tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90844727582562211432024-03-05T18:38:43.864-07:00Cristall Harper Art...follow this blog-journal of my work in the studio.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475550898487242619noreply@blogger.comBlogger361125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084472758256221143.post-44902703511293140652015-05-19T11:49:00.000-06:002016-10-27T02:32:11.471-06:00Choosing to be a Couple<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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15 x 10" original oil</div>
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Two little pansies represent two people who love each other and have chosen to be a couple. I think it's interesting that even after one marries, it's still a conscious decision to be a couple. </div>
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I hope the person that buys this piece is someone who has followed their inspiration in life. I got the idea for this title because of the front tulip that was lit like it had an idea, like it was inspired. </div>
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I have so many shows coming up. I am finishing new work all the time, not all of it makes it to this blog, but it does end up on my website. <a href="http://www.cristallharper.com/" target="_blank">Click here</a> to visit my website. </div>
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Let's all pretend we have our feet in the still-warm sand as the sun has just set as we take a deep breath of fresh, salty air. </div>
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I have a little event in Salt Lake City tonight with my art (gallery stroll and live painting at Illume Gallery) and thanks to my good friend Heidikins, I've been made aware that the cherry blossoms on Capitol Hill are ready for their close-up. Looks like a field trip to SLC today with my camera! </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475550898487242619noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084472758256221143.post-41475136431230677052015-03-11T18:04:00.003-06:002015-04-08T11:43:13.859-06:00Lollipops<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sun, color, sugar and candy petals. Spring is coming. </div>
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When I was little, my family listened to music all the time and I have vivid memories of one album in particular that played oldies. The song "Lollipop" by the Chordettes is one of those songs written in the soundtrack of my childhood mind. If you haven't heard it yet, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-DuC0tE7V4" target="_blank">here's a link</a> to see the Chordettes singing it on Youtube - I dare you not to grin as you listen. </div>
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5 x 7" original oil</div>
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I painted this on a day that was just...not going well. We've all had "those days." I put my emotion into this little seascape and relished the deep, dark water, but found escape in the bright light. Everything is going to be OK. </div>
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The freshness and lift that this title implies is the feeling I'm going for in this painting. If you close your eyes and imagine the clean ocean breeze and the coolness of dusk on your face after a hot day, then you open your eyes and see the last rosy tinges of the sunset fading into a blue and purple sunset, you have this painting. It wraps you in its arms, it sweeps all the stress away, and it transports you to another place, another time. </div>
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My heart sings when I get to paint little glowing seascapes like this. I start with a tiny panel and on this one I used acrylics to quickly saturate some areas to stain where the water would go, where the brightest areas would go, etc. Then I switch to oil paints, I get my palette knife, and I mix colors I see in the reference photo. I start laying them on until the painting all of a sudden gets a life of its own and begins to breathe. That's when I know the painting is done and it's time for me to stop. Magic!!</div>
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Congratulations to whomever collects this piece - may it add a little bit of glimmer to your life and remind you of beautiful things just beyond the horizon. </div>
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My fabulous St. George Gallery, <a href="http://authentiquegallery.com/artists/cristall-harper/" target="_blank">Authentique</a>, arranged this commission for an out-of-state client. As soon as these paintings are dry, they will be shipped off to Kentucky! This project was so much work, but so rewarding. I spent all of January on it, down to the last day. I'd start my day in the morning in the studio and focus on one blossom at a time. There are so many color changes. I wanted the nuances of the creamier blossoms versus the darker pink blossoms to be obvious, then if you zoom in, there are areas that are purple, orange, gray, blue, and greenish. The prism of colors visible when you zoom in is what makes it feel so alive when you zoom out. Original artwork has personality and depth, and this one is very much alive. Thank you <a href="http://authentiquegallery.com/artists/cristall-harper/" target="_blank">Authentique</a> for securing and arranging this commission, thank you to my new and wonderfully cooperative client for supporting me and purchasing my artwork, and may it bring you joy each time you see it hanging on your wall! </div>
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The title of this painting is Samoan for "We Are Happy Here." I did this painting for a couple who used to live in Samoa. They love the ocean. They are my friends and luckily my neighbors. They have known me for years, long before I was in galleries, and back when I used to have little shows at my house to start the momentum of artist promotion. It was my pleasure to finally do a little seascape for them, and I'm glad it will bring them a little piece of Samoa. I hope it reminds them of warm beachy afternoons, a state of mind, and being decisive. </div>
