Art workshop Archives - INESE'S ART STUDIO

September 5, 2022October 15, 2024

Show time

It’s been a while, and summer just flew by. My art show was delayed for 2 years by pandemic, and now the show is finally coming up, and it will open on September 14. I have submitted the paperwork and still need to add wire on the back of quite a few paintings. I will mostly present large size art at this particular show and I hope it will look as impressive and memorable as the original art which has been created in the span of 5 years. It’s not that all art was created some years ago, but a few paintings are from 2018 and 2020 and so forth. I’m showing in total 25 artworks. I hope the wall space allows for that.

I decided to add a few green paintings, as well. Farewell to summer.

Country barn in summer meadow, 24 x 18 in or 61 x 46 cm

Garden fence, 24 x 18 in or 61 x 46 cm

Summer flower fields, abstract acrylic painting, 24 x 18 in or 61 x 46 cm

Ajax Community Centre, East wing offers better light than the previous exhibition space at Ajax Town Hall. This show is happening in cooperation with PineRidge Arts Council. I am a member of this artist association, it’s one of the few which do a lot for an artist and charge a very moderate membership fee. They have friendly staff, and especially I would like to mention Mary Cook who takes care of the web presentation.

I have taken numerous new pictures. I won’t repeat myself, but iPhone just really destroys my painting images with extreme contrast, with absolutely wrong colors and it’s unable to distinct between shades of white and grey. Grey tends to look black and all white is just white without any shades of it. To be honest, everybody who’s seen my art only on the internet, hasn’t seen it all. That’s the disadvantage of presenting images as opposed to actual artworks. Anyway, it’s the only chance for me to go global and so be it.

As you know, on this website all horizontal artworks look smaller and all vertical ones much larger. Well, I’m adding sizes, but, unfortunately, they don’t mean much if you’re viewing this blog post on your phone. I hope you will check the studio sales pages later in the week because there will be new special offers. All art I’m displaying on my blog is original art, meaning, I am selling just the only true artwork as it’s created.

Birch valley, 32 x 26 in or 81 x 66 cm

…. and Hay bales, autumn fields, 28 x 22 in or 71 x 56 cm

Many of my paintings are created on textured backgrounds. People often ask me about palette knife, and, no, I’m not using it, but I’m creating textures on canvas before I start painting the actual shapes of trees and other elements.

Well, maybe some of you will stop at Ajax, Ontario in the future when traveling to Toronto and, thus, see how my art looks in reality. Meanwhile, buy art from my art studio also because numerous paintings won’t get into the show display. Certainly, attend the live show if you are in the Greater Toronto Area. It is the show time finally!

My summer was somewhat painful and I was off for about 6 weeks. I’m not one of people who snap pictures at emergency rooms and treatment clinics, so I had nothing much I was willing to share until I recently started feeling a bit better. Just in time, I’d say because I have only 1 week to finalize all art which goes into the art show.

All the best and have a good, colorful September!

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May 1, 2021October 15, 2024

The virtual arts market takes off

Artfest virtual arts market is open!

It is a local Greater Toronto Area event, and, therefore, a fantastic opportunity for local artists, artisans and writers to show off their creations. In normal years, we would head out to the Esplanade park in Pickering and see in person what artists have created, what musicians and writers would like us to hear, but this year the event is virtual again.

The virtual arts market website gives a brief introduction about each participant, and one can follow a link if they are interested. I hope they are! My personal website is extensive, however, the theme I am using does not support good Home pages, therefore, my Blog page and this new article will have to do that.

Watercolor painting, purple pansy watercolor

My art can be attributed to a few main categories.

By medium and technique:

drawings,

pen and watercolor art on watercolor paper,

pure watercolor paintings on paper,

acrylic paintings on canvas and

highly textured acrylic paintings on canvas.

By subject of painting:

floral and floral still life,

still life,

seasons,

buildings, barns and perspective,

landscapes and trees,

small birds.

