Another experiment with the raw canvas, bold strokes and dripping glaze resulted in these two lovely buns. The texture in the background is created using a mixture of different paints and painting mediums. ©2008 Barbara Sistak Baur, 9”x 12”, acrylic, framed and ready to hang
Monday, June 2, 2008
Sticky Buns
Another experiment with the raw canvas, bold strokes and dripping glaze resulted in these two lovely buns. The texture in the background is created using a mixture of different paints and painting mediums. ©2008 Barbara Sistak Baur, 9”x 12”, acrylic, framed and ready to hang
Sweet Bun
A lovely roll is sitting sweetly on a shelf. Here I used the raw canvas technique and broad brush strokes for boldness. Nothing dainty about this painting except for, maybe, the translucent glaze on the roll that is just barely visible. ©2008 Barbara Sistak Baur, 12”x 9”, acrylic, framed and ready to hang.
Shaved Chocolate and Berries
Highly textural. Each individual piece of shave chocolate is formed separatelyand placed on the cakes. Each berry is formed separately as well. The icing is applied with palette knives. ©2008 Barbara Sistak Baur, 12”x9”, acrylic. Acquired by the Epic Systems Corporation, Verona, WI.
Fruit Cooke II
From a very colorful bakery case, it was fun to figure out what the central focus would be. Several of the central pieces are executed in a similar impasto style so the challenge here was to be sure I created the depth needed. My experiment on this was to use an impasto style that is slightly lower in depth and with many colors placed side by side. ©2008 Barbara Sistak Baur, 11”x14”, acrylic, $400, framed and ready to hang.
Art Boot Camp Article and More
Art Friends, June 20, 2008
Greetings Everyone,
There is some much happening that I have created a little table of contents. But my knowledge does not include knowing how to make them “clickable” -- I am working on that but in the meantime, please just scroll down.
1. Chicago Tribune Article Link on Art Buying Boot Camp
2. Exhibiting at the Fountain Square Art Festival, Evanston, Booth #92
3. Featured Artwork – Sticky Buns
4. Now Accepting Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express
1. Chicago Tribune Article on Art Buying Boot Camp -- Link
The art festival season is in full bloom and I hope you will be attending a few this summer. I came across an article in the Chicago Tribune about jumping into art collecting. I thought it would interest you. Here is an excerpt:
Buying art at summer festivals
By Christopher Borrelli | Tribune reporter June 12, 2008
“. . . That's what the painting said—"Beloved Sparkles!" Mittelstead had been trawling for cheap wooden furniture at a county fair when he spotted a kitschy painting of a dog's face—a dog named Sparkles. "It was so fun," he remembered. But he didn't buy it—he chickened out. And he regrets it, to this day. "That face is seared in my brain. I miss not having that painting of Sparkles."
Don't let this be you.
"If you like something you see, buy it," he said. That was Tip No. 1. Last weekend, Mittelstead, who is a lawyer and art collector, led an Art Buying Boot Camp through the 57th Street Art Fair (in Chicago June 7-8) . . .”
Here is a link to the whole article.
2. Fountain Square Art Festival, Evanston, booth #92, Plus a Special Offer
I will be exhibiting at the Fountain Square Art Festival this weekend, June 27-28. It boasts two-and-a-half decades as one of the most important art festivals in the Midwest. A couple of years ago, Fountain Square Art Festival was ranked by the Sunshine Group in the top 50 of the best art festivals nationwide.
More than 250 fine artists show and sell their art and I am among them at booth #92. If you stop by, mention that you are one of my art friends and allow me to give you 10% off your purchase. Here is a link for more info about the Fountain Square event.
3. Featured Artwork – Sticky Buns
Here is another experiment with the raw canvas, bold strokes and dripping glaze. The result is these two lovely buns.
Sticky Buns, 9”x 12”, acrylic on board, $300, ©2008 Barbara Sistak Baur The texture in the background is created using a mixture of different paints and painting mediums. This painting is framed and ready to hang.
4. Now Accepting Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express
Somehow, it feels like accepting credit cards makes me an “official” seller. At any rate, I can now accept your favorite credit card anytime including at the summer festivals, over the phone or US mail. (I don’t recommend email.)
Whew! This is a lot of news! Hope to see you this summer at the fair!
Warmly,
Barbara Sistak Baur
Artist
Summer Art Festival Schedule
I will be showing and selling my artwork at these lovely festivals. What a great way to spend a day.
June 28-29 - 29th Annual Fountain Square Art Festival, Evanston, IL, Sherman Ave.
