tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52286769554725198702024-03-05T22:13:15.097-05:00Sweet Grass StudioEquine Art capturing the essence of the grace,strength, and beauty of the Sport Horse.C Tanner Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16521058642218923774noreply@blogger.comBlogger385125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228676955472519870.post-9771806977690595022024-01-24T12:15:00.001-05:002024-02-10T12:50:48.258-05:00<p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b> <span style="font-size: large;"> Creative Block?</span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSGWTxjVlMcymjVhGuHP4cU9TI-YDPvFP8tGd7HnHq3qBr2iaPybqtdiofQEOAOfI1mBbG0Q2KSoSE3QwuVtYzAcXiK9U0-Ga7T0__oRQREBqG8sbGFgJed4ModHXJ-1h8PSWmyP8d7a6XRE_fQKM3w2-G7WF8FdlOx-XfGl8Oqb7WovU22p7Mpb4s_U/s1230/0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1230" data-original-width="922" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSGWTxjVlMcymjVhGuHP4cU9TI-YDPvFP8tGd7HnHq3qBr2iaPybqtdiofQEOAOfI1mBbG0Q2KSoSE3QwuVtYzAcXiK9U0-Ga7T0__oRQREBqG8sbGFgJed4ModHXJ-1h8PSWmyP8d7a6XRE_fQKM3w2-G7WF8FdlOx-XfGl8Oqb7WovU22p7Mpb4s_U/w378-h504/0.jpeg" width="378" /></a></div><p></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-variant-caps: normal; min-width: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">I hear people talking about creative blocks all the time. I imagine it is unbearable as I don't have this problem. I am much more like a Golden Retriever on a walk with a ball. It all starts out fine, but then SQUIRREL! I chase each idea with abandon. At the end of the day I am exhausted and have no ball and no squirrel and am a bit disappointed.<br /><br />Why does this occur? For me it is lack of focus. I have to force myself to focus. I have not been as disciplined as I need to be and tell myself I am going to change that.<br /><br />Change requires habits. Habits after all are rituals, and I like rituals.<br /><br />So, for at least the next few days I will be preforming the 15 minute ritual. This consists of me entering the studio, sitting down and working in a sketch book for 15 minutes. <br /><br />How I work in that sketch book doesn't matter. Marks, puddles of colour, collage, or an ink drawing. It only matters that for 15 minutes I am putting media to paper and then turn the page.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p>C Tanner Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16521058642218923774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228676955472519870.post-42358775644885030892018-04-16T11:57:00.003-04:002018-04-16T12:00:49.910-04:00A Workshop in Sedona<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This past weekend I attened a workshop. I did it despite the time contrains and committments I already had. I signed up for it despite the fact that I had to juggle funds to do it. I signed up for it despite the fact that the subject was still lifes and I don't ever paint still lifes. I signed up for it because I admired the work of the instructor and I needed my cage rattled.<br />
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I am now officially rattled.<br />
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The first observation I made was that I do not draw enough. The second was that I rely on intuition and memory far too much. The third, and in my opinion the most important, is I had become quite complacent in looking.<br />
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I do not believe it can ever be overstressed that when you are learning to draw, you are actually being taught to see. Yes, there is an amount of hand eye coordination that is involved, but the looking and seeing the edges and the shapes, the values and how they contrast, that is the trick. And, like all good things the trick takes hours, and hours of rigorously looking to train yourself to see.<br />
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I have said it before and I will say it again, if you love something enough you will struggle and strive to get better, and you will love the struggle. Maybe not every minute of it, but most of it.<br />
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The timing of this workshop was very bad for me, because now I do not have the luxury of going into my studio and drawing for extended periods of time that require critically looking. I can only hope that in three weeks the dust has not settled too much.<br />
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Thank you Scott Conary for kicking the pegs out from under my cage and raising some dust.<br />
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One of the things that happens to me in the studio is I have too many choices. This may sound good, but it keeps me from finishing something. I think of myself as a painter, but it's not really as straight forward as that.<br />
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I work on canvas, paper, prepared wood panels, yupo, and almost anything that doesn't move. I paint with oils, watercolors, and acrylics and often combine them. I create paintings, collages, cards, prints, and drawings.<br />
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I start a painting on canvas and suddenly the paper is calling to me. I pick up the charcoal and see the bright and sparkling pastels beckon. None of this would really be a problem if I would just stay on task.<br />
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In an effort to manage my time better, I decided to eliminate some of the choices. I have been going through my studio and selling items that are still very good, but that I will probably not use in the next year.<br />
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Gone are the dry artist pigments. The some of my vast collection of watercolors have found a new home. The pastels will be used by an artist in the Pacific Northwest and the etching ink is being used in the Big Easy. My art materials are fulfilling their intended purpose.<br />
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There are still shelves to be sorted through and boxes to be unopened, but I have managed to select what paper I will be keeping and what will be sold. Now to sell it so that I may start painting again.<br />
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Inspiration is a funny thing. It is the beginning point. The place you start from and the place when I am finished I return to and ask myself if I held true to the inspiration or did I take a wild detour and land in a place far away from where I started?<br />
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My introduction to Lipizzaners was very typical. I was captivated by the Wesley Dennis's illustrations in Henry's book The White Stallion of Lipizza, I watched Disney's The Miracle of the White Stallions and I was smitten. I wanted one of those beautiful white horses that could leap into the air and preform capriole!<br />
