tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40862077676645775412024-03-05T02:44:06.343-08:00Calligraphy OriginalsLorrainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09588862204072090955noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086207767664577541.post-50716427133971484362020-12-03T13:03:00.005-08:002020-12-03T13:03:50.016-08:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Long Time Passing</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> A visual chronicle of farm life in the Midwest, past and present</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Paintings by Roberta Condon and Lorraine Ortner-Blake</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f1c232;"><span></span></span> I hope you will be able to visit this traveling exhibit as it tours the Midwest in 2021 and 2022 Here are some of the venues:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /><span class="_mh6 _wsc" id="cch_f1f019fa3ae9fe8"><div data-contents="true"><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="95i0o" data-offset-key="9a1hj-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9a1hj-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9a1hj-0-0"><span data-text="true"><b>April 18 through August 1, 2021</b> <br /><b>Rahr West<br /></b>610 N. 8th Street Manitowoc WI 54220</span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9a1hj-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9a1hj-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="95i0o" data-offset-key="fcu47-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fcu47-0-0"><span data-offset-key="fcu47-0-0"><span data-text="true"><b>October 12 through November 20, 2021<br /> Kavenaugh Gallery, Fine Line Creative Arts Center </b><br />37W570 Bolcum Road, St. Charles, IL 60175 <br /></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fcu47-0-0"><span data-offset-key="fcu47-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="95i0o" data-offset-key="1ag9b-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1ag9b-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1ag9b-0-0"><span data-text="true"><b>January 10 through March 4, 2022<br />New Visions Gallery</b><br />Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield WI 54449<br /></span></span></div></div></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Together, Roberta Condon and I
tell the story of the Midwest farm, past and present through paintings. Roberta’s 26 pastel paintings, titled “American Pastoral,”
present the incredible beauty of our farming landscape. They also reflect the
changes in our rural culture as agriculture shifts away from small acreage
family farms. I'll link to her paintings when they are posted.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">My paintings look back at family farming through the eyes
of my mother, as well as my childhood on a dairy farm. The paintings are small, about 10 inches square, done in gouache. They illustrate our lives
on Midwest farms of the 1930s through ‘70s.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Here are some of the 28 paintings: <br /></p>
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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh49pK_JmjoIPRsms1J1mzXcvQ4uXzJL12QGZwUhyphenhyphenA3XYHssH4N7JrAfOnhQulkDkW59t1kZV5KIpmVtPf-NQpuhmvQCLM2QhrfpqMU-mwgvMcGa03BwldG5NzEJ-SSgmOhfrJPWUwOBugu/s2000/5+ortnerblake-i-listened-in-to-their-talk-of-delivery-12x12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh49pK_JmjoIPRsms1J1mzXcvQ4uXzJL12QGZwUhyphenhyphenA3XYHssH4N7JrAfOnhQulkDkW59t1kZV5KIpmVtPf-NQpuhmvQCLM2QhrfpqMU-mwgvMcGa03BwldG5NzEJ-SSgmOhfrJPWUwOBugu/s320/5+ortnerblake-i-listened-in-to-their-talk-of-delivery-12x12.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They talked about delivery, I listened in<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVGDiVlPcxifBIfZpFy9xtx5LMzd8d1ruDGN5GozAQfE7m_eZcK7Vysh2dtc0DYqZ9dEMpvWx6RvG82mpoIQ03MLbdmYvdXZzp0Y6Dpyo6fbsx5Awcy46eqDdF1tMA9J9uV8oF29R4kwVZ/s2001/1+ortnerblake+my-mother-remembers-dad-sent-us-to-pick-corn-12x12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2001" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVGDiVlPcxifBIfZpFy9xtx5LMzd8d1ruDGN5GozAQfE7m_eZcK7Vysh2dtc0DYqZ9dEMpvWx6RvG82mpoIQ03MLbdmYvdXZzp0Y6Dpyo6fbsx5Awcy46eqDdF1tMA9J9uV8oF29R4kwVZ/s320/1+ortnerblake+my-mother-remembers-dad-sent-us-to-pick-corn-12x12.