A Painting A Day Objets d' Art: Garden Butterflies Painting, by k Madison Moore

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Art within Art Series

I gave this series thought and concept work for over a year and finally executed it. It has been almost a year that I have been creating for this series and is the longest running series yet. I am thrilled at the response. Thanks to my Collectors and New Collectors for your purchases and commissions for this series. Also to my fans for all the great comments. Very much appreciated.

I think this series really speaks for itself. I study each artist as usual and try to gain insight to their personality from what I read and what I see in their work and many times will purchase a video about their lives if available. Then I start to design the painting around elements that I would have or rooms I would live in if I were that artist.

I design the rooms around "my impression" of clips from many of that artists paintings to create the composition for that particular artist. I try to use elements for the flooring, walls and paintings from their work to make the piece all about that artists but with a twist! Using as many bold colors and shapes always makes me happy and creates a definite connection to the artist I am painting.... If I were Kandinsky this is what my Den would look like.

Stay posted for many more. This is going to be a forever series.

This is such an exciting Series for me. I have been working on this idea for a very long time but just could not get all the components together in my mind to execute it.

It wasn't until I found a large box of very old sketches and recordings of work that I did many years ago when I was studying the masters and this original concept was born.
Once I saw the sketches and my notes, the compositions for this series just flowed and I couldn't paint them soon enough.

With a new series it generally takes awhile for it to catch on.
This series was different. Many of my collectors jumped at owning one or more as well as many new wonderful collectors that I have gained from this series.

I think my excitement for this series shows in every painting that I do. Each one has an excerpt from a painting of the Master that I chose for the piece composed as the Wine Label for the bottles. Since wines have vintage dates, the dates I include, are the birth and death of that particular artist and is a homage of sorts to that Master.

This will be a continuous series for me with no end. I will be painting them in small and large format. I have requests for future projects for installation in fine restaurants and wineries and will be announcing those projects in time along with photos.

If you have a favorite Master or painting that you would like to commission please contact me with your ideas.
Thank you to my collectors who have so generously supported me with this series.

"My vision is not to copy the Masters but is a homage to them for my inspirations."

Painting with The Masters

The Masters Series and Segments

by k. Madison Moore

When I first started studying art, of course I went right for the masters to learn techniques and to try too infiltrate their lives through art history. It's endless and always so much more to learn. I knew somewhere in my work along the way, that I would have to somehow incorporate my love for each and every Master Artist into my own compositions.

  This is when I started painting my Art Museum Collection Series of Art within Art. The joy of designing the museum interiors fulfilled the architecture and design part of me and made them more fun to paint, as I knew they where the museums of my mind and creativity and not actual brick and mortar museums.   Then I pick one of my favorite Masters to study for that museum exhibit. I study ad research and delve into my art history books and sometimes read for hours trying to imagine myself as that artist by escaping into their world though the words and their paintings in my books. After coming back to reality a bit, I select what painting’s are my favorites and the frames for them and on to the people viewing the art.

In addition, I have been working on a new approach to my Museum Paintings. In some of the future paintings I will be incorporating Still Life and an assortment of unique interiors. This entire series will remain with the theme of Paintings within Paintings and People Viewing Art but this Segment of the Masters Series will be titled the Art within Art Series.

My recent Segment to the Masters Series is my new Connoisseur Wine Masters Series. This is so exciting to me. I am really having a great time with this series and the ideas are just flowing so I know this will be a long series.

With this series I like to bring portions of the label into the dimension of reality, even if it is the foot of Etre's woman on to the leaf of the flower in the foreground of the painting. I like that little twist!

I will be doing several for each of my favorite artists and adding many more along the way as far back as the 14th Century.

"My vision is not to copy the masters but is a homage to them for my inspirations."

