red dobie love....

this piece was created for the same fundraiser - recognizing the need for shelter for animals.
i love my red dobie, dempsey.  i feel doberman's should be represented too.

for a worthy cause....

this cat's name is cupcake.  she is going out today for a special fundraiser - animal rescue.

i painted her these colors because i think she sees herself as these vibrant color - at least on the inside.

fodder art challenge....

on facebook, i have a fan page called lisa bebi art.  it is from my studio.
the studio has placed a challenge call out for anyone to make ATCs from fodder from lisa bebi studio  (LBS).  the ATC or ATCs must be submitted by either  jpeg or snail mail by the deadline date. The ATCs will be judged and a winner selected.
 the prize is a lovely lisa bebi original painting. (see previous posts for the prize).  The winner will be posted on the lisa bebi fanpage site.

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so i have been getting some great art in the mail.  this one was so special because it is not only a clever and great minature work of art,  but also it gave me goosebumps as well as slayed me through the heart because..... there was a note floating inside that read "i love you".   i am a true sucker for those three words.

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so this piece is a beautiful pendant created out of old watercolor papers by colleague Jill K. Berry.  jill's is mostly famous for her fabulous calligraphy art.  if you don't know her work, you might try goggling her.  but also stay tuned because she is about to release another great book.

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fodder challenge details, to do list:
1.  get studio fodder from lisa bebi studio (LBS) by requesting it no later than apri 15 (sorry too late) but you can still do it by going to the lisa bebi art facebook fanpage and looking up the word fodder in the photo section. it has details of the challenge and also a couple of fodder collage sheets for you to download and use. 
2.  submit it (make sure your name is on it) by either jpeg to lisabebiart@aol.com or snail mail to lisa bebi studio 8030 la mesa blvd. suite 259, la mesa, CA  91942, not later than MAY 15 PST midnight.
3. check the LBS fanpage two days later (may 17 PST midnight) for the winner announcement.

good luck.

any questions?

last of the (cheap) Lisa Bebi basic painting workshops at Michaels, Poway, CA on Sunday...

Michaels is continuing with my basic workshops, but the price will more than double.  It will be $95.

With $95, you get:

a kit of 4 large acrylic paints (artist quality), 2 canvas boards, palette knife, 2 brushes and my 2 hour workshop in one of three san diego locations.
(clairemont mesa, poway and midway drive in sports arena area).

BUT this Sunday only, the price is ONLY $45  which includes all of the above.  A FANTASTIC DEAL. 
(there are only 5 seats left, last i heard)

what:  Lisa Bebi Basics Workshop: landscapes
where:  Michaels Stores, Poway, CA (San Diego north county),
when:  Sunday, May 25, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
how:  call:  (858) 748-0798 for your seat.

Paris workshop......

sneak peek ....Paris, France workshop december 29, 30 and 31, 2010!!!!


Renee Richetts, Lisa Bebi and Pam Carriker together doing a 3 day workshop in Paris - in the Sacred Heart section of Paris

(where is the Sacred Heart part of Paris: think of artists oil painting on the hillside streets of Paris and just steps from the Moulon Rouge).

Photoed here is our studio in Paris - in addition to this pic, there is another room, an artist studio with a large glass ceiling.
can't wait.  we decided to go after christmas because its cheaper for fares.   Paris is lovely around xmas time, the Effiel tower is breathtaking with holiday lights (get your new years eve tix NOW for the Effiel tower party) and also the huge paris-wide sales start just the following week!

a trip of a lifetime: three days with the three of us is just $450.00.  also we will be available to walk around the town during the rest of the week.
renee and my husband, gastone, are great chefs and will be preparing your meals while taking classes.  They also both speak fluent french and will guide us through the streets of paris, flea markets, art galleries, shopping and eating and drinking.
get your passports ready, your cashmere coats and mittens and a cute little wool hat -you might want to wait to buy those handsome boots in Paris.  as a token reminder of your trip.  so come on -  we have Paris to do!

about the workshops:  all materials and supplies are provided by the instructors - you will not have to lug them to europe.   that, right there, makes it easy to come, my opinion.
email re4nee for details - she will help you with info on getting there and staying longer, etc.
rrichetts@cox.net
there are small studios that rent for cheap in our area.
because it is school break, i will be bringing my 16 year old daughter - Pam is bringing her son(s).  its a wonderful experience for them too.

monoprint workshop, saturday april 24

with renee richetts (my Paris, France workshop partner)  at escondido arts parternship, 262 east grand ave. escondido, ca 92025
noon - 3 p.m.


