Category: abstract

Commission a Painting for Your Living Space

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You won’t believe how your space can come alive with original paintings and prints. Sometimes it helps to see a piece on the wall. Here are a few breathtaking shots of original paintings in specific spaces. Take a look around.
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The canvas in the front on the right is an acrylic painting on stretched canvas by Jan Kirstein. “Shifting Energy Fields” is 4′ x 5.’ The painting in the adjacent room is also by Jan Kirstein and is a collage on paper.

 

“Kaboom” giclee print on archival paper or stretched canvas. To see more about this piece go here.







This is a smaller piece of art by Jan Kirstein enlarged into a giclee print on stretched canvas. Maybe you have a special place you would like to bring to life: your bedroom, your living room or dining room. There is nothing like a painting to breath joy and life into a living or office space. If you would like to find out more about painting commissions, if you have any questions about how to get started, feel free to email me, the artist, Jan Kirstein here.

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Giclee print on stretched canvas.

Putting Presentation Questions to All Artists

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Every artist has a prefered method of showing their work, either to a gallery, or to the public in general. In this issue, I am asking you to share your experiences and opinions on these matters with me so I can share on this blog for everyone.

I have asked you readers for your experiences before, on matters involving presenting your art, and as a result, we have received all kinds of wonderful advice from a large variety of artists. So today, I want to put some questions to you regarding presenting your art work and see if you can send me some of your experiences or advice. I will them publish the responses I get.  You can post here under comments, or you can email me here.  

So one basic question is:

How do you present your work in a portfolio when you are approaching a gallery for the first time?

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If you use three dimensional format, and show actual works, do you show actual pieces if they are small, and in what kind of presentation? For larger pieces, do you show photographs?

Do you use a portfolio for paper pieces? Or do you bring framed works and canvas works after the first meeting and interest is shown?

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Do you have a go-to frame that you prefer for presenting your work? Please elaborate and share brand and retail mega deals if you know any!

If you use digital format do you bring an IPad? Or have an online website that you get them to see?

Please send me your thoughts, ideas and experiences! I will compile the data all of you send me and share it a soon to follow edition of this blog.

 

Thanks so much for sharing your ideas, knowledge and expertise!

 

Jan Kirstein

 

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Going Large: Collage on Canvas

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In my art studio, space is limited, and there is just barely room for this latest 4 foot by 8 foot canvas. I love working in large scale. I won’t give it up for anything, though I still find making small 14″ x 11″ collages on paper and unstretched canvas a way to grow as a painter daily by leaps and bounds.

Jan Kirstein

“The Fall of Western Civilization,” by Jan Kirstein. 4′ x 8.’ Mixed media on canvas. 2019

“The Fall of Western Civilization” Details

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Detail: “The Fall of Western Civilization.”

The title of this work comes from the general shift of virtually everything I see around me on every level, in government, both Federal and State, in institutions, in relationships, in land, in all aspects of our culture, in all aspects of life. Though with the changes comes movement and flexibility with new connections occurring at a most rapid pace.

Jan Kirstein