Showing posts with label creative work. Show all posts
Showing posts with label creative work. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

All You Need to Meet the Artist

Here you have all the links to images, videos, credits and events about the art and business of Francesco Fontana



Main Events and Credits
  • Dallas, TX, USA Watercolor Workshop for Southwest Watercolor Society, April 2022 
  • Article on American Watercolor Weekly (Mountain M) April 2020
2019
  • Feautured on The Artist Magazine, #1Uk Magazine, London, Jan 2019
  • Feautured on Plein Air Magazine,  USA, March 2019 
  • Fabriano in Acquerello International Festival, Invited in Italy's 20 Representative Masters, April 2019
  • Exhibiting at Galleria Labor Limae, Torino, Italy, May 2019
  • Palermo, Sicily w/c Workshop 22 – 27 May, 2019
  • Valencia, Spain, w/c Workshop, July 2 — 9, 2019
  • Giverny, France w/c Workshop 22 — 27 July, 2019
  • Philadelphia, PA, USA Exhibition at PWS 40th International Juried Show 31 Aug - 26 Oct, 2019
  • San Pedro, CA USA Exhibition at NWS 99th International Juried Show 3 Oct - 17 Nov, 2019 
  • Don Demer's presentation on excelence at San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, Oct 2019 (Video)
2018
  • Article on American Watercolor Weekly, Feb 2018
  • Galleries on The Cyber Art Show, March 2018
  • Demo Article for Daniel Smith Fine Art Supplies, June 2018
  • Workshop in Sidmouth, East Devon, UK, June 2018
  • Winner 1st Place, Monreale Sicily Plein Air Festival, Sept 2018
  • Workshop in Valencia, Spain, 8 - 12 Oct 2018
  • Exhibiting Solo Show at La Comune, Milano, Oct / Nov 2018
  • Exhibiting Finalist at the International Watercolor Prize, Cagliari, Galleria Esdé, Nov 2018
  • Feature on The Art of Watercolour, world #1 watercolor magazine, Paris, Dec 2018
  • Paintings as Interior Design on the Prime Time RAI 1 Series 'La Compagnia del Cigno' 
2017
  • Exhibiting at City of Bengigamin, Valencia, Spain, International Show, Jan 2017
  • Exhibiting at Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, TX, USA, Feb 2017
  • Exhibiting at Bankside Gallery, London, UK for Royal Watercolor Society, March 2017
  • Winner, The Joe Carmichael Award at National Watercolor Society, June 10, 2017 San Pedro, CA
  • Winner Best Overall Watercolor, Plein Air Salon July 2017 (The Shop Window)
  • Featured in Fine Ar Connoisseur Magazine, Nocturne - Aug Sept 2017
  • Workshop in Valencia, Spain, Watercolor in One Stroke, 10 - 16 Sept 2017
  • Workshop in East Devon, UK, Watercolor in One Stroke 4, 5, 6 Oct 2017
  • Exhibiting at Mall Galleries, London, UK with Royal Society of Marine Artists, 4 - 15 Oct 2017
  • Featured Artist at En Plein Air Festival, San Angelo, TX, USA, 22 - 29 Oct 2017
  • Featured in Fine Ar Connoisseur Magazine, Industrial - Nov Dec 2017
  • Watercolor Workshop ‘Alla Seconda’, Padova, Italy 10, 11 December 2017
2016
  • Feautured Artist at Lighthouse Plein Air Festival, Jupiter, Florida 9 — 13 March, 2016
  • DVD Release ‘Watercolor the Italian Way — Alla Seconda Method’ — 15 April 2016
  • Faculty at 5th Plein Air Convention & Expo, Tucson, AZ 15 — 19 April 2016
  • Exhibiting in Fabriano, Italy – International Watercolor Festival, April 2015
  • Workshop in Giverny, France, by Monet’s Lily Pond, June 27 —July 2, 2016
  • Invited Artist at Premio Marche d’Acqua - Permanent Oeuvre at Museo della Carta, Fabriano
  • Featured Artist at Door County Plein Air Festival, WI, Fish Creek 24 — 30 July 2016
  • Workshop Instructor at MISA Madeline Island School of Arts , WI, 29 Aug— 2 Sep 2016
  • Extended Article on Watercolor Painting Process on The Artist Magazine, UK Sept 2016
  • Judge and Instructor at Watercolor Society of Oregon Conference, 7 — 14 October 2016
  • Top 15% in the Bold Brush Painting Competition, Nov 2016 (The Installation)
  • Winner Art Muse Contest, Master Class Prize, Nov 2016 (The Art Lover)
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Francesco Fontana Fine Artist
Alexandria VA, USA 20124
Via della Capinera 5 — Milano, Italy 20147
Cell +39 3381328003



Monday, February 20, 2012

Art making and shuffling the cards


This last week end I did not miss painting. I felt fulfilled with what I painted last week: a work that took me four morning sessions. Every one crossing the door of my studio noticed it. “Wow! Different, there's something.. don’t know.. more luminous!” I am surprised myself. It was an attempt to renew my style. Several weeks of studies and headaches turned with a simple resolution: if I wanted something new I should simply do not do what used to do in my art making routine. I took a different support, watercolour paper instead of canvas, acrylics rather than oils, different size (much larger) and even a different position in the studio. And at the end of every session I go: wow! This is making its own way!

Finding new ideas sometimes is just about changing old habits, shuffling the cards

Live in painting : ) Francesco
www.francescofontana.com

PS. Additional surprise: I used three tubes from the acrylics box just to discover -- once finished -- they were water mixable oils.
PPS. The actual image don't matter!