Art Museum Collection Series

Madison's Art Museum Collection Series is another story. She actually did 3 museum paintings about 30 years ago. Madison's mentor that trained her in art restoration showed her a few photos of people viewing art at a recent exhibit that she attended and said, " Wouldn't these photo's make great paintings. At that, she took them home and made them into paintings for her. She never thought about them again. Not until she started her business on the Internet and saw a few artists working in this genre. She loved it. She wanted to do a Series, so she studied many of them to see what they were or were not doing. She found most artists concentrated on the people viewing the art and only included a part of the painting within, or part of the room. There her exhibits were born.

Madison decided that she would step the format up to 9" x 12", most were doing smaller. She wanted to show as much of the museum interior as possible in the space. The museum would include three to five paintings based on her impression of the old masters works. The people viewing the art would be small figures in the paintings to give the impression that the paintings within where huge with heavily detailed frames, yet in all essence, they were Miniature paintings within the painting.

Freedom, this Series gives Madison total freedom. Freedom to visit with the masters, read about their lives on a daily basis, read about their thoughts and what made them tick, why they painted what they painted. Freedom to paint her impressions of the Masters. Freedom to paint in so many colors. Palettes of colors in every hue and depth and pastel, all of which were so exhilarating to mix. Freedom to paint every and any subject from Renoir to Picasso. Freedom with style. Detail is her style, detail and more detail. She seems to always go back to the more realistic. Even the Masters that painted Impressionism that she includes in her Exhibits have that fine detail somewhere.

Some of the exhibits she has painted thus far include Picasso, Renoir, van Gogh, Michelangelo, Seurat, Godward, Warhol, Caillebotte, Margritte, Modigilani, Leighton,
Guayasamin, Picabia, O'Keefe and Klimt, to name a few and many, many more to come. On several occasions Madison has been asked to do a clients favorite artist in and exhibit or their children in an exhibit that they visited together. So many wonderful fun ideas.

Then there's the satisfaction of the reactions from Madison's collectors. She has gained so many wonderful collectors and when she started her Museum series the list grew even longer. "In reality, how many of us will ever own a painting of a Master?" Madison's little exhibits of the Masters makes it possible to own many of her Art Museum Collection Series with her impression of the Masters in miniature.
"My vision is not to copy the masters but is a homage to them for my inspirations."

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Garden Butterflies Painting, by k Madison Moore

"A Place We Want To Be"

A Fantasy for Paula from Jason

24 x 36 inches Oil Painting

SOLD - Commission

Jason is an attorney from Texas. He chose me to be the artist to do this

painting for his wife Paula's up coming birthday. Jason wanted a painting

of all of Paula's favorite things and chose me because of my diversity in

style and subject matter. Paula's favorite things are their three sweet little dogs,

gardens of flowers, a big love for butterflies, a bistro set and cupcakes.

Paula loves to make unique cupcakes. The picture they sent looked so

good that I wish they could be sent in the mail.

Paula's Spring Cupcakes....yum!

This was suppose to be a big surprise but Jason just had to tell her.

I had a wonderful conversation with Paula on the phone and she told me

all about her butterflies. Paula told me all about this very cool

Butterfly Garden that she bought were she raises her own butterflies.

After she releases them she has special plants that she grows that they

love so they stay around and keep her company.

The Butterfly Garden

Watch them grow then let them go! Raise 3 to 5 Painted Lady butterflies while learning all about metamorphosis with this butterfly raising kit! See each caterpillar’s transition as it matures, changes into a chrysalid, and finally emerges as a Painted Lady butterfly! After observing your butterflies, experience the joy of releasing them into your backyard! Absolutely safe to release into the environment. How cool is that!

Read more about the Butterfly Garden Here

Jason was so adorable in explaining his vision for the painting.

I could tell how important this painting was to him. He gave me total

artistic freedom to design and paint this painting. I did not even have

to show him concept or sketches. In his summary he said: I just want it

to be "A Place We Want To Be" Hence the title for this painting.

Thanks you Jason for this wonderful, fun commission.

I am thrilled that you and Paula love it.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAULA

Enjoy!