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dad told us to pick corn, the horse knew the way<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZX-ey3OvY6nJNxBhZbG1omGeQpM-yJPWLCcUlEzN5xWQE5ety0RpjN8mxxQ15ZcoNcABDdWjV1TLOU8IN5RevqsbuZJj8KhFsRcHjytgDwcaOxX_y8h59AVhXpsWHFJTA1CnxH4haVS5/s2048/9-ortnerblake-pegs-wedding-was-in-1976-16x20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1525" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZX-ey3OvY6nJNxBhZbG1omGeQpM-yJPWLCcUlEzN5xWQE5ety0RpjN8mxxQ15ZcoNcABDdWjV1TLOU8IN5RevqsbuZJj8KhFsRcHjytgDwcaOxX_y8h59AVhXpsWHFJTA1CnxH4haVS5/w277-h372/9-ortnerblake-pegs-wedding-was-in-1976-16x20.jpg" width="277" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peggy's wedding was in 1974<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh62FAqU9Llx36WXsuKvRpvQr3KJg1sggaMjvli4l5zEyePOA9eeGcVcKrKLvlth-564-g2ZYPi1UxS_6vvn3zDKHbl3RTtus_8EIELvEovEG0L23lKesHQ-HEeX78NVcwgJbvH9Ojp4vLg/s320/20+Haying-the-last-load.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The last load of hay<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisyevE-_1Vt4sJ4QiICviXBt1NrNbJYkQltgt0Trzg5TcEgKnQAyNrb10sBnQ-zgi2tDmDGw7eyj6hIFrYIAk4-8gxWFrcWNDzRm_w6hQwJisSP8EjCC_WLxTdRBZpbl1sAjwFvLjtQR9G/s2000/19+When+I+did+calligraphy+for+the+church.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisyevE-_1Vt4sJ4QiICviXBt1NrNbJYkQltgt0Trzg5TcEgKnQAyNrb10sBnQ-zgi2tDmDGw7eyj6hIFrYIAk4-8gxWFrcWNDzRm_w6hQwJisSP8EjCC_WLxTdRBZpbl1sAjwFvLjtQR9G/s320/19+When+I+did+calligraphy+for+the+church.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doing calligraphy for the church<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2019" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9jawpNDfzRGpOGtZ2De4MknJ6riLj4kn6GdTlVZf0ZKD5dRK_iVL3UKG_sY3jSKWC3jgH0VeC27TC3nY31m-w3A4aBQmrkIVbmstLaRtpbbD48_NSAsWD3TKYe7r2pp-VuRoFgS55QMYm/s320/13-ortnerblake-walnuts-winter-12x12.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walnuts in winter<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLCEG7hjk1qeu05PcKvP05CMW3vYThxf-VWWAksFTidJM3pj-lpbcqZ09BrW1EogvImuYecmjbwwzRGT82b5GBbo3vgUlvuMinq9Q-bEF_uJ4ff5pUpkLzrPDNIYHrSVdf6iK3zXmzzCE/s2000/12-ortnerblake-chicken-plucking.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1894" data-original-width="2000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLCEG7hjk1qeu05PcKvP05CMW3vYThxf-VWWAksFTidJM3pj-lpbcqZ09BrW1EogvImuYecmjbwwzRGT82b5GBbo3vgUlvuMinq9Q-bEF_uJ4ff5pUpkLzrPDNIYHrSVdf6iK3zXmzzCE/s320/12-ortnerblake-chicken-plucking.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chicken plucking<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiprm6BcSkUvpXZfGYhYDGqSCVL_TPVguhBk6k8YAVv9EsPaV3WaZBOe-1BKx-VpXiizJe_5HdeUUeIDHpq5bg-5GVVS0HG0FLsgzCpohrOJoHd7m-v0J5Aet3C01pv0AjrDt5ktTCn9xBM/s2048/10-ortnerblake-we-grew-cucumbers-that-year-9x12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1462" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiprm6BcSkUvpXZfGYhYDGqSCVL_TPVguhBk6k8YAVv9EsPaV3WaZBOe-1BKx-VpXiizJe_5HdeUUeIDHpq5bg-5GVVS0HG0FLsgzCpohrOJoHd7m-v0J5Aet3C01pv0AjrDt5ktTCn9xBM/s320/10-ortnerblake-we-grew-cucumbers-that-year-9x12.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had a big cucumber patch that year<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD5G47Ycn52aeJV07byWqEPEZgcWy-CHQURWSsy_yCtk4CDhgznLMi8v7S-fFZXc7PC_0c5H4Ta3Hl42hL1yriDVwps48iNfHJDbK7Jo-Gj8acJu2w1hPcMMp3-BqbwMOKZr5sKOBeWqmN/s2000/4+ortnerblake-winter+fields-16x20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1447" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD5G47Ycn52aeJV07byWqEPEZgcWy-CHQURWSsy_yCtk4CDhgznLMi8v7S-fFZXc7PC_0c5H4Ta3Hl42hL1yriDVwps48iNfHJDbK7Jo-Gj8acJu2w1hPcMMp3-BqbwMOKZr5sKOBeWqmN/s320/4+ortnerblake-winter+fields-16x20.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Winter hill<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've gathered these and more paintings together in a book called "We Always Had
