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April 1- Our Doggies' 10th Birthday -Trip to Assateague Island - Photos Rob de Koter

April 1, we drove with the our family to Assateque Island, MD. to try to find the wild horses of the Island. We were lucky again. Rob made fantastic photos of the animals of the island. We celebrated our puppy's 10th birthday on the Island. She..............

Springtime in the Provence'

Springtime in the Provence' acrylic on canvas by Christina Jarmolinski The use of the greens and yellows reflects the mood of Springtime. Painted in 2010 after a trip to France.

Bill Cobbs at Auction in Florida by Christina Jarmolinski

Interviewing one of Hollywood's legends, Bill Cobbs, in 2011 was another highlight of my attempt to communicate and combine art forms. It was so humbling to meet with this great personality, famous to the world and feel is warm and sensitive approach to being an actor. God Bless you Mr. Cobbs for this opportunity through your esteemed presence to contribute to the amount of visitors, willing to purchase art for charity. Thank you also for allowing me to interview and connect with you for these memorable minutes.

First time on Art Biz Blog by Christina Jarmolinski

I have found the best thing to do as an artist is to communicate with the world- for starters no better way than on the internet. Here you can reach Goa, India, if you care to or Amsterdam, Holland. I interviewed some other artists at the annual Art Auction for Arts for Act in Ft. Myers, Fl. among others the great singer Bobby Goldsboro, whom we all know of the past. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEetwVVjb4w Being an artist on the other hand I find taking the effort, going to art show openings of colleagues, wishing them well and connecting with admirers of the visual arts, makes my life richer and more meaningful. I love meeting others, learning and exchanging views. Don’t be afraid to travel!-Learn other cultures. Most of the collectors of my art are interesting, educated people looking for the unique and genuine. They enjoy conversing with me and makes it more enjoyable to purchase a piece of my art. My website is http://www.jarmolinski.com (check out my blog-)/blog. I hope you enjoy taking the journey with me through my art. God Bless and Namaste’.

Relocating home and studio by Christina Jarmolinski

Moving 2 studios and a home with hundreds of paintings and books was not a small endeavor. We drove back and forth 3 times with a truck and flights to move everything! All 3 of us were affected by the climatic and cultural change. Our dog slept well throughout the 4 days in the van. She was great. Seeing the beach and our yard seems to appeal to our dog. She loves roaming through the forest - neighborhood finding the scent of squirrels and other animals. My studio is packed full with paintings, boxes and everything important to me. I feel overwhelmed - In the beginning of my life as an artist, I would walk through woods and sketched many a tree.(see my sketchbook). Now 30 years later I am living smack in the middle of a forest and my surroundings are high trees. I guess my first new works will be this wooded area-maybe super-large collages showing tree trunks- straight upwards- actually very positive movement upwards. I have yet to find my space between the boxes and start. If you would like, view me on facebook and like me or tweet me.

Back from Munich-A Summary of Photos by Christina Jarmolinski

This is the first summary of my trip to Munich, Germany. I had plenty of snow, culture, galleries, museums, elite cuisine, architecture old and new. Next Page more.........love to show all of my photos, but I shot over 3000! I get crazy when I have a camera in my hand.............Good thing we've got digital now!

My doggie is waiting for me in my studio

It's time I get back to my studio in the States. My doggie is waiting patiently for me...............

A Visit with Marlies Poss in her Studio in Munich, Germany

I had a wonderful experience today visiting with Marlies Poss, sculpture in Munich, Germany. It was really good breathing the air in of a working artist again. I'm missing my studio.It's time for me to get back to work. Marlies' works are of fragile and expressive creations of Humans and Animals. http://www.marlies-poss.de/ Thanks for a great visit, Marlies. It was great meeting you.

Art Nouveau Artist Franz von Stuck in Villa Stuck in Munich

I thought this would be of interest to my viewers who are not familiar with the Art Nouveau Art Franz von Stuck Copied and quoted from: Wikipedia-free encyclopedia:Life and career Stuck was born at Tettenweis , in Bavaria . From an early age he displayed an affinity for drawing and caricature . To begin his artistic education he relocated in 1878 to Munich , where he would settle for life. From 1881 to 1885 Stuck attended the Munich Academy . He first became well known by cartoons for Fliegende Blätter , and vignette designs for programmes and book decoration. In 1889 he exhibited his first paintings at the Munich Glass Palace , winning a gold medal for The Guardian of Paradise . In 1892 Stuck co-founded the Munich Secession , and also executed his first sculpture, Athlete . The next year he won further acclaim with the critical and public success of what is now his most famous work, the painting The Sin . Also during 1893, Stuck was awarded a gold medal for painting at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and was appointed to a royal professorship. In 1895 he began teaching painting at the Munich Academy. In 1897 Stuck married an American widow, Mary Lindpainter, and began work designing his own residence and studio, the Villa Stuck. His designs for the villa included everything from layout to interior decorations; for his furniture Stuck received another gold medal at the 1900 Paris World Exposition . Having attained much fame by this time, Stuck was ennobled on December 9, 1905 and would receive further public honours from around Europe during the remainder of his life. He continued to be well respected among young artists as professor at the Munich Academy, even after his artistic styles became unfashionable. Notable students of his over the years include Paul Klee , Hans Purrmann , Wassily Kandinsky , and Josef Albers . Franz von Stuck died on August 30, 1928 in Munich; his funeral address memorialized him as "the last prince of art of Munich's great days". He is buried in the Munich Waldfriedhof next to his wife Mary. Style Stuck's subject matter was primarily from mythology, inspired by the work of Arnold Böcklin . Large forms dominate most of his paintings and indicate his proclivities for sculpture. His seductive female nudes are a prime example of popular Symbolist content. Stuck paid much attention to the frames for his paintings and generally designed them himself with such careful use of panels, gilt carving and inscriptions that the frames must be considered as an integral part of the overall piece. Legacy The number of Stuck's pupils who achieved great success served to enhance the teacher's own fame. Yet by the time of his death, Stuck's importance as an artist in his own right had almost been forgotten: his art seemed old-fashioned and irrelevant to a generation which had endured World War I . Stuck's reputation languished until the late 1960s when a renewed interest in Art Nouveau brought him to attention once more. In 1968 the Villa Stuck was opened to the public; it is now a museum.

Villa Stuck in Munich, Gunther Sachs and Bridgette Bardot Photos

Art Collector Eva Geh- http://www.beardiesvonderschmutterwiese.de/home.htm and I went to the Photo and Art Show of Guenther Sachs and Bridgette Bardot in Villa Stuck. Among others were paintings by Andy Warhol. It was a great experience to sit among his paintings. View my next edition to my blog about Franz von Stuck the artist and former owner of the Villa Stuck.