tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14586772267032318502024-03-13T10:44:21.059-07:00Loren Fidalgo artWelcome to my website and blog. This site is about self discovery and explores the question "how did one 'clunk' on the head 6 years ago by a huge 10lb. ceramic vase unlock the doors for me to develop a passion for oil painting and mixed media collage?" Was it a coincidence or a divine, greater master plan from the gods of the creative universe? As Picasso once said, "Art is lies that tell the truth". So... was it a chance occurrence, a calling or destiny... you be the judge!Loren Fidalgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728987998690921986noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458677226703231850.post-30563938259653199672017-03-18T17:39:00.005-07:002017-07-20T23:37:24.853-07:00ABOUT TICKLING OF THE SOUL <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Hey guys...it's Loren here. I have a painting to share from my new on going series 'SEASCAPE HEAVEN'. The painting is titled ,'TICKLING OF THE SOUL'</div>
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I have been hitting around 30 seascapes for ther series so far. I'm hoping to create about 100 paintings when the series is completed. I always hope that each painting is a masterpiece LOL but that is not always the way things unfold. So, I am hoping that at least 90 will make the cut when I am done.</div>
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I've been thinking about presentation of each painting however, I am not too sure how I will frame them just yet? I have been thinking about a frame that is made of 1 x 2's and mitered on the corners </div>
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(sort of like stretcher bars for canvas) then attaching the painting to the frame. After I will put a thin strip of wood around painting. I am thinking about painting the wood bright white. Sounds like it might be a plan!</div>
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You can check out my full series on Instagram https//www.instagram.com/lorenfidalgo/ There you can see a lot more paintings from my series as well as some random paintings from other series I have been working on.</div>
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Thanks for viewing my work</div>
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Loren Fidalgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728987998690921986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458677226703231850.post-10368611296872467742017-03-03T19:48:00.003-08:002017-07-20T23:38:41.283-07:00NEW PAINTINGS + B12 SHOTS HEALTH NEWS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This new painting 'ROUGH EDGES' is one of my favs. I love the rocky seas and the way the water meets the sky. These seascapes have been a joy to paint and I 'almost' love everyone of them. I'm shooting for 100 paintings and I'm at 25 currently. The process to paint is not very strenuous or labor intensive but it is a thrill to paint nevertheless. I find a lot of excitement painting these seascapes and I truly feel a calm feeling even though I am furiously getting the paint onto the extra smooth 1/8 inch matte board before it dries up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">I want to give a heads up about what is going on with my health and the B12 shots I have been getting for neurological problems I have been having. You can read more about it <a href="http://lorenfidalgoart.blogspot.com/2017/01/ive-been-falling-slowly-literally.html">here</a>. Well, so far the B 12 have not been working for me.I'm still shaky and my legs are weak and wobbly I took a serious fall two weeks ago. I fell backwards into my glass french doors and broke the glass with my head.. I spent 14 hours in the emergency room with my husband Paul. I didn't injure anything (no cracks in my head) and I am not certain if I had a concussion. I hit my head in the same spot that I hit it about 4 months ago when I fell backwards and hit my head on the cement floor in my porch.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">So, I'm still unsure what is causing my legs to become weak and also my arms. I do have some pinched nerves in my lower back and my neck. Possibly, the nerves are getting compressed when I am walking or bending and this is causing me to not be able to walk and fall as well? I still have 3 more months to go with the B12 shots and possibly it will bear fruit.. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Today I saw a woman that is a Phyziatrist. Yes, that's right a Phyziatrist not a psychiatrist! Her name is Kate. She is going to help me get to the bottom of what is causing my pain, numbness and falling. She also believes it is my pinched nerves. I'm hoping she will be able to sort through my symptoms and come up with a diagnosis. I will get an EMG nerve test in two weeks and then I will see her again. I really have my hopes up with Kate. She seemed to know what she was talking about and doing.</span></span><br />