(760)  480-4101
or buy your tix online www.escondidoarts.org

see you don't have to travel all teh way to PARIS to get a workshop with us.  see you there.

patron saints project...

i was fortunate to be involved in  large collaboration with 12 other great artists.  the patron saint project.  we each chose a saint and made a shrine or house for that saint - then we sent these shrines into a large round robin.

  we each created a saint a month for 13 months placing the saint of the month into whose ever shrine we had t that time.  the shrine rotated in the group in a large circle moving once a month.
this is my st. kevin which was lisa guerin's chosen saint.  i don't remember whose shrine he went in.
i hope this makes sense.
anyway, we were free to interpret that saint by his or her attributes and paint or collage whatever way we saw fit.
i loved the project.  i am proud to have participated in it.  i hope to one day show you everything we did.

advanced issue of somerset studio - this just in....

i love this new issue.  i enjoyed drawing suing my left hand - i had taken a workshop from theo ellsworth at artfest in 2008.  this is it.  fun fun - also in the magazine is an article by my friend and colleague, artist  renee richetts on her "SPAM - altars and reliquaries"

at the Currant last night

 

Last night at the Currant restaurant downtown, the artist reception.  

Laura Riker is with me.  She is my lovely new apprentice and assistant.  Above is my newly installed piece called "Ringling Field Trip" - which is a relative of "ringling road trip" that sold last month.

“Ringling Field Trip”-- 60” x 48” acrylic and paper on canvas, $2,800.
 
This is a painting taken for a small snapshot of my mom and her two brothers enjoying the sights in San Diego while riding around in a convertible in 1950.   They are all gone now - but not really.  They carry on riding that convertible in the sky enjoying the sights still.  The painting had a comedic feel so i felt compelled to make them a circus family having an outing. 

I love to create from small family snapshots and transform them into a large sized story.  Usually the images within the paintings are at odds with one another or at a strange or unexpected juxtapose.  This is my humor.

meet "Jack" tomorrow night..and the new bigass painting

Artist Reception:

Wednesday, 

April 14

Currant 

American Brasserie 

from 

6:00 to 

8:30

Broadway 

and Front Strt.s, 

downtown 

San Diego

"danny's look" -sold

to a very good collector.  i am honored.

varsity swim retreat...

in the mountains.  the girls varsity swim team spent last weekend in the cuyamaca mountains east of san diego, bounding.

i think it was a very good thing.
anyway, i saw this pic of my rosie and wanted to share it with you.  i think she was beginning a hike.  or starting a fire....
OK only kidding - not a funny joke in southern california.

this pic makes me want to ride a horse up that hill.

studio fodder challenge

this is studio fodder.
just stuff from my studio that i don't really want to throw out.
i placed some on my scanner and this is what you see.

if you would like to take part in the challenge to win a bebi original (see previous post 4/10) simple email me your address so that i can mail you the fodder OR you may copy these images of fodder and simply create an ATC piece for it.  your entry image is due 5/16/10 midnight PST by either jpeg to lisabebiart@aol.com or snail mail:  bebi studio 8030 la mesa blvd., 259, la mesa, ca 91942
good luck.

beginner painters.....

learn to paint this landscape using acrylics tomorrow evening 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. at michaels midway dr.
san diego  call for your reserved seat, (619) 858-0260. 

you will receive 4 or 5 large tubes of acrylic paint, 2 paint brushes, 2 canvas boards, a palette knife and 2 hour of my instruction for only $45.  that's the best deal in town.

