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Exploring Collage Materials and Instruments: What to Use and Where to Get It
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I Am Not My Season: A Solo Show by John Jameson
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I was up in New England last week and we timed everything just right to be able to get to John Jameson's reception at Co+Creative in New Bedford, MA. I Am Not My Season is a gorgeous collection of landscape paintings done in oils and some done in gouache from 2020-current. I've been following John's work for several years (we own two pieces, a nighttime scene and a study of the moon), and his techniques keep improving. This show will be up another week or so. I had a few favorite pieces but I particularly liked these four together. This photo...
One Should Not Look at Anything - A Photography Show by Rachel Stern
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A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to visit Rachel Stern’s solo show “One Should Not Look at Anything” at the Baxter St Camera Club of New York in NYC. It was a beautiful show comprising over 70 photographs, the majority of which are portraits, as well as some still lifes. Stern built elaborate sets for each photograph, and incorporated text in camera. Many of the portraits are of her friends and family (there’s an especially good one of me!). The entire exhibit is hung over a repeat of ampersands. From the Baxter St Camera Club Site: “Baxter St...
Morean Members Show: Psychadelic
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Saturday, June 8 is the opening of the Psychadelic Members Show at the Morean Arts Center in St Petersburg, FL. The opening is from 5-8pm. I attended the pre-opening tonight and was awarded an honorable mention for my piece, Possum with Kite. The pre-opening was very well attended! Tomorrow should be well attended as well as it is St Pete Art Walk. There were a ton of pieces in the show. Here are some of my favorites: Miro in Glass by Maria Ortiz-Haynes OOOOoooooOOOoooo by Summer Elaine Hue High Hair by John Gascot There were many more interesting pieces. View...
My first blog post, Yay!
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Hello, it’s Gianna - artist and owner of Pergamo Paper Goods. I have decided to start a blog! So I thought I might need an intro post with a little about myself and a little bit about what I intend to do with this blog. About me: Illustrator/artist Owner of Pergamo Paper Goods for 11 years Has 3 dogs, one permanent foster, and will have another foster soon Loves: Animals (especially alligators), the beach, vintage stuff What this blog will be about: Art techniques, especially collage Art shows I’m in Art shows I visit New art Things I’m working on Stores...