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Loren Fidalgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728987998690921986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458677226703231850.post-66922723741975322292017-02-10T16:13:00.000-08:002017-02-10T16:22:00.336-08:00THINGS I AM LOVIN RIGHT NOW<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hey guys...it's Loren here. I wanted to share some of the new music that I have been lovin at the moment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is an unusual post for me. I usually feature my work and basically that's all. So, this time I'd like to shake things up some and mention one of the things I am doing in my spare time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well, I've been getting back into listening to music again beyond classical and instrumental. I discovered the artist Jason Miraz on youtube and I am hooked. I knew some of his songs but never knew who he was or his name. So, I stumbled on his song '93 Million Miles' and I fell in love with the melody. I didn't realize that he sang some other songs I have heard on the radio.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I also listened all day last Saturday to youtube while I was character drawing. Some of my favorites are Christina Perri, 'a thousand miles'. Love love that one. I listened to a bunch of her songs. Really love her voice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I love the song 'Falling Slowly' by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova. One of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. They sing duo and they are heaven to listen to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another one of my favorites is Tracy Chapman's, 'The promise'. Oh, what a beautiful song. Actually, I love most of Tracy Chapman's songs that I have heard.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The last one I have listenned to is Marie Osmond's version of 'Pie Jesu' . It is a beautiful rendition and so soulful. She sings it as a tribute for her son, who took his life about 7 or 8 years ago. You must listen to her sing. She sings this song brilliantly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well, thanks for reading. Leave a comment if you would like to?</span></div>
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Loren Fidalgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728987998690921986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458677226703231850.post-90942724957851693402017-02-04T19:00:00.004-08:002017-02-04T19:00:18.358-08:00 SEASCAPE HEAVEN <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey guys...it's Loren here. I want to share some new seascapes with you and more of my thoughts on why I paint and how I paint these pieces. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, I think I am in seascape heaven! I've been wortking on these blue and white seascapes and really enjoying the process. I am painting on 1/8 inch matte board and love love the surface. The paint glides effortlessly across the matte board. Since the board is so smooth, the paint is easy to blend on the surface. Since the blending with a brush is so quick, it does pose some problems with timing. I have to time the drying of the paint so I spread it over the entire surface while the paint is super wet. If I even pause for more than a few seconds, the paint begins to dry and I can't move it on the board. It's kind of fun to challenge myself to get the paint on the board, pick up some water and get back on the board in a matter of seconds to spread it back and forth. I like to see how well I can acheive my desired effect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This palette I am using in blue and white is such a dramatic change from my usual colorful paintings. I never thought I would be painting in just one color, monochromatic. It does have some benefits to paint in just shades of blue. I don't have the decisive problem of choosing the colors I want to use on each painting! Not that it's a negative thing to choose colors. Actually, that's fun but it does allow time to think about the process of painting and how to approach moving the paint around. It is less mental energy and if you need more of it, paint monochromatic!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, my husband Paul says to write about how I don't know why I paint seascapes since I am afriad of the sea. I'm terrified of water and I don't like boating. I am also afraid to go out on a cruise. I don't know how to swim and any water hole is a danger over 2 inches high. Actually, I live in an apartment a block from the beach twice when I was in my late teens and early twenties! I really enjoyed being by the beach. When I was a teenager I had a best friend. Her name was Mary and we would hang at the beach every weekend while we were in high school. We would head over to Seaside Heights in the morning and wouldn't leave until late afternoon. I loved being by the water then. But some time later in my life, I developed a fear of water. Go figure!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks for reading my post. Please share a comment if you would like to?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cheers,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lately, I've been a little restless with my work and trying to find firm footing. I know that I am in love with making and creating things. I've been this way my entire life. The reality is that I want to do so many things, see so many ideas come to fruition that I some times get a little overloaded. I have to take a step back and decompress from the influx of concepts, ideas, imagery and visual stimulus. I think I have written about this some posts ago (I have to search for it)? I am racked by what is now called "ideaphoria'. Basically, it's being over run by ideas! This can be a good thing for some but not for everyone. Being able to go to battle with the flood of energy and captivation of thinking that comes from ideas is a tricky line to navigate. In one respect, creators may have loads of ideas and realize that it is so, therefore they need to block some out just to down right function and move forward day to day. But, then they, as everyone would, they need to ask them self "may I be blocking out good, viable ideas that will never see the light of day since they are suppressed or essentially removed from my consciousness?" So, the game and tightrope walking begins.