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Today I wish to share West Coast artist Doug Smith who has in the past few years with Tilting built a large East Coast collector base. Also feel free to click on following link to see Doug in action! Bio..................................... Born in San Francisco, Doug Smith’s artwork is a clear nod to the Bay Area Figurative Movement that flourished during his midcentury youth. His pieces suggest the aesthetic of Richard Diebenkorn as well as the reassuring rural imagery of American regionalism. This inspiration and his years as a graphic designer/art director, allow Smith to focus on strong organization, color, balance and texture in his paintings. Doug combines the exuberance of abstract expressionism and the arresting intimacy of the realistically familiar. Traditional farmhouses and weathered barns punctuate his vast planes that have his key elements of color, line and texture. The compositions evoke enduring themes of the American West including boundless optimism and wistful nostalgia as well as nature’s randomness in humankind’s ordered domesticity. They suggest the endless agrarian mosaics observed from an airplane and archetypical homestead that mostly appear in memory. Smith’s pieces also have moods and emotions that evoke a timelessness and a sense of vast distance and space. His work has been exhibited at galleries and museums across the United States, including a 2014 solo exhibition at the Desert Caballeros Western Museum in Arizona. In 2013 his work was exhibited along with other American artists at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. Smith has paintings in the permanent collections of the Rockwell Museum in New York and the Booth Western Art Museum in Georgia. Decades ago, he found this interesting agrarian anonymous quote: “Man, despite his sophistication and his many accomplishments, owes his existence to a 6-inch layer of top soil and the fact that it rains.” SADLY WE ARE PRESENTLY CLOSED TO VISITORS. Please call for virtual tours and simple questions. Thank you and be well. Terry Contact Us Email [email protected] Phone 802-362-3022 Address 24 Highland Ave

Today's post is treasured landscape artist Andrew Orr sharing the beginning of a painting in Northern Vermont where he lives!! I hope to sell the finished product when it is dry and framed!!! Andrew shares the following: "In the studio, the past several days, I have been working out some ideas for a new painting of Jay Peak not far from where I live. The snow is starting to fade, though certainly much snow still exists in the higher areas. I am combining two images, along with some sketches which I think will make a better painting. I have also been exploring some color ideas to come up with what I think will be a pleasing palette. I selected Orange, Green Cyan or Blue Green and Violet as my base tones. Once I figure out how those colors will mix, I can add black and white to lighten values, or darken values. The addition of black will also calm the colors down somewhat. My aim is to create a painting where the viewer feels as though they are standing in the colder shadows of a hillside looking out onto the brightly and warmly, lit Jay Peak. I am aiming for a later in the day feeling. The small sketch is a 4 x 5 which I will scale up into a 16 x 20 painting. Not sure I am there yet, but at least the ideas are rolling around." Hopefully I will have access to the progress of Jay Peak and send to you via the website! Be well and be responsible. Thank you. Terry 24 Highland Ave., Manchester, Vt. 05255 802-362-3022 www.tilting.com [email protected]

Today's post is artist Ken Otsuka. His art provides the joy and serenity of nature. Following is a link to view how he prepares to paint. https://youtu.be/i1NKNyOQSSE Copy and paste into your browser to gain a connection to Ken's creative process. Due to COVID-19 we find ourselves in a type of hibernation until this virus gets under control. I will attempt to publish daily on my website, facebook and instagram a snippet from different artists in whatever format they are willing to share. Artists are fortunate to be able to work from home. Be well and be responsible. Thank you. Terry 24 Highland Ave., Manchester, Vt. 05255 802-362-3022 www.tilting.com [email protected]

TODAY'S POST FROM JANEL PAHL'S STUDIO Little STARRY NIGHT OWL is a happy expression that should help your day be just that. Following is a link to view the process from her studio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzhev0DKaD4&feature=youtu.be Due to COVID-19 wefind ourselves in a type of hibernation until this virus gets under control. I will attempt to publish daily on my website, facebook and instagram a snippet from different artists in whatever format they are willing to share. Artists are fortunate to be able to work from home. Be well and be responsible. Thank you. Terry 24 Highland Ave., Manchester, Vt. 05255 802-362-3022 www.tilting.com [email protected]

Due to COVID-19 wefind ourselves in a type of hibernation until this virus gets under control. I will attempt to publish daily on my website, facebook and instagram a snippet from different artists in whatever format they are willing to share. Artists are fortunate to be able to work from home. Today, Stuart Dunkel marks the first entry. A little gem to bring a smile. Be well and be responsible. Thank you. Terry 24 Highland Ave., Manchester, Vt. 05255 802-362-3022 www.tilting.com [email protected]