tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89508908657401666582024-03-13T21:55:39.745-07:00martin boyle portrait of the artist as a young mannequinUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger298125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8950890865740166658.post-28587324044413025972022-11-29T14:31:00.000-08:002022-11-29T14:31:11.443-08:00New Art Studio <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRYFOJwCP9ZgRO1IyXYwU-7ySQbnzbmkxa3XlJE9NyugRyQo55KfSHW5BFfu_Q-aiZPtjxw-gQF9oVL3KBxL1EYK07JyHZrp5ntOQ0mjAUKmx5F9gjcm9GoUDLs-XFvL4NnYFa3cQNmnCSgGwayraO5sn3Ztw3dQsk9YjQCpRTKI0jGAB-4_SO6hm3" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRYFOJwCP9ZgRO1IyXYwU-7ySQbnzbmkxa3XlJE9NyugRyQo55KfSHW5BFfu_Q-aiZPtjxw-gQF9oVL3KBxL1EYK07JyHZrp5ntOQ0mjAUKmx5F9gjcm9GoUDLs-XFvL4NnYFa3cQNmnCSgGwayraO5sn3Ztw3dQsk9YjQCpRTKI0jGAB-4_SO6hm3" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Open cell foam insulation was completed. The Mitsubishi mini-split heater / air conditioner will be next.<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhL5vejG3ZCIKicZBqajy0q0aAF94WGEWejDu1p-rR3ecVkG6loO3M7jEnAFaRcWGZhtukMHBKwsTp6-MfLrdiyM7_Dnr7qeKrR3WLtrSrV_6WT3GEWDqyjnZX0deHYHNwzONtVQPsyrvZNF83sHvn7I48X3ztKDfw5y7bh61cD5ylWWOCRZLnTZcAc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhL5vejG3ZCIKicZBqajy0q0aAF94WGEWejDu1p-rR3ecVkG6loO3M7jEnAFaRcWGZhtukMHBKwsTp6-MfLrdiyM7_Dnr7qeKrR3WLtrSrV_6WT3GEWDqyjnZX0deHYHNwzONtVQPsyrvZNF83sHvn7I48X3ztKDfw5y7bh61cD5ylWWOCRZLnTZcAc" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0TckhS-lJM_QiDTLnExg9_Ttv1Zt2RNKwQrr2Hl6OG2VCWDAVi2zsdxBosExE0yOt2oxxuWl1OEw9HbeRETc_-ZkANZM0zMjCSnkY8x2Z2tnle3L_LJHIFrs8kBEricFErU2f-LEIkZX5L-jLwS4Ji0jt2l1TlF1QihPzzQiTApXDsKEos81Ag0OE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0TckhS-lJM_QiDTLnExg9_Ttv1Zt2RNKwQrr2Hl6OG2VCWDAVi2zsdxBosExE0yOt2oxxuWl1OEw9HbeRETc_-ZkANZM0zMjCSnkY8x2Z2tnle3L_LJHIFrs8kBEricFErU2f-LEIkZX5L-jLwS4Ji0jt2l1TlF1QihPzzQiTApXDsKEos81Ag0OE" width="180" /></a></div><br /> Preparation of sheet plastic for the spray foam insulation looked like a scene out of "Dexter".<p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8950890865740166658.post-47558948055989271342022-06-27T09:22:00.003-07:002022-11-29T14:17:11.012-08:00"All Lights Be On"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgeGYAoy7MjFI0-gyuk5yZs3nlJWTR3Zekby6Nrn4K9YcMsMfcseNAjF5WHYvgXX-Dz7Q3vVaRa78645wK_ZH1A6uNMnb1m7hDPTEMtEAhxebB7FKsZps_wY8P3veGGUwyD6M7mGRnLdQ/s1600-h/All-Lights-Be-On-m.boyle-47.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="208" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216379993959649634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgeGYAoy7MjFI0-gyuk5yZs3nlJWTR3Zekby6Nrn4K9YcMsMfcseNAjF5WHYvgXX-Dz7Q3vVaRa78645wK_ZH1A6uNMnb1m7hDPTEMtEAhxebB7FKsZps_wY8P3veGGUwyD6M7mGRnLdQ/w320-h208/All-Lights-Be-On-m.boyle-47.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" width="320" /></a> Although our cat Ready had never visited the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Chatham</span> light house, in 2007 he posed for a photo, used in this painting. Little did I know he would leave us in a year's time. Gail adopted him from Grandma Gloria. He enjoyed eating mice and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">chipmunks</span>. Legend has it that in his prime, he killed "Shadow", a neighbor's cat, in Euclid, Ohio. He lived out his elder years in Twin Lakes, lounging on the deck sporting a harness. He passed away on June 23 at 12:30 PM. He was 22 years old. His human family and friends will all miss him.