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What to sort through and eliminate is no easy feat I must admit in my own life. New ideas need to be able to germinate inside for a while to even tell if they are descent , productive concepts. By then, I can be bogged down in the minutia of each idea and hence the overloading starts to takes place. Let me give an example of my own brand of "ideaphoria". Now let me also say, that this is my brand and thinking and creative experience with this process. Yours might be a different flavor or color so to speak. Every person, I believe has their unique process of ideas and thought generating concepts/</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Many times when I am out in public or anywhere for that matter and, I will see something in a store window perhaps that is bright and colorful. It captivates my visual attention and senses so intensely, so magically and mysteriously, that I then experience a internal jolt inside my mind signalling that a new idea is being formed. I then experience what I call a "POP" sensation that goes out into my consciousness as a new idea or concept for something that appears to me. The idea maybe be nothing like or even remotely similar to what triggered the idea in the first place. It could be just a "glance" or a 'peek"at something and viola! the idea is born and processing in my mind. This is what was happening to me so much, so intensely that I had to put the brakes on it it because it was clogging my memory and thought process. I had to constantly say to myself, "NO" as if I was talking to the child part of my mind like everyone has. (they just show up differently for each of us) Now don't get me wrong. This idea generating process is not all that bad. I have learned that it can create euphoria and an increase in certain brain chemicals like adrenaline and endorphins, as well as change brain activity (too much to go into here) that makes us feel super good. I imagine it is like a runners high, but having it intermittently all day long! If this idea generating process is not curtailed, it is in essence is like you are running here and there all day, everyday. Imagine that? Sounds tiring just to write about it much less experience it in it's rare form. This is what is so overwhelming about this brain idea creating and idea producing 'machine like' thinking process. It is exhausting at times, stressful at others but mostly I say it's the most enjoyable fun one can have with their closest friend and toy like product, " their brain!"</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So, after that experience, life certainly moved on but it is lived from a different perspective and purpose. Everyone who has ever known me knows that creativity became and is now the center of my life with the 'ideaphoria' pattern of thinking becoming an everyday experience. Now, when I experience the 'ideaphoria', I don't feel as annoyed, angry, frustrated or upset anymore as one would expect. Actually, I now welcome it at times because I think that every time an idea comes to my mind, it is a little message, a sign and reminder that my Dad is watching over me and filling my heart with lots of creative ideas and concepts which he loved so much. I feel it is a way of communicating with him. I carry on his legacy in a unusual way and hope that I share even some small amount of the extraordinary abilities my Dad may have passed down to me both genetically and experiential? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For me now, I have found a great way to deal with the overload that I have some times feel by writing my ideas ( if I can remember them), down in a specifically designated journal for inventions and ideas. I find it frees up some mental space and leaves a little room internally to focus on the present! I highly recommend a visual journal for anyone who experiences 'ideaphoria' or just wants to record your ideas. I don't concern myself with the quality of the sketches or drawings and ramblings of my ideas. I just scribble them down as precisely as I can without being a perfectionist.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well, that's a wrap up for this post. Thanks so much for reading through this entire post. It's certainly an important issue concerning some artists and inventors. Leave a comment if you have any of your own ideas or thoughts about "ideaphoria". I realize that we must all be patient with people who process ideas the way I have explained in this post , as I need to be patient with myself. Keep creating and coming up with ideas. It fills the world with love, happiness and joy! Without it, we would wilt on the vine!