Bob Cantor's Art News
- 2008
- July: The Bald Musician was awarded with an Honorable Mention at the
Arts Council@GRACE 2008 annual juried exhibition. Both The Bald Musician and it's companion
piece Party Animals
were selected for the juried exhibition.
- June: Ducks in Boats
was selected to be in the VMRC's 5th Annual Juried
Multimedia Art Exhibition at the
Park Gables Gallery in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
- March: More Ducks in Boats!
Three paintings, each showing
an individual Duck in Boat in profile view.
- February:
The Bald Musician
was selected for the
Touchstone Gallery's
10th Annual All-Media Show and
was on display from February 6 to March 8.
- January: I have completed
Party Animals,
which is based on the painting
Los Borrachos
by Velazquez. The Velazquez painting clearly exhibited a strong influence on
Manet's painting of
The Old Musician
which, in turn, became the inspiration for my painting of
The Bald Musician, the companion piece to this one.
- 2007
- November:
Haven't been doing much painting lately... but I did get married this month!
- September: I've settled into my new studio and have
finished the two Cowboy Bears.
- September: I've moved to a new studio/home in Silver Spring, Maryland. This has
slowed me down a bit, but I should be up and painting again in no time!
- July: Four Rooster
Musicians have been completed. There are a total of six pencil sharpeners
in the set, but I only plan on doing these four. A group portrait
containing three of them is still in the works.
- July: I have completed
The Bald Musician,
my most ambitious pencil sharpener painting so far. The painting was
based on the Manet masterpiece The Old Musician.
- April: The series
of paintings of Rich Frog brand
pencil sharpeners is now complete.
- March:
Chu Pa Kai and
Puppydog
were on display at the Art Alliance Center at Clear Lake in Houston, Texas,
after being accepted
in the
National Society of Artists
23rd National Juried Show.
- March: The Vegetable
Patch Bunny series of paintings is now complete. Also the
Big Fish Pencil Sharpener.
- February: Ducks in Boats
was recognized with an Honorable Mention at the
Gallery West 10th
National Juried Show in Alexandria, VA.
- 2006
- December:
Sun Wu Kung was
accepted in the 2006 National Small Works Show at the
Main Street Gallery in
Groton, NY. A
review in the Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) by Katherine Rushworth mentions the
"Miro-like" painting as one of the notable entries among those which
didn't win an award.
- September:
Sha Wu Tsing
was awarded an Honorable Mention from the 15th Annual National
Juried Open Media Competition at the
Art Institute & Gallery
in Salisbury, MD.
- September: My web site has moved to www.bobcantor.com!
- September: Giclee reproductions of selected images may now
be ordered on-line at the
American Frame Company.
- July: From July 14 to August 9,
Coach and the Cowry Fisherman was
on display in the the Fraser Gallery's
10th International Fine Arts Competition in Bethesda, MD.
- June: From June 4 to July 4, Purple Gorilla, with Banana
and Lady Bug Pencil Sharpener
were both on display at the VMRC 3rd Annual Juried Multimedia Art Exhibition at the
Park Gables Gallery in Harrisonburg, VA.
- April:
I have begun work on the first painting of what I plan to
be a new series based on old family snapshots. The first to be completed
for this series is Speed 10mph.
At 32" by 32", this is much larger than my current series and although still
realistic, makes use of a much looser and less detailed style of direct
painting. For the time being, however, the pencil sharpener series of
paintings will continue to be my main focus.
- February: Pencil Sharpener: Banana
was accepted and displayed in the 8th Annual All-Media Exhibition at the
Touchstone Gallery in Washington, DC.
- 2005
- December: Pencil Sharpener:
Eggplant Bunny was included in the Winter Group Exhibit
at the Fraser Gallery
in Bethesda, MD.
- August: Pencil Sharpener:
Sun Wu Kung wins First Place at the
Fraser Gallery's
9th Annual Georgetown International Art Competition in Washington, DC.
The juror was Jack Rasmussen, director and curator of the Katzen Arts
Center at American University.
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