Lise

    Gender: Female
    Location: New York
    About Me: I am a singer & arranger for The Spirites Consort (which are Enchanted Folk members & listed in my friends). I am also a visual artist & I tend to make fantasy images, so I thought it was fitting for me to have my own site here. I work all of the time & I am a bit overwhelmed with trying to keep up with two occupations. I try to do my art in the morning and music in the afternoons. It doesn’t always work out especially when I have to be in the recording studio for long stretches or preparing for a gig or getting pieces ready & framed for an art show. I somehow keep my sanity by making art in the same "genres" as my music.
    Music: I tend to be drawn mostly to acoustic music (music that doesn’t always need electricity to be heard). I perform in a variety of styles: Renaissance, Medieval, Celtic, cross-over, classical, folk, new age and originals. I play guitar in our band. I also play a little recorder, Celtic harp & cello too.
    Movies: Some favorites are: Amadeus, Impromptu, Romeo and Juliet (Zefferelli version), The Seventh Seal, The Marquise of O, Jane Eyre (2006 BBC version), The Gold Rush (Charlie Chaplin), Dersu Uzala, Kundun, The Weeping Camel, 400 Blows
    TV: BBC (or Masterpiece Theatre) "costume" dramas, PBS histories
    Books: Reading includes: biographies and histories, research, current events, art & music books and the classics (Shakespeare, Dickinson, Virginia Woolf, Dostoyevsky, Henry James, Tolstoy, Proust, Zola, etc)
    Hobbies: hiking & backpack camping, growing food
    Vices: too many unfinished projects

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    Another season

    Sunday, June 29, 2008, 03:12 PM [General]

    SPIRIT OF SUMMER

    Since I posted Spirit of Spring in a previous blog, I thought it would be appropriate to post Spirit of Summer too since we are in the thick of the season and past the solstice a bit.

    I hope to have some more of my recent works here soon. I'm not sure how other artists get images jpeg-ed, but I have been getting them professionally scanned if I think the images are worth the effort. We have fooled around with using a digital camera & it seems fine for pieces that are no wider than about 16 inches in either direction, but we can never get the lights balanced on bigger drawings & paintings so that there aren't hot spots (bleaching out) in the image. This one was scanned & the twin spades which has a kind of grey tinged background (not the best & certainly not accurate: you can find it in my gallery here on EF) was shot with a digital camera. Any advice on this, if you care to share, would be much appreciated!

    A LITTLE ABOUT ME

    I am a member of the Spirites Consort (who are also members at Enchanted Folk) & a visual artist. I thought it might be a nice idea to start my own site here to show-case more of my visual art.

    My website is: http://www.LiseWinne.com if you want to know a lot more about me than is on this site.

    Our band has a MYSPACE at http://www.myspace.com/thespiritesconsort

    I will list events that I am involved in here (both concerts & exhibits). I also have my work displayed in a number of on-going galleries & gift shops, but I will not mention them here (there are too many: but they are listed on my website). As for concerts, there will probably not be a lot of them as we are in the recording studio a lot trying to finish up 2 CD projects.

    YEAR 2008 CONCERTS & ART EXHIBITS
    please check back for constant updates!

    2/16/08: concert: The Dance Flurry Festvival, Saratoga Springs, NY. 11:30 AM 

    2/17/08- 3/24/08: exhibit: "A Gathering of Peers" Invitational Ceramics Exhibit, Fulton Street Gallery, Troy, NY

    3/26/08 - 4/19/08: exhibit: Small Works Exhibit (works 6" to 12"), Fulton Street Gallery, Troy, NY opening reception: March 26, 5 - 9 pm

    5/1/08 - 6/30/08: exhibit: "Featured Artist of the Month", Lower Adirondack Regional Art Center, 7 Lapham Street, Glens Falls, NY  opening reception: May 9, 5 - 7 pm

