was good because that way I could wash my paint brushes without freezing my hands.

New Parisian Paintings and some numbers

| Angie Brooksby Arcangioli
Soleil Septembre 36×36 cm – oil on canvas ©2016 Brooksby
Pont Neuf 36×36 cm ©2016 Brooksby
Sunset on the Seine 36x36cm, oil on canvas ©2016
Papy, Mamie et Moi 36×36 cm ©2016 Brooksby

This has been a good year. Here are some numbers.

  • From January to July I painted 168 paintings and sold 153.
  • I painted 4 mannequins. One sold.
  • Since August 15th I’ve painted another 102 small paintings. In November I’ll know how many of those have sold.

In August I began painting for Carré d’artistes Sedona gallery. At first I wasn’t sure if I wanted to paint desert landscapes. It didn’t seem to fit with the last nine years of urban landscapes. But painting the South West has been liberating, I am thrilled.

My technique has changed. Producing a massive amount of work, painting new scenes and the two months that I did not paint (from June to August when I painted the mannequins) are what boosted my technique.

If you haven’t seen my 15 second video tutorials yet, check out my instagram feed. See the links up on the right.

 

 

 

 

Opera Dog – Parisian cityscape

original oil painting by Angie Brooksby
| Angie Brooksby Arcangioli
original oil painting by Angie Brooksby
Opera Dog – 36×36 cm – oil on canvas – 2016 © Brooksby

One of the small format paintings that will soon be at the Carré d’artistes Saint Germain gallery in Paris.

The balustrade on the right of the dog is the railing to the metro stop. Carved into the stone is “Metropolitain.” The building in the background is the Palais Garnier– the opera. There is a fantastic gift shop and the palace is magnificent.

I’ve finished 33 paintings in the last two weeks, 11 this size. The others are smaller. My goal is to finish another 20 by next Friday then at least 4 more larger ones for the show. 

I’m going to make a larger one from this image. More detailed.