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">I am lovin' the process of painting these seascapes on 1/8 inch matte board. The paint just glides across the surface and it lends itself to my process and technique perfectly. Lately, I have been obsessed with time again . Time passing, time ahead, time past and how much time is left. These seascapes really let me get into the physical expression and energy as I try to put my message down on the board as quickly as I can so the paint does not dry before I've made my mark. These seascapes are all about time in every way I can think of. Time, time, time it's all about time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some fun news...I've been developing the beginnings of a wonderful friendship with a woman I've met at Fleisher Art Memorial. Her name is Nina. She is a fellow painter (Abstract Expressionist). Nina started painting at age 60 and is rocking the painting to the ma!. You can see her work on her site www.ninahopenklein.com Her work is super and I think you will love it especially if you love abstract paintings. We've been sharing information, tips and leads to help what I call 'our painting business'. Nina had two pieces exhibited in Philadelphia at a studio/gallery industrial building for artists. Her pieces looked great on the wall among about 60 other artists. Nina, you go girl!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hey guys...it's Loren here. Been a bit of time since I filled you in on what is going on in my studio and life in general. Lot's going on and many changes in the past few months.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've had to take some time off from painting and life in general before Christmas and now because I have been having some medical issues. I mentioned it in a blog post a ways back that I was having some mysterious problems walking.. Well, to be brief, I had been falling and falling a lot. I have fallen 10 times in 2016! The most serious was the time I got a concussion from landing backwards on my head on a cement floor. I had to call 911 and go to hospital in ambulance. Scary episode.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What had been causing me to fall had been a mystery to every doctor I saw. I went to back doctors, knee doctors, spine doctors, neurologists, physical therapists, orthopedics and on and on. It baffled the doctors. I did find out that I have severe nerve damage in my legs however, no one thought that was why I was falling. So, I had been having this problem for 2 years and it was a extremely upsetting and debilitating problem. I couldn't walk anywhere without the fear that I would fall and just going to car would be too much and I did fall getting into the car 4 times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I went to see a new neurologist and he was perplexed as well.. He said as he looked at me straight in the eye, "I don't know what is wrong with you!" Needless to say, that after waiting 4 months to see him, I was devastated. He had me get some blood work and thought I may have had a neurological problem called Myastenia Gravis. But the tests showed up normal. On my last appointment, the neurologist said again that he didn't know what was wrong with me and I didn't fit any neurological disorder. He did however nonchalantly and briefly check my blood work and he saw that my B12 level was really low! Yep, that's right B12. Well, it just so happens that a B12 deficiency can cause all kinds of neurological problems in the legs and when walking. Also, I was walking in to things like doorways, tables lamps and so on. This also can be because of B12. The other things that can be caused by B12 are severe anxiety, mood problems, balance problems and on and on. The doctor told me he has never seen someone get better from B12 treatment! Then he proceeded to tell me not to come back. He didn't want to waste my time!! He said "go to your primary Doctor and see about B12 injections."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So, I went to my primary and she wanted to do a second test to be sure and it came back that I was in the range but it was low/normal. She agreed that I should try B12 injections (not pills they don't work) once a month for three months. I just had my second shot and I have been able to walk a little better without getting numbness and tingling down my legs. So that is really good. I even managed to walk an hour at the mall before Christmas! Before I could only walk about 20 feet and I'd get wobbly and was afraid of falling. Now, I am waiting to see how I do with the shots for three months and get reevaluated to see if I need them for the rest of my life. B12 shots are stored in the liver and pills are not. The question I asked was "How did B12 level drop so low?' One answer may be in that I was taking a heartburn medicine for another problem with my esophagus and the medicine can delete your B12 level. Also, I was not eating a lot of meat and that can deplete it as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am telling this story for everyone to beware of heartburn meds and B12 levels. If you are taking heartburn medicine, get your B12 level checked to make sure it is normal. B12 deficiency can be extremely serious and may cause permanent neurological problems. In general I am feeling a little better. It may take 6 -9 months for the neurological problems to get better if thay can. I am hoping that I will be back to myself soon but in the meantime, I have started to paint again and am back in the swing of things. No falling in a month! I'd love to hear from anyone who has had B12 deficiency. Please leave a comment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is one of the paintings that really drew me into painting seascapes. I love the texture in the sky and water. I painted it solely with a palette knife. All of these seascapes and landscapes were painted during the time I was falling and I can see my instability in my paintings. Can you?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Another experimental study in texture, space and color. I am so in love with Prussian Blue and I can't use it enough these days. I especially love it with Crimson . Mixed together or on top of each other, either way I am in love!</span></div>