    5/9/08 - 6/15/08: exhibit: Members Show, Lower Adirondack Regional Art Center, 7 Lapham Street, Glens Falls, NY  opening reception: May 9, 5 - 7 pm

    8/3/08: concert: Kribstock, Luzerne, NY.  all day festival 

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    Absolutely beautiful! You asked about scanning/photographing artwork to make jpegs: I use a scanner for any images smaller than A4 (I'd like an A3 scanner but they are really expensive). Paintings larger than that can be scanned in two halves and the files fixed together in a photoediting program like Photoshop but sometimes my scanner makes one half darker than the other which is difficult. Also I photograph large works with a manual SLR then scan the resulting photos, or use my digital camera usually set to "macro" function (photograph between 6 and 100cms distance) but for all photography of paintings I use natural light outdoors on a clouded day so no bright sunlight glare and a UV lens filter (except my digital camera doesn't have UV filter so things come out a bit bluer than they should be)...:)

    Suzanne
    June 30, 2008
    02:39 AM CST

    Hi Lise,
    Thanks for the friendship. I'm glad you found
    me,too, because that also means I found you and I am enjoying your (The Spirites Consort) wonderful music right now! And your artwork is absolutely lovely, as well.
    Yes, I have created some interest with men having wings and I hope to do some more.

    Susan Schroder
    July 03, 2008
    03:55 PM CST

    Hi Lise,
    
Your work is very lovely. I enjoy it very much.


    Thanks so much for the kind compliments about my paintings. I really appreciate it.

    
I'm with Suzanne's suggestion. Since I paint pretty large because of all my details, it is too large to scan. So I also usually photograph in natural light outside with my digital camera on a cloudy day, or in the shade. If it comes out too blue, I adjust it with my programs.



    Keep up the great work!
    
Best wishes,

    Judy
    July 13, 2008
    07:34 AM CST

    NEW CD COVER DRAWING

    Thursday, June 12, 2008, 10:12 PM [General]

    NEW CD COVER

    This is the art work that I did for our newest CD cover. It is also my first attempt at more "traditional" Celtic knotting. It's still not terribly traditional (considering there are horses heads & the end of the horses' tails embedded in them).

    I probably should explain that the CD design is for our band, Saratoga Faire (not The Spirites Consort, the band that I am most known for in these parts). The weird thing is that 3 of the 4 members of Saratoga Faire also belong to The Spirites Consort. It's a complex story of how we formed 2 bands, but some of it had to do with going a bit more mainstream & issues about pigeon-holing & costumes, something that The Spirites Consort always has to deal with.

    Anyway, writing will be at the top half of the drawing. But, I just thought I'd show the piece as it is in its raw state.

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    Hey, you're coming along great with the Celtic! You know, I designed your wings so that the Celtic spirit within them would infuse with your own...

    ;^)

    Tommy
    June 13, 2008
    12:55 AM CST

    Beautiful cover!

    Caprice
    June 13, 2008
    08:26 AM CST

    New FINE ART PRINTS

    Wednesday, June 4, 2008, 01:04 PM [General]

    NEW FINE ART PRINTS (giclees)

    These are all horse prints, but I am posting because I was influenced by some celtic knotting in some of them (particularly around the birds' feet).

    I am posting Spring here (since we are in the midst of it).

    These are available through my website at http://www.LiseWinne.com. Lots of sizes are available and they can come matted or unmatted. I'll be adding prices at a later date, but I wanted to get the images published since the art was finished in 2007! I also sell some of these prints through galleries and an art center shop.

    Thank you for reading!

    BY THE WAY, THE PREVIOUS BLOG POST HAS THE WRONG DATE ON IT: IT WAS ACTUALLY POSTED SOME TIME IN MID-MAY (I edited it & in the process, it gave the current date).

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    a new piece of art work & recent updates

    Wednesday, June 4, 2008, 12:52 PM [General]

    NEW ART WORK

    Here is a piece that I finished a few days ago:

    It is called "Hummingbird Sanctuary" and is a mixed media piece. It is a very small piece, about 7" x 9". The window was actually inspired by Suzanne's Mystic Wood which I loved (and can be viewed here).  

