Art Communities/Regions??
Larry Seiler
Just les than a couple of years and my last one graduates highschool.
Since my primary subject matter for painting is landscape, I'm thinkin'
ahead as far as routes to travel, to paint and market...maybe eventually
resettle..though traveling might in itself be enough.
Curious to your opinions on some of the best places to visit, more
"artsy" communities, regional beauty..etc; and media best represented
For example, Jackson Hole, Wyoming....5th largest place for art marketed
in the surroundings of the Briger Tetons...(landscapes and wildlife)
Sedona, Arizona....near Red Rock, draws many people on spiritual
searches..new age, diverse arts, etc;
Someone told me just yesterday that Nevada City, in upper state
California was popular with the arts, and many tourists.
your suggestions....?????
Larry Seiler
lse...@execpc.com
Marilyn
Gary Snyder (great American poet) says STAY PUT!
but if you want a beautiful place, try
Salt Spring Island in the gulf of Georgia (above the American San Juans).
It is in British Columbia, Canada.
Leave your guns behind you.
Larry Seiler
Marilyn wrote:
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> Larry Seiler wrote:
> >
> > Just les than a couple of years and my last one graduates highschool.
> > Since my primary subject matter for painting is landscape, I'm thinkin'
> > ahead as far as routes to travel, to paint and market...maybe eventually
> > resettle..though traveling might in itself be enough.
> >
> > Curious to your opinions on some of the best places to visit, more
> > "artsy" communities, regional beauty..etc; and media best represented
> >
> > For example, Jackson Hole, Wyoming....5th largest place for art marketed
> > in the surroundings of the Briger Tetons...(landscapes and wildlife)
> >
> > Sedona, Arizona....near Red Rock, draws many people on spiritual
> > searches..new age, diverse arts, etc;
> >
> > Someone told me just yesterday that Nevada City, in upper state
> > California was popular with the arts, and many tourists.
> >
> > your suggestions....?????
> >
> > Larry Seiler
> > lse...@execpc.com
>
> Gary Snyder (great American poet) says STAY PUT!
Unfortunately Gary isn't sending me resouces to work with to inspire
making wonderful landscape paintings!! hahaha..
> but if you want a beautiful place, try
> Salt Spring Island in the gulf of Georgia (above the American San Juans).
> It is in British Columbia, Canada.
so noted...thanks
>
> Leave your guns behind you.
hahaha...okay!
Larry
sch...@lookingglass.net
> Curious to your opinions on some of the best places to visit, more
> your suggestions....?????
To repeat an old and oft-repeated piece of advice,
"Go West young man, Go West." IMHO it's as true
today for anyone living in USA as it was then. But
to find your own Valhalla, you need to do as you
already have observed, and TRAVEL. This question
you asks is as personal as asking someone what kind
of art is the BEST? It's just too personal to answer
in this kind of forum. One caveat. Places that you
mentioned as being tourist towns are typically high
cost of living towns too. Santa Fe, as one good example,
USED to be an ideal place to live for all sorts of
reasons: ideal climate, low living costs (along with low
wage scale), artsy community of Taos nearby, etc. But
that is long ago and far away now for anyone who has
to support themselves while living there.
So, once again, Go West young man and experience all
you can for yourself and make up your own mind.
And good luck, T'Bird (who's had the good fortune
to see most of the USA, east and west).
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Marilyn
Larry Seiler wrote:
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My favourite landscape painter, Wolf Kahn, keeps painting the same New
England landscape over and over. Each painting is unique and dazzling.
Remember Monet's haystacks? Nothing stays the same for a second, as the
light is constantly changing, and the earth's postion vis-a-vis the sun
is also changing.
Bye
bbruins
Marilyn wrote in article <342340...@islandnet.com>...
I live in Ct. and totally agree there is so much to paint here. I've
heard that Frisco is the place to go. but in reality I think that no matter
where you are there is a artist community and places to paint.
debbie
Larry Seiler
Hhhhmm..haha...thanks. I'm hoping to eventually find a dozen or so
galleries to annually deal with doing originals of landscapes, and maybe
live out of a mini-motorhome for a couple weeks at a time painting and
taking new photo references...so I wouldn't necessarily have to live in
those areas. I was in Jackson Hole, Wyoming several years ago, and the
$47,000 home I have here in rural Wisconsin would cost me about $495,000
out there! What a revelation...and yet it is the fifth largest art
community in the country!
thanks for your advice!
Larry
Larry Seiler
Marilyn wrote:
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> Larry Seiler wrote:
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> My favourite landscape painter, Wolf Kahn, keeps painting the same New
> England landscape over and over. Each painting is unique and dazzling.
> Remember Monet's haystacks? Nothing stays the same for a second, as the
> light is constantly changing, and the earth's postion vis-a-vis the sun
> is also changing.
>
> Bye
Its true..and I love painting for the sake of painting. I also prefer
painting to substitute teaching, working retail in malls, working in an
office..etc; so, I have found to not only paint my landscapes but find
an appeal to potential patrons, the work needs to strike a familiar
chord..it needs to relate to them.
So many people are so so aesthetically dead today that my repetitious
renditions of varying views of northwestern rural Wisconsin don't
necessarily spark interest. I have traveled and painted various water
and landscapes that are typical of what captures hearts and minds of
those stuck in their mundane jobs..when wishing they could get away from
it all. Those works have had wonderful painting moments for me, but
galleries and patrons alike are struck by the emotion I put into them in
places they can identify with. So...if I am to escape the mundane job
for myself..the hard reality is that my work also has to sell. What
people put on my tombstone once I'm gone is immaterial. I want to
paint, and I want to eat. I know that's a bit much..hahaha..but...!!
thanks for your comments though...New England is beautiful, and I will
query Wolf Kahn, as I enjoy looking at others work.
Larry
sch...@lookingglass.net
In article <342377...@execpc.com>,
lse...@execpc.com wrote:
>I was in Jackson Hole, Wyoming several years ago, and the
> $47,000 home I have here in rural Wisconsin would cost me about $495,000
> out there! What a revelation...and yet it is the fifth largest art
> community in the country!
Dear Larry, By what measure is Jackson Hole the fifth largest?
Volume of sales, number of artists living there, number or
galleries selling art? Let's stop and look at NYC, LA, SF,
Houston, Dallas, Chicago, New Orleans, Miami, Denver, to name
just a few. Are you going to tell me that itsy bitsy Jackson
Hole is fifth after any list of big city art communities you
can make up? If you are comparing small-towns that have an
art focus, then you have to draw a line somewhere to make your
comparison by -- population, per-capita invested in the arts,
or whatever. Don't forget that old adage about "the grass
always looking greener 'over there'" T'bird.
Larry Seiler
for wildlife and outdoor/landscape art alone...which I failed to
mention, sorry.
Larry