CANIGLIA- ART AND ANATOMY

Here is a new drawing I was working on this week for a demo in my classes. It is a detailed study of the upper and lower teeth. I am introducing more life drawing for my advanced students. I feel it is very important for the students to draw from life and capture the details of the shape, line, and form through values and tones. Some of my students will become doctors or dentist and it is very important to understand the science behind the drawing.

Leonardo da Vinci, who is without doubt the most significant artist-anatomist of all time, first undertook a series of detailed studies of the human skull, mandible, and teeth in the1480’s, borrowing from the architect's rigorous technique of representing three-dimensional forms in plan, section, elevation, and different perspective views. Through the course of his sketches and renderings he invented a new vocabulary for the history of scientific illustration.

I will post more of my studies this week as well as some oil paintings I am working on of fruit. Yes this is my favorite time of year to visit the orchards in my area. I love to paint the colorful fruit that I find. So please check back later this week to see my paintings.

Thanks for visiting my blog, I will keep posting new works.

Caniglia    

Allentown Art Museum-Caniglia

IlluXCon 7 Opens this week at the Allentown Art Museum. I will have all new work at the exhibition including my new oil painting “The Pale Rider” which I have a picture of in this post. I will also have 25 limited edition hand pulled screen prints of my drawing “Vita brevis breviter in brevi finietur- Life is short and shortly it will end”. These are exclusive prints made just for the IlluXcon museum show and will be priced at $100. each.

If you would like to reserve one of the 25 prints please e-mail before Wednesday to reserve your print. You can e-mail me directly at caniglia@caniglia-art.com

You can also purchase them directly at the museum at my table this weekend. If you are on the east coast don’t miss this amazing Museum show.

IX symposium is the world’s largest exhibition of imaginative realist art. Featuring over 150 artists and well over 1000 original pieces of artwork, the show is a visual feast for all fans of imaginative painting. Artists who will be exhibiting in this show have lent their talents to movies, games, books, galleries and collections across the world, ranging from Magic: the Gathering illustrations to solo exhibitions at prestigious museums.

Every artist represented in the show will be physically present during the symposium, making it a wonderful opportunity to meet and talk with these talented artists, representing countries as far-flung as the United Kingdom and Australia.

Imaginative realism, as the cutting edge of contemporary realist painting, combines classical painting technique with postmodern narrative subjects, focusing on the unreal, the unseen, and the impossible, offering visions of humanity’s mythic past, its unexplored future and, in some cases, its terrifying present.

Don’t miss this incredible show!

Caniglia

 

Museum of the Shenandoah Valley Art Show

The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester, Virginia will be featuring my painting “Nec Spe-Nec Metu” in its upcoming exhibition. This exhibition was made possible because of Ken Marquis imagination and the MSV director Dana Hand Evans.

The idea was to promote reduce, reuse, and recycle waste into imaginative art.

This is an exhibition of environmentally inspired contemporary art, “Second Time Around”: The Hubcap as Art will present works by nearly 300 artists from every U.S. state and 35 other countries. The objects were created by artists from across the globe who responded to an invitation issued by the Pennsylvania-based, nonprofit Landfillart Project to turn a discarded hubcap into art. Second Time Around, which marks the first time these objects will be on public exhibition, will be at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley from September through March 1, 2015. The exhibition will travel to other museums.

Second Time Around will represent the wide range of styles, sizes, and mediums used by artists who responded to the Landfillart Project invitation. Objects range in size from a single hubcap footprint to a sculpture that is nearly eight feet tall. Some objects are kinetic, incorporate sound, and illuminate; many directly reference specific environmental issues.

Here is a video about the exhibition…

http://vimeo.com/77470792

Here is more info from the museum…

http://themsv.org/exhibitions/second-time-around-hubcap-art

Here is info about my piece and how it all started…

http://landfillart.org/jeremycaniglia/

Thanks and please check out the exhibition if you are on the east coast.

Caniglia   

Klaus Nomi-Sketch

August 6^th marked more then 30 years since the death of Klaus Nomi. Nomi was a German countertenor know for his wide vocal range and brilliant visionary theatrical performances. His music was ahead of its time and he died too young. 

Klaus said “the future is based on the needs of the artist, deciding how to live and living that way every minute. Klaus, the man from the future, lived that way in the present, and held out his hand saying, come with me. You can do it too." He inspired a generation of cutting edge singers, artists, and moviemakers.

I created a sketch of Nomi’s portrait with his lyrics from his song death below it. Death is a song from Nomi's second album, Simple Man which is a remake of the aria Dido's Lament from the Opera Dido and Æneas by Henry Purcell. 

This is an incredible version in my opinion. This really shows off Klaus's amazing countertenor voice. 



These are the lyrics if you would like to know what he is singing…

Thy hand, Belinda, darkness shades me,
On thy bosom let me rest,


More I would, but Death invades me;
Death is now a welcome guest. 


