Events & Announcements – One Life Fine Art Blog

20Oct 2022 by DebbieleeMiszaniec

Working with Momentum

Art Sales, Events & Announcements, The Story Behind the Painting, What's the Big Idea?

After The Rain, 42" x 42" Acrylic on Canvas, $4450Debbie.lee Miszaniec I was pleased to be able to deliver a custom reproduction of my 2005 painting, After The Rain, to the Momentum offices earlier this fall. They purchased the print for their new offices in the Radisson Heights area of Calgary. This painting in particular was of interest to their staff as the painting depicts an actual place in Penbrooke Meadows, one of the communities near their offices, and a community I was a resident of for 11 years. It depicts the first sunny day after a solid couple weeks of rain, when everything, even abandoned furniture, expired holiday lights and neglected lawns, appear fresh and beautiful as the sun lends it all sparkle. I have a good history with…

13Oct 2022 by DebbieleeMiszaniec

Gallery Closure: October 15th 2022

Art Sales, Events & Announcements, Working Artist

Arts Aqui, Marda Loop Calgary: Closing October 15th 2022 It has been a short residency since Arts Aqui asked me if they could carry my art last winter. However the building has been sold to a developer and Arts Aqui will be closing its doors permanently on October 15th of 2022. It is a shame as the owner is passionate about art and artists, however I know she will go on to new and exciting adventures n her own creative practice. Paintings formerly carried at Arts Aqui If you are looking for a piece of mine that you saw there you can contact me directly through my website to see if it is still available. If you represent or know a gallery in Calgary that would be a good fit…

08Sep 2022 by DebbieleeMiszaniec

New Project Announcement! Earthly Delights – 10 Still Life Paintings in Places

Events & Announcements, Uncategorized, What's the Big Idea?

Preliminary Drawings, & me on location taking reference photos. I’m on location here taking reference photos at Reader Rock Gardens in Calgary for my new project, Earthly Delights - 10 Paintings of Food in Places, funded by an individual artist project grant from Calgary Arts Development. As some of you know from reading earlier posts about the development of my Cravings series, I (intentionally) lost more than a third of my body mass in the last decade. Despite the many health benefits, there are other physical and psychological results of this journey which continue to make maintaining a healthy weight a challenge. Earthly Delights is about exploring that journey through the genre of still life painting. This project juxtaposes the still life within places to speak to the dilemmas presented by our…

04Aug 2022 by DebbieleeMiszaniec

Collaborating with Kitchen Feminism: Not Enough Cubicles Here

Covid-19 Art, Events & Announcements, Introduction, The Story Behind the Painting, What's the Big Idea?

Starting from the observations of writers that women's roles have been in some ways rolled back to the expectations of an earlier era due to the effects of pandemic lockdowns and school closures, the Kitchen Feminism project asked a diverse group of women to reflect on the ways they perceived their own lives to have been sent back in time by the pandemic: Mom I need this space for my zoom meeting! From the Kitchen Feminism Project, courtesy producer Dawn Van de Schoot, photographer Shannon Smith and stylists Nicole Does Makeup. Below are sketches of some of my ideas for this collaborative project which brings the individual stories of women’s experiences of Covid-19 to life in a series of photographs and short videos produced by Dawn van de Schoot. My…

07Jul 2022 by DebbieleeMiszaniec

Ready For It? The 2022 Calgary Stampede Starts Tomorrow!

Art Sales, Events & Announcements

Pictured here: Cupcake, framed and ready to hang. My paintings will be there, framed and ready for you to purchase. Take a look at the gallery below to select your favourite, then head down to the Western Oasis on the grounds to pick yours up before it's gone. Access to the art show is included in park admission. Western Showcase Mini Masters SalonCalgary Exhibition & Stampede 2022 July 8 - 17th 2022Calgary Exhibition & Stampede - Western Oasis - Art Show1410 Olympic Way SE Calgary AB T2G2W1 Butter Tart, Cinnamon Roll, Cupcake, Lemon Bar, Maple Cookie, and Strawberry ShortcakeEach 5” x 7” oil on canvas is CAN$ 250 framed.

