Changing Your Point of View

“Sleeping Ginger,” painted in black ink on scratchboard The point of view you choose for a painting can make a big difference. For example, I always try to depict portraits of dogs with my eye level pretty much at the dog’s eye level. “Sleeping Ginger” really illustrates this – if I was standing above Ginger, looking down at her on the floor, the intimacy would have been lost. In painting an outdoor scene, the point of view is critical, certainly … Read More

New Release Giclee and More!

By popular demand, I have created a limited edition giclee print of “Jerry Van, Music Man.” The image area is 8″x10″, surrounded by a white border to aid in framing. The textured paper I’ve used for the print is very similar to the watercolor paper I use and the color is beautifully true to the original watercolor. In fact, it looks like an original painting! These museum quality prints are sized to fit standard precut mats and ready made frames, … Read More

An Open House

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Now that the holidays are over and schedules are returning back to normal, mark your calendar for my Art Open House. WHO:  Judy LavoieWHAT:  Meet and Greet Art Open HouseWHEN:  Sunday, January 13th, 2013, from 2-4 pmWHERE:  Tellico Art Center, 113 Scott Street, Tellico Plains TN  37385WHY:  For a relaxing social afternoon of viewing my originals, prints, and more. I hope to see you there, and invite your friends and family too!

Another Christmas Surprise

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Now that Jim has received the surprise painting from his wife Pam, I can share my latest artwork. This house portrait was a fun commission, since I’ve visited there many times, and the home symbolizes the warmth and kindness of my good friends. I photographed the work in progress, to share my basic steps in painting a landscape on canvas. See if you can determine how Step 6 differs from the finished painting, shown above (I reveal the answer at … Read More

Day at the Museum

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I can finally say that my artwork has hung in a museum! Last week I got to visit the Tennessee Watercolor Society Traveling Show, at its last stop in The Knoxville (TN) Museum of Art. The exhibit of 30 juried paintings was quite nice, and I am proud to be included. The show continues there until January 6, 2013. Once I get my painting Jerry Van, Music Man back, I will have it on display at a special reception at … Read More

It’s Here!

The Traveling Show of the Tennessee Watercolor Society Exhibition is now hanging at the Knoxville (TN) Museum of Art. My award-winning painting – Jerry Van, Music Man – is one of 30 chosen from the original exhibition last June in Memphis. This show runs through January 6, 2013. I hope many will get to see this painting and my fellow fine artists’ watercolors. Here is the info:Knoxville Museum of Art Community Gallery1050 Worlds Fair Park DriveKnoxville, TN 37916(865) 525-6101http://www.knoxart.org Museum … Read More

Introducing ME!

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A wonderful article and photos of my art has just been released. I am very proud, humbled, and grateful, for the 2-page feature in the Fall issue of Monroe County Life magazine, a beautiful glossy color publication focused on the area where I live in Tennessee. Copies of the magazine are distributed local to Monroe County, TN, and I’ve attached the story here. My name is even on the magazine cover! Many thanks to Lisa Bingham, Publisher, of The Bingham … Read More

New Museum Show Opens

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The Traveling Show of the bienniel Tennessee Watercolor Exhibition continues touring around the state of Tennessee. Today the show opens at Customs House Museum, in Clarksville TN. My award winning watercolor painting “Jerry Van, Music Man” is in this show. The museum is open Tuesdays through Sundays. The exhibit will remain there through September 20, 2012. Here is the plaque I received from TnWS this year, denoting that I have earned Signature Member status in the organization, having been accepted … Read More

Traveling Art

The West Tennessee Regional Art Center, located between Memphis and Nashville, is the first stop of the Traveling Show of the 2012 Tennessee Watercolor Society Exhibition. My painting Jerry Van, Music Man, is one of 30 paintings chosen for the Traveling Show, from the original exhibition of 70 juried paintings. The show will be on exhibit in this location from July 19 through August 15. The Art Center is located at 1200 Main Street, Humboldt, TN 38343, and is open … Read More

I Made the Show!

I am so excited that my two new watercolor paintings – “Jerry Van, Music Man” and “Jesus Saves” – are accepted into the Tennessee Watercolor Society’s 33rd Exhibition. This show, as is typical of watercolor exhibitions, is juried by one person, in this case by internationally acclaimed artist Gerald Brommer. The exhibit includes 70 paintings chosen from 212 submitted as digital images by member artists from all over Tennessee. The juror will wait to view the paintings in person to … Read More

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