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At this point if someone would have given me a 30 year old welsh pony I would have been over the moon.<br />
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When you're young, dreams and fantasy have not been dulled yet by the realities of life. Your imagination has no boundaries. Your heart knows how to sing and how to fly.<br />
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If this painting gives you a glimpse back to when you clutched at your heart when you look at a magical white beast leap into the air, then I held to my inspiration.<br />
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This painting is now being offered as a limited edition print.<br />
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13" x 20" Giclée Print, Edition of 25, 275.00 shipped in the US<br />
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contact me at ctannerjensen@gmail.com to purchaseC Tanner Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16521058642218923774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228676955472519870.post-30607107660340711392017-04-13T11:01:00.002-04:002017-04-13T11:05:07.616-04:00Process <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I work in a series of contradictions. I usually start with no idea of where I am really going. However, sometimes I start with a colour., and sometimes that colour changes. I always start a painting on canvas with an underpainting of colour washes.</div>
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I search for the movement that suggests the figure that should be there. Once this has been established I can start painting.<br />
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I had hoped to be going to n equestrian event with my art, but it just wasn't in the cards this year. I had printed a few extra of "Leap of Faith" and held back two of "In the Still" (only 5 were printed). Since I won't be going anywhere they are now available at my Etsy Shop The Superlative Horse.<br />
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Each giclée print is 16" x 20" with a 2" white border for a total size of 20" x 24", and is signed.Printed on smooth watercolor paper with archival ink.<br />
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Why does anyone buy an artwork? The answers are as varied and as complicated as the people who made the purchases. However there is a common thread in most than a of the replies, "It makes me feel good."<br />
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When I create a painting it is like following that thread in the maze. It takes surprising twists and turns that lead me along. At the end it has developed in to a work that has it's own vibrational signature. It may be joy, or longing, vibrant and invigorating or calm and restful.The possibilities and combinations are endless.<br />
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Each individual who views the painting will see something, feel something a little bit differently and in some cases completely different.<br />
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This is what I call the Ruby Slippers Effect. It is your memories, your experiences, bits of you that are called forth when you look at a painting and feel something, or not.<br />
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I have brought forth a touchstone, a piece of art that causes you to pause, and reflect, and feel. You my dear are the one, you have the magic, and you had it all along.C Tanner Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16521058642218923774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228676955472519870.post-32826214407283623762017-02-23T10:49:00.000-05:002017-03-04T08:21:44.750-05:00Canter Pirouette on Yupo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love experimenting. I love the feeling of recklessness that I get from not know if what I am about to do will work or if it will end up in the dust bin.<br />
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I started with a drawing in water soluble graphite. Next I went in with acrylic paint and water, nothing to risky there. I wanted some darkness and I wanted it coming from underneath what I had already finished, so I flipped the piece of yupo over and work on that side.<br />
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Here is a collections of hearts. Each one is composted of several printmaking techniques including Chine-collé and has then been altered with ink or oil pastel. Bright and colorful these small works add impact to any area.<br />
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Part of my Small Works Project they are each 4.75" x 3.75" matted to 10" x 8", so the will fit easily into a standard sized frame. 47.50 each includes shipping in the United States. Email me to purchase at ctannerjensen@gmail.com subject line Heart.<br />
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I have been working in the studio and have this painting to share with you. It is currently untitled so feel free to chime in with any suggestions.<br />
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I have several projects that I am committed to for the spring. One of them is an installation where I will be presenting nine paintings. I am very excited about this show and will be sharing detail as it gets closer.<br />
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Meanwhile I need to purchase materials to create and frame these paintings so I have initiated the Small Works Project. All work that I post will be priced from 45.00 to 200.00 and includes shipping via the USPS in the US, shipping may be arranged outside of the US for a fee.<br />
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I will be posting artworks available here on my blog, on Instagram at sweetgrassart and on my FaceBook page Tanner Jensen Fine Art. Inquire about a piece of art email me at ctannerjensen@gmail.com<br />
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I have a firm belief that my paintings are visual poems. What I am trying to convey is a feeling. I give just enough information to catch the viewers attention and then allow their imaginations take them away.<br />
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I belive I have succeed with Falling Light.<br />
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Where does it take you.C Tanner Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16521058642218923774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228676955472519870.post-70985220726810880642016-11-07T15:47:00.001-05:002016-12-03T11:17:44.310-05:00More than a Feeling<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Starting a painting is easy! I begin with colour washes. I layer them. I manipulate the colour by placing one on top of the other. I let gravity play a part in the pigments settling and running. Most of the time I'm delighted. The work comes in the next stage.<br />
