ART LESSONS AT SOBOBO REGISTRATION DEADLINE JULY 6TH

ART LESSONS AT SOBOBO

REGISTRATION DEADLINE JULY 6TH

It is with great pleasure to let everyone know that art lessons are now available at SoBoBo.

Paige Miglio, SoBoBo's February's Artist - 2012, is bringing this wonderful opportunity to those who wish to learn.

Read on....and you will see what she will teach, what you will learn through her amazing outlook and observations on life.

"Finding beauty – and more importantly spontaneity within the realism of studied subjects is my personal challenge...

Everything seems....“precious."

By careful study of nature and leaning on basic drawing foundation skills, every drawing and painting is a new exercise. I always do sketches by hand over and over until I am confident in my proportions and composition, whether my subject matter is portrait, object or landscape. Only once my drawing has been established, do I open up and allow myself the freedom to build marks and color, in paint or graphite.

My technique, as I get older, seems to grow. I am not satisfied by “doing one thing and doing it well.” But each style feeds the other. My mural work is the total opposite technique to working in watercolor, both by sheer size - and application of paint; with watercolor you generally work from light to dark, while in acrylic/latex (or oil) you work from dark to light.

But everything for me comes back to drawing.....I love to draw, to problem solve, to move objects and subjects within the scene – as I am often called to do for portrait work – and remake them into a new reality. ...When I draw, I feel my fingertips are moving across the object, into the scene and wrapping around my subject. Drawing makes me whole."

--Paige Miglio

Paige Miglio finds the beauty in all defining aspects of the world around her. It is as if she scoops up what she sees, places it in her heart where her love envelopes it allowing the magic to form and begin to flow down her arm to her fingers...she states it quite eloquently '...I feel my fingertips are moving across the object, into the scene and wrapping around my subject...," a precious moment, a precious gift that has been given to us.

Paige thoroughly enjoys life! She teaches each of us a lesson every time we speak with her, see her finished work or even watch as she paints a mural on the side of a building.

"A Day at the Beach" - watercolor - by Paige Miglio

She teaches us that we should take the time to see the beauty and grace of what has been given to us and we take for granted each day....the smell of coffee brewing first thing in the morning, the sun peering through a window from the east as it rises showing us another gorgeous day is about to begin; even the cloudy rainy days are full of wonderment, the snow as it gently, quietly falls blanketing the earth creating such a silence you begin to whisper when you speak. You can even find wonderment in the material things such as the car that cut you off...the design of it, the mechanics of it, and yes even the driver for he/she is truly a work of art....

But Paige has natural abilities which she is able to hone in on each "object" finding the precious wonderment, the lustre of what makes everything surrounding us full of life...We have been blessed with a precious gift.

And you can learn how to do this, you can learn to enjoy what you look at every day...and capture it on paper.

"Moonscape" - watercolor - by Paige Miglio

If you think your children or grandchildren who would be interested make sure to contact Paige. If you are an adult and wish to learn contact Paige, adult classes can be arranged too!.

INFORMATION REGARDING CLASSES

"The Sunbathers"
watercolors - by Paige Miglio

Instructor: Paige Miglio

Where: SoBoBo in our new classroom! 42 Naugatuck Avenue

When: Tuesdays & Thursdays

Time: 10:00 am to 11:30 am

Ages: Third grade and up

Mediums: Drawing, Watercolor, Acrylics

for more information CONTACT:

Paige Miglio at 203-783-3052 or

email: paigemiglio@optonline.net

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: JULY 6TH

Earth Wind Fire & Water....

Let Earth move under your feet,

let wind nudge you along,

let fire burn passion in your heart for the arts and let water quench your thirst...

...all of which will bring you to Firehouse Gallery to begin June's Walnut Beach Art Stroll. At 6:00 pm the juried show will begin its opening reception for the new exhibit Elements: Earth Wind Fire & Water.

Meet with the artists who entered their works in the show. Choose your favorite and see who finally becomes "People's Choice". Enjoy the apps and drink...meander about, talking, viewing the art...

...when you are done follow the soulful, melodious sound of the sax played by Daniel Mahroos as you head down the Avenue to Sobobo Gallery and meet June's Artist, Matt Roe whose art moves you, makes you realize your are beyond "life's process".