July 12-13 -- Art Fair on the Square, Madison, WI, around the state capital building
July 20 -- Kenosha Art Fair, Kenosha, WI, Library Park, 60th St & 8th Ave.
August 16-17 – Highwood Fine Art Festival, plus Taste of Highwood, (great restaurants in Highwood) (tentative)
Sept 6-7 -- West End Art Festival, La Grange, IL, on Burlington Ave. between Brainard and Spring Aves.
Sept 26-27 -- Art in the Barn, Barrington, IL, on the grounds of Good Shepherd Hospital, 450 W. Rt. 22
Now Online
I am now placing all issues of Art Friends my site. If you are looking for past information or want to show to someone what Art Friends is about, they are now easy to find.
Feedback and Correspondence
Always welcome. If you have comments or there is something you would like to see in Art Friends, please let me know.
Forward this Email Yes, please go ahead and forward this to a friend. By the way, if this email has been forwarded to you, you are not automatically added to my e-letter list. If you would like to continue receiving Art Friends, please send me an email, and say "Yes, Art Friends." barbarabaur@comcast.net
New to Art Friends?
By the way, I continue to find friends that I think might enjoy Art Friends but may not be getting it. So I decided to send it to you. If this is the first time you have received this, I say "Welcome!" I hope you like it. However, if you would rather not receive it, please let me know (see the next paragraph).
Unsubscribe If you would like to stop receiving Art Friends, I understand. Click reply to this email and just type “unsubscribe.” Thanks for your friendship!
Copyright notice Art Friends and all images are ©2008 Barbara Sistak Baur and all rights are reserved. If you wish to copy this material to other publications or mail lists, great!! Just let me know so I can give you permission. Thanks for your respect.
Barbara Baur Art
3405 Highland Dr.
Island Lake IL 60042 and
2944 S. Harlem #4
Riverside IL 60546
708-372-2798
barbarabaur@comcast.net
barbarabaur.blogspot.com
Greetings Everyone,
There is some much happening that I have created a little table of contents. But my knowledge does not include knowing how to make them “clickable” -- I am working on that but in the meantime, please just scroll down.
1. Chicago Tribune Article Link on Art Buying Boot Camp
2. Exhibiting at the Fountain Square Art Festival, Evanston, Booth #92
3. Featured Artwork – Sticky Buns
4. Now Accepting Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express
1. Chicago Tribune Article on Art Buying Boot Camp -- Link
The art festival season is in full bloom and I hope you will be attending a few this summer. I came across an article in the Chicago Tribune about jumping into art collecting. I thought it would interest you. Here is an excerpt:
Buying art at summer festivals
By Christopher Borrelli | Tribune reporter June 12, 2008
“. . . That's what the painting said—"Beloved Sparkles!" Mittelstead had been trawling for cheap wooden furniture at a county fair when he spotted a kitschy painting of a dog's face—a dog named Sparkles. "It was so fun," he remembered. But he didn't buy it—he chickened out. And he regrets it, to this day. "That face is seared in my brain. I miss not having that painting of Sparkles."
Don't let this be you.
"If you like something you see, buy it," he said. That was Tip No. 1. Last weekend, Mittelstead, who is a lawyer and art collector, led an Art Buying Boot Camp through the 57th Street Art Fair (in Chicago June 7-8) . . .”
Here is a link to the whole article.
2. Fountain Square Art Festival, Evanston, booth #92, Plus a Special Offer
I will be exhibiting at the Fountain Square Art Festival this weekend, June 27-28. It boasts two-and-a-half decades as one of the most important art festivals in the Midwest. A couple of years ago, Fountain Square Art Festival was ranked by the Sunshine Group in the top 50 of the best art festivals nationwide.
More than 250 fine artists show and sell their art and I am among them at booth #92. If you stop by, mention that you are one of my art friends and allow me to give you 10% off your purchase. Here is a link for more info about the Fountain Square event.
3. Featured Artwork – Sticky Buns
Here is another experiment with the raw canvas, bold strokes and dripping glaze. The result is these two lovely buns.
Sticky Buns, 9”x 12”, acrylic on board, $300, ©2008 Barbara Sistak Baur The texture in the background is created using a mixture of different paints and painting mediums. This painting is framed and ready to hang. 4. Now Accepting Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express
Somehow, it feels like accepting credit cards makes me an “official” seller. At any rate, I can now accept your favorite credit card anytime including at the summer festivals, over the phone or US mail. (I don’t recommend email.)
Whew! This is a lot of news! Hope to see you this summer at the fair!