and at the end of class you too will have a nice landscape painting just like this.

check out my sidebar for other workshops in other michael's locations if this one is not convenient.

win this painting......

if that link doesn't work, it's because you hae to login to facebook first (it's free).

http://www.facebook.com/pages/lisa-bebi-art/109190435779190?ref=ts   i am hosting a challenge on my facebook fanpage. the rules are - email me your mailing address by 4/16/10 midnight PST and i will mail you bebi studio fodder (definition of fodder is on my fanpage) 5/16/10 by midnight jpeg or mail me your entry - it's all free!
5/18/10 midnight, a winner will be announced.
the winner gets this lovely 12" x 9" painting on stretched canvas - it is my kick-off challenge - i opened my fan page earlier this week and have had a tremendous response. i am very grateful.

BTW, you must EMAIL me your address (don't leave it on my facebook wall or anywhere else). lisabebiart@aol.com

facebook is free to join - sign up then just ask to be my friend (lisa bebi); that's my personal account - once you are my "friend",  then you can retrieve my fanpage (lisa bebi art) and join it as well.   i have extensive art work and workshop instructions on my personal facebook account that you can see -just  look in my albums.

Exhibiting at my gallery space.......Cheryl Tall's paintings; a debut

"Cheryl Tall: New Work"
Escondido Municipal Gallery
Lisa Bebi Studio
262 E. Grand Avenue
Escondido, CA
760-480-4101

Dates: April 7- May 7, 2010

Reception: Sat., April 10, 2010, 5:30-8:00 pm

in conjunction with "Dreamability" exhibition and 2nd Saturday gallery walk.

lisa:  i am honored to have cheryl tall's paintings debut in my gallery space.  she is an exceptional artist/sculptress who has found her love of painting once again after a 20 year hiatus.

Cheryl Tall began her art career as a painter, and then worked with clay for twenty years so that she could create her large iconic figurative sculptures. When she took a class with Lisa Bebi two years ago, it reawakened her painting desires. She began to make one painting a month, using Lisa's technique as well as others. This exhibition, "Cheryl Tall: New Work" shows several exciting paintings from this series, and also some of Tall's signature ceramic sculptures.

Cheryl Tall Art Studio
1114 N. Coast Hwy 101, Ste. 2
Leucadia, CA 92024
760-479-0399
www.cheryltall.com

robot art half price on etsy

http://www.etsy.com/shop/pimpmyart
these are 8" x 10" stretched canvas - i have 4 more on etsy -
about $35.00 each - a steal 








usually my works sells for $100. each

workshops - encaustic

remember this piece from somerset studio, winter 2007?

well, whether you remember it or not, i will be teaching a series of encaustic workshops here locally for the beginner - beeswax and encaustic medium painting,
 with watercolor tinting.

check my sidebar here for the encaustic workshop locally.

besides looking warm, organic and cool;  beeswax smells heavenly.

 also today i created a "fan page" on facebook.  if you are a member of the facebook community you can join for free.  ask to be my friend and theni will send you my fan page site.  on my fan page there will be challeneges, techniques explained and many other surprisingly pleasing things to learn about art.  also i have step by step photos on how to do things.  browse from my facebook page.

max, the party animal

from my house to












my collectors house today - in vancover, canada

beginner acrylic painting workshop - floral

2 hour workshop:

What:  learn to paint 9" x 12" floral (this floral) in acrylic.

When:  Wednesday, April 7;  11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Where:  Poway Michaels store
(858) 748-0798 call to sign up

12339 Poway Road,
Poway, CA


How:  call Michaels, sign up, cost $45
Includes:  palette knife, 2 brushes, 1 canvas board, several paints and me!




Floral class:   
Sunday, April 10 -  11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Midway Michaels, 2740 Midway Dr., San Diego (619) 858-0260
Wednesday, April 13  11 a.m. to 1 p.m.,  Clairemont Michaels, 3994 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.,
(619)  275-2920

in the upcoming.............

issue of SS magazine....swim meet today - gotta go.