Besides Matt Roe, you will see works by Joan Shapiro, Paul St. Onge, William Ahern, Avery Wham, Rick Senft, Barbara Wilson, Ben Casiano, Rosemary McClain, Jan McLean, Elizabeth Wright, Richard Stephan, Betty Geller, Janet Ruskin, Hedi Minow-Pike, Smashing Worlds, Karen Macker, Sheila Pite, Paige Miglio and many more...as well as artisans Michael Brotschul, William Gallagher, Michelle Ryan, Judy Ruskin, Sam Rawls, Teru Rexroad, Spencer Gordon, Patti Clark and Carlyne Labrecque...what an array of creators and works!  AMAZING!!

Seaside Wines and Spirits will be hosting a wine tasting at Sobobo too! After trying the vino that is like velvet on your palette, stop in at Seaside to pick up that bottle to take home with you so you can enjoy it with your favorite meal...or take it with you and enjoy it while you eat at Lazy Lobster.

Wild Expressions will be filled with excitement and energy as usual, inviting, welcoming you! Smell the scents of the floral art by owner Tyyne Catapano. Yes, Wild Expressions is a beautiful balance to Collected Stories where you can find a good read to bring to the beach with you as summer approaches...

You just might want to stop across the street at Walnut Beach Creamery and try the many flavors...you might just have a favorite. What you should do is get it in a cup and go next door to Taste & See confection shop and see if you can match it with a favorite cupcake...creating cupcake alla mode!  What a wonderful way to end the evening!

Come join us as the Earth moves under your feet, the Wind nudges you along, Fire burns passion in your heart for the Arts and Water quenches your thirst!  Let's celebrate together!

A Contemporary Modernist, Abstract Even Impressionistic

 "Life is an ever-expanding evolution that has twist and turns with some up and some downs. My artwork is a direct reflection of the life process that never stays the same and is always evolving into new styles, mediums, and techniques"

--Matt Roe

"Yang" - acrylics by Matt Roe

"Yin" - acrylics - by Matt Roe

There is one thing that no one truly knows about Matt and his work....they both go beyond life's process.  Yes, we believe life's process is filled with twists and turns and ups and downs but there are so many different philosophies that no one person can say that theirs is the correct one, because no matter how it is said..."go with the flow" "Footprints in the Sand" "It was meant to be" "Que Serra Serra (what will be will be)" "Don't go the way the crow flies, can you imagine how boring your life would be if you had" "Let it be" "Order comes out of chaos" (for sure there are more sayings)...when it comes down to it, the meanings are all the same.

"Mind's Eye" - by Matt Roe



But you see, Matt goes further, he goes beyond this process. It is as if he has an "All Seeing Eye" looking into our "Mind's Eye" to a surreal world, another plane if you will that no one else sees. He can perhaps be called a Contemporary Abstract Surreal Modernist that leans to Impressionism - quite unique wouldn't you say? Not everyone can blend so many different flavors of art to create such master pieces.   

"School of Fish"
acrylics
by Mat Roe

Some critics have stated he is like Jackson Pollack, but one very astute New York art critic caught the essence "behind the scenes" so to speak and saw the the subtle movement that added to his paint drizzles making them swirl around more, move in a rotating manner in one particular painting. The ever so gentle push can be seen, nudging the foreground subjects to begin a dance on the canvas or board or metal or whatever was the palate for the day.

Matt's Dr. Suess inspiration in many of his works exemplify his ability to make art look as if it's child's play, maybe that is why so many are attracted to viewing or buying his work...does he bring the inner child out of each of us?

Even so, the impressionism he exudes in other works brings you back to time when a French art critic with a tongue-in-cheek explanation mocking the new wave of painters and their works as Impressionist.  You see characteristics of Impressionist paintings include relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes; open composition; emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage of time); common, ordinary subject matter; the inclusion of "movement" as a crucial element of human perception and experience; and unusual visual angles. All of these things are harbored in Matt's works. Funny isn't that what the NY critic said about Matt's work "the movement in the backgournd"? This only lends us to his ability to cross all these styles to create surreal artwork that takes us a step beyond. Surreal, unlike Dali's work, but yet a bit serendipitous in a way since he doesn't even realize how he captured the style without even trying to connecting all five styles creating his own. Quite incredible one would say!

And in the end, in order for Matt to take us beyond life's process he, himself, must go with the flow to understand Footprints in the Sand, knowing it was meant to be, and will never fly as the crow flies nor will he take for granted what will be, will be (Que Serra Serra) because he will let it be so that we all can see order come out of chaos...

You have to see Matt's work.  His work will be on display from June 1st until June 30th...His opening reception is Thursday, June 21st from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm....tying in with June's Art Stroll that begins at 6:00 pm at Firehouse Gallery!!!