Join John & Jacque and the Artists of Montage

on

Sunday, March 4, 2012

from

1:00 to 5:00 PM 

at

Montage Studio Gallery on Mill

740 South Mill Avenue, Suite 120, Tempe, AZ 85282

(North of University…South of 7^th…West side of Mill Avenue).

 Oh, yes, refreshments will be served!

Thanks in advance for joining us–

you are going to love this!

 Montage Regular Hours:

Wednesday 11-4 pm

Thursday 1-5 pm

3rd Thursdays 1-9 pm

Friday 5-9 pm

Saturday 5-9 pm

Parking Options:

Meter parking–free after 6 PM

City Hall Garage at 5th and Forest–free

Hayden Square at Ash & 5th–free

Brickyard Garage on 7th St.

Centerpoint Garage on Ash

 For more information call John Gleason at 480-283-1480 or email info@QuantumArtInc.com. 

“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” ~Thornton Wilder

Whew, big birthday remembrance coming up!!! On October 25, 1881, Pablo Ruiz Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain…too bad we can’t live to be 130+! Wonder what he would be doing now? Something blue, something cubed, something fishy? I imagine not…but curious, always curious, I am sure.

Not that anyone cares, but I go back and forth on loving Picasso or disliking him. But you have to admit that whatever he created pulls in your eye, your mind, and sometimes your heart. Lovely result for an artist.

I do like these quote (above & below), and I agree we are all mahhhhh-velous. I am guessing it was, however, meant with disdain for ‘the ordinary’ things we want for our children and a disrespect for the masses. That makes me sad. I love an ordinary day–even one that the brushes are put away. The common things in life are mysterious enough to be a marvel. But you cannot capture them all in a portrait or painting or photograph. And what would we do without the mathematicians and the geography majors–if we all did the same thing nothing would get done.  BUT how wonderful this world would be if every child happily felt his own uniqueness, and everyone else celebrated that part of him, too?

“Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again. And what do we teach our children? We teach them that two and two make four, and that Paris is the capital of France. When will we also teach them what they are? We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are unique. In all the years that have passed, there has never been another child like you. Your legs, your arms, your clever fingers, the way you move. You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo, a Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything. Yes, you are a marvel. And when you grow up, can you then harm another who is, like you, a marvel? You must work, we must all work, to make the world worthy of its children.” (Picasso)

Oh, did I mention John has a couple Picasso’s (not to mention Rockwell, Miro, Erte, Nevelson, and more)? He is an auction groupie and scored some nice art finds over the years. Contact us for a studio tour–they will be included!

So what do ya’ say? This week celebrate Picasso a little—and enjoy the art in your life! It is EVERYWHERE!!!!

jlk

Wow! I have been looking through old art history notes from school and find even a quick reminder of an old lesson very inspirational.

Early American artist Thomas Cole would starve himself to buy his canvas and would sneak into farmers’ animal pens in the Hudson River Valley to steal animal hair to make his own brushes. And when you look at his work it is flawless. Now if that isn’t inspiring I don’t know what is.

I guess that addresses the passion side of this art life also. This need to create that comes not just from your gut or your heart or certainly not your head (ha), but a desire that permeates your entire being. There have been many days that have kept me out of my studio, and after just a short time away I feel a restlessness that does not subside until it is satisfied with gesso or paint or even the inspiration of a new canvas.

John (Gleason) is an incessant creator of his art which I find amazingly inspiring. He lives this passion with all the gusto his outgoing personality provides–and that is a lot!  If you find yourself in need for motivation, stimulation, and encouragement, might I suggest you spend an hour with John! If you do not create art, you will at the very least be inspired to be the best ‘you’ that you can be!!!

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
Howard Thurman

Quan’tum Art, Inc. is gearing up for a busy Fall.  We are also taking some new pieces to the El Morro Old School Gallery in New Mexico at the end of this month. John creates like there is no tomorrow…I, however, count on tomorrow!!!

Did you know that on this date in 1669 , Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn died in Amsterdam, Holland? (He was born in 1606.) I am always in awe when I see his images, especially his self portraits; he was so honest in depicting every sign of his aging as he chronicled himself in his art. Even with his early artistic and financial success, I understand that the end of his life was wrought with personal and financial difficulties.

Self portrait bequeathed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, 1913

Did you know that the great painting of his that ‘we’ called Night Watch was cleaned some years ago, and it wasn’t night time at all?!!  See!  Art history is not stagnant!

(This information is gleaned from my old ASU art school notes; the art images and MMA info is from Public Domain Clip Art online.)

Artist Larry Poons is an abstract painter whom you baby boomers might remember from the 1960′s. He had a period of wildly geometric op art. Lovely for a moment but we are so glad he moved on! I would love to know more about his musical side since that was his first course of study. I guess that goes along with the interesting life of being born in Tokyo in 1937, raised in New York, studied in Boston and New York, and has been creating ever since. Of late retrospectives abound in the major museums including MoMA. I haven’t seen a college art textbook for a while, but I imagine Mr. Poons’ name will appear there soon if it hasn’t already!

Thanks for visiting us on the first day of our new website and of our first blog entry ever!

We are so honored to have a foot in the door of the art world, and we want to share with you our continuing journey of exploration and obsession with line, color, form, texture, light, dimension or their illusion.  It is our passion…

A special thanks to Alex Chernyak, Andy Keller, and Oliver Tani for their technical assistance. If it wasn’t for them this would be a postcard!

Always,  John & Jacque