Keep up to date with C.W. Mundy on his “On Location Blog.” Posts include new work, workshop announcements, thoughts, and general inspiration.
En Plein Air in Indiana – New Exhibit !
The Capitol Building, 9x12 ©CWMundy
New Exhibit Now Open
-”En Plein Air” In Indiana-
HoosierSalon
714 E. 65th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46220
317-253-5340
Opened January 13, 2012
And Continues Through March 3, 2012
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The Capitol Building, October 2011
A Series of Palette Knife Paintings
Brass Teapot, Pomegranates, Flow Blue Pitcher, and Pear, 9x12 ©CWMundy
Brass, Flow Blue, Pomegranates, and Pear (Rearrangement #2) 9x12 ©CWMundy
Copper, Flow Blue, Pomegranates & Pear (Rearrangement #3) 9x12 ©CWMundy
Favorite Flow Blue Pitcher, Pomegranates & Pear, With Brass Pitcher (Rearrangement #4) 9x12 ©CWMundy
Brass Pot, Pomegranates & Pear, With Flow Blue Sugar Bowl (Rearrangement #5) 9x12 ©CWMundy
A fun and experimental series of 9×12 paintings, all done “from life” with palette knife and use of color !
(Rearrangement #1) The first in the series !
(Rearrangement #2) Switched to a different brass teapot.
(Rearrangement #3) Switched the brass Dutch teapot for a copper one,
and mixed a fresh batch of “pot color”, working the complimentaries, with a
warm light lime green background against a warm pink tabletop.
(Rearrangement #4) What would happen when I scumbled with Kleenex and soft edged certain things
with my Rosemary Brushes long flat Mongoose? It’s the softer side of the previous (3) 9×12′s.
Experimentation brings on growth and passion !!!
(Rearrangement #5) The last in this palette knife series, all done “from life” as usual.
NEW WORKSHOP ADDED !
“Directorship in The Still Life “ Workshop
September 17 – 21, 2012
Fechin Art Workshops, Taos, New Mexico
Dual Demonstration With Artist Carolyn Anderson – September 21 – Harwood Museum, Taos
All Workshops take place at the Hotel St. Bernard, Taos Ski Valley
Reserve your space today !
For more information: Elise Waters Olinia
575.751.0647
www.fineartservices.info
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Check Out Eric’s Blog & My Demo
Brass With Favorite Flow Blue, 9x12 ©CWMundy
Check out Eric Michaels Blog (November edition) and a step-by-step demonstration of my painting, Brass With Flow Blue!
Hey, thanks Eric for this opportunity ! All our best for great painting and great music !
http://enpleinairpro.com/EnPleinZone/newsletters/nov11.html
American Society of Marine Artists 15th National Exhibition Opens !
The Rana & The Mimi, Late Afternoon Light, Gloucester 2001, 16x20 ©CWMundy
C.W. Mundy is honored to participate in this major marine exhibit. Traveling to eight museums in six states, this exhibition showcases America’s best marine art, paintings, scrimshaw and sculpture, all created by today’s nationally known maritime artists.
Exhibition Schedule:
- Cornell Museum of Art and American Culture, Delray Beach, FL
October 27, 2011 – January 9, 2012 - Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
January 19, 2012- April 8, 2012 - Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX
April 21 – June 17, 2012 - Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
June 30 – August 25, 2012 - Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX
September 4 – December 7, 2012 - The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
December 20, 2012 – March 3, 2013 - Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
March 22 – May 18, 2013 - Minnesota Museum of Marine Art, Winona, MN
June 4 – July 28, 2013
Workshop With The Chestnut Group !
Recent workshop with a great group of plein air artists…The Chestnut Group of Nashville, Tennessee !!!
Thanks for inviting me, and thanks to Rachel for all your work and organization, thanks to Diane and Frank and to Anne for your hospitality ! Thanks to the artists for your participation ! I hope everyone learned something and is able to implement what you learned into your paintings !
August and September Events !
