Hi! Todays Blog Now on streetpainting.tv's street painter of the day is Jose Luis Rodriguez Aleman from Monterrey, Mexico.
This is his reproduction detail of 'El Primer Beso' or 'The First Kiss' by Donal Zolan in 1977.
'El Primer Beso', frag.; Autor: Donal Zolan (1977); Coleccion Particular
Madonnaro: Jose Luis Rodriguez Aleman, Monterrey
Above: Here is a picture of Wendy and I, founders of Innovative Street Painting Group (which produces this blog) with our longtime street painting art friends Rosa Maria Leal and Cuong Nguyen at the Festival Bella Via in Monterrey, Mexico in October, 2011. I (Anthony Cappetto)am at the far left, Rosa Maria, Wendy Stum, and Cuong Nguyen.
Happy New Year 2012 from Blog Now on streetpainting.tv!!!
That being said, now on to where Blog Now will be going this year in 2012...
Wendy and I wish to apologize to our readers for being quiet during the last part of 2011. We admit that we have been very involved with a series of street painting art projects with our other company, Art for After Hours which has kept us particulary busy. While we were in the midst of these activities, we gave serious thought as to how we wanted to make Blog Now even better and more engaging than we have had before. And this is what we are thinking...
Starting this week, Blog Now on streetpainting.tv is moving to posting daily with posts, discussion, and thoughts about street painting art, festivals, and observed developments which we see as our way of sharing our appreciation and attention relevant to a blog such as ours that is "..for artists, festivals, and fans..."
Watch very soon for Blog Nows posting on the winners at the Festival Bella Via 2011, but also short posts about the many artists who created work for the festival who are the backbone of such exciting international street painting art competitions such as this.
There will also be similar coverage short posts from events that we have attended in Saarasota, FL as well as events coming up this year in the USA, Mexico, and Europe through local reporters on the scene, and of course our level, journalistic coverage of festival directors and industry professionals in all locations.
Pictured above: We noticed this street painting at the Sarasota Chalk Festival and we recalled the life of Toto de Angelis (Straccetto) who left us in 2011. His experience as a Madonnaro in the true sense is an inspiration to every one of us who all who street paint, chalk, screeve anywhere in the world today.
Have a very Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous New Year from Wendy and I at Blog Now on streetpainting.tv.
Hello to all of our regular readers and a Happy New Year 2011!
2011 is going to be a time of growing in the world of street painting art with newer festivals become part of the street painting landscape along with a new generation of street painting artists making their mark on the scene.
Blog Now on streetpainting.tv is happy to be reaching out to festival directors, street painting artists, and the growing fan base around the world discovering our 400 year old plus art form in the world of new media and technologies in a partnership - not a competition - with the live viewing experience one can only have by attending a street painting festival in your area, wherever that might be.
As streetpainting.tv, Wendy and I have been so glad to be part of street painting to interview many artists over the years in Monterrey, Mexico at Festival Bella Via and making new friends in street painting at the Sarasota Chalk Festival last October. We are working on interview videos with artists from Monterrey and Sarasota and plan to have even more videos up and running on the websites and online sources of streetpainting.tv. We can be seen on our streetpainting.tv branded site/channels on YouTube, Facebook Fan Page,Twitter, Livestream and plan to spread into the fabric of social networking and mobility to bring street painting art to as many as possible in the ways that work best for our growing base of viewers with a library closing in on 300 videos and counting.
We are supportive of all the new festivals arising in Europe, around the rest of the world, and across the USA. Streetpainting.tv will be happy to bring our unique one on one interviewing (thanks to Wendy) to any interested festivals anywhere who will be glad to have us on the media team.
Of course, we have not forgotten the festivals that have brought street painting to popularity before the advent of our current internet age such as the festivals of California, such as the I Madonnari in Santa Barbara, and the Italian Street Painting Festival by Youth in Arts in San Rafael and the many others in the USA such as the Lake Worth Street Painting Festival in Florida, the Via Colori Festivals, and the many others across the country.
And then there is Italy, where the art of the Madonnari began, the home of the Competition at Grazie which brought Madonnari together from 1972 after it was thought the art form may have begun to fade away. The importance and tradition of the Italian festivals and the longtime Madonnari is clear and in our respect, a special thanks to our fellow street painters from Italy who bring material for posts to us during the year.