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This painting is really a mystery to me. I can't decide if it is a seascape or a landscape? When looking at it one way it looks like a long road out west on the way to California. Then when I look at it again it looks like a stormy sky with raging clouds. I really love it especially because of it's size. It's a petite size painting 7 x 5. I have been working on all different size surfaces lately and it really shakes things up! I did a small series on 7 x 5 inch matte board and I really like the surface. They are quick studies that have really turned out to be small and petite paintings in their own right. I like to see something emerge on the surface quickly to quell my anxiety when starting a painting. I never know what to expect. The anticipation makes me unsettled for a few moments as I am beginning my painting. So, these small pieces are a great way to get rid of the anxious feelings<br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reception on Monday evening was very joyful and organizing the rides from Center City Philadelphia, went smoothly. My instructor John from my painting class at Fleisher Art Memorial and his wife Lynne attended and it was such an honor. They seemed to enjoy themselves and I was grateful. My bro Ken came all the way from New Jersey shore and I was very happy about that. He had a lot of fun as I was too. Also, it seemed like everyone really was having a good time and conversation was nonstop. We were all carrying on chatting about this and that and then I was subtly coaxed into telling some thing personal and funny about what another male student in his late eighties had said to me in the elevator one day. Everyone cracked up and I was finding it funny as well. Normally, I do not talk about personal things in public, but this was too funny to leave on the floor! Too much to tell on blog, but trust me. It was hysterical.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well, for this show I have been noticing that I am pondering much more what to wear and how to present myself. I finally got the things I needed for my outfit and I have to say I am happy to have found the perfect skirt and blouse for this show Leggin's as well. I don't like to over dress because I am always hot and have trouble with too many layers.. Shoes are also always a challenge since I have leg and back problems as I mentioned a couple posts back. It's hard for me to stand very long especially in one place all night. So, I have to say that I have my outfit squared away. Earrings, necklace and purse as well.</span></div>
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Loren Fidalgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728987998690921986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458677226703231850.post-41146508398038387502016-11-05T09:58:00.001-07:002016-11-05T10:00:01.582-07:00STILL LIFE EXHIBIT ROCKIN' AT CHRISTOPHER"S!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A NOTE: If you are interested in purchasing a painting, please contact me by the 'message me' box on the left side bar on my site. Let me know which painting you are interested in and I will message you back. I am happy to help and answer any questions you have. Feel free to message with additional questions. Some times there is a problem with my email, if you can not reach me, you can contact me at loren@lorenfidalgo.com and I will get back to you.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am so excited about showing this body of work because it is very meaningful and close to my heart. Lot's of things happened personally and emotionally when I began painting. Since I began my 'calling' and journey into painting some 8 years ago, I started and dove into painting still lives. I started painting with a palette knife and it didn't occur to me to use a brush! So, I used the palette knife like a brush and painted like there was 'no tomorrow'! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is so interesting to me because in my early years in college at Moore College of Art & Design, I studied Graphic Design and Advertising in the 80's. I didn't have any interest or longing to paint much less still lives! I hated the smell of the linseed oil and turpentine! So after my head injury and my compelling need and desire to paint, I was shocked more that anyone to come to understand that I had this deep hidden need to paint and to paint still lives to boot! Go figure!! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, the opening of my show is coming soon and I can hardly, hardly contain my heart and soul.. I think this will be an awesome show and I would love to see you at the reception if you are in the area. Come say 'hello' and have a glass of wine and enjoy the energy and emotiuon in the space.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey guys... it's Loren here. I wanted to share with everyone that I am having a show at Christopher's Restaurant: A Neighborhood Place. The show runs from Nov 1st to Nov 30th. The reception (meet the artist) will be on November 14th Monday from 6 pm to 8 pm The show will feature my still lives and I am so excited about this body of work. There will be 19 paintings . Most are 24 x 30's and some 18 x 24's. I can't wait until the show and I am so thrilled to be having my still live paintings on exhibit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My still lives are chock full of jumbo vases and chunky bowls of fruit as well as some interesting objects like a rocking horse (see above) country hat and wine glasses and bottles.. Lot's of b</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">right colors and some textures are worked into these still lives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Come on over to Christopher's for the reception to chat with me and my peeps about everything from art to music to science and the most provocative topic... politics!