Warmly,
Barbara Sistak Baur
Artist
Summer Art Festival Schedule
I will be showing and selling my artwork at these lovely festivals. What a great way to spend a day.
June 28-29 - 29th Annual Fountain Square Art Festival, Evanston, IL, Sherman Ave.
July 12-13 -- Art Fair on the Square, Madison, WI, around the state capital building
July 20 -- Kenosha Art Fair, Kenosha, WI, Library Park, 60th St & 8th Ave.
August 16-17 – Highwood Fine Art Festival, plus Taste of Highwood, (great restaurants in Highwood) (tentative)
Sept 6-7 -- West End Art Festival, La Grange, IL, on Burlington Ave. between Brainard and Spring Aves.
Sept 26-27 -- Art in the Barn, Barrington, IL, on the grounds of Good Shepherd Hospital, 450 W. Rt. 22
Now Online
I am now placing all issues of Art Friends my site. If you are looking for past information or want to show to someone what Art Friends is about, they are now easy to find.
Feedback and Correspondence
Always welcome. If you have comments or there is something you would like to see in Art Friends, please let me know.
Forward this Email Yes, please go ahead and forward this to a friend. By the way, if this email has been forwarded to you, you are not automatically added to my e-letter list. If you would like to continue receiving Art Friends, please send me an email, and say "Yes, Art Friends." barbarabaur@comcast.net
New to Art Friends?
By the way, I continue to find friends that I think might enjoy Art Friends but may not be getting it. So I decided to send it to you. If this is the first time you have received this, I say "Welcome!" I hope you like it. However, if you would rather not receive it, please let me know (see the next paragraph).
Unsubscribe If you would like to stop receiving Art Friends, I understand. Click reply to this email and just type “unsubscribe.” Thanks for your friendship!
Copyright notice Art Friends and all images are ©2008 Barbara Sistak Baur and all rights are reserved. If you wish to copy this material to other publications or mail lists, great!! Just let me know so I can give you permission. Thanks for your respect.
Barbara Baur Art
3405 Highland Dr.
Island Lake IL 60042 and
2944 S. Harlem #4
Riverside IL 60546
708-372-2798
barbarabaur@comcast.net
barbarabaur.blogspot.com
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Art Friends, June 2, 2008
Greetings Everyone,
I accepted a challenge recently – take the textural style I have developed further. Push it to a different place. Today’s painting is the result, “Loaves.”
Loaves, 16”x30”, acrylic, $975 framed and ready to hang © 2008 Barbara Sistak Baur
I used raw canvas as the major textural element, along with large brushstrokes and impasto paint. The raw canvas was cut or torn into appropriate shapes. That process left some loose strings and fraying that I decided to keep. The raw canvas shapes were adhered to the board and stuffed a bit to give them more depth. I painted on the raw canvas using a large brush. I dripped glazing on the rolls for “icing.” I like how the roughness of the canvas, raw edges and thick paint serves the subject. Plus, there is a more abstract feel. Let me know if you think this is a good direction to continue in.
Warmly,
Barbara Sistak Baur, Artist
P.S. I have done a couple of smaller paintings using this technique. Go to my Blog to see them. They should be just a one or two from the top. Or click the Bakery Art topic.
See You at the (Art) Fair!
I will be showing and selling my artwork this summer at some very lovely art festivals. What a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon. I hope to see you at the fair! All begin and end about 10 am to 5 pm.
June 28-29 - 29th Annual Fountain Square Art Festival, Evanston, IL, 1700 Sherman Ave.
July 12-13 -- Art Fair on the Square, Madison, WI, around the state capital building
July 20 -- Kenosha Art Fair, Kenosha, WI, Library Park, 60th St & 8th Ave.
August 16-17 -- Long Grove Art Festival, Long Grove, IL, (tentative)
Sept 6-7 -- West End Art Festival, La Grange, IL, on Burlington Ave. between Brainard and Spring Aves.
Sept 26-27 -- Art in the Barn, Barrington, IL, on the grounds of Good Shepherd Hospital, 450 W. Rt. 22
Now Online
Fruit Cookie, Café Table, Shaved Chocolate and Berries, Sweet Bun, Sticky Buns—fresh from the easel!
On the Easel
Flamingos!! Remember the library tables? Well, I am doing a Flamingo table. Who doesn’t just love flamingos? If you haven’t seen the library tables, click the Library Tables topic on my blog.
Feedback and Correspondence
-- Always welcome. If you have comments or there is something you would like to see in Art Friends, please let me know.