Chickens."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbrO92spLKLqsMStDJ7-ckF_jIf9YpBZXVpQWqb8HFu7iX0djOdZUeiQerhNvUKnParSEwXZyf87RdfRvg3ej4hVVyJMTbQgGs10mSkxuFkKSvAbHYIYvZTMl8XDqJelHo4EHK-WJgOsqK/s800/cover-lorraine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbrO92spLKLqsMStDJ7-ckF_jIf9YpBZXVpQWqb8HFu7iX0djOdZUeiQerhNvUKnParSEwXZyf87RdfRvg3ej4hVVyJMTbQgGs10mSkxuFkKSvAbHYIYvZTMl8XDqJelHo4EHK-WJgOsqK/s320/cover-lorraine.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLluL9C9__pNRz61jGfPIpv7V_hxZCDvf_0zh9HmHugVSlzA5E38ACGi9FtynuNwE1zfZ4eSJig4dheDf3O-cMeA3Z2kU1iX98Y5xSa4Cy6WAkRMGXmjvmnUzaknUTq3hdm5jAX-ipulR/s800/P1080962.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLluL9C9__pNRz61jGfPIpv7V_hxZCDvf_0zh9HmHugVSlzA5E38ACGi9FtynuNwE1zfZ4eSJig4dheDf3O-cMeA3Z2kU1iX98Y5xSa4Cy6WAkRMGXmjvmnUzaknUTq3hdm5jAX-ipulR/s320/P1080962.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdoNfFwl7xNVpgnqY25Mo23jtWdVSDWbkjwcj-aICC5DeQAJyxSzPxL-N-dDUEtt3GJsq7NqgrUMxBG6Mkic7x1rvULN9kX9LZawLYWiQPoeTrvcbrZe6raeHH5zXxfNCaDWxmBbJOFEI/s800/P1080961.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdoNfFwl7xNVpgnqY25Mo23jtWdVSDWbkjwcj-aICC5DeQAJyxSzPxL-N-dDUEtt3GJsq7NqgrUMxBG6Mkic7x1rvULN9kX9LZawLYWiQPoeTrvcbrZe6raeHH5zXxfNCaDWxmBbJOFEI/s320/P1080961.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfDEZIbJTw3svdPFBI0ZOwVnrAtSvpvMWa1qdFH6ZzJQCQsc5e02cGxM-drS3e29PytbcbVRO-7WTENZwg98T1HD56SfEFAy6Vh0me9ZOyuM9DdylRk-U4hC9VlEj6dj2d8aH_82dcOl9L/s800/P1080960.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="478" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfDEZIbJTw3svdPFBI0ZOwVnrAtSvpvMWa1qdFH6ZzJQCQsc5e02cGxM-drS3e29PytbcbVRO-7WTENZwg98T1HD56SfEFAy6Vh0me9ZOyuM9DdylRk-U4hC9VlEj6dj2d8aH_82dcOl9L/s320/P1080960.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This book is a window into a time of small farms and big families,
told by word, photograph, and painting. There are twenty-eight full-page
paintings illustrating life on a 20th-century Midwest farm. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Memory is
notoriously unreliable, so to back up these primitive, sometimes
whimsical paintings, are stories from many of the players in those
adventures, plus nearly 100 photographs of a lifetime of farming. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.lulu.com/" target="_blank">Available on Lulu.</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div><br /> <p></p>Lorrainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09588862204072090955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086207767664577541.post-85884597421475886922019-11-12T09:07:00.001-08:002019-11-12T09:09:41.440-08:00<h2>
A Simple View</h2>
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Thirty paintings of nature as impressions and memories, semi-realistic and primitive, by Lorraine Ortner-Blake.</h4>
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<a href="https://arboretum.wisc.edu/" target="_blank">At the Arboretum Visitor Center Steinhauer Trust Art Gallery</a><i><br />In the hallway next to the Visitor Center auditorium</i><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/dir/42.5213952,-89.6720896/arboretum+visitors+center/@42.7800002,-89.8627178,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m1!4e1!1m5!1m1!1s0x8807ad0c3ed6b9f9:0xc0e0923bb1534207!2m2!1d-89.4302036!2d43.0413161" target="_blank">UW-Madison Arboretum | 1207 Seminole Highway | Madison WI 53711</a> | 608-265-5215</span></h4>
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November 1 through December 30, 2019 </h4>
Gallery is open Mon–Fri 9:30 am–4 pm, Sat–Sun 12:30–4 pm<br />
Arboretum Trails are open 7 am–10 pm<br />
Closed Thanksgiving Day & Christmas Eve/Day<br />
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Here are a few of the paintings you'll see at the Arboretum Visitor Center, Madison, Wisconsin, in November and December, 2019. <br />
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<br />Lorrainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09588862204072090955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086207767664577541.post-18764963717706636082019-05-12T08:38:00.001-07:002019-05-12T08:46:12.111-07:00Culture and Agriculture 2019 ExhibitIf you're in the Marshfield, Wisconsin, area I hope you can drop in to see the Culture and Agriculture exhibit at <a href="https://www.marshfieldclinic.org/locations/marshfield-center/new-visions" target="_blank">New Visions gallery</a> (in the Marshfield Clinic). Two of my recent paintings have been accepted:<br />