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hey guys...it's Loren here. I want to share this painting with you. It's titled, 'THE CALLING'. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> I was looking at this painting after completing it and one day I realized why I had titled it, 'THE CALLING'. I was thinking about how when looking at the center of the painting, it pulls me in like I am on a path, a road and a journey like someone, something is calling me. I have had experiences in my life that felt like a calling but never in the way that I was called to paint. I write about this in my blog. I write about how I was struck on the head by a ceramic vase and approx. 1 month later, I began to have this compelling, need, desire and compulsion to paint, to express myself through oil painting. You can read more about this story<a href="http://lorenfidalgoart.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-head-injury-and-mysterious-painting.html"> here.</a></span></span></div>
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Since the day I had the head injury, I have been painting and creating art more furiously and I am finding myself on this surprising journey. I have this need to express myself more deeply and to touch others with my interpretation of my world, my consciousness and my creative life that is filled with so many ideas, thoughts and feelings. I have had a very traumatic child hood and I have dealt with serious illness my entire adult life.. These experiences have made me the creative being I am today. I have a need to share my story and I hope that it resonates with you the reader. How do I do this and at the same time keep the privacy that I need to have? I ask myself these questions everyday. I wonder and I go back and forth over this issue everyday. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, this painting,'THE CALLING' I believe is a communication, a revealing about where I am at this point in my creative expression and my personal world. It''s about always trying to find my way in this crazy maze I call 'life'!</span></span></div>
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Hey guys...it's Loren here. I'm posting to let you know that I have listed some landscapes and water scapes on my blog.<br />
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I'm excited about this new body of work. It is a subject matter that I was not familiar with and I love working on these paintings. I have been experimenting with lots of texture and loads of color. Reflections, light, skies and water are some of the elements in these paintings. Dark and light are also revealed.. All paintings are painted with a palette knife which is how I achieve the textural effects and marks.. No brush.I have been using a palette knife for a long time now and I have now begun using my palette knife as a brush, moving it and the paint around the canvas. There a lot of energy and emotion in these pieces, which I really love the process of painting them.<br />
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I am enjoying this new body of work. It is a subject matter that I was not familiar with and I love working on these paintings.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hey guys...it's Loren here. I have been thinking that after I shared some personal health stuff in my previous post that I would write about something that I am lovin' lots right now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In this painting, the buildings are conveying emotion to me. The texture is so thick on the canvas. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I enjoyed painting the layers of texture. I used a palette knife for the entire painting. I think the buildings are painted in a way that captures my attention because of the layering of one on top of another. They are also painted partially there and partially not there, like they are playing, peek-a-boo! They are painted as if they have degraded and have been distressed on the canvas or to the viewer's perception. I love moving the paint around the canvas with the palette knife.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">About 4 months ago, I was put on a medication which gave me a severe side effect for a disorder which could have been FATAL!! Had I not known the warning signs and trusted my intuition, I may have been exiting this world. Literally! The doctor who put me on the medication, told me I would be fine on it, even though I took it once before and had such a severe reaction to it in 1992 The doctor I had was inept and unethical and he disregarded that I had it listed as an allergy in my records. He changed my records and removed the allergy warning, which I did not know until later on. He insisted that I needed to take it and it had me feeling like I was at the mercy of his treatment. Needless to say, the doctor is GONE and I am feeling much better! What a scary time. I am telling you about this because I want to express the importance of trusting your gut and intuition and following your heart and mind. If I was not paying attention to the warning signs, even though the doctor said the medication was not causing them, I might not be here today. So, PAY ATTENTION and TRUST YOURSELF ! You are you're best advocate and don't let a doctor influence your treatment just because he is a doctor. They don't know everything and they make mistakes, sometimes FATAL ones!. Now life does go on...thank God.