Please, see collections by painting subject here:

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All pages from which I sell art include all subjects, but I rather specified the medium I have applied. I have created a separate page for

Watercolor paintings: Shop watercolor paintings

Acrylic paintings (page will be updated with more paintings): Shop acrylic paintings

and a page which offers art related to current season or which suits the current trends: Shop special offers

Watercolor painting, spring, nature, arts market

While all nature subjects appeal to me, I have always paid special attention to seasons, therefore, I can certainly say that I have plenty of spring, summer, fall and winter paintings.

Finally, my website has excellent search option and if you type a name which best describes the subject in the Search box, all posts which include this entry will come up.

Available acrylic paintings

As you will notice, all available paintings are originals. I think it’s best to allow companies which specialize in making prints to allow doing that. The smallest acrylic paintings are 12 x 12 in or 30.5 x 30.5 cm. Many are 20 x 16 in or 51 x 41 cm, 18 x 24 in or 46 x 51 cm, as well as 20 x 24 in or 51 x 61 cm. I haven’t published the largest acrylic paintings yet.

I always paint around the edge; therefore, painting can be displayed without a frame. Painting continues around the sides of canvas and looks great.

Rocks of gold, acrylic painting by Inese Poga

Available watercolors

Available watercolors are also only originals painted on watercolor paper, frequently, heavy and very firm Arches, Saunders-Waterford paper or bright white archival quality paper in case of pen and watercolor art. On sale pages displayed watercolor paintings are sold without a frame or mat. The framed watercolors are available in person only, many of them have glass and I cannot take any new photos, and they have beautiful oak wood frames, therefore, I wouldn’t be able to ship them anywhere. The smaller size framed watercolors are in 11 x 14 in or 28 x 36 cm standard frames with mats and one can also purchase them in person from studio, but not from website.

How to purchase available art

If you like a painting, just click on View product label and continue as directed. For purpose of this particular local event, you can pick up the painting practically any day between 11 am and 8 pm. I’m located in Ajax, almost downtown.

To ask any questions and to find out more, please, use this page:

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I will be happy to assist. My website does not process any payments; therefore, you are submitting your info to Shopify or PayPal and they process the payment. Paintings are sold without tax and prices are in Canadian dollars. If you pick up your painting, that’s the final price. I can exchange any painting to a similar one, but I won’t take it back once it has been in possession of somebody.

Thank you kindly for reading and I hope you like some painting so much, you’d love to own it!

February 16, 2020October 17, 2024

My solo art show February 14 – March 19

If it was only painting

My show is finally up. Putting up a show, small or extensive, takes time, many hours of work, dealing with selection, adjustments and paperwork. It felt as if the small tasks were never-ending: glazing, covering with protective layer, attaching wires, designing and printing price tags. I have taken numerous pictures. Light was not that good some days; well, it’s February. Therefore, contrast ranged from extreme to none, brightness went from burnt out images to a total lack of light.

Lots of work and many decisions

Even putting up paintings at location was time-consuming. Any place has its pluses and minuses. Light is as it is, and I had to figure out the best layout immediately and without hesitation. There was staff, who went up the ladder and put up each painting, and while they were doing their best, everything took some adjustment. I think I managed to do very well with placement of my art.

It is a great advantage to see art in person

While less people attend shows or art events nowadays since everything is on the internet, I would like to still emphasize that nothing compares to seeing art with your own eyes and experience the feeling of direct presence. There are so many devices between the real painting and its image on the internet! Any of these devices change the look of painting to a great extent, so some things get lost along the way, which especially refers to balanced and carefully crafted colors and contrast.

Paintings which were included in this show

My paintings frequently display paths and roads. Road, as well as path is an important symbolic element of my art. We are always on the way, always going to something new which is still to be discovered and explored. I am posting this time a few completely new and a few overworked paintings. That especially refers to “Nostalgia” series.