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In November and December 2019 you can find about 20 of my paintings at the <a href="https://arboretum.wisc.edu/visit/visitor-center/art-gallery/" target="_blank">Arboretum </a>gallery in Madison, Wisconsin. Here are some paintings you'll find:<br />
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<br />Lorrainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09588862204072090955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086207767664577541.post-43637960357859177102017-01-29T07:02:00.001-08:002017-01-29T07:07:15.244-08:00Unwinding Road<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">See four seasons of paintings, in oil and gouache, showing bluffs, fields, and colors of Wisconsin by Lorraine.</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">I hope you can see the show, <br />sponsored by the <a href="http://www.portagecenterforthearts.com/" target="_blank">Portage Center for the Arts</a> <br />at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/2817+New+Pinery+Rd,+Portage,+WI+53901/@43.5670795,-89.4687458,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x880726afb1ce62e3:0x11af45ea54bae91e!8m2!3d43.5670325!4d-89.4665848" target="_blank">Tivoli, Portage, Wisconsin</a>. <br />The exhibit starts Thursday, April 6, 2017 <br />and will be on display Monday, July 10, 2017. <br />Most paintings are for sale.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Please join me for a small reception <br />Friday, April 21, 4 to 6 pm <br />in the lobby of <a href="http://www.dshealthcare.com/campus_map" target="_blank">Tivoli</a>. <br />Here are some of the paintings you'll see.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Not sure what to call this painting, maybe <i>Pink Sunday Socks</i>. It's a winter painting, with warm clothes and warm kitties, and <span style="font-size: small;">lots of night time<span style="font-size: small;"> to <span style="font-size: small;">think and dream.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's in watercolor and gouache, about 7 x 9 inches. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Painted in watercolor and gouche, about 5 x 7 inches. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This painting is also about 5 x 7 inches.</span></div>
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<br />Lorrainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09588862204072090955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086207767664577541.post-66241479762166566452012-11-05T14:39:00.001-08:002012-11-05T14:48:55.217-08:00Buddha Cat<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This painting is about 5 x 7 inches, watercolor, gouache. </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'd like to say I finished this painting today, <br />but it needs to set on a shelf for a few days while I decide if it's done.<br />
Below you'll find a step-by-step. You'll notice I was working over some calligraphy practice.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just trying to get color down. I get nervous starting a new painting.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I put some acrylic medium over the background at this point.</td></tr>
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<br />Lorrainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09588862204072090955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086207767664577541.post-6989407238562464382012-11-02T08:07:00.001-07:002012-11-02T08:07:24.376-07:00Exhibit at Oakwood Village, Madison, Wisconsin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The new month started with a new exhibit. I spent the morning of November first hanging 69 artworks in the halls of Oakwood Village on Madison, Wisconsin's west side. The exhibit will be open through December. I hope you can stop in.<br />
