Sunday, May 22, 2011
Payton
This is my latest painting and the hardest so far. Payton is my wonderful old chocolate lab that I adore. Here he is enjoying our dock in Maine. I took this photo 2 years ago so I had to gray him up a lot more. Pets are tough to capture because you know their little personality nuances. This came close.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Lily of Bear Lake
This is a painting for my husband from a photo I took at his favorite little lake in Ohio. He has a lot of fond memories of he and his Dad fishing here. The little lake is pure inspiration for painters....it's really what started my renewed attempt at conquering fine art painting. A big leap from my big old scenic art sets and murals!
Dinghy on a beach
This is one of my new paintings also, using a piece of sanded masonite with acrylic. Trying to get a new look with light and black and white and one third color which on this is the distressed red on the boat. Clouds have always been a problem for me but I'm fairly happy with these.
My latest painting...
As a Scenic Artist I am used to working large....so I've been pushing myself to work on smaller pieces. This is a lot more challenging than I thought but I think I'm learning to see things smaller....I hope. This is one of my latest of a picture I took of the Owls Head lighthouse in Owls Head Maine near where I live. The medium is acrylic on a piece of sanded masonite.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Welcome to Sea Rose Scenic!
I hope you enjoy this site and if you wish to ask any questions or make any comments you feel free to do so. Meanwhile I would like to share some of my background with you.
I have been around the arts since as far back as I can remember. I grew up outside of Worcester, MA surrounded by art. My grandfather was a professional sign painter back in the 30's and 40's when that meant climbing tall city buildings to paint their advertisements on the walls for the world to see. He was also a sculptor and an inventor and I remember his workshop as
a scene out of Harry Potter. My grandmother was also a gifted fine artist but back then wasn't given the recognition she deserved. Her oils were beautiful. Seeming to skip a
generation, my sisters and I seem to have inherited their love and gift of the Arts.
I attended the University of Maine majoring in Fine Art. I fell in love with pen and ink and 3D art back then. As the years passed and I moved to Cincinnati, Ohio I got involved with
a lot of community theater and really discovered myself. After several years designing and painting and dressing community shows and doing smaller free lance jobs in the area, I was able to secure a fabulous job as a scenic artisit at the regional theater of The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. This is a Tony Award winning theater that gave me access to many gifted and talented artisits that I was able to learn techniques and skills from and develop my own style. I was responsible for painting backdrops, scenic floors, sculpting and faux painting props and scenery, extensive use of styrofoam carving, built and painted puppets, and mixed paints and solvents for spraying . It was here that I honed my scenic painting skills and I stayed there for many years.
Given an opportunity to teach scenic art and technical theater arts to high school students, I accepted the challenge and went to work for the last 13 years doing that. I have with the help of two very talented friends, help develop a more comprehensive theater program for the Lakota School district at the high school level. I also still free lance doing everything from faux finishes on interior walls, large mural paintings on barn walls and other exterior and interior spaces, build large garden arbohs of Maine driftwood, and sculpt from styrofoam. Having spent so many years in theater backstage I also faux finish most anything, including tables, chairs or any item one might wish to have onstage or in their home.
In the last 20 years I have designed and scenic painted over 50 productions. My newest design will be this spring at Lakota West High School for the production of "Sweeney Todd". I recently painted a large mural for the "Lynn Historical Museum" in Lynn MA. and sculpted and painted a cave of rock large enough to walk through for the same museum. Through the Playhouse I assisted The Masonic Lodge restore backdrops, painted large mice for the Cincinnati Ballets production of "A Nutcracker",built a faux stone wall for the "Parks and Recreation" dept., and helped restore backgrounds for exhibits at the Cincinnati Zoo.
I am very grateful to have had all the experiences I have in the arts and hope I can continue to do what I love most for a very long time. If you think you would like to have any work done or would like a quote on a potential job I would very much like to hear from you. Please enjoy this site.
Sincerely,
Cynthia C. Gregory
I have been around the arts since as far back as I can remember. I grew up outside of Worcester, MA surrounded by art. My grandfather was a professional sign painter back in the 30's and 40's when that meant climbing tall city buildings to paint their advertisements on the walls for the world to see. He was also a sculptor and an inventor and I remember his workshop as
a scene out of Harry Potter. My grandmother was also a gifted fine artist but back then wasn't given the recognition she deserved. Her oils were beautiful. Seeming to skip a
generation, my sisters and I seem to have inherited their love and gift of the Arts.
I attended the University of Maine majoring in Fine Art. I fell in love with pen and ink and 3D art back then. As the years passed and I moved to Cincinnati, Ohio I got involved with
a lot of community theater and really discovered myself. After several years designing and painting and dressing community shows and doing smaller free lance jobs in the area, I was able to secure a fabulous job as a scenic artisit at the regional theater of The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. This is a Tony Award winning theater that gave me access to many gifted and talented artisits that I was able to learn techniques and skills from and develop my own style. I was responsible for painting backdrops, scenic floors, sculpting and faux painting props and scenery, extensive use of styrofoam carving, built and painted puppets, and mixed paints and solvents for spraying . It was here that I honed my scenic painting skills and I stayed there for many years.
Given an opportunity to teach scenic art and technical theater arts to high school students, I accepted the challenge and went to work for the last 13 years doing that. I have with the help of two very talented friends, help develop a more comprehensive theater program for the Lakota School district at the high school level. I also still free lance doing everything from faux finishes on interior walls, large mural paintings on barn walls and other exterior and interior spaces, build large garden arbohs of Maine driftwood, and sculpt from styrofoam. Having spent so many years in theater backstage I also faux finish most anything, including tables, chairs or any item one might wish to have onstage or in their home.
In the last 20 years I have designed and scenic painted over 50 productions. My newest design will be this spring at Lakota West High School for the production of "Sweeney Todd". I recently painted a large mural for the "Lynn Historical Museum" in Lynn MA. and sculpted and painted a cave of rock large enough to walk through for the same museum. Through the Playhouse I assisted The Masonic Lodge restore backdrops, painted large mice for the Cincinnati Ballets production of "A Nutcracker",built a faux stone wall for the "Parks and Recreation" dept., and helped restore backgrounds for exhibits at the Cincinnati Zoo.
I am very grateful to have had all the experiences I have in the arts and hope I can continue to do what I love most for a very long time. If you think you would like to have any work done or would like a quote on a potential job I would very much like to hear from you. Please enjoy this site.
Sincerely,
Cynthia C. Gregory
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