Happy Raffle Winners August 9, 2011 at the Music CD Release Party
CD Release Party Practice at Richland Art Gallery, Nashville, TN.
Music at Weekend With The Masters, Monterey, September 7- 10, 2011
And some Plein Air painting at Duck Creek August 2011
Music CD “Road Trip” Release Party !!
You’re all invited ! Join me in Nashville TN. next Tuesday night,
August 9, 2011
for my new debut music CD “Road Trip” release party!
The featured musicians will be performing 6 of my original tunes from the CD with me.
Beautiful Richland Fine Art Gallery is hosting this event and will have an exhibit of my artwork.
Please join me !
To purchase CD or to check out the tunes …….
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AND….there will be a
Charity Raffle as part of my Road Trip CD Release party.
Raffle tickets can be purchased
on behalf of Musicians Against Childhood Cancer , an organization benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
The prize — a framed C.W. Mundy original 9×12 oil painting, Flow Blue With Three Pears.
To participate and buy a raffle ticket, at only $15 per ticket, go to www.moonsurfrecords.com.
All proceeds from the raffle go to this worthy cause.
Thank you !
CW
Flow Blue With Three Pears 9x12 ©CWMundy
New “Upside Down” Paintings
July Sunset 20x16 ©CWMundy
Raking The Fields 16x20 ©CWMundy
I drew Raking The Fields in on the canvas right side up, then turned both the canvas and the photo upside down, held the photo in my hand, painted in the shapes on the canvas. I then turned it rightside up, and made corrections and placed detail where needed. The majority of my work is “from life” but when it’s a situation where the subject will not pose for you, you have little choice. To paint this from life, you’d have to wait until it came around the field each time with 10 minute intervals.
And regarding July Sunset…This 20×16 “upside downer” was inspired by Dennis Sheehan’s work, especially sunsets, and also conversations with Dan Gerhartz. This is not an actual scene, I made it all up….I drew it from my imagination rightside up, then painted it upside down, then corrected it rightside up to make it believable. It’s all about the mood. Thank you Dennis and Dan for your inspiration…you guys are awesome !
Workshop Planned at Fredericksburg Art School – January 2012
Join CW Mundy in Fredericksburg Texas….
Still Life Workshop
January 9 – 13,
2012
Tuition $795
For more information,
FBG Art School 830-997-0515
e-mail: bush@fbgartschool.com
C.W. Mundy Workshops (2011) and… Southwest Art Magazine Article
Red Pear and Brass Pot 9x12 ©CWMundy
Because of the recent article ” Science & Spirit” in Southwest Art magazine, there have been requests for workshop information.
Here is the updated list for 2011 and 2012.
We are working on getting this listed more prominently on our website at www.cwmundy.com.
Thank you to Southwest Art for a great article on CW and students.
Thank you for your interest in the workshops.
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- Still Life Painting-
September 7 -11, 2011
Weekend With The Masters
Monterey, CA.
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For information or registration:
http://www.aamastersweekend.com/
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-Plein Air Painting-
October 3 – 7, 2011
Chestnut Group
Nashville, TN.
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For Information or Registration:
Contact Rachel Blair
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-Plein Air Painting-
April 16 – 20, 2012
“First Brush of Spring”
New Harmony, Indiana
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For more information and
registration,
contact Hoosier Salon
317.253.5340
www.hoosiersalon.org
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Lilly Mansion 20x16 ©CWMundy
Gallery 1261 Group Show Opens Tonight !
Favorite Pitcher 9x12 ©CWMundy
Brass & Apples 9x12 ©CWMundy
Gallery 1261 Group Exhibition opening tonight !
Jun 17 – Jul 23, 2011
The Indiana Heritage Arts 2011 Exhibit
Creek Near Story 24x30 ©CWMundy
Indiana Heritage Arts Annual Exhibition
June 11-25th, Brown County Art Gallery, One Artist Drive, Nashville, IN.
(812) 988-0099
http://www.browncountyartgallery.org/indiana/2011show.html
Exhibit open until June 25, 2011.