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Press check yesterday. Thought you'd like to see the press operator printing new bookmarks. This video is a pretty large file (close to 40 megs) so I've included a still in case you don't wish to download such a monster file.</div>
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<br />Lorrainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09588862204072090955noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086207767664577541.post-85110911455205223562012-07-23T16:14:00.000-07:002012-07-23T16:17:51.678-07:00Big Swim Ahead<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Been spending a lot of time in water. Long training swims as my friend, Rayo, and I prepare for a five-mile swim event.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Imagine a hot summer morning. It's 5 AM and Lani and I swim across Silver Lake. </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We both stop swimming in an
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here is Lani. </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The upcoming five-miler that Rayo and I will swim requires an escort boat. Thankfully my sister, Linda, not only kayaks but lives close to the event in Minneapolis; she's kindly allowed us to press her into being our race escort. (So glad!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Closer to home Bob and Kay Simandl met us at Devil's Lake with their custom-built ocean kayaks to practice. Bob patiently paddled at our relaxed swim pace of about 38-minute miles - yep, slow. He stayed good-humored. AND navigated perfectly. For hours. This painting was a thank you present. Notice the subtle water angel about halfway down. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I plan: paint abstract. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My brush says: blue water, sky. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Not very abstract.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(That's a haiku.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm trying to use color theory: warm and cool, recede and come forward. Somehow I'm still too literal, thus blue water and blue sky. Can I break this tradition? But is has been interesting figuring out the blues: cobalt, cerulean, ultramarine. Maybe I'll get bold and try out prussian. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And it's always a delight to add a touch of orange. Orange is a nice color.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big Shoulders, Big Water: this is inspired by the 5k swim held in Chicago each September. The event is called Big Shoulders. Notice the tiny little orange swim buoy on the upper right?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The tomato-shape on the left is a swim buoy. There are some tiny swimmers to its left and the Madison shoreline in the background. This painting is inspired by the Madison Open Water Swim held in August in Lake Monona.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> See more at <a href="http://lorraineortner-blake.com/heartrising.html">LorraineOrtner-Blake.com</a>.</span>Lorrainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09588862204072090955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086207767664577541.post-75265956913722527562012-05-24T09:41:00.003-07:002012-05-24T09:55:02.269-07:00Season of the Cat<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The drifters are coming. The scraggly fighters, the lost domestics, the hormonal escapees. Stray cats are nibbling the kibble as they pass through this area of abandoned barns; some fight and leave, some rub ankles and stay. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Over the years we've adopted the cats that are willing. I think we have eight cats now -- or is it nine. </span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">These paintings are watercolor and gouache on 300-pound cotton watercolor paper. They are about four inches square. Matted and framed to about 10 x 10 inches they are $85 each. If you would like a larger digital file for a closer look, <a href="mailto:ortnerblake@gmail.com">email me</a> or call 608.742-7795. Thanks, Lorraine.</span></i></div>
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I think of this painting as a shrine to a bike.<br />
