Bob Cantor's Art News
- 2010
- July: Two new paintings from the Snapshots and Sharpeners
series: Thanksgiving (1960)
and First Birthday (1960).
- April: My latest painting, Sur la Route,
is based on a painting by Picasso at the National Gallery of Art called
A Family of
Saltimbanques. Saltimbanques are travelling entertainers or acrobats,
thus the title I chose for my version of it.
- March: I've completed the first painting in my new series called
Snapshots and Sharpeners. These works
combine my pencil sharpener still-life paintings with snapshots from an old
family photo album. Read more about it here.
- March: Web Site redesign!
- February: A Fast Rooster was accepted in the 13th Annual National Juried Show at
Gallery West in Alexandria, VA. The show was on display from February 3 to 28.
- 2009
- December: Two of the small Duck in Boat paintings, numbers 1 and 2, were accepted into a national juried show at the
Maryland Federation of Arts in Annapolis.
Small Wonders, a show for small works of art, was on display from November 27 to December 27.
- November: Julie and the Monkey is a portrait of my wife which I gave her on our second wedding anniversary. Traditionally, that's the cotton anniversary and it's painted on cotton canvas. I worked from a photograph which she had previously suggested was the one she'd want me to use if I ever did paint a portrait of her. It was still a huge surprise since I managed to keep the entire thing secret from her while I was working on it.
- August: I finally completed the Shell Owl, a painting which I started a long time ago but kept putting aside to work on pencil sharpener paintings. The Shell Owl is not a pencil sharpener, but it is a very interesting tchotchke which I found in a thrift shop. The underside of it contains the following inscription: "In Memory" / "Emma McCoy" / "1921-1999".
- June: While painting the
The Feast of the Dogs, I took photographs of it at each step to document its creation and
have combined these in
The Making of The Feast of the Dogs.
This video shows how the painting was created by starting with a monochrome
grisaille and using multiple layers of glazing to add color.
- May: Two new paintings to share with everyone, both of them
based on masterpieces at the National Gallery of Art.
Daisy in the Doggies' Den
is my take on a subject previously tackled by
Sir Peter Paul Rubens.
The Feast of the Dogs
is a dyslexic view of the famous painting by
Giovanni Bellini and Titian.
- March: I finally completed some new paintings. Three of them go together and have
a different background treatment than any I've done before. I'm calling
them my "Pop Art" pencil sharpener
paintings. The fourth one, A
Fast Rooster, is based on a painting by
Winslow Homer at the National Gallery of Art.
- 2008
- November: My most recent paintings include a Speedboat Rooster pencil sharpener
and an all-frog Ragtime Band.
Several more should be on the way soon!
- 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.
- 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 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: 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.
- 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.
- 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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