Subjects of my art

I loved to find untouched landscapes in close vicinity of a town: old country barns, quiet streams, birch groves and meandering forest paths. I genuinely love wildflowers, they appear quite frequently in my art. The same goes for always painting spring in winter. That is a natural mood lift and fantastic way of spending dark and gloomy days when storms, snow, cold and ice make the outdoor landscape very hostile.

Less text, more art

This post is intended to show paintings, therefore, less text, more art.

Early spring with red barn, acrylic painting on canvas by Inese Poga

Red country barn, early spring, acrylic painting 76 x 61 cm, acrylic on canvas

Early spring with red country barn, painting by Inese Poga

Red country barn, early spring won the easel, Nostalgia series

Path in blue bell woods, Nostalgia series, acrylic painting, 24 x 20 in or 61 x 51 cm

Reflection of clouds, summer stream, acrylic painting on 24 x 20 in or 61 x 51 cm canvas

Nostalgia, acrylic painting by Inese Poga

Nostalgia, the painting which initiated the series of landscapes disappearing from our neighborhoods, acrylic on canvas, 24 x 20 in 61 x 51

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If you happen to live in Greater Toronto Area and especially around Ajax, please stop by. My show is on at Ajax Town Hall Council Chambers Lobby until March 19. 25 works of art are exhibited. I take from the first responses, that people like it. Enjoy!

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January 31, 2020October 17, 2024

Upcoming art show and stolen images

Never-ending stealing of painting images

This issue comes up almost every time as I type in Google search terms which I describe my paintings and drawings with. Almost every time, I find stolen images of my paintings which I obviously did not know of. I look at the website link: if it is not my website, my Fine Art America site or similar sites, I can be sure somebody has copied image of my painting and placed on their website. The purpose of stealing painting images is not always clear. Some websites look like they are selling prints, some seem to have the image for anybody to paint or draw. I am feeling sad and mad about this.

How about I use your art for my artwork?

Somebody contacted me recently (at least they contacted and asked for permission, which I appreciate) about 2 of my best floral paintings. It said: may I use your images for creation of my artwork? That left me wondering: how is that? If that was a photo of something else, but not my art, I could have allowed using it. But the idea was to take the image of my painting and use for whatever adjusted art they create. So, I work hard for some 3-4 weeks and paint it and try to do my best. I work on taking good pictures. They come along and admit that I did well, and that’s why they would use these images. To me, they are finished paintings, and I do not want anybody to add embellishments to them or remove something digitally. Creation of art takes time, efforts and actually talent, too. No, I’m not fine that you just copy it over and sell as painting by numbers.

Please, be respectful

I wonder: how do people come on these ideas? I think it’s time we start to respect efforts and time somebody has put in their art. I have seen all kinds of claims about art instruction, writing, including poems, stories, essays, interviews, how to instruction and lots and lots of paintings which are simply stolen from the owner’s website. I have watermarks on my paintings. I usually post paintings with my signature on them except when it’s work in progress. I have copyright notice in place, and I made it longer just now and I am also putting it under each article as of today.

Are these protective measures enough?

Do I believe these measures are going to stop some websites from stealing and displaying my art? Probably not. However, I will alarm about 2 most recent websites where I found my paintings. If you are a good artist, your drawings and paintings might be there also. Internet enables all kinds of unauthorized actions. It’s just so that it is annoying and time-consuming to follow up on all of this. It took me an hour approximately dealing with these websites. I am not even sure; there may have been more images. There is never guarantee that I will achieve much with searching, checking and sending my notifications in case a theft is detected.

It is a big deal

Does this stealing happen because people think that it is not a big deal to just simply copy somebody’s work and go ahead and place or use it any way they prefer? Well, it is a big deal for me, and I suppose for any artist whose life is a full time art creation and writing. No, I do not feel flattered by my painting images (sometimes works in progress) being scattered around who knows where. The display is usually also not the most appealing, and they are taken out of context and sometimes used for other than intended purpose. If you’d like to see what websites have your painting images, enter art descriptions which fit your art in Google search, click on images and see what comes up.