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Last spring, I set out to photograph tulips at my favorite place: Thanksgiving Point Gardens. It's quite an ordeal - I sacrifice a day in the studio and all of that production to traipse around a man-made wonder, hoping to find subject material fit for a painting and worth the studio-time sacrifice. I pack a bag with my big camera and battery, I pack snacks, I pack an ice pack for my sore back (for the ride home), I put on sunscreen, I put on my comfy shoes, I double-check that I have my garden pass, and I get in the car. If I didn't stop to photograph, it would take me an hour just to walk the loop of the gardens. They are huge. There is no quick in and out. </div>
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On this day that I headed out to Thanksgiving Point Gardens, the sun was playing peekaboo with the clouds and it was so windy. Like blow-your-hat-off windy. Usually it will be sunny at my house and cloudy at the gardens. They are situated in a low valley at the point of a mountain and seem to create their own weather. However, I can't waste a sunny day in spring so again, on this day I headed to the gardens hoping to be in the right place at the right time with sunlight and a great patch of flowers. I knew it was a bust about twenty minutes into my route. The tulips were fast asleep in their tight buds and at least a week away from being good subject material. There is a spot in the gardens that gets early sun and is unusually warm, but like running into Wal-Mart for just milk, this place in the gardens was in the very back. Nothing. All of the tulips were totally dormant. </div>
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I came around a cold corner high with mature pine trees, and bam, daffodil land. There on a hill with east sun, daffodils waved and nodded in the freezing wind. My numb fingers snapped a few photos and I called it a day, retreating to the warm shelter of my studio and hoping the day wasn't a total waste. </div>
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I looked through my shots later that night and saw this reference. I immediately fell in love. It had back lighting, balance, strength, and depth. I knew I'd paint it large, and I've been waiting for the right time. <a href="http://www.cristallharper.com/showsgalleries" target="_blank">My first spring show, Art & Soup</a>, seemed like a good time to debut this sunny beauty and usher in the Spring. </div>
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Sometimes you get a little lucky and have something wonderful in your path that you were not expecting, and I call this painting <i>Serendipity </i>to honor the situation that brought it to me. </div>
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These two paintings of my lab, Buttercup, will be available in my February show <a href="http://www.cns-cares.org/charitable-care-program/art-soup" target="_blank">Art & Soup</a>.</div>
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<i>Silly Goose</i> is so Buttercup. She is hilarious and loves to play. <i>Meander</i> is Buttercup when she is more pensive and walks slowly around the yard. I like to think that this is the time she contemplates life and is able to reset. Dogs are great examples of playing and being still. </div>
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These two seascapes were my final paintings of 2014, numbers ninety-nine and one hundred! I cannot get enough of the ocean and how beautiful it is in all parts of the world and at all times of day. The top painting, <i>Emerald</i>, is of a foggy beach that was burning off and turning sunny on the coast of Alabama. The bottom painting, <i>Rest, </i>is a sunset in Cabo. Cabo San Perfecto as I like to call it...</div>
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These originals will be for sale in my <a href="http://www.cristallharper.com/showsgalleries" target="_blank">February show</a> <a href="http://www.cns-cares.org/charitable-care-program/art-soup" target="_blank">Art & Soup</a>. </div>
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This painting will be included in my <a href="http://www.cristallharper.com/showsgalleries" target="_blank">February show</a> of <a href="http://www.cns-cares.org/charitable-care-program/art-soup" target="_blank">Art & Soup</a>. I love love love the row of magenta shapes across the top. They are like little ornaments on a snowy tree. </div>
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Buttercup loves to hunt birds - pheasants and chuckers mostly. It's pretty much the greatest thing in the whole wide world to take your lab bird hunting. </div>
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There is a great place to hunt about half an hour west of where we live. The grass is tall and dry and the foothills are nearby. There are some old washes filled with rabbit brush, but this painting shows one of my favorite open fields. You'd be surprised how many pheasants will hide in this stuff. Your view of the Wasatch Front is spectacular and unobstructed, but the best part though is getting to watch your lab flush out birds and run around like she's at Disneyland. </div>
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This painting is one of my favorites I've ever done of my dog, and it'll be hard to let it go! I know someone will fall in love with it at the gallery and take it home, and if it brings them joy, then I am happy too. </div>
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I used acrylics and oils in this piece. The acrylic base layers were added quickly and with a lot of texture. The final oil layers added value gradation and final grass blades. </div>
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We have had one day of snow where I live and it melted off almost as quickly. It is December though, and I do love how peaceful freshly fallen snow makes the world, especially with the little twinkle of Christmas lights sprinkled into the mix. </div>
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Poppies and pansies, reds, blues, minty pale greens, oranges, yellows, whites...it just looks like a little fairy tale to me. There are some fun brush strokes in this one. I'm excited for the person who ends up purchasing this piece to have the chance to see and enjoy the surface of this little original. <i>Update: I am happy to say that the same day I delivered this painting to the gallery, it sold! Thank you to my newest collector and to my fabulous galleries!</i></div>