Thanks to all, especially our readers for being a part of our blog and video channel in 2010 and we hope to bring as much street painting to you as we can in 2011.
Anthony Cappetto and Wendy Stum are co-founders of Innovative Street Painting Group, Inc., a company bringing street painting art to a new generation of festivals and artists using new technologies as they develop to blending the traditional and the new in the street painting art form. Streetpainting.tv and Blog Now on streetpainting.tv are a part of Innovative Street Painting Group, Inc.
Street painter Anthony Cappetto was asked to create a Holiday-themed street painting for the 'Making Merry in Berry Hill' holiday event in Nashville, TN. His 8' x 18' piece took him 2 1/2 days to complete and was the centerpiece of the event! The people of Berry Hill (a section of Nashville) really enjoyed watching him work as well as the finished 3D anamorphic street painting.
Blog Now on Streetpainting.tv wishes all of our readers a very Happy Holiday Season!
Festival Bella Via 2010 in Monterrey, Mexico, was a huge success with lots of pretty stunning artwork this year! The festival is part competition and part exhibition. The competition levels start with Semplici, which is the first level you have to win in to get to the next higher level, the Qualificati level. The Semplici level is split into 2 categories - Free Theme and Renaissance.
And here are the Tema Libre (Free Theme) winners...
PRIMER LUGAR: Juan Carlos Romero Guardia (San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon) - 'Retrato de Gabrielle Cot'
Autor: William Adolphe Bouguerau, 1890 - Coleccion Particular
SEGUNDO LUGAR: Keida Arreola Aldaco (Durango) - 'Nina con Mascada'
Autor: Alexei Gavrilovich Venetsianov, 1825 - Coleccion Particular
TERCER LUGAR: Mario Alberto Belmares Chavez (Linares, Neuvo Leon) - 'Gesto Azteca'
Autor: Jesus Helguera, 1961 - Museo Soumaya, Mexico, D.F.
CUARTO LUGAR: Humberto Tadeo Mendoza de Leon (Monterrey, NL) y Deyanira Vazquez Garcia (Guadalupe, NL) - 'Princesa Carlota de Hasburgo'
Autor: Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1580 - Chateau de Laeken, Belgica
PREMIO DEL PUBLICO: Lissette Aguirre Espinoza (Monterrey, NL) - 'Nina Afgana'
Autor: Steve McCurry, 1985 - Coleccion Particular
PREMIO MADONNARI: Eduardo Bustos (Monterrey, NL) - 'Su Mejor Amigo'
Autor: Emilie Muner, 1840 - Coleccion Particular
PREMIO ALAINZA FRANCESA: Rafael Flores Ramirez y Mercedes Lizette Segoviano Vazquez (San Nicolas de los Garza) - 'Adios America'
Autor: Roy Lichtenstein, 1964 - Museo de Arte de Hamburgo, Alemania
PREMIO INSTITUTO DE LA JUVENTAD: Raul Rincon Gallardo Domenzain (Monterrey, NL) - 'El Beso Robado'
Autor: Jean Honore Fragonard, 1780 - Museo Hermitage, San Peterburgo, Rusia
Felicitaciones a todos los ganadores del Tema Libre!...Congratulations to the Free Theme Category Winners!
Last weekend marked the 3rd Annual Elmira Street Painting Festival in Elmira, NY. The weather was hot and sunny, which was perfect for street painting. The fesival showcased a variety of street painters, from the kids section to the featured street painters. Live bands played a variety of music throughout both days of the festival, which was lots of fun too. Here are some photos of the festival!
Kids' Section
Thanks to Brandi Smith for all your help with the kids' program over the last month!
Adults' Section
Above: The artist who did this Mona Lisa street painting (original by Leonardo DaVinci) won 1st prize in the competition! Beautiful work!
Exhibition Pieces
Above: Elmira artist Ron Dixon working on his "Creation of Adam" street painting (original by Michelangelo).
Above: Another artist from Elmira made this fun maze out of chalk for people to walk on and explore.
Above: Invited artist Anthony Cappetto, NYC, poses on his 3D "Geyser" street painting.
Congratulations to all of the artists for their hard work at the 3rd Annual Elmira Street Painting Festival! Its great to see the community coming togther in a celebration of art, creativity, and entertainment.