New show paintings

My initial intention was to post two images of my new paintings which will be included in show opening on February 14. And I am still working on more new paintings, as well as adjusting and varnishing some earlier works. But here I am: dealing with stolen painting images again. That happens much too often to ignore it. Maybe it’s time to report these websites and maybe they’d be closed down. Maybe it’s time to deal with thieves in a stricter manner? It’s been countless times I find my paintings on strange websites when I google for images with descriptions I have frequently used.

Happy with results

Anyway, art is where I find my happiest moments in life. The largest painting is Birch road. It is 30 x 24 inches or 76 x 61 cm. I cannot ship it at the moment, but it is available from my studio. It took about 3 weeks painting for about 6 hours a day. The photo cannot show all golden shade transitions which are implemented in leaves, but the real painting has perfect color play.

Birch road, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 24 in or 76 x 61 cm

Some art simply got adjusted and new pictures were taken. I hope you enjoy my paintings and feel the same good vibes as I did when painting them!

The sunset boat, acrylic painting by Inese Poga

Except for Birch tri, all other paintings are 24 x 20 in or 61 x 51 cm.

Fall colors, bright as in nature!

As always, check out FFA site: Art collections by Inese Poga

September 24, 2019October 17, 2024

Getting ready for a cozy fall and Thanksgiving

Fall still life with pumpkin and fruit, realistic still life painting

Giving thanks: Canadian Thanksgiving

I have Thanksgiving on my mind this year. It’s not that we always celebrate it, but I believe there are many things to be thankful for this year, especially, overcoming all the difficulties and sadness in February and March. Canadian Thanksgiving is much earlier than the American, therefore, I hope my gift sales page will be set up and published soon. I can currently invite everybody to check out my Fine Art America products: there are so many: from garments and outfits to notebooks, mugs and totes, not to mention many kinds of prints, both framed and unframed on different surfaces and in many sizes. Link is at the bottom of page.

Inese’s Art Studio creates

Inese’s Art Studio is booming with ideas, plans for projects and hands-on activities. I am working on a few new artworks, as well as finalizing some that were started 3 to 5 years ago. Having one-person run art school, creating my own art and crafts, sometimes sewing things, gardening and performing all daily chores takes a lot of time and work. I simply want to have lots and lots of gifts and smaller size art, as well as cards and Thank-you sheets to offer this year. The good thing is: art never goes bad, so, it can be used and re-used after a while again.

Fall still life with pumpkin and fruit, 20 x 24 in

What’s not to love about fall?

As much as I enjoy spring and summer, I also love the color parade and all shades of gold showing up in nature and tree foliage when the fall arrives. It is a feast for eyes, and it is a great inspiration for anybody who picks up a brush. I finished the fall still life which we started in my art classes 5 years ago. I think it came out great with warm colors and very attractive fall fruit. I struggled with photos, just as always. Some had glare on them, some came out too dark, some were to light and some had wrong colors. I chose the best, yet, I must say, the actual painting is still better. Its size is 24 x 18 inches or 61 x 46 cm.

Sunset boat, acrylic painting on canvas, 20 x 24 in

Moonlit path, acrylic, 20 x 20 in

Under fall sky, acrylic painting by Inese Poga, sunset boats

Under fall sky, 20 x 16 in

Red poppies, bright red, acrylic 24 x 20 in acrylic on canvas

Painting fall is always rewarding and pleasure

We have done it numerous times and every year during art lessons. Even absolute beginners can get nice art done if using sponge and fan brush because it loosens one up and allows going easy about blending and color matching. Any warm colors will do, and if you pair them with cool grey or soft grey-blue, the result speaks for itself. I am sharing a few paintings which I haven’t sold yet, although, fall landscapes usually sell fast. I suppose it is because they make any wall and room cozy and warm. Fall is the time we want our comfort foods, candle lights and warm blankets on the sofa.

Enjoy and let me know if you’d be interested in purchasing some art.

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