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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358570171617196878.post-6572206620958707962010-02-07T16:44:00.001-05:002010-06-27T13:28:09.856-04:00Announcing:<span style="font-size: x-large;">Deb Massa - Saint & Sinner</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Solo Exhibition</span><br />
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<em>Show Dates:</em> <strong>September 3 - 25, 2010</strong><br />
<em>Reception with the Artist: </em>Friday, September 3, 6-9 pm <br />
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<strong>Village Studios and Gallery</strong><br />
1278 Pendleton Street,<br />
Greenville SC 29611<br />
864.295.9278<br />
<a href="http://villageartstudios.com/">http://villageartstudios.com/</a><br />
<a href="http://village-gallery.blogspot.com/">http://village-gallery.blogspot.com/</a> <br />
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<em>Locality:</em><br />
Pendleton Street Arts District <br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358570171617196878.post-13948587153365457522010-01-06T13:17:00.000-05:002010-01-06T13:17:42.661-05:00Face du Jour 2<div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When visitors wander the studio they tend to be drawn to my paintings of large faces. When creating these works I lay down fresh marks into just made marks, creating marbled blends of color. Often I add words, either obviously or subliminally. I'd like to think these features are what draw attention but-The head alone has an iconic almost postage stamp or money-like authority that commands attention. <br />
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::Deb Massa::Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358570171617196878.post-3023779666514334972010-01-05T11:33:00.000-05:002010-01-05T11:35:23.035-05:00Good Riddance Valentine<div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Winds of the north, south, east and west,<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Let her heart be open and free<br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">And carry them away from me.<br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358570171617196878.post-67275249485565597922009-12-31T12:29:00.000-05:002009-12-31T12:29:21.822-05:00Wondrous Lie Valentine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuf9Ob9Ht9F2r8QB6NvyU8ufdX4MX9dp2Zms9dWZSaJm7XUqBJtaDFQC72ggHHviN2XqgZ5b-xrzNa8Ucc-atLzxPEiAfkFdj0xl4CiE9_k0N5WAoJ8xb2zTBuCp5YYNuXgmKl7A5tH78/s1600-h/IMG_5473.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuf9Ob9Ht9F2r8QB6NvyU8ufdX4MX9dp2Zms9dWZSaJm7XUqBJtaDFQC72ggHHviN2XqgZ5b-xrzNa8Ucc-atLzxPEiAfkFdj0xl4CiE9_k0N5WAoJ8xb2zTBuCp5YYNuXgmKl7A5tH78/s320/IMG_5473.gif" /></a><br />
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</div><div align="left">Valentine's Day 2010...step away from the chocolate, lingerie and cute, stuffed things.<br />
</div><div align="left">Available for sale at: <a href="http://studiointhesouth.etsy.com/">studiointhesouth.etsy.com</a><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358570171617196878.post-23882004987467052092009-12-20T17:06:00.000-05:002009-12-31T12:13:19.536-05:00My Art and the Urvashi Vaid Connection<div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">April 25, 1993, during the March on Washington, Urvashi Vaid ended her speech by saying,<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">"We stand for freedom as we have yet to know it, and we will not be denied."<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Those words still give me chills. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">In 2007 I created a series of paintings titled "American Freedoms Diet" all inspired by the impression her speech had on me. I called Urv last year after she saw one of the pieces and emailed me. We spoke for over an hour about many things.<br />
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- Deb Massa<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This piece took more than a year to complete. Moving from one stage to the next is rarely a fun process for me… Challenging myself to break through my self-imposed barriers; forcing me not to be paralyzed by the ostentatious idea of legitimate fine art, the myths of success and failure, talent and skill and just plain not being good enough. It’s about finally throwing off my shackles and reclaiming what I so often forget: our essential right and innate ability to create without interference or shame.<br />
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Give me a sign<br />
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Show me where to look<br />
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Tell me what will I find<br />
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Lay me on the ground<br />
