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Where’d the Time Go?

The art blog is missing quite a chunk, I noticed.  My pals and I asked the Oracle of the Universe where the time went. Came back this reply from the OOTU: "The daggone Treasure Valley Artists' Alliance done whittled it all away, Amigo.  Now, get back to paintin' or I'm just gonna hafta slap yuh." The Entirely Virtual…
Mike Chambers
August 14, 2010
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The Angel Seed

Here's where Li'l Joe came from, if you must know.  This is Angel's Room, oil on canvas, 12 x 9 inches, from 2006. Angel's Room, oil on canvas, 12 x 9 inches
Mike Chambers
August 14, 2010
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Li’l Joe walks

Out of his baby phase and well into toddlerhood, Li'l Joe has made some progress.  The Sturm und Drang of the teens loom on the horizon. Li'l Joe in process  
Mike Chambers
July 5, 2010
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Li’l Joe

Here's the first few baby steps of a new painting. Li'l Joe in process This post is dedicated to John Padlo who inspired this blog.
Mike Chambers
June 13, 2010
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Big Mo

This is my biggest painting ever!  Sure, he'll get a new name... when I've had a chance to reflect and consider and roll it over in my mind and all. Titles of paintings are little works of art in themselves.  They need to encapsulate the piece and be truthful and terse and evocative…
Mike Chambers
June 4, 2010
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Gimme an A!

The artists' alliance is gonna be in the Modern Art show at the Modern Hotel and Bar. We've got the 14-foot high decorative concrete wall that looks out onto the parking lot in front of the hotel lobby. We'll hang one-foot square self-portraits and Ts, Vs, and As on it.…
Mike Chambers
April 11, 2010
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The Picture Speaks for Itself

To begin with, But, I hasten to add, because, with that and how would we ever know  ? In light of all that, it's hard to ignore it from the perspective of  , which leads me to conclude that, at least for now, .
Mike Chambers
March 26, 2010
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Just say Yes to the Red Wall of No

Here's the newest painting, hot, hot, hot out of the oven!  It's a new kind of painting for me because it relies so much on the burnt siena speaking for itself.  It ain't easy being this willing to let my paintings speak for themselves, but I'm learning!
Mike Chambers
March 14, 2010
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No more artists underground

I've been workin' on the railroad, alllllll the live-long daaaaaay! The railroad in this case is the Treasure Valley Artists' Alliance and all the live-long day in this case is every single spare minute I've had, all day, every day for the last three months with no end in sight! The pros…
Mike Chambers
March 7, 2010
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The raison d’être for one-point perspective

It occurred to me that Leonardo had it all goin' on with the whole one-point perspective thing in compositions like the Last Supper and the Adoration of the Magi -- two favorites of mine since I was just a lad.  And by "favorites" I mean formative in a way that I haven't the words to…
Mike Chambers
February 14, 2010
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Here’s to New Beginnings

I started a new canvas yesterday.  It was bright white and beautiful and just sat there beckoning me away from the big, much-more-serious one that I should have been working on. This is the most exciting phase of a new piece because things change so fast.  It's impossible to know this early on what the…
Mike Chambers
February 1, 2010
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A Brave New Painting

I'm working on a new piece inspired by an old piece after having painted an itty bitty piece to figure it all out. The old piece is Spirit Room, 18 x 24 inches, oil on canvas, 2009. The itty bitty piece is 6 x 8 inches, oil on canvas, 2010.…
Mike Chambers
January 24, 2010
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Where do these people come from?

I finished this painting of a girl sitting in a chair, reading. I never know when these figures are going to make an appearance in my studio. Sometimes several months go by without even a hint of their presence, then boom! A reader or an angel or a muse presents…
Mike Chambers
January 13, 2010
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On the Wings of an Easel

When is it a good idea to put wings on an easel?   When it makes the painting just perfect. One day a few years ago I painted a little picture of my easel.  Innocent enough.  The more I looked at it the more I knew that there was something almost magical about that little painting…
Mike Chambers
January 6, 2010
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You say you want a Resolution

Last year Carol Robinson presented my show "Making Room for the Muse" in her beautiful gallery in New Orleans on the corner of Magazine Street and Napoleon Avenue.  It was good to see so many of our old friends and to make some new ones.  Melissa and I went to our favorite restaurant, Liuzza's, and…
Mike Chambers
January 2, 2010
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The Carving of the Card

Every year on the day after Thanksgiving I begin the process of making the annual Christmas card -- a family portrait to send to friends and family.  To be honest, when I started this in 1984 I thought printing my own cards would save both time and money.  It does NOT save…
Mike Chambers
December 27, 2009
Michael's Doors, oil on canvas, Michael Chambers
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Little Fish in a Little Pond

I'd love to show my paintings in the city where I live and work but up to now I haven't made a serious effort.  That's about to change.  I'm talking with a new gallery owner and things are looking promising.  I'd like to finish 20 paintings and have them ready for a show…
Mike Chambers
December 21, 2009
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