JEANNE ILLENYE - Still Lifes: Spring Blush, roses, peach, pink basket, nest, eggs

Care for Oil Paintings

C A R E a n d F R A M I N G

No Glass: The first thing one must know is that oil paintings should never be under glass. The only exception is for antiques that are are painted on paper or thin card that naturally deteriorate in time, and even they should be framed with spacers so the oil painting never touches the glass. Oil paintings must "breathe" meaning they need to expand and contract with atmospheric changes.

No Dust Covers: Brown paper dust covers that are commonly placed over the backs of framed paintings are not recommended for oil paintings on linen or canvas cotton duck mounted on stretcher bars as this can trap moisture and cause decay. Many frame shops insist on adding dust covers for cosmetic reasons and are ignorant of the potential harm so be sure to advise them.

Varnish: Traditionally, oil paintings are varnished with a significant brush application six months after the painting is complete. This heavier varnish application will naturally darken with time and can be professionally removed in 50-100 years for a re-application. However, as I personally paint with such fine, thin glazes it is safe for my paintings to receive a light spray coat of gloss varnish for protection prior to shipment.

Lighting: Oil paintings should not be placed in direct sunlight. When illuminating your oil painting with a frame mounted picture light, be sure the wattage is lower than recommended as the heat expelled from such close, intense light can be drying and cause crazing in time.

No Cleaners: Only a light dry dusting is necessary periodically. Never use any cleaning agents, even on a varnished painting.

Stretched Canvas/Linen: For paintings on canvas or linen mounted on wooden stretchers, sagging can occur. What I recommend at first is to dampen a paper towel and very gently moisten the back of the painting and let air dry. If the sagging persists, it is easily remedied by the use of shims inserted and tapped into the corners of the stretcher frame. For all my paintings on canvas, I use archival quality products which come prestretched to the proper tension and have notches carved into each side of the corners to receive these shims comfortably, if necessary.

Masonite: Oil paintings on masonite panels that have been proefssionally primed, as mine are by archival quality standards, will last for generations with proper care as listed herein. If, however, your painting will be displayed in a setting with high humidity and volatile atmospheric changes such as a coastal region, it is often recommended for larger paintings, that they be on stretched canvas or linen in order to maintain maximum flexibility.

With proper care, your oil paintings can be enjoyed for generations.

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"An untidy garden is an artist's dream . . . ." Jeanne Illenye 2009

As I begin to catch up on my commissioned paintings of both still lifes and pet portraits as well as my artistic charitable donations, I will finally be able to begin exploration into my personal painting goals,

" 2 0 0 9 . . . A . Y e a r . o f . F l o w e r s "

When one has the heart and sympathy of both an artist and gardener, the results are that of an untidy garden . . . which offers the most uniquely beautiful images for painting. Watch as I finally begin my foray outdoors and temporarily abandon my still lifes to bring you some botanical and garden paintings while the season is in her fullest burst of song proudly exhibiting her most voluptuous blooms!

Watch as my garden sings and my brush joins the chorus!

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Spring Blush, roses, peach, pink basket, nest, eggs

16 x 20 inches / oil on canvas
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A prelude to Spring, this charming wicker basket is brimming with fragrant, peachy old fashioned roses. Bees hover amongst the blooms and a feathered nest reveals a broken egg.

Contemplation

Recently I was asked to discuss the concept, "Rules and models destroy genius and art."

Well, let me give that one some thought. This is an enormous subject and open for infinite interpretation. Just off the top and dissecting that a bit, I debate addressing rules or models first. Perhaps models would be the quickest to dismiss. Upon hearing the word "model" one is conditioned to visualize a thin, pretty young woman (although the author could've been referring to a bottle or flower, etc.). Nevertheless, as most folks think of a supermodel, I'll therefore slightly change the direction and address "beauty" first.

There is actually a mathematical equation for beauty (admittedly, I have forgotten it) which can easily qualify the statement that models destroy genius and art. Yes, if there is a tremendous lack of "beauty" in a particular model and if one is attempting to be purely representational in one's depiction of same, the model can inhibit creativity. However, that having been said, beauty can still be found in that very same model by merely altering the pose, setting and/or manipulating the lighting to effect mood, etc. Also, the artist has his/her own internal instincts for making alterations which enhance and diminish features that may otherwise not fall into the technical qualifications of beauty. This is most easily observed when reviewing the variations of artists' works during a life drawing class. Then there are those artists who deliberately defy beauty and relish the deformed and ugly. That leads me to the next portion of that statement, rules.

Being a child of the 60's and a Capricorn in the astrological chart and the Fire element in ancient Chinese philosophy, you can immediately guess my response to rules. However, while I think rules are made to be broken, there are indeed some that have proven to follow along the lines of that mathematical equation. With my own work, for example, I follow the tried and true Hogarth Curve composition utlized by the Dutch masters for my large floral still lifes. Then there are the five elements of design, which again, I consistently utilize. As my personal intention is to create paintings that evoke pleasant thoughts and strike a chord in the viewer that reminds them to take the time to appreciate our natural world, I attempt to portray my subjects with significant accuracy, again enhancing where my instincts suggest, all within my particular skill level. True, it's difficult to present a flower or any form thereof, as unattractive, however, some may alter it so far beyond reality that it can metamorphasize into a mere interpretation of that individual's innermost thoughts and emotions rather than the subject that initially inspired the work.

In other words, models and rules in my opinion do not destroy genius and art. It is up to the artist to interpret those rules and models in such a way as to use them to best advantage depending upon the intentions of the artist. Therein lies the genius of creating art.

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Spring Blush, roses, peach, pink basket, nest, eggs

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