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Labs are so delightful. They are so happy and content. Years ago, when my husband and I decided to get a dog, we chose a lab mainly for their positive personality traits. I can learn a lot from my dog about being content in the moment. Bless her. </div>
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A few years ago, we took Buttercup to Idaho for the holidays. We stopped in Idaho Falls to attend church with family. Buttercup took a warm nap in the sunny backseat; she is really good in the car for long rides. When we came out, there was a skiff of snow on the ground and we let her run around and play in the park nearby. It was so fun to watch her leave little snowy paw prints. Watching her run around, free as a bird, is one of my favorite, favorite things. </div>
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"Peaceful" 4 x 5" original oil</div>
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This is the sea at an overcast, early morning on the shore of North Carolina. There is a healing tranquility in this little painting. </div>
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"Darkness" 5 x 5" original oil</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Orange Beach I" in its frame.</td></tr>
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"Orange Beach II" 6 x 6" original oil</div>
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"Orange Beach III" 6 x 6" original oil</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Orange Beach III" in its frame</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475550898487242619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084472758256221143.post-65005076069345389592014-11-15T19:40:00.001-07:002015-02-28T12:44:14.363-07:00Luna, Pomona, and Minerva<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I named all three in this rose series after literary characters in Harry Potter that I admire. </div>
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Luna 4x4" original oil</div>
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Luna Lovegood was funny, loyal, kind, and always herself!</div>
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Pomona 4x4" original oil</div>
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Pomona Sprout, head of Hufflepuff House and Herbology, was an awesome gardener and always there to help in a pinch. </div>
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Minerva McGonagall would have been a formidable opponent in a battle of wits. I love her spark and sharpness. </div>
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Here is a progression of the painting <i>Pomona</i>, ending with the piece in her finished (and beautiful!) frame. </div>
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Did you know that Matt and I make my frames? Thank goodness I have a talented husband who knows how to woodwork, and thank goodness I have talented artist friends (and for YouTube) whom I have called on to ask for finishing advice, like what kind of sizing do you use to apply the aluminum leaf, and do you have a wax you prefer over shellac for rubbing the painted areas? The list is long of questions I have asked and answers I have received, and I'm grateful that I have been able to get help from others and grateful also that I have made some cool discoveries while experimenting with finishes on my own. It's most definitely been an organic process. My fingers have the cuts and burns to prove it! </div>
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Thank you <a href="http://www.gallerymar.com/artists/cristall-harper" target="_blank">Gallery MAR</a> for another dog portrait commission. This is Flakey Jakes. He is a beautiful chocolate lab who has passed away. My condolences to his mom and dad, and know that as a fellow dog-owner I understand that labs are a part of the family and dearly loved! </div>
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I love this photo of Flakey Jakes on the beach wrapped in a towel. It's totally something I'd see my own lab doing. Her favorite thing is to be wrapped up like a burrito on top of my bed when it's cold outside. </div>
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The paws were the most technically challenging area. They needed to have paw structure, but with sand colors irregularly on them. I'm really happy with how it turned out. I love the colors in the beach towel. It makes for a very striking painting. Flakey Jakes has the classic lab look and I just love him. I hope the family enjoys their portrait. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475550898487242619noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084472758256221143.post-89738056750645393112014-10-28T19:53:00.001-06:002014-11-25T19:36:49.219-07:00Shimmer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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White flowers are some of the prettiest to paint. The warm and cool variations show up readily, and overall they feel fresh and clean. </div>
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I have vivid memories of fishing Missouri lakes for bass, blue gill, orange roughie and croppies while seeing the lake water shimmer off into the distance. The tips of these tulips are catching the white sunlight and it reminds me of that shimmering water. </div>
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Thank you <a href="http://www.gallerymar.com/artists/cristall-harper" target="_blank">Gallery MAR</a> for another dog commission. The client commissioned this piece for their friend who recently lost their dog, Lightning, and will surprise it with them soon. I think that is so sweet. Snuggle your little loved ones while you can! My condolences to Lightning's mom and dad. Enjoy your painting!</div>
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*Sound of witches cackling* HEEEE HE HE HEEEEEE, my dog has been turned into a witch for Halloweeeeeen! This painting makes me laugh so hard. I know I personify my photos of dogs, but this one has gone to a whole 'nother level. You'll either totally love this painting or you'll think it's completely retarded. I, however, totally love it. </div>
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I love October!</div>
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