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Yep, I was raised Catholic, I admire saintly art and icons.<br />
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Spokes are yet to be added and some areas lack contrast and definition. But it's getting there. I'll post when it's done.<br />
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Finished. Posted this May 24, 2012.Lorrainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09588862204072090955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086207767664577541.post-22721206364990358692012-02-12T07:09:00.000-08:002012-02-12T07:14:38.006-08:00Entering Eden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd6DvkYCjQvz1w6vCREGMzk6NVLVlswtWsVfGMwC05zZ2ifGp_niBIKpfXJisCnJCSdb-ezyRys7QrIDSI4yQiWMcOLrpnH53qnxpMZhCZXrkNawz_JDZp8is3GppFq3zHe984pY2pTvQh/s1600/cloud-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd6DvkYCjQvz1w6vCREGMzk6NVLVlswtWsVfGMwC05zZ2ifGp_niBIKpfXJisCnJCSdb-ezyRys7QrIDSI4yQiWMcOLrpnH53qnxpMZhCZXrkNawz_JDZp8is3GppFq3zHe984pY2pTvQh/s1600/cloud-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5LUWB6tfJgIbZhPahjsbmFYJDd6zrpNgXCZteBfSdp4pG-Q9rqVnI3CAY4GX1lwol7QoyxCfNd6NktapDiuXiP_b9AKJsqeT36eAdfrjH_lqJpQRQw-u73ht2e8xrc1omqO0r4gegbot_/s1600/images-clouds.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5LUWB6tfJgIbZhPahjsbmFYJDd6zrpNgXCZteBfSdp4pG-Q9rqVnI3CAY4GX1lwol7QoyxCfNd6NktapDiuXiP_b9AKJsqeT36eAdfrjH_lqJpQRQw-u73ht2e8xrc1omqO0r4gegbot_/s1600/images-clouds.png" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd6DvkYCjQvz1w6vCREGMzk6NVLVlswtWsVfGMwC05zZ2ifGp_niBIKpfXJisCnJCSdb-ezyRys7QrIDSI4yQiWMcOLrpnH53qnxpMZhCZXrkNawz_JDZp8is3GppFq3zHe984pY2pTvQh/s1600/cloud-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd6DvkYCjQvz1w6vCREGMzk6NVLVlswtWsVfGMwC05zZ2ifGp_niBIKpfXJisCnJCSdb-ezyRys7QrIDSI4yQiWMcOLrpnH53qnxpMZhCZXrkNawz_JDZp8is3GppFq3zHe984pY2pTvQh/s320/cloud-1.png" width="320" /></a><br />
Saw this Georgia O'Keefe painting when I was a student in the 80s. It's simplicity puzzled me then. Since then, I've often seen skies that brought the painting back to mind. It's has grown to intrigue me now.<br />
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Clouds in the sky include kitties, dog (or sheep, depending on how you look at it), banana, butterfly, angel, whale (very like), beer bottle.<br />
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Was a fun painting to create. Welcome to the bicyclers' Eden: flat road, no wind, far views. (Is this at apple I see before me?)<br />
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><div>"My husband, Kent, and I ride an orange tandem," Holly emails, (Holly, the biking, California cousin of my bike buddy Sue.) I start a thumbnail.</div></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption">Then I rethink the thumbnail: she's a CALIFORNIA girl. Time to get the Wisconsin out. Change to California poppies (symbol of loyalty) and Joshua trees. I send a sketch and promise Holly and Kent that I'd paint shorts on the butterfly girl. Kent's input, "Bike shorts are optional!" I think: "shorts optional" must be a west coast thing. Jim, my husband, thinks: why shorts? why shirt? </td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption">I start painting, keeping colors light and sunshiny. TWO suns, two hearts, two trees - tandem, get it? Jim says, "Why is there only one person?" I don't have an answer for this one either. <br />
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption">Orangy, double-sunny. Just some fine-tuning on the horizon line, amongst the flowers, and on the bike chain. Also adding a morning star for aspiration and cows -- Jim's ideas. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Include a few Holsteins as a bond between Wisconsin and California. I like learning that cows can represent power, earth, and rain, all important elements to a biker. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Version 1: Buns just didn't seem dark enough in the shade.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Version 2: The bouncy butt seems sort of muddy. <br />
Where has this biker fairy been?</td></tr>