Hello Everyone!
Streetpainting.tv will be streaming the first 'live' video broadcast at Festival Bella Via in Monterrey, Mexico from October 9th through 11th, 2009! Stay tuned for the lineup of coverage including interviews with the festival director and key staff members, exhibition artists from the U.S., Italy and Mexico, and competition contestants!
Live broadcasting allows Festival Bella Via to come to you!!
Some participants and FBV staff from 2007.
Blog Now on streetpainting.tv encourages our readers to embed and share our 'streetpaintingtv2' video screen for seeing Festival Bella Via LIVE with streetpainting.tv!
Rod Tryon created this street painting, 'Variation of Danseuse assise' at Artisphere 2009 in South Carolina this past weekend. The image is based on Edgar Degas' Danseuse assise or Seated Dancer. Degas' eyesight was worsening as he aged, so he used bright colors in his ballet themed paintings during this period. Rod used the same bright colors in this street painting, which was visible from the Reedy bridge, and caught a lot of people's attention.
To make this street painting Rod's own variation, he added a frame around the piece and has the dancer holding on to the frame as if she may step out of it. The shading around the frame gives it additional dimension. This 10' x 12' street painting took about 20 hours to complete or two and a half days. Chalk pastel on concrete sidewalk. Following is a series of photos of the creation process of 'Variation of Danseuse assise' street painting by Rod Tryon.
Rod starts by sketching his image from a print of the Degas painting. Then he applies color, starting on the dancer's face at the top of the street painting.
Rod working on the dancer's arm.
Working his way down the street painting.
Rod uses a lot of different colors and a lot of texture to get the look he wants.
Blending chalk at the base of the piece. Thousands of people stopped by over the three days of the festival to watch the artist in action and take pictures of the artwork.
Rod working on the frame around the dancer.
Rod Tryon and his beautiful 'Variation of Danseuse assise' street painting. The public loved his street painting with it's many bright colors, layered textures and the addition of the dimensional frame.
Michael Macaulay created this street painting called 'Raphael's Angels' for the Artisphere 2009 Arts Festival in Greenville, SC this past weekend. The angels are well known on prints, posters, and other popular merchandise, but what is not well known is the fact that these cherubs are a small portion of a larger painting by Raphael Sanzio called the Sistine Madonna.
Mike decided to add his own touch to this famous image by drawing the figures in an oval frame, giving the artwork a sense of depth. Here are some process photos of Mike's 10' x 12' street painting, which two and a half days of work, about 21 hours to complete. Chalk pastel on concrete sidewalk.
Mike sketches his street painting on the concrete using a reference photo.
Working on getting the two figures started.
Filling in color on the hand of one of the cherubs.
Close-up of the right cherub's face.
Adding color to a hand.
Mike touches up some details on the oval frame.
Thousands of people came by over the three days of the festival to congratulate Mike on his street painting, to admire the work, and to take pictures. 'Raphael's Angels' was definitely a crowd pleaser with childern and adults alike!
We just returned from a trip to Artisphere 2009, a 3 day arts weekend event in Greenville, SC. The weekend started with the Opening Night Gala Party, which we attended with street painting artists Rod Tryon and Mike Macaulay. Here we all are at the Gala.
Left to right: Mike Macaulay, Wendy Stum, Anthony Cappetto, and Rod Tryon.
Left to right: Rod Tryon, Alan Ethridge of the Metropolitan Arts Council in Greenville, Mike Macaulay and Anthony Cappetto.
The following day started slowly for Rod and Mike due to a heavy downpour, but once the rain let up and the pavement dried, the guys got to work for the next two and a half days. Here are some photos of their street paintings.
Mike Macaulay working on his 'Raphael's Angels' street painting, based on a detail of the original painting 'The Sistine Madonna' by Raphael Sanzio.
Mike Macaulay's 'Raphael's Angels' street painting.
Rod Tryon working on his street painting 'Variation of Danseuse Assise', original painting by Edgar Degas.
Rod Tryon's 'Variation on Danseuse Assise', a Degas inspired street painting.
The public loved the two street paintings, the live performance aspect of watching the artists work and the finished work itself. Thousands of people came by over the three days of Artisphere to see the street paintings and the two words most widely used to describe the art were 'Amazing' and 'Awesome'!
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