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">UGHHH!!! I've been having some neurological problems which began some years back and they have gotten worse this past year or so. I had a test done and I found out that I have nerve damage in my legs which is coming from my back, as well as problems in my arms and hands. It has been making it harder to paint with a palette knife and to do fine motor things like buttoning buttons, zippering my jeans and leaning on my right arm. The damage in my legs is troublesome because it's hard to walk long distances without my legs going numb to the point where I have to stop walking. I'm doing exercises to strengthen my back that might help with walking and going up and down stairs. I'm also going to get an MRI to see why I am having trouble with my arms and hands. I am hopeful that these problems will get better. What's most upsetting is not being able to use my hands how I want to.. If I can't do that, I am lost. I use my hands to make so many things everyday that they are as necessary as breathing to me. They are my lifeline. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I've been painting a lot and have begun what is shaping up to be a new series. I am enjoying the process yet finding it a tricky progression as I struggle sometimes to get my painting into a series. It is something I've been working on so diligently and consciously. It's always a 'tug and pull', and exploration for me to create work in a series, but I manage to do it eventually. I love the novelty of birthing new ideas and bringing new ideas into reality, but I try to make a concerted effort to have unity in my work. Nevertheless, I except the fact that I am a 'Creative Idea Problem Solver' ( my new self-appointed term, if it is one?) at heart and I am have been embracing this aspect of myself. I want to see all my ideas to fruition and it is sometimes frustra<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">t</span>ing to have to curtail the explosion of ideas that bombard me day and night! I am however, coming to realize that possibly I can still have a voice and be a 'problem solver' at the same time. It's such a fine balance, although do-able. And I am doing it however challenging it is. More to write about this in future posts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">About the my current work... no title to the new series yet. There are however, some canvases with lots and lots of texture by layering with acrylic paint. This is something that I have been playing with for a couple of years now. I am experimenting with different sizes and loving the newness of the canvas that sits on my easel to greet me. I say to myself, "hmmm...now, what can I do with you?" It's exciting to adopt the new proportions and I am always surprised by the end painting. I have also been playing around with color and all the gray shades I can create. I am loving working with shades of blues such as Prussian Blue and Cerulean Blue and Crimson</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> shades. I am amazing myself with all the yummy colors I can achieve. Lastly, my subject matter has taken a turn and twist. There are subtle landscapes that have been emerging on the canvas and I am following the path that is calling me. So, lots more to discuss about my current work in new posts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hey guys... it's Loren. There is one day until my hang my painting exhibit At Christopher's! I'm filled with so many emotions that cover the full gamut!. Anticipation, excitement, nervousness, scary feelings, anxiety and mostly JOY all having been swirling through my mind! I can't help myself and anxiously await the installation of my paintings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My husband Paul will be helping me hang the show on Monday morning. I am so grateful he was able to help. I will be exhibiting 17 pieces from my abstract series MOVING FORWARD-a transition to abstract. (If you go to the tab menu and click on ABSTRACTS you will see some of the paintings I will be featuring in my show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The show runs from February 1st to February 29th. The closing reception will be on February 24 from 5:00 - 8:00. Come on over to Christopher's-A Neighborhood Place 335 E. King St Malvern, PA 19335 It will be a lot of fun and you will see my paintings up close. The food is great at Christopher's and the atmosphere is spacious and open. Join us on the 24th!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hey guys...it's Loren here. I am so excited, so thrilled, so out of this world silly to share with everyone that I am having my first solo exhibit with my abstract paintings for the month of February at Christopher's: A Neighborhood Place Restaurant 335 E. King Street Malvern, PA. 19335</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you are an art lover and love seeing original art. then come on over to Christopher's and join everyone for the fun on February 24 between 5 pm - 8 pm. The food is great at Christopher's and the atmosphere is superb. There is a huge high ceiling, brick walls and a wide open space. A great place to display my paintings</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thanks to Christopher Todd for choosing me to exhibit my paintings in his restaurant. I will be writing more about the process of hanging the exhibit along with some photos if possible, the response of customer traffic and anything else that seems like it's something interesting that I want to share with everyone.</span></div>