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    Hi lise :) your new painting is beautiful, I love it! Thanks for your message :) Hugs xx

    Suzanne
    April 30, 2008
    08:24 AM CST

    Hi Lise, I love the hummingbirds surrounded by the intricate pattern! Good work!

    TimeofTheFaeries
    May 31, 2008
    02:35 AM CST

    good movies & a recent update

    Monday, April 14, 2008, 09:34 AM [General]

    WHAT I'VE BEEN UP TO RECENTLY

    I am working on several pieces which I hope to post here in a couple of weeks. I have been too busy with recording, visiting family, taxes & spring cleaning, so had to shelve my visual art until next week.

    But... in the meantime, for those of you who like good "historical" (or "costume") dramas, I recommend 2 movies I saw on DVD last week.

    One is Girl with a Pearl Earring which I may have to put on my "favorites" list of movies. It is a fictionalized account by novelist, Tracy Chevalier, of Vermeer's famous painting. The cinemotography & art direction is outstanding & if you like more psychological suspense than action (which I generally prefer), then this is a great movie.

    The other one is The Lion in Winter (2004 VERSION) which is a kind of condensed I, Claudius of the 1100s England (with a lot of the same kind of plotting and scheming). The costumes & acting are great.  

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    I loved 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' too, (& not just because of Colin Firth;) it is a visual feast & such a wonderful insight, highly recommended & a rare treat for li'l me, living in a house of grown men - I've seen more action movies these past years than I'd have liked... I'm always grateful for special recommendations like these, thank you lovely Lisa :)

    Be
    April 15, 2008
    01:56 PM CST

    I adore the movie, "Lion in Winter, what a classic!
    "There'll be pork in the treetops tonight!" Kathryn Hepburn was amazing.

    Valerie
    June 21, 2008
    02:41 PM CST
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    Marianne

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    Hello, nice to meet you!

    I love your "Spirit of Summer!" Gorgeous. I'm off to your website now to see more!

    P.S. You guitar in the photo is great!

    Have an awesome day!
    Cosby =)

    Cosby Gibson
    August 11, 2008
    06:09 PM CST

    Beautiful unicorn :)

    Lily Young
    July 24, 2008
    11:35 PM CST

    Hi Lise,

    Thanks for stopping in for a peak and to say hello.
    I'm so new hear and it's going to take me a bit
    to find my way around.

    Your art is lovely.
    The Unicorn plate is precious.


    Alexandria

    Alexandria LaNier
    July 10, 2008
    01:18 PM CST

    Thanks for adding me to your list! I like your drawings and unicorns and horses are some of my favorite things to draw!

    Izile
    July 05, 2008
    01:55 PM CST

    Thank you so very much. Always nice to meet people who love the same things you do.

    Crystal
    June 30, 2008
    10:48 PM CST

    Thank you for the friendship Lise!
    You make the sweetest Unicorns, so lovely :)

    Plumevine
    June 29, 2008
    08:15 PM CST

    Thank you for the friendship :)

    Amanda
    June 29, 2008
    03:42 PM CST

    Thank you for your friending and for your blessings for my little boy!

    Hazel Silversprite
    June 29, 2008
    08:04 AM CST

    Hello Lise,

    Thank you for your sweet comment. I love sculpting whimsical beings...the only downside is they are hard to part with, lol.

    Blessings,

    Valerie
    June 21, 2008
    02:39 PM CST

    Thank you, Lise!

    Caprice
    June 18, 2008
    07:46 AM CST

    Love Your work! Especially hummingbird Sanctuary. Take a break. You owe it to yourself!

    Jeanne
    June 18, 2008
    05:25 AM CST

    Thank you for your comment on my picture/photomanipulation Ori!~_^

    Jeanne
    June 17, 2008
    11:15 PM CST

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