02Jun 2022 by DebbieleeMiszaniec

Event: Western Art Show (& Sale)

Art Sales, Events & Announcements

Western Showcase Mini Masters SalonCalgary Exhibition & Stampede 2022 July 8 - 17th 2022Calgary Exhibition & Stampede - Western Oasis - Art Show1410 Olympic Way SE Calgary AB T2G2W1 The Cravings Series will be in attendance: Lemon Bar, Cupcake, Cinnamon Roll, Strawberry Shortcake, Maple Cookie, and Butter TartEach 5” x 7” oil on canvas is CAN$ 250 framed. Dust off those boots and head down to the Stampede grounds for your dose of western fun, food and culture. Access to the art show is included in park admission.

18Dec 2021 by DebbieleeMiszaniec

Limited Time/Limited Edition: A Fun Money Holiday Promotion

Art Sales, Events & Announcements, Uncategorized

It's better than an NFT: you can actually hold it in your hand. Better than cryptocurrency: a truly limited number of coins, less damage to the environment, and again, you can hold it in your hands. What is it? It's Fun Money: Unwrapped, a limited edition of 10 hand painted signed and numbered sculptures. Fun Money: Unwrapped. Sculpture. Edition of 10. 2021. 4.5"x5.5"x 1" And guess what? While valued at 95$ CAD each, this is a numismatic offer you can get in on for free for a limited time only. For the holiday season, now until January 1st 2022, I am partnering with Abstract Art Canada (whom I introduced you to last month) to give away 1 of the edition of 10 with each purchase of one of my paintings…

23Nov 2021 by DebbieleeMiszaniec

A New Partnership with Abstract Art Canada.

Art Sales, Events & Announcements

As of November 2021 I am excited to be showing my Fun Money series of abstract paintings alongside the artists of Abstract Art Canada. Fun Money: Can I Lick It? (Guilty Pleasures), Debbie.lee Miszaniec This autumn I was invited by artist Jim Ulrich to show my abstract art through a new art e-commerce venue, Abstract Art Canada. I was impressed by the small and targeted selection of artists represented through Abstract Art Canada, the focus on learning more about the artist, as opposed to being just another sales portal, and the truly supportive interaction with the Abstract Art Canada team! Check it out, make a purchase, support Canadian Art and let yourself be transported out of your everyday, without even leaving home!

14Oct 2021 by DebbieleeMiszaniec

Buy art for yourself, for your loved ones, for your very good friends this weekend!

Art Sales, Events & Announcements

Saskatoon Berry Pie, 6"x8" o/c Cupcake, , 6"x8" o/c Cinnamon Roll, , 6"x8" o/c Nanaimo BarButter TartCowboy Coffee O/C 9 x 12 Debbie.lee MiszaniecPancake Breakfast 9 x 12 O/C by Debbie.lee Miszaniec I'll be at the Beacon Original Art Sale this Sunday from 10-4 with a selection of my Cravings paintings available to purchase. And guess what, if you are worried about framing, don't be, All of my paintings are framed, wired and ready to hang! To keep it all Covid-19 safe we will be participating in the province's vaccination exemption program, so don't forget to bring your mask and vaccine proof or recent negative Covid-19 test, along with your Christmas nice list. See you soon!

24May 2021 by DebbieleeMiszaniec

Medium of Exchange Closing Reception Livestream

Events & Announcements, The Story Behind the Painting, What's the Big Idea?

So I'd love to say the livestream gallery tour and Q&A went off without a hitch however that anyone who managed to catch it would know that was not the case. While the gallery tested it earlier in the day and it worked at that time, when the actual time of the event was upon us we were not able to stream the event from the gallery page. This necessitated about a half hour of frantic typing and texting and posting to cancel the scheduled event and create a new one on the galleries programming page and redirect viewers to the new event. I managed to post redirects for anyone coming to the event through links from my One Life Fine Art page or my personal profile, however I am…