This year, the show was juried and prizes selected by Judge Kathryn Stats of
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Judge Stats selected a painting by C.W. Mundy as the IHA
Gold Prize Winner, an Impressionist oil called “Creek Near Story.”
C.W.’s statement :
“Having looked at the list of artists juried into the 2011 show, I realized what a talented and creative group of artists we have in our state. It is quite an honor for me to be juried into this high quality exhibition and then to win such a nice award.
Regarding the technique of this particular painting, it was the first of several paintings, in which I experimented with scrubbing in a tonal value with a 1 & 1/2 inch house paint brush… then laying color with a combination of palette knife and mongoose brushes. My intention was to build a strong centrality of focus in a landscape with value and edges to
“guide the eye”.
I’m so grateful to the Lord for giving me this desire to create!
Thank you to all the I.H.A. board for your hard work, to the judge for her efforts to jury and judge, and to all my fellow artists for your encouragement to me and for your passion to create.”
-CW Mundy
June 10, 2011
Self Portrait
CW in The Studio
Currently CW’s newest adventure is painting Portraits, with his goal being to paint 50 portraits in 2011.
This is #14 – painted entirely “from Life” as seen in the studio photo ….with his studio mirror.
Self Portrait 12x9 ©CWMundy
Oil Painters of America 2011 Exhibit Opens
Brass With Oranges 16x20 ©CWMundy
CW was honored to have his painting Brass With Oranges selected
** Best of Show** in Masters Category,
Oil Painters of America 20th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils.
Devin Galleries
Coeur d’Alene,
ID
208.667.2898
Exhibit on display June 10 – July 9, 2011.
Portrait #12 – Portrait of An Artist
Portrait of Wille Faust 12x9 ©CWMundy
CW Mundy’s portrait #12, continuing his series of portraits, working toward “50″.
If there’s such a thing as “looking like an artist”, Wille Faust has that look ! See Wille’s extraordinary and creative art on his website.
Fresh Inspiration
Melissa Just Turned Four 20x16 ©CWMundy
Natalie At Two 20x16 ©CWMundy
CW ’s new inspiration and adventure - trying his hand at portraits. And his goal is “50 heads” mostly ”from Life”, to see what improvements are possible.
Here are #8 and #9, painted from his own photos. Just 41 more to go !
CW’s recently read books that have inspired - Sherrie McGraw’s The Language of Drawing and David Leffel’s An Artist Teaches and lots of books on Rembrandt… Also conversations with Dan Gerhartz and studying his beautiful book Not Far From Home .
CW plans to take a day workshop on drawing at Weekend With The Masters and attending the panel discussions and lectures on painting from life and other important topics. What an opportunity to study portraits and drawing with some of these tremendous painters ! Check out the schedule at their website…..Weekend With The Masters in September in Monterey, California!
CW in The Studio
Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame
Steve Alford ©CWMundy
This painting, done by C. W. in the mid – 1980′s, is of former I.U. basketball player Steve Alford (36×24, acrylic on canvas). The painting was recently donated by art collector Steve Pfenninger to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.
The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame has a collection of early sports illustration work by CW Mundy. (See paintings hanging in the conference room in the background.)
See more of C.W.’s sports illustration career (1970- 1990) at the National Art Museum of Sport in Indianapolis.
Some New Paintings
Favorite Pitcher 9x12 ©CWMundy
South of Story, 9x12 ©CWMundy
These traditional methods of paintmaking ensure the purity of color and lush consistency, enabling us to impart the secret of the Old Masters to the modern day painter. ”
CW Mundy And Friends…and Vasari Oil Colors
CW took some time out from painting ….
“CW Mundy & Friends” provided special music at the 8th Annual Starkey Entrepreneurial Woman Award held May 6, 2011 at the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis.
And regarding painting….CW is on an artistic journey - in his own studio, using these new Vasari Oil Colors.
We’ll keep you posted with some new paintings.
See painting collections at www.cwmundy.com.