Lots going on this season!

Hello to all of you out there who love to do or see art!  Just a quick post to get you excited about painting and painters.  Enjoy the above 2-minute video, which will remain as a header in all my postings.  Simply run your cursor over the palette painting and click on it.  This video was created by my friend Bob Barbour, photographer extraordinaire, who was also the model - bobbarbourphotography.com

Now that I've got your attention, I would like to announce that my art studio will be part of the Sebastian Art Studio Tour on February 7th, 2015.  More news on that to come.  Below is a list of shows I will be participating in as of this date (a mighty ambitious agenda I must say!), pending passing the jurying process in some of them.  There may be a few more sandwiched in or if I have time in between my dual jobs of babysitting for our fantabulous granddaughter Salem (pictured below)

3-year-old Salem, "An As-s-s-t like her grandma," painting a birdhouse

  ...and working for Crimson Key Estate Sales (crimsonkeyestatesales.com  Salem's parents' company).  With all this fun, it's tough to find time to paint!

EXHIBIT AGENDA
772-581-8281 for further information. All are free and open to the public unless indicated.
*Pending acceptance
**Pending a future scheduling conflict

Currently Showing
Through November: Beneduce Realty, 1930 14th Avenue, Vero Beach 772-564-6100

Ongoing

• Sebastian River Art Club's Art Center, 1245 Main Street, Sebastian. Open Tuesday, Thursday and most Saturdays, 11:00am-3:00pm
• Indian River County Main Library, 1600 21st Street, Vero Beach  772-770-5060

Future Shows

• Nov 12 - "Plein Air" at the Vero Beach Yacht Club, 3601 Rio Vista Blvd, Vero Beach (near the Vero Beach Museum of Art). A day-long paint-out on the grounds of the Yacht Club, culminating in a show and sale in the evening. 772-231-2211
• **Nov 15 - Sebastian River Art Club Park Show, Riverview Park, Sebastian. Tent show, 10am-4pm
• *Dec 2-Jan 3 - "Our Beautiful Waters" Gallery 14, 1911 14th Avenue, Vero Beach. Opening Receptions Dec 5 and Jan 3, 5-8 pm.  Call 772-562-5525.
• Friday, Dec 5, 5-9 pm - "Light up the Night." The Sebastian River Art Club participates in the yearly holiday event, with an art show and light competition. Refreshments at select locations
• **Dec 13 - Sebastian River Art Club Park Show, Riverview Park, Sebastian. Tent show, 10am-4pm
• Jan 1-30 - Artist of the Month, Dale Sorensen Realty, 1961 14th Ave 772-492-5300
• *Jan 17-18 - Sebastian Fine Art & Music Festival (www.sebastianartshow.com), Riverview Park, Sebastian.  Tent Show, over 120 exhibitors, food, music.
• Jan 23-25 - Vero Beach Art Club's "Art By The Sea" at the Vero Beach Museum of Art, 3001 Riverside Dr, Vero Beach. Jan 23 5-8pm (Opening Reception), Jan 24 10-5pm, Jan 25 10-4pm
• **Jan 24 - Sebastian River Art Club Park Show, Riverview Park, Sebastian. Tent show, 10am-4pm
• Feb 7 - Sebastian Art Studio Tour.  One of 13 Sebastian Artists whose studio will be open to the public. 9-5 pm
• Feb 13-14 - Vero Beach Art Club's "Art on the Island" at the Marsh Island Club, 9155 Marsh Island Drive, Vero Beach.
• **Feb 14-15 - Sebastian River Art Club's Competitive Show, Riverside Park, Sebastian. Tent show, 10am-4pm
• March 13, 14, 15 - Vero Beach Art Club's "Under the Oaks" fine art and craft show, Riverside Park, Vero Beach. An award-winning tent show with over 250 exhibitors. www.verobeachartclub.org
• March 20 - Treasure Coast Art Association's "Essence of a Woman" 223 Avenue A, Ft. Pierce info to come
• May - Florida's Finest en Plein Air info to come

There may be other shows not noted as exhibit opportunities come up

Many samples of my work can be found on www.burgarellaart.com.  Due to hosting problems, this site is no longer accessible to me for editing and so is in dire need of updating, however a new updated site will be released soon.  Be sure to click on the heads and subheads to see it all.

Thanks for visiting my blog, and be sure to scroll down and see previous posts for more 'artsy' info and pics.

Judy Burgarella
Blogger 

YouTube Video!!

On Monday, March 25th I met my friend, a talented videographer, Bob Barbour, at his studio gallery on 14th Avenue in Vero Beach to paint a portrait of him.  Bob had videotaped a series of portrait demonstrations I did in the fall of 2012 at the Sebastian River Art Club, and he also spent many many hours at the VB Community Center videotaping the painting of the Vero Beach Mural.  Painting his portrait was my way of repaying him, or at least trying to.  Unbeknownst to me he had set up two cameras on time lapse, and off we went on a lightning-fast time lapse journey.  We rearranged some  furniture, put a black backdrop that I had brought to place behind him; I posed him and angled the lights as best we could ... and "OUILA"!  It sure looked like a professional studio to me. 

It was wonderful for me to have a model all to myself and an actual studio all to myself, with decent lighting and setup.  It was fun right from the start, and he was an excellent model.  The music he chose while I painted and he modeled was just perfect.  Bob was a pretty good model considering he's a type "A" like myself and doesn't like to still still.  So I probably got to put paint to canvas at about 11:00 a.m., and by 4:00 pm my painting passion was about spent.  Minus some lunch time and chat time, the session went smoothly and I had not too many corrections inbetween.  I planned to tweak it a lot more, using the photographs I took, but after looking at it a couple of days in my studio I decided it was pretty good as is, loose and fresh, and I just may leave it alone except for taking out a little gray hair from him.  So following is his portrait as is done "Ala Prima," and below that is the time-lapse video link to youtube.  I am delighted with both, especially the video.

"Ala Prima" Oil Painting of Videographer Bob Barbour by Judy Burgarella

Click on the link below to see my time-lapse Youtube oil painting video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcLf7ACVaJk&feature=youtu.be  

Thanks for looking at my blog, and I hope you enjoy the youtube video.  If you have any comments please leave them here in the box below.  

Judy Burgarella Blogger