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Fly me in the sky<br />
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Oh, heaven let your light shine down<br />
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Love is in the water<br />
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Love is in the air<br />
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This painting is comprised of acrylic mediums and metallic surfacers. Even though Metallic Surfacers look and apply just like acrylic paint, they are very different in that they contain real metal not pigment or the mica flakes commonly used in other “metallic paints”. Rather, they are an ingenious blend of finely ground metal flakes (copper, bronze, iron, steel, aluminum) in an acrylic binder that creates the look and durability of a true metal surface. Once a surface is coated with an Iron Metallic Surfacer for example, a magnet will stick to the “painted” surface. <br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358570171617196878.post-23238429547039504952009-12-15T14:16:00.000-05:002009-12-31T12:14:05.564-05:00Valentine for a Fool<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxpQhVndk1hqxUeyklxy2_gFRf3d40Q1DwgVNWQlaWYly_60SovAtX4UZpEtULSoIxU713w6L1V0qLFbWEqhI_qtcTqW2zrcMPMUcyIFBiLsFE6RZG7QpTuLCQUqCQYCGMF_uI_SRGX1Q/s1600-h/red+valentine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxpQhVndk1hqxUeyklxy2_gFRf3d40Q1DwgVNWQlaWYly_60SovAtX4UZpEtULSoIxU713w6L1V0qLFbWEqhI_qtcTqW2zrcMPMUcyIFBiLsFE6RZG7QpTuLCQUqCQYCGMF_uI_SRGX1Q/s320/red+valentine.jpg" /></a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"Aren't we all fools for love at one time or another." -Deb Massa<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Each “Valentine” is an open-ended exploration, undertaken with a blend of spontaneity and careful analysis. It is my hope that in the end, the valentine has a certain clarity and integrity that invokes contemplation. Every piece in this series is created by first taking a stretched canvas and flipping it over-I like to refer to this as “exposing the under belly of the art world”. Then a light molding paste is applied. Next paint, liquid metals and found objects are added. Gouging, scraping and the use of solvents are all important to my process. <br />
</div>This painting is comprised of acrylic mediums and metallic surfacers. Even though Metallic Surfacers look and apply just like acrylic paint, they are very different in that they contain real metal not pigment or the mica flakes commonly used in other “metallic paints”. Rather, they are an ingenious blend of finely ground metal flakes (copper, bronze, iron, steel, aluminum) in an acrylic binder that creates the look and durability of a true metal surface. Once a surface is coated with an Iron Metallic Surfacer for example, a magnet will stick to the “painted” surface. <br />
-deb massa<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">To purchase visit:</span> <a href="http://studiointhesouth.etsy.com/">studiointhesouth.etsy.com</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358570171617196878.post-8032131065841783002009-12-15T13:41:00.000-05:002009-12-31T12:14:30.806-05:00Study of a Face<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOB2lQm6cyqllf-x_77nvLl3kRRGBEhAyG4mQEFLwz9z-YmHWebhEEur8ZamQZv4kNMQlrWCb7ztSBoftMsx8SWOdBAFC3CpFK_qCnNSuZLMRhrVxnI19-vCQgYmzYipi4O1lrMdnRXng/s1600-h/face+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOB2lQm6cyqllf-x_77nvLl3kRRGBEhAyG4mQEFLwz9z-YmHWebhEEur8ZamQZv4kNMQlrWCb7ztSBoftMsx8SWOdBAFC3CpFK_qCnNSuZLMRhrVxnI19-vCQgYmzYipi4O1lrMdnRXng/s320/face+1.jpg" /></a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is one face in a current series of expressionist portraits by Deb Massa.<br />
</div>"In the same way that an actor becomes immersed in a character in a play, I am absorbed by the painting. I summon up furious energy during the painting’s execution, moving noisily around the room, standing back and then rushing up, and like darts or writing on a blackboard, I fairly brutally try the next throw or cancel the previous one."<br />
- deb massa<br />
24"x30"<br />
mixed media on linen<br />
SOLD 12/09/2009Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358570171617196878.post-40265491432241815982009-12-14T15:10:00.000-05:002009-12-31T12:14:49.997-05:00Bliss<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tNZ6BrtfMySAvAYchcgqA9mBcWOR887-ooYGwKJFZVgD-JM3PzPRfQGkfwP3XL7tj1nlRSYdvP3QJeORH6vMozeMTkAp5dh7TaiGDjx-L5ciJezBzaR1tPlfGHdry_rdWV5qAx2Ggqg/s1600-h/valentine+19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rs="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tNZ6BrtfMySAvAYchcgqA9mBcWOR887-ooYGwKJFZVgD-JM3PzPRfQGkfwP3XL7tj1nlRSYdvP3QJeORH6vMozeMTkAp5dh7TaiGDjx-L5ciJezBzaR1tPlfGHdry_rdWV5qAx2Ggqg/s320/valentine+19.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Valentine Series began in 2007. Each “Valentine” is an open-ended exploration, undertaken with a blend of spontaneity and careful analysis. It is my hope that in the end, the valentine has a certain clarity and integrity that invokes contemplation. Every piece in this series is created by first taking a stretched canvas and flipping it over-I like to refer to this as “exposing the under belly of the art world”. Then a light molding paste is applied. Next paint, liquid metals and found objects are added. Gouging, scraping and the use of solvents are all important to my process. <br />
