Artist Log March 7

3/7/2013 

Today I am productive and flowing but then am slapped by flattened fatigue.  I am obsessed with ferns.  I study them.  There are so many.  The steerage fern. The California Fern.  The asparagus Fern. 

“But what if man had eyes to see the true beautiful ~the divine beauty, I mean, pure and clear and unalloyed, not clogged with the pollutions of mortality and all the colors and vanities of human life.” ~~~Plato

Artist Log March 6

3/6/012    I attached myself to the mystery and the spirit.  I did not trust at a young age.  My anchor was my art.  Helen Keller said that, “One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.  It is still winter and cold out but my body moves as I run.  Not bad for age 54.  It is good when I feel Spring in the air. “The answer my friend is blowing in the wind, the answer is blowing in the wind” Bob Dylan

“Art is not a Thing; it is a way."- Elbert Hubbard.

3/3/3013 “Art is not a Thing; it is a way."-  Elbert Hubbard.

There has been much.  We are like seasons.  I feel like much of my life has been summer.  But now I am in dormant winter still with teases of Spring.  The desert is long, so long.  I am at a center and am not sure where to go.  ‘Nature does nothing uselessly. `Aristotle

   (Fact) Da Vinci was a vegetarian and an ardent lover of animals and nature; he was a gentle man and would buy birds in cages just so he could set them free. Excerpt from “the daily book of Art” Colin Gilber:

"The births of my two grandchildren have been a remarkable all-encompassing miracle to me after experiencing death including my mother slipping to heaven in my arms.  Circle, Circle.  I put it all in my art.  My Life, visions, my poetry¸ journey. I try to do and act the way I think is correct.  Sometimes I over compensate like with my loved ones.  Tomorrow is my mother’s birthday.  This is her second birthday in heaven.  I believe in heaven.  I feel her spirit.  I put this into my art work. I craved her love. Never quite had it like this long desert journey.  So close, within reach but not there, the eyes, her touch. So I gave it to her instead and I give it to others instead.  I saw a bulb coming through the soil today.  Hope.  Happy. I am very alive.  Empathetically I feel the heart beats of my loved ones and not so loved ones, of nature, of God of the pulse of the earth. I took my role of mother seriously.  I see it as a virtue.  I wait now for the birth of Spring.  I pick up my rake and start clearing away the leaves and tiny light green buds emerge from the daffodil bulb.  I am smiling. “Form is the outer expression of inner meaning.” Wassily Kandinsky

Artist Log - March 2 2013

3/2/2013 This is the first time I have ever written an artist log. I have an art space where I create and teach students named Isis Art Studio.  I will talk more about the name down the road some.  I give you some thoughts now of my perceptions, and insights.  I also give you my up and coming ventures.  Presently I am entering into a Hyde collection competition that will be in Glens Falls, NY.  I read a whole lot; I probably will put inspiring quotes down as well as facts about artists. I believe I was born with the right side of my brain (creative) more developed then the other, and so I learned to be quiet, when little with my twin by my side. There was a whole litter, a whole clan of us…all eight of us.  I felt buried most of the time. My twin was the babble and I was the sponge.  I spoke long sentences after not speaking at all. My first language was Art, second English. I grew up by the sea.  I would scare at the Long Island shore.  I absorbed the environment, was lost in sunsets and have always had a perpetual longing to interpret what I saw and felt in a physical form via paint or gardens or sculpture.  My mother and her mother dabbled with paints, resisting.  My father was a writer and photography.  Both put their passions away.  I have been taking classes for decades and majored in art and psychology in college. I have had exhibitions of my art work, both group and solo, since I was nine. I had three sons I call masterpieces who are having their own ‘masterpieces’ now.  My beginning life by the sea was always part of my unconsciousness. For over four years I painted the sea in one form or another.  At the end of the obsession, I painted just the waves without reference to anything around it.  Later I entered into an almost six year journey of the Way of the Cross, creating 15 traditional with contemporary visions within each.  I went through a dormant time, almost a desert…thirsty but not knowing how long before the rains fell…. “Nature does nothing uselessly.”~~`Aristotle Now I am just starting to bloom with a new series of works called ‘Trees, Roots, and Fiddlehead Ferns.’

Classes, Commissions, and Open Studio

Isis Art Studio is a Guilderland-based studio run by Patricia Trudeau. Isis Art Studio focuses on the complexity of expressing one’s inner self through unleashing creativity. Patricia Trudeau, an awarded artist herself, teaches classes and is also available for commissions. For more information or to book a session, please contact Patricia:
Email: Isisartstudio@gmail.com
Phone: (518) 456-7651
Website: http://patricia-trudeau.artistwebsites.com/index.html


Commissions
Commissions are priced individually by quote. Each quote is determined by the size of the area to be painted, the material requested (oil vs acrylic paint), and the number of sitting in order to complete the project. Patricia has done several comissions of various sizes including the St. Ambrose school entryway and the wall in Marisa’s Pizza in Guilderland. To set up a free estimate, please contact Patricia.

