Overall, this has been a good year for me. I am enjoying painting and meeting with painter friends – Toller Cranston, E.C. Bell, Bruce Stuart, and others. Everyone is traveling lots. Nobody sticks around for very long. Some new friends came, others left, but everything balances out in the end. You can only maintain so…
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Andrew Osta
As a self taught artist, I am continuously learning through my own experimentation and self observance, and I make mental notes, and sometimes write these notes in a notebook for inclusion in a future book which I plan to eventually publish to help other artists, especially beginning ones. After several years of writing notes and…
Continue Reading →A few days ago I had a closing party which coincided with a huge parade. Of course, everyone got stuck at the parade and only a handful of people made it out to see me. EC Bell, one of my artist friends, walked for an hour and a half to get to the exhibition. There…
Continue Reading →Since returning from Europe, I have been busy with preparing for multiple shows, such as the Bordello Gallery show, the Central Library, and the Mi Patio Restaurant. There has not been as much time to paint as I would prefer, but I am working on a very significant new painting that I’m very happy with.…
Continue Reading →I would like to take a few minutes to share some of my thoughts on the dynamics of art prices. This week, I had an opportunity to become acquainted with the work of a certain “painter” who has created many low merit paintings – lacking in depth and originality but appealing to the untrained eye.…
Continue Reading →[gallery1 ids=”6183,6184″] I recently had a chance to visit the Henri Matisse museum in Nice and have since developed a renewed interest in this artist. Matisse was an expert draughtsman, and very good with colors. He is also one of the few artists out there who has written and spoken about art and the creative…
Continue Reading →Hi everybody. Let me please apologize for not being up to date, I have been away in the Yukatan in Mexico, then Madrid, Barcelona, Cote d’Azur (France), Monaco, and Tuscany in Italy. There has been a lot of travel and I didn’t have a much time as I would have liked to update my blog.…
Continue Reading →Here is how my gallery looks at present. Everything is available for sale. [gallery1 ids=”6031,6030,6029,6028,6027,6026,6025,6024,6023,6022,6021,6020,6019,6018,6017,6016,6015,6014,6013,6012,6011,6010,6009,6008,6007,6006,6005,6004,6003,6002,6001,6000,5999,5998,5997,5996,5995,5994,5993,5992,5991,5990,5989,5988,5987,5986,5985,5984,5983,5982,5981,5980,5979,5978,5977,5976″]
Continue Reading →When I was younger I made some incredible drawings, which one could turn and look at from 2 or 3 ways and see different things. That’s when I was told “you need to decide which way is up”. I finally came up with a solution today – to make those drawings into paintings, creating 2,…
Continue Reading →I have been occupied with writing and have also been doing a fair bit of songwriting. Of course, I am also painting and it’s rare for me to be able to do all three at the same time. Usually one discipline takes priority over the others. On April 6, I will be part of a…
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