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Certified Original Art © 2010 MkM k. Madison Moore

Artist Mount Pocono Pennsylvania

4 comments:

Marina PetroJune 23, 2010 2:45 AM
Oohh...Madison...this is so beautiful and you are so extraordinarily versatile. It certainly is a place I want to be...
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Ann FlowersJune 28, 2010 11:30 PM
I am amazed to see the garden butterflies painting. All I can say is that you are a blessed artist.
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k. Madison Moore Contemporary Fine ArtistJune 29, 2010 5:32 AM
Thanks so much Marina. It was something really out of the box for me ans so much fun. xo
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k. Madison Moore Contemporary Fine ArtistJune 29, 2010 5:34 AM
Hi Ann,
Thanks so much for the lovely comment. You made my day.
Best,
Madison
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About Madison

k. Madison Moore
Contemporary Fine Artist

Trained by four Mentors in Fine Art, Commercial Art, Art Restoration and a formal education, Madison has been a Fine Art Restoration Artist and Appraiser, and Contemporary Fine Artist for over 40 years. Some of Madison's restorations include Picasso, Kandinski, Kinkade and Neiman to name a few.

Madison works in many Series but her passion is "Painting with The Masters.
She has several Segments in The Masters Series: The Art Museum Collection Series, Connoisseur Wine Masters Series and her current Art within Art Series.

Her Art within Series includes Madison's impression of The Masters in miniature, innovative interiors and highly detailed oil paintings on custom canvas hardwood cradled panels with optional floater frames.

Each painting has it's own story based on the masters, Madison's imagination and inspirations from them.

"My vision is not to copy the Masters but is a Homage to them for my Inspirations".k. Madison Moore

Most are small format 11 x 14 - 16 x 20. Larger format upon request.
Commission projects welcome

Gallery Represented Internationally Collected
Ireland, England, UK, India, Asia, Sweden, China, Netherlands, Alaska, USA - 45 States and Canada.

Available Commission projects for Businesses and Private Collections.
Specializing in " Painting with The Masters"

k. Madison Moore Artist PortfolioExquisite Works in Oil - WebsitePainting with The Masters - Main BlogWine and The Artistic Approach - Wine Blog

VALID CERTIFICATE of APPRAISAL

With your Title Certificate you will receive Direct Contact Information for the Artist so you may access all of your Confidential Art Documentation in case of loss or damage. You will be supplied with copies of all your Original Title Certificates along with an Updated Appraisal to present to your Insurance Company. Insurance will not pay art claims without proof of value. *** You may email me once a year for an updated appraisal.

The certificate will reflect your name, all pertinent information and current appraisal value. Transfer of the Title does not transfer the copyright.

All rights reserved © 2009 - 2010 MkM k. Madison Moore

Why I Use Canvas Hardwood Panels

Hardwood Panels and The Masters

Canvas is perceived by many people to be the best support for painting, but hardwood should not be shunned and in fact some would argue that it is a superior support as it is rigid, not flexible like canvas.

Many of the paintings that have survived the best from previous centuries are painted on wood panels. The surface being more rigid tends for less cracking of the paint.

Old Masters of the 14th & 15th centuries such as Michelangelo, Picasso and Van Gogh used wood panels primed with a chalk like material for their work as there was no canvas.

The Mona Lisa painted by Leonardo da Vinci in 1503-06 survives today and is painted on wood and in almost perfect condition and with little cracking.

Although they are quite time consuming to construct, I have chosen to use Custom Made Gallery Wrapped Linen Canvas
Hardwood Panels for all of my paintings.

MY CUSTOM FLOATER FRAMES

Although I do paint the sides of my paintings for those who prefer "not" to frame. I thought it would be nice to offer a beautiful, simple frame for those that "do" want to frame their paintings.
Many of my paintings include floater frames but may still be purchased without if you prefer.
If you see available paintings that are not framed upon request we will make a frame for you.
These frames are custom made for my paintings only and not for sale to other venues.
Please contact me for information.