Open Studio
Aspiring artists are invited to utilize Isis Art Studio’s Open Studio time. A relaxing and near-meditative environment allows for the most creative environment. Anyone coming to open studio is expected to bring all art supplies. Easels WILL be provided.
Cost: $10/hr


Classes
Two different classes are offered through Isis Art Studio. Classes are booked in either one or two hour sessions. Contract and registration are required prior to taking any class. All levels are welcome. Each course is broken down into either 6 or 12 classes.

Course 1: Isis Drawing and Painting Technique
Throughout the course, students will learn contour drawing, gestural drawing, and upside down version, perspective, and color theory. These elements will provide the student with the necessary tools, exercises and direction to begin the journey of expressing oneself through art. We will use graphite pencil, charcoal, acrylic or oil paint and water color. A list of art materials will be provided. Books used are Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards and The Artist Way by Julia Cameron.
6 Week Option for 1 hour class: $180, due prior to first class (30/class)
6 Week Option for 2 hour class: $360 (60/class)
12 Week Option for 1 hour class: $300 (25/class)
12 Week Option for 2 hour class: $600 (50/class)

Course 2: Isis Journey: Expressive Art Series
The classes will take the student at their own pace exploring, uncovering and discovering one’s inner vision and voice. Topics explored include Spiritual Electricity, Creative Evolution and more. Materials will be discussed at consultation/registration. Books used are The Zen of Creative Painting by Jeanne Carbonetti and The Artist Way by Julia Cameron.
6 Week Option for 1 hour class: $180, due prior to first class (30/class)
6 Week Option for 2 hour class: $360 (60/class)
12 Week Option for 1 hour class: $300 (25/class)
12 Week Option for 2 hour class: $600 (50/class)

Isis Art Studio: The Woman Behind it All

Welcome to my new blog! 


My name is Patricia, and I am the creator of Isis Art Studio.  I have recently revamped my website, my blog, my motto; I have given my art a face lift.  So, who am I?  

Patricia Marie Trudeau is a professional artist living in the Capital Region of New York State.  She was born and raised in Northport, New York, where, as a small child she began to study art from two local art teachers. Growing up on Long Island, Patricia would often ponder and meditate by the
sea.  This impacted her work years later.  The sea became her base reference, and the image of water is constant throughout her works; other inspirations include her interest into the human spirit, nature, and God.
 Patricia, who attended the College of St. Rose and majored in Studio Art, also studied traditional and nontraditional art techniques.  She graduated with a Bachelors of Science with Magna Cum Laude.  Patricia won an art scholarship to the College of New Rochelle and second place in a Long Island competition.  She has been featured in a number of newspapers; in addition, after winning first place in the art exhibition at the College of St. Rose, she debuted on public TV. She also won first place in the Reflections art competition held at Christ’s Church in Guilderland, New York.
Throughout the years, Patricia has constantly sought out ways to exhibit her work regionally and nationally through galleries and murals.  Two of Patricia’s paintings, created while she was in the fourth grade, are still at the St. Phillip Neri  Elementary School in Northport, New York.  Paintings, murals, and sculpture are the expressions of her soul that she wishes to share.    In July of 2010, Patricia painted a large mural for Saint Ambrose School in Latham, New York.  The mural is entitled, “Christ Loves the Children.”  In addition to the St. Ambrose mural, she has also created murals for a daycare in the Heery Center in Albany,  a residential home in Scotia,  a Foster Care building in Albany.
 From 2002 to 2008, Patricia undertook the massive oil project: The Way of the Cross series.   Inspiration for this project began after she rendered several “mother” sketches, which led to the production of Fruit of Your Womb.  The creation of this painting led to contemplative thinking and eventually the Way of the Cross series.  Throughout this series, Patricia uses paint the on canvas to the passion of Christ along with her own experiences.
 Patricia Marie Trudeau is the owner and teacher at Isis Art Studio.  She holds art lessons in her in-home studio throughout the week.  She is now expanding her collection through prints of her original work and other fine art products, including canvas wraps.
 When she is not busy painting or teaching, Patricia spends time with her husband, cats, and therapy-trained dog named Yafah.  Patricia and her husband are the proud of parents of three boys – their three most precious Masterpieces.

To view her work and/or purchase prints, please visit www.isisartstudio.comPatricia Marie Trudeau can be contacted through her email at: Isisartstudio@gmail.com.