Some comments: "He must certainly have been one of the best loved cats in the world. I will miss him terribly." (Missy), "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Ready</span> was lucky to have had you all as his family. He was a sweet <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">lover boy</span>. " (Dianna), "We'll all certainly miss our old friend. I'm glad that he lived out his many years in a loving home." (Dr. Bob, Hudson Vet), "We all loved him like he was one of our own. We were lucky to have known him." (Lori) "He had a good attitude." Jamie
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8950890865740166658.post-81663518086725654412016-07-23T09:11:00.000-07:002016-07-23T09:11:24.310-07:00"Bad Dreams and Lies of Glyphosate" 8" x 10", engraving & drypoint print<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My first overtly political / issue driven print was inspired by Picasso's "The Dream and Lie of Franco", which I have loved ever since I saw it in person at the Cleveland Museum of Art in the late 1960's while a student at the Cleveland Institute of Art.</div>
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Our high school art club designed and painted this mural on the Malden Bike Path. It was sponsored by Yankee Pest Control Co. We had a great time! <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8950890865740166658.post-18128887820909541532015-05-16T18:02:00.001-07:002015-06-06T12:03:32.932-07:00Student Accepted to Mass. College of Art & Design is Awarded Tsongas Scholarship<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This painting, "Year of the Dragon", is by one of my graduating senior students who was accepted to Mass. College of Art & Design. He was awarded the prestigious Tsongas Scholarship, which provides 4 years of free tuition and fees. The painting is an example of my cultural portrait project. Junior year students interview an immigrant to the USA and create a work based on their cultural research. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8950890865740166658.post-47617865973586196092015-03-25T18:17:00.000-07:002015-03-25T18:26:11.461-07:002015 Mystic Valley, Boston Globe Scholastic Art & Writing Awards<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">When Stephanie Mahan Stigliano invited me to make a print about the March 5, 2007 bombing of the bookseller’s district in Iraq, I immediately thought of my friend Dr. Fawzi Abdulrazak, who owns a private book store in Cambridge MA. He is a leading scholar who wrote, “The Kingdom of the Book: The history of Printing in Morocco” and “The Fez Lithographs, Annotated Bibliography with Historical Introduction”. I asked Fawzi if I could draw a portrait of him and if he remembered Al-Mutanabbi Street and with an enthusiastic “Yes”, he agreed to meet me at his store. I arrived with my camera and he was mysteriously waiting with a flash light in the darkened storefront at 600 Cambridge Street. I took many photographs as he showed me some historic and beautiful books. He talked of his memories and described the vistas of Al-Mutanabbi Steet. As a young man he would visit and talk with many writers. Latter in his store room he showed his journal from those early days. The etching is a portrait of Fwazi holding the journal of poems he wrote as a young man. </span><br />
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I am happy to be exploring what is a new medium for me. Mezzotint is a time consuming process relying on subtle changes in value. The copper plate is hand rocked creating a sandpaper like surface.</div>
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I am working on a copper plate etching of my friend, Mr. Abdulrizak, a book dealer in Cambridge. I was invited to make a print for a project about the bombing of Al Mutanabbi Street in Iraq. Line etching on copper is a beautiful process. This is the second proof; I will add more cross hatching to build up the gray and black tones.</div>
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I was happy to be invited to paint at Graves Lighthouse in Boston. The lighthouse is being restored by Dave Waller who purchased it at an auction held by the Coast Guard. I was dropped off on a rocky area at the oil house, a small building on the rocky site. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8950890865740166658.post-66696902685257242372014-05-18T09:30:00.000-07:002015-05-17T13:28:46.776-07:00Earthenware Vases with Underglaze Sgraffito<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I made these vases to explore the idea of beneficial weeds; bees and insects need them. Images were painted on an unfired jar shape and details were scratched on.</div>
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I was thrilled to hear that my senior art student, Isabel Waller, won
