Plein Air Morocco 2014 Nearly 30 paintings in 12 days … and still more to come from the easels of participants Zora Buchanan, Sook Chang, Jeff McRobbie and instructor, Sam Paonessa. Between rich instructional times back at the studios of Green Olive Arts and the brief on-site demonstrations, everyone could speak of improvement in technique and …
You’re invited to the Morocco PleinAir collective exhibition at the Green Olive Arts studio, featuring Canadian artists Sam Paonessa and Zora Buchannan, Korean artist Sook Chang, and American Artist Jeff McRobbie. Hours of Exhibition: April 15-17, 2014 6-9pm. Reception with the Artists: April 15th, 7-9pm Hope you can come! Here’s the link to a larger …
Special thanks to Serenity Stitchworks today for the following guest post on the history of travel posters. Morocco has long been a favorite travel destination, as evidenced by the abundance of vintage travel posters that were created. Visit our Green Olive Arts Moroccan Travel Posters board on Pinterest to see some of our favorite travel …
Revolver Maps gives us a picture from outer space of who’s looking at Green Olive Arts right now. Can you see yourself? Thanks, Revolver Maps!
Green Olive Arts by the Numbers since opening in March 2013 … As we come close to completing our first year as an art residency, we are not inclined to describe Green Olive Arts by mere statistics … but a few people have asked us specific questions, and we have found the numbers to be …
So, on my last day in Tetouan as an Artist in Residence at Green Olive Arts, this seems like the perfect opportunity for reflection on what I have achieved over the past four weeks. In that time I’ve: written 35,000 words towards my novel; written 12 blog posts; given four presentations – two to the …
Traveling with painting equipment is always a challenge … … and Lori McNee has been there and back! She not only offers some great travel advice on taking your supplies abroad but also happily gave us permission to re-post this article from her Fine Art Tips blog. Thanks Lori! We have been planning this trip …
Plein air painter (and guest contributor), Sam Paonessa, on painting en plein air in the polar vortex and dreaming of sunny Morocco January 6, 2014 Recent plein air outing and inspiration in the Polar Vortex – (3 Snow landscapes) The winter brings extreme cold weather but along with it an extreme make over! A season …
Today, not tomorrow. We’ve all got dreams. But they all too often exist in the category of “someday”. Someday I’ll travel. Someday I’ll write that book, or finish that song, or start that new series of paintings…someday. The problem with a “someday” mentality is that it never serves the realization of our dreams. You …
… Tetouani, Painter, Musician Youssef el Hadad is one of Tetouan’s gems in the arts. An instructor at the Institute of Fine Arts, Youssef also plays jazz and fusion Ganawa music. His recent exhibition at the Mekki Maghara Gallery in downtown Tetouan is titled Transpositions of Color, a thoughtful interweaving of his talents in painting …