Studio blog of Julie Galante – painting ridiculous things in Scotland
Open pomegranate, 20 x 20 cm, oil on canvas, ©2011 Julie Galante. [SOLD] Pomegranates are one of my favorite fruits, both to eat and to look at. Turns out they’re also fun to paint. If you’ll be in Munich on December 4th, please plan to stop by the Open Studio I will be hosting that … Read more
What fun that was! My Open Studio on Saturday couldn’t have gone better. I’ll have a longer post about the event up in a little bit, but for now I’ll share the wall of daily paintings as it looked right after the crowds left… even with some replacement works on hand there were holes in … Read more
Things are awfully busy around here as I get ready for my open studio tomorrow. There are paintings everywhere, large and small, and my studio has never been cleaner. In the interest of displaying as many of my little daily paintings as possible, we came up with this wall arrangement. I think they look quite … Read more
Albi skyline study, oil on canvas board, 18 x 24 cm. Available on Etsy. I love the skyline of Albi (the hometown of painter Toulouse-Lautrec). Just look at the layers upon layers of buildings as the city climbs up the hill. It’s the kind of interesting space that draws me in and features prominently in … Read more
As of today we have a very handsome visitor in our apartment. He’s so adorable I can’t stop staring at him. He was kind enough to pose for me as I completed today’s AEDM creation, which doesn’t begin to encompass his charm. Today was a very good art day. In addition to a couple cat … Read more
We put up my show this morning. It was crazy seeing all my paintings somewhere besides in a pile in the corner of my bedroom. I’m very excited and nervous for the opening tomorrow. Wish me luck…