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Inspiration: bike poster from the early 1900s.<br />
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Things I like: the tri bike, some of the hills, the subtle swimmer and runner in the clouds to the right and left of the girl. Things I wish I had done differently: more colors in the sky and land, more distinct shadows and shapes on the clouds.<br />
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Next time.Lorrainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09588862204072090955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086207767664577541.post-87773228690509925982011-12-03T04:32:00.000-08:002011-12-03T04:55:36.910-08:00Holy Hill<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3S4QN8jmmy6WIU-o9rvlaAP95BWDTL9uelvPpr88KzoOF0PPujT9Ug2zb50oilmPbRx_8bKuSpGc1OV5rofPCUmuVSIW9Nn_DBR4eoh3bk9APhqgfhT_fLRI01fFObyn8VGZWF13hPcYv/s1600/holyhill3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3S4QN8jmmy6WIU-o9rvlaAP95BWDTL9uelvPpr88KzoOF0PPujT9Ug2zb50oilmPbRx_8bKuSpGc1OV5rofPCUmuVSIW9Nn_DBR4eoh3bk9APhqgfhT_fLRI01fFObyn8VGZWF13hPcYv/s320/holyhill3.jpg" width="226" /></a></div>This painting was an uphill climb for me. I'm still not satisfied with it, but two months is enough floundering so I'm backing off, calling it done -- for now.<br />
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My 10-year-old niece encouraged me to not give up, but I really didn't like how the greenery was going. I started adding angels.<br />
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I felt like there was a huge lack of focus in this version. Thus, the large angel was added (see image at the top of this blog) -- a surprise to the design undoubtedly. I'll let you know when this painting comes out of storage and back on the drawing board.<br />
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The design was thumbnailed weeks ago.<br />
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I was nervous about this painting. My experience is with little light designs; my intention here was to paint with gouache, heavy coverage. To ensure I painted heavily I used watercolor paper that already had a coverage of paint on it (an earlier, unsuccessful project.)<br />
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Still looking at Chagal and a few children's books for illustration inspiration.<br />
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This painting is now printed on a little gift card (2.5 x 3.5 inches). I was worried that the greens would print muddy in CMYK but the print operator let me work with him while it was on press. He did a great job and it came out well.<br />
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Send me a note and I'll mail one to you FREE.<br />
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Naw, not painting on bicycles (although that could be a blast), but painting some fantastical art featuring bikes. Here is my first little watercolor using a Trek Madone as model.<br />
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Other bits of the sketch include the barn on my childhood farm, my biking buddy (in the reddish shirt), a Chagal angel (upper left), and a favorite little manga dog sketch. <br />
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To be honest, I should show you my first watercolor effort of this idea. The bike and the yellow sun were competing so I painted out the big bike and let the sun shine. I've matted this to cover the left side of the painting. <br />
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Gotta have words so here is the final version with a quotation from CJ Jung.<br />
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"But at this moment I came upon myself. Previously I had existed, too, but everything had merely happened to me. Now I happened to myself."<br />
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<i>Yes, there are reproductions available of this art: 8.5x11 laser prints, but no cards as yet. The print is $19 plus shipping. </i><br />
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More bike art to come!Lorrainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09588862204072090955noreply@blogger.com0