Forward this Email
Yes, please go ahead and forward this to a friend. By the way, if this email has been forwarded to you, you are not automatically added to my e-letter list. If you would like to continue receiving Art Friends, I need to hear from you. Click barbarabaur@comcast.net and type "Yes, Art Friends."
New to Art Friends?
By the way, I continue to "clean up" my address book and find friends that I think might enjoy Art Friends but may not be getting it. So I decided to send it to you. If this is the first time you have received this, I say "Welcome!" I hope you like it. However, if you would rather not receive it, please let me know (see the next paragraph).
Unsubscribe
If you would like to stop receiving Art Friends, I understand. Click reply to this email and just type “unsubscribe.” Thanks for your friendship!
Copyright notice
Art Friends and all images are ©2008 Barbara Sistak Baur and all rights are reserved. If you wish to copy this material to other publications or mail lists, great!! Just let me know so I can give you permission. Thanks for your respect.
Barbara Baur Art
Lively, Textural, Vibrant
3405 Highland Dr.
Island Lake IL 60042
and
2944 S. Harlem #4
Riverside IL 60546
708-372-2798
barbarabaur@comcast.net
http://barbarabaur.blogspot.com/
I accepted a challenge recently – take the textural style I have developed further. Push it to a different place. Today’s painting is the result, “Loaves.”
Loaves, 16”x30”, acrylic, $975 framed and ready to hang © 2008 Barbara Sistak BaurI used raw canvas as the major textural element, along with large brushstrokes and impasto paint. The raw canvas was cut or torn into appropriate shapes. That process left some loose strings and fraying that I decided to keep. The raw canvas shapes were adhered to the board and stuffed a bit to give them more depth. I painted on the raw canvas using a large brush. I dripped glazing on the rolls for “icing.” I like how the roughness of the canvas, raw edges and thick paint serves the subject. Plus, there is a more abstract feel. Let me know if you think this is a good direction to continue in.
Warmly,
Barbara Sistak Baur, Artist
P.S. I have done a couple of smaller paintings using this technique. Go to my Blog to see them. They should be just a one or two from the top. Or click the Bakery Art topic.
See You at the (Art) Fair!
I will be showing and selling my artwork this summer at some very lovely art festivals. What a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon. I hope to see you at the fair! All begin and end about 10 am to 5 pm.
June 28-29 - 29th Annual Fountain Square Art Festival, Evanston, IL, 1700 Sherman Ave.
July 12-13 -- Art Fair on the Square, Madison, WI, around the state capital building
July 20 -- Kenosha Art Fair, Kenosha, WI, Library Park, 60th St & 8th Ave.
August 16-17 -- Long Grove Art Festival, Long Grove, IL, (tentative)
Sept 6-7 -- West End Art Festival, La Grange, IL, on Burlington Ave. between Brainard and Spring Aves.
Sept 26-27 -- Art in the Barn, Barrington, IL, on the grounds of Good Shepherd Hospital, 450 W. Rt. 22
Now Online
Fruit Cookie, Café Table, Shaved Chocolate and Berries, Sweet Bun, Sticky Buns—fresh from the easel!
On the Easel
Flamingos!! Remember the library tables? Well, I am doing a Flamingo table. Who doesn’t just love flamingos? If you haven’t seen the library tables, click the Library Tables topic on my blog.
Feedback and Correspondence
-- Always welcome. If you have comments or there is something you would like to see in Art Friends, please let me know.
Forward this Email
Yes, please go ahead and forward this to a friend. By the way, if this email has been forwarded to you, you are not automatically added to my e-letter list. If you would like to continue receiving Art Friends, I need to hear from you. Click barbarabaur@comcast.net and type "Yes, Art Friends."
New to Art Friends?
By the way, I continue to "clean up" my address book and find friends that I think might enjoy Art Friends but may not be getting it. So I decided to send it to you. If this is the first time you have received this, I say "Welcome!" I hope you like it. However, if you would rather not receive it, please let me know (see the next paragraph).
Unsubscribe
If you would like to stop receiving Art Friends, I understand. Click reply to this email and just type “unsubscribe.” Thanks for your friendship!
Copyright notice
Art Friends and all images are ©2008 Barbara Sistak Baur and all rights are reserved. If you wish to copy this material to other publications or mail lists, great!! Just let me know so I can give you permission. Thanks for your respect.
Barbara Baur Art
Lively, Textural, Vibrant
3405 Highland Dr.
Island Lake IL 60042
and
2944 S. Harlem #4
Riverside IL 60546
708-372-2798
barbarabaur@comcast.net
http://barbarabaur.blogspot.com/
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