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Hey guys...it's Loren here. Christmas has come and gone and everyone has received their card. Now it's time to reveal this year's Annual Family and Friends Christmas Greeting Card Design for 2015!</div>
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This year's design was a difficult choice because I was not up to the task. Usually, I have a little bit of a hard time feeling like I can get the design done in a short amount of time. I feel the pressure to do it every year even though I always say, "I don't feel up to it this year or I say " there is just not enough time to compete it!" </div>
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I started the design with a drawing and idea that I had created from a few months back. I decided that I was not going to use the idea because I wasn't sure I could make it work out, so I began working on other ideas. Eventually, I came back to this idea over and over and in the end, the Santa with his butt hanging out at the chimney was calling to me to create it. </div>
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Creating this design began with ink drawings and pencil drawings. I decided that I did not like the pencil, so I went with the ink. I drew about three or four different ink drawings and settled on one. I wasn't feeling so confident about the drawing but plowed ahead. I scanned one drawing intro the computer and I cleaned it up some. Then I cropped it at the right angle and popped in some colors. I printed it out and created a prototype to make sure it worked right. Next, I created my layout to go to the printer with one card and another with the 'butt' shape that would go on top. I cut out the card on my guillotine cutter and hand cut the 'butt'. Then I folded thin strips of card stock and glued them onto the card and 'butt'. There are two paper folds and each one is folded in a different direction. This made the 'butt' cutout pop out and shake a little. The design is a pop-up of sorts.</div>
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I hope you enjoy seeing the design and reading about how it was created for 2015? Happy New Year to everyone and see you in 2016!</div>
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Cheers,</div>
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guys...it's Loren here. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to everyone.
It's been a long year and I have lots to talk about. But for now I wanted
to announce that it is that time of year again and you know what that means?
Well, it's time for Loren's Annual Family and Friends Christmas Greeting
Card Design for 2015! This is a tradition that I have been creating
every year for over 22+ years!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">I
have created fold up cards, ornament cards, tin ornaments, foam snowflakes,
pop-up cards, hanging cards and so on. There is a wide range or theme's and materials.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Most
of the cards are completed and some have been shipped out. I have posted
this snippet photos because I don't want to reveal the design until everyone
receives theirs. This years design was a difficult one to choose and I
went back and forth for a couple of weeks before I settled on one. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Every
year, I say this will be my last but I inevitably feel compelled to keep the
tradition going. It now has a mind of it's own and more people are added
to the list every year!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">I
struggled with a creative idea and every so often, I believe I come up with a
good one. Most of my friend's and family love receiving their card and wait for
it to arrive. As my brother Ken says, "it's no</span><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">t C</span><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">hristmas until
Loren's card arrives in the mail. It's just like the windows in Macy's in
New York City. It prompts the city to start celebrating. That's
what Loren's card does!" Nice compliment from my bro. Anyway,
coming up with a unique design every year has been a real challenge.
Every year has to be better than the last year. I hope this
one is!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">So
for now, you can see the snippets of the design and I will post the front and
inside of the card when everyone receives theirs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Cheers
and Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to everyone!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Loren<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Oh,
P.S.-- I will be carrying all of my card design's online and for sale for next
Christmas. There will be a great bunch of designs that are unigue and clever, too. I will post them here on my blog when they are ready for sale.
Take a peek back to see all of the designs I have done over </span><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">the years.
Possibly, you will find a design that suits your taste perfectly?
Then you can head to my etsy shop to purchase them. ENJOY!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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