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I am an intuitive painter. A lot of what I do is that I allow myself to be guided by what I have already painted. I respond to the color, and the line, and the shapes.<br />
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What I am moving towards is a feeling. This particular painting was motivated by that feeling of joy, and peace, and of that full hearted love you feel when you see your horses content in the pasture.<br />
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If I have succeeded, you will feel it too<br />
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Detail of a Work in Progress<br />
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I have consider this painting that I am working on from all the angles. I have considered each hue and value. I have agonized over each colour. The thickness of the lines have undergone scrutiny, not to mention their length, their direction, whether or not the intersected.<br />
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It has all been evaluated, not once, or twice, but again and again.<br />
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On Saturday, September 24th, I will be having a workshop on Creativity and making the most of time you spend creating.<br />
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I will be introducing strategies and exercises that will enable you to clear creative blocks out of you way. While this class is geared towards visual artist it will help anyone struggling with creative endeavors.<br />
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The workshop will be held in my Flagstaff studio from 10:00 to 12:30 and will include all materials, although participants may want to bring a few of their own things. Space is limited so if you are interested please email me at ctannerjensen@gmail.com<br />
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After several inquiries regard "Leap of Faith" I have decided to offer it as a Giclée print for a limited time. Image size 16" x 20", 2" white border, for a total print size of 20" x 24". 245.00 plus 10.00 shipping and insurance in the United States via USPS. Arrangements may be made for International orders.<br />
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Titling a painting is a funny thing. I never want something to be too specific as I don't want to constrict the viewers experience, I want to enhance it. So it needs to be a open ended.<br />
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I usually think of the title hours after I have left my photographers. He will ask me for the title and I don't have one, so we will reference it by materials and subject or color. I have quite a few files titled blue pony or red horse.<br />
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Everyone once in a while someone will be taking to me or I'll be listening to the radio and a word or phrase will catch my attention and that's it! The title of a work I have just completed. Or it will lead me on a little course of seemly random thoughts that bring about the title.<br />
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Last night via email chat someone asked me the title of this painting. I didn't have one yet. During our exchange she mentioned that her horses' Jockey Club name was Against the Wind. Voila! Titled!<br />
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Thank you Anne.C Tanner Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16521058642218923774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228676955472519870.post-32752366522876336492016-07-01T12:47:00.000-04:002017-05-28T18:03:36.409-04:00Sometimes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sometimes, if you are very lucky you just listen to your heart. You forget all the reasons why you shouldn't do this or you ought to do that, and you just listen to that constant, soft, true voice. The voice that usually gets drowned out by all the shouting in the world.<br />
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This painting is one where I just listened and was led down a garden path.C Tanner Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16521058642218923774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228676955472519870.post-39187836429247729332016-06-28T14:41:00.000-04:002017-05-02T10:36:43.720-04:00Double Edged Sword<br />
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One of the best things about being an artist is that there is no one telling me what to do. One of the worst things about being an artist is that there is no on telling me what to do.</div>
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The freedom is amazing! I can explore things, ideas, media, anything and everything. I can revisit the past or plunge into unknown territory. I am the one who sets my own parameters and can remove them or change them at will. It is boundless!</div>
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This sort of freedom can also become a hinderance. With all the possibilities, how do I choose one to start? How do I focus on one idea, one notion, and stay with it when there are so many other ideas dancing around demanding attention?</div>
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To be honest, I don't know. Some days I don't. Some days I clean and sort things. Some days I stretch and gesso canvas. Some days I do paper work. While, all these things need to be done, some days I do them to avoid choosing.</div>
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Most days are good.</div>
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I am so pleased to get these out into the morning post. I sold a painting to a lovely woman in North Carolina during Kentucky Derby Week and so off these go to benefit ReRun Thoroughbred Rescue and Remember Me Rescue, both doing so much good.C Tanner Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16521058642218923774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228676955472519870.post-72449265333905526052016-05-28T11:38:00.000-04:002016-11-02T12:20:22.672-04:00Fortunate<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am fortunate. I grew up with two parents that wanted me to be happy. Not Kool Aid and Potato Chip happy, but deeply satisfied and content happy. This means that it was always okay that I wanted to be an artist.<br />
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My friends have understood me. That I am a painter, I am prone to fits of despair, I am prone to fits of elation, I get lost in thought and conversation. That I will spend enormous sums of money on paint while fretting about how to pay the electric bill.<br />