the MA Google Doodle contest, "Invention to make the world a better
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I am always happy to announce the winners of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. This year, Mairin King in addition to the Gold Key Award also won a National Silver Medal for her painting, "Body Image Inside Out". She was invited to attend the ceremony at Carnegie Hall in NYC!<br />
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The 10 class session is over. In the photo below: Ray Duval, my teacher, was working on a large vase when I went to pick up my glazed pieces. When I asked if he thought I could throw a large vase he said, "Practice!".<br />
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The pots and mugs that I made below, were fired. It was a surprise to see how the glazes turned out. My favorite is the little turquoise cup which is a spherical form with a symmetrical lip and foot.</div>
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The Bee Bowl is one of my favorites. I want to do more painting on the vessels. It's difficult to spend much time drawing at the Mudville studio, since I'd rather be throwing.<br />
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Every Thursday night I get to learn and perfect a new skill; throwing pots on a wheel is so much fun. These five bowls have been bisque fired. Now they are ready for the glaze.</div>
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Glazing is as much an art as the forming of the vessel. The colors are somewhat accidental. It is difficult to predict how each one will turn out.</div>
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The photo below shows Ann Hamilton's two painted vessels with images of farm animals. They are stunning. Ray Duval was showing us different ways to apply the surface treatments.<br />
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Mudville was started by Ann Hamilton in 1974. Click on the picture below to read more about this wonderful non profit organization. It is a casual and very personal place to learn at one's own speed.<br />
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History painting for Fellsmere Pond: Black line in a cross hatch technique was used to tell the story of Elisha Converse. Converse hired Frederick Olmsted to design a pond to protect the Boston Rubber Shoe Factory from another fire. I must buy a pair of Chuk Taylor's! Elisha Converse's fourth cousin started the Converse shoe factory.</div>
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Ann Kurian will be at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design to study Graphic Design. Above is an original logo design which she created Senior year. She used Photo Shop to add her concept onto a truck.</div>
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Stephanie Patricio will be attending The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University to earn a joint degree in Art Education and Photography. Her works were displayed above for a 20 min. video for her International Baccalaureate Visual Art oral presentation. She explained her cultural inspirations and art history research using design vocabulary.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8950890865740166658.post-56617787787802336032013-07-13T09:58:00.001-07:002013-10-05T18:14:33.953-07:003rd. Year of Teaching High School Art<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I was happy to make this poster / flyer to promote the Scholastic Art Awards at our school. It means so much to the students. They received 2 Gold Keys, 3 Silver Keys, and 2 Honorable Mentions. Last year we were awarded only 1 Silver Key and 4 Honorable Mentions.</div>
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It feels so good to be painting in my new huge studio.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8950890865740166658.post-14733247016529501232012-10-21T16:41:00.000-07:002012-10-21T16:41:18.465-07:00"Truth & Healing" oil, shaped linen 50" x 25"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I reworked a few details which had been bothering me: the face, fist and the foot. I painted three angel vase paintings: red, yellow, and blue. This blue one depicts St. Michael whose attributes are truth and healing. It is based on a painting by Guido Reni, from 1636.</div>
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I could not resist painting the light house which I see every clear day, far in the distance, from the shore. This past summer I took a day trip out to the Boston Light and climbed up to the top. It is the only "maned" light house in the country. A lady watches over it. There are 3 light sources in the painting. One from the light on the niche, one from the moon, and one from the light house.</div>
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