When I am laid, am laid in earth, 
May my wrongs create 
No trouble,

no trouble in thy breast;


Remember me, remember me, but ah!  Forget my fate.


Remember me, but ah! 
 Forget my fate.

If you would like to see his videos here are a couple,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiMavQgfCX8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hGpjsgquqw

We still remember you Klaus and your inspiring voice.

Caniglia  

Art Show - Kent Bellows

I have been mentoring/teaching at Kent Bellows Visual Art Center this summer and we just finished up the semester. So now it is time to show the amazing work that this group of talented students created. Please come out to see the new exhibition entitled “Collective Unconscious”.

The Exhibition Reception opens this Friday August 1^st 6-9pm. This is a two night reception featuring a multidisciplinary exhibition of work from the students and mentors of Joslyn's Kent Bellows Mentoring Program on Friday,  August 1, 6 - 9 pm, and a fashion multimedia art exhibition reception on Saturday, August 2, 6 - 9 pm.

Location: Kent Bellows Studio Gallery, 3303 Leavenworth Street, Omaha

My recent anatomy study painting that I did as a painting demo for my students will be in the show. As I have mentioned on several occasions skill based art is so important for building the foundation of a young artist. I teach naturalistic drawing and painting methods in which the artists paint a portrait or anatomical study by going through a process of establishing first the positions of the skeleton, then the muscle groups on the skeleton, then the skin and flesh tones are placed over the top to create the human form.

Art is a process of imagination, discipline, and understanding. This group of students has a great grasp on these concepts. Don’t miss the opportunity to come to the gallery and see this powerful exhibition.

Come out and meet these incredible young artists and experience their work in this unique show.

-Caniglia

New York Art Shows and Museums

It has been a while since my last post. June was a full of art shows, traveling, teaching, and commissions. I will try to post more updates when I am not painting. July is full of deadlines and I have a new series of paintings that I just started.

I was in New York a few weeks ago for my daughter’s art show at Parsons New School and then to her awards ceremony at Carnegie hall. It was a great moment to say the least and during our stay in the city I had a chance to show her some of the artwork that influenced my art.

The first place we went was to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Met holds so many master works by the world’s greatest artists. The first painting that I had to find was  “The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John” by Hendrick ter Brugghen. I saw this painting when I was 19 on one of my first trips to New York and I visit the painting every time I am in the city. The painting was an epiphany for me. Ter Bruggghen (1588-1629) was a follower of Caravaggio and his paintings have that nice rim lit chiaroscuro glow to them. This powerful image was painted for a Catholic “hidden church” in the city of Utrecht. The artist stark composition with the strong angular figure of Christ at the center is striking and powerful. You can feel the weight and humanity of Christ death. He creates brilliant rhythmic draperies, with convincing volumes on the very humble figures of Mary and John. The color combination is like nothing I have ever scene. Ter Brugghen color palette with muted earth tone greens, reds, yellows, purples, and translucent greys is hypnotic and mesmerizing.

The second painting I wanted to mention that also moved me as an artist when I was just starting out was Bouguereau’s, “Nymphs and Satyr” (1873). The painting is full of traditional Baroque spiraling energy. Surrounded by the luscious greenery provided by the dense forest, the canvas is a construction of illuminated figures. With her arm waving high up in the air, the nymph in the upper left hand side of the central group beckons her cohorts to the ensuing drama. They swirl around the Satyr creating a theatrical energy of the past by evoking eloquent gestures, perhaps derived from the allegorical images of Bernini and his sculptures. The painting is both poetic and visually stunning.

Looking at art from the past contributes to who we are as people. By looking at what has been done before, we gather knowledge and inspirations that contribute to how we paint, feel, and view the world around us. Art helps a society evolve in its own way, which is why there are different styles of art in different countries. Without art, there wouldn't be any visual representations of the past. Great art transcends time and space and lives in the hearts of viewers who are willing to make that connection through the open door and imaginative portal that has been left open for us by the artists mind.

Caniglia  

Honor Memorial Day

Honor Memorial Day

Over a million Americans have died in our nation’s wars. Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for ALL of our Soldiers. For those who fought to win us our independence, to those who fought to unite us as one nation, to those who fought in wars that they didn’t agree with. I thank my bother, cousins, uncles, and all my family who have and still do defend our country.

Here are a few of my military paintings that I have created showing our soldiers in the trenches. Some of these oil paintings I created for books, but most were personal images that I created showing the faces of war and the brave decisions our soldiers make to survive.

I think General Logan said it the best when he started the first Memorial Day after the Civil War. Gen. Logan’s order for his posts to decorate graves in 1868 “with the choicest flowers of springtime” urged: “We should guard their graves with sacred vigilance. ... Let pleasant paths invite the coming and going of reverent visitors and fond mourners. Let no neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided republic.”

Caniglia