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My friends and family believe in me. Maybe not that I am a great talent, but in me. That my pursuit of happiness is valuable, if only to me.<br />
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While it hasn't been easy and there are times that I wish I could go and get a 9 to 5 job, I am happy.<br />
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I am grateful for the support I receive in a myriad of ways, from clients and patrons buying my work to someone saying "This is beautiful", to a fellow artist discussing media and techniques. I am fortunate that I realize it and I am grateful for every bit of it.<br />
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Thank you.C Tanner Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16521058642218923774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228676955472519870.post-90716231464151751222016-05-19T13:03:00.000-04:002016-05-19T13:03:16.032-04:00Relieving the Stress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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From time to time someone approaches me and wants to know if I will do a lay-away plan for them on a particular painting or print. They are usually a bit shy about this, but they shouldn't be. The answer is almost always yes.<br />
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The monthly payment plan gives me a bit of relief from stress. I know I don't have to worry about this bill or that because a check is coming in. That in turn allows me to focus for easily on creating.<br />
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To those of you who have or are on a payment plan for art, thank you!C Tanner Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16521058642218923774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228676955472519870.post-88437974864283384412016-05-17T14:44:00.000-04:002016-05-17T14:49:26.927-04:00Farming and Painting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have long believed that I have the heart of a farmer. I love the smell of the soil and planting things. I can send hours choosing seeds, and bulb, and trees from catalogues and spend countless more drawing diagrams for where to plant them.<br />
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How to amend soil fascinates me. What to add to your compost to make it better for area is intended for is a subject I am enthralled with, and lets not even get started about my love for my earth worms.<br />
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Why do I think this gives me the heart of a farmer and not a gardner?<br />
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Well it's only those things in part. You see like a farmer I work tirelessly at what I love. I choose colours and canvas with care. I spend hours noticing which paint brand has more transparency than another. What happens when I mix this with that. How do get this effect or that on this surface.<br />
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And then there's light. I can become quite delirious when describing light. The mere thought of good light makes me swoon.<br />
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A farmer, you must understand is also a gambler. Willing to put all of their hard work into what they do and be at the mercy of external forces. One good hail storm will flatten a wheat field. New mown hay lies there at the peril of rain until it is baled. It's biblical in nature, all the misfortune that call lay waste to good crop.<br />
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And then there is the market. You have the most beautiful crop of white peaches that you have ever seen. People, however are buying strawberries. The peach buyers ask "Do you have any cling free peaches? I am not sure I will like white peaches, even though they are beautiful and fragrant." You smile and know they are missing something, something you possess in spades, you are will to take a risk!<br />
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Days, weeks, and months may go by without a sale, and you are nagged by that practical voice in your head regarding why you keep at it. The answer is simple, and clear. I do what I do because it is what my heart desires and when it is good, it is glorious!<br />
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I usually don't have a plan when I started working on a painting. This was clearly the case when I started working on this one. I would just apply a layer of acrylic paint down, wait for it to dry and apply another layer.<br />
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After awhile I was satisfied with the result. I set it aside. Every day or so I would pull it out and look at it. After a few weeks of this I decided I was going to finish it.<br />
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I gathered my materials and was about to set to work on an entirely different image when I notice the first horse emerging out of the field of blues and greens. Gradually they all made their presences known.<br />
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This is the result of wandering and allowing.<br />
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To purchase please contact me or go to my Etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/listing/457615114/in-the-still?ref=shop_home_active_2C Tanner Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16521058642218923774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228676955472519870.post-70363239972595360792016-05-07T09:48:00.000-04:002016-05-07T09:50:45.926-04:00Kentucky Derby Today!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So today's the day! At the moment I don't have a favorite, I wish them all the best and a safe trip.<br />
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I love Thoroughbreds. I learned to ride on them. My first horse was a TB, and in fact the majority of the horses I have owned have been Thoroughbreds.<br />
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I also believe in giving back. So in celebration of the bred that has give so much to me 20% of all art purchased from between now and May 8th, 2016 I will be given to ReRun and to Remember Me Rescue. Both of these organizations do an outstanding job in giving Off the Track Thoroughbreds a life after racing.<br />
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My original artwork may be viewed at www.tannerjensenfineart.com and in past blog post.<br />
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As an added incentive I will be providing free shipping in the contiguous U.S.<br />
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If you have any questions, please email me at ctannerjensen@gmail.com<br />
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Thank you.C Tanner Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16521058642218923774noreply@blogger.com0