</div>This painting is comprised of acrylic mediums and metallic surfacers. Even though Metallic Surfacers look and apply just like acrylic paint, they are very different in that they contain real metal not pigment or the mica flakes commonly used in other “metallic paints”. Rather, they are an ingenious blend of finely ground metal flakes (copper, bronze, iron, steel, aluminum) in an acrylic binder that creates the look and durability of a true metal surface. Once a surface is coated with an Iron Metallic Surfacer for example, a magnet will stick to the “painted” surface. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-deb massa<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Available for sale at:</span> <a href="http://studiointhesouth.etsy.com/">studiointhesouth.etsy.com</a><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358570171617196878.post-91295476274421998052009-12-12T14:19:00.000-05:002009-12-12T15:04:40.969-05:00Shrine of Our Lady Of Gleaners<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOp3TGVzltaOizlZ3Vo_T8z6qIzhhGqtt97zxQyTzJBppsIofk8aCGDoWzwlvarOztjboDPTCjjUo6jCAbaoAvbJC8Pea95kVE3XQpxMtsBrE4Y4v5ntZShvkX3pocfgtoKS1kS44Pd54/s1600-h/shrine+etsy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOp3TGVzltaOizlZ3Vo_T8z6qIzhhGqtt97zxQyTzJBppsIofk8aCGDoWzwlvarOztjboDPTCjjUo6jCAbaoAvbJC8Pea95kVE3XQpxMtsBrE4Y4v5ntZShvkX3pocfgtoKS1kS44Pd54/s320/shrine+etsy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414432346653778306" border="0" /></a>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --></style><p class="MsoNormal">Artist Statement:</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I am an Artist, but, I always wanted to be a Philanthropist. The works created for theARTScenter ReVisions exhibit has given me the opportunity to be both simultaneously. ReVisions fill the need to get people thinking and evoke action to transform the world into a better more beautiful place-Deb Massa
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">salvaged and found objects including: baking pan, metal toolbox lid; nails; water faucet handles; pipes; belt buckle; grill; speedometer; wood table legs; paper label; candleholder; rake; wooden alphabet block; and liquid metals.</p>
<br />Available for sale at: studiointhesouth.etsy.com
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358570171617196878.post-71696833541513743542009-11-23T17:06:00.000-05:002010-01-17T17:24:32.762-05:00In the spirit of Vinnie's Dream<div align="left"><br />
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</div>My HOME STUDIO located in Greenville, South Carolina’s Historic North Main Neighborhood<br />
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I was initially drawn to the relatively large and affordable studio/living space, with a wood burning fireplace and easy access to Downtown Greenville and the surrounding Upstate area in January, 2009.<br />
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Currently I am offering residential and work space to Artists. Accommodations include a private room, private studio, private 1/4 bath, plus shared kitchen and shower/bath facilities, fenced yard, and parking.<br />
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Artists (painter, sculptor, dancer, choreographer, musician, composer, actor, director, producer, potter, jeweler, designer, calligrapher, woodworker, weaver, filmmaker, photographer, writer, poet and a variety of other exciting disciplines) who are in search of a stable and affordable home studio environment or an Artist's Retreat, may Email me at: <a href="mailto:studiointhesouth@gmail.com">studiointhesouth@gmail.com</a> .<br />
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Applicants must: demonstrate a serious commitment to their creative work; be clean; non-smoker.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358570171617196878.post-43923167207496763222009-10-19T12:00:00.000-04:002009-10-19T12:34:24.546-04:00Greenville is one of "The 100 Best Art Towns in America"<img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394349398738582386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHBeejjZSPfne_p9HF6eKEHwspF7kI7k1vntC2dyVggHFciHkp0TO3C5SZgKW1ZjzPnQgiYUpPqn3MiRwFgC9FML77eDaVRMq2xD-Kj3pbgjsj3Q7ZVx-p1U4NtKHn7i6rYdzBtKM3EEw/s320/Art+Towns.jpg" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0