One Life Fine Art Blog – Page 5 – Blog of Canadian Fine Artist Debbie.lee Miszaniec, BFA

02Feb 2022 by DebbieleeMiszaniec

Resolutions 2022: Of Art and Health.

The Story Behind the Painting, What's the Big Idea?, Working Artist

It is February so by now most of us have made our New Year's diet/health resolutions and have either made strides toward fitness or given up until the threat of swimsuit season looms. Not yet titled. 8" x 10" oil on canvas. 2021. Debbie.lee Miszaniec Amoung my resolutions, maintain a healthy weight, make more art. The first is an ongoing struggle for me, having lost nearly 38% of my body weight to reach the top end of my healthy weight range. I know I have sustained metabolic damage, because it should not be such a struggle to stay in that range. However, since we are talking about my health, rather than merely my vanity, I feel the reward to be worth the unceasing effort. I'm a big believer in having…

19Dec 2021 by DebbieleeMiszaniec

The Covid Chronicles & Cravings Paintings at Arts Aqui

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Do you love shopping local, visiting physical galleries, and seeing new art in person when you collect? Well then I have good news for you! I've just framed up and dropped off a couple of my Covid-19 drawings and Cravings paintings at Arts Aqui in Calgary. A Good ShepherdGuardiansButtertartNanaimo Bar Let's show our local galleries some love! Stop in, view the art in person and build your collection. Arts Aqui hours are Tue – Sat: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. and they are located at: 1909, 34th Avenue SW (Marda Loop) Calgary, AB T2T 2C2 Canada

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!

14Jun 2021 by DebbieleeMiszaniec

Why An Artist Should Write Project Grant Proposals (even if you never get one).

Uncategorized, Working Artist

I just spent the last week after taking down our exhibition for the Medium of Exchange Collective show, Process, writing a project grant proposal. It's the second one I've done this year and I will likely write at least one more. I have probably written one a year for the last 10 years. Although I am getting faster they still take me a while to write, and I have never gotten one. So, given my terrible track record (no one is going to be hiring me for grant writing services anytime soon) why would I continue to write them? Once upon a time I wrote them for big projects that I could not accomplish without taking time off from my day job. So they were always written for projects to…

01Jun 2021 by DebbieleeMiszaniec

Am I the @$$hole?

Art Sales, Working Artist

So there are a lot of things artists gamble their money on, because as they say, it takes money to make money. But it is also said that during the gold-rush days it wasn't gold miners, but merchants that ultimately cashed in on the dream. So a bit under a year ago I was approached by an individual starting up a website promoting local art and artists to those interested in buying local during this time of Covid induced closures and cancellations of the traditional venues and events for art purchases. The website offered Basic and Premium listings. Basic listing were free, with artists listings found under media categories. Each listing included a bio, an art image, a headshot and contact information. Premium listings (I don't recall what the subscription…

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…

17May 2021 by DebbieleeMiszaniec

My Process – Medium of Exchange Personal Artist Statement

Events & Announcements, What's the Big Idea?, Youtube Channel

So what am I about in this exhibition installed now at the Alberta Society of Artists Gallery? I've uploaded this video explaining my process to my youtube channel. It was kindly recorded and edited by one of the artists in the show, Jessica Hauser: https://youtu.be/x3iwL73anMo You can check out more of Jessica Hauser's videos here. On Thursday May 20th the Alberta Society of Artists Gallery in Calgary will be conducting a live-streamed tour of the exhibition where you will be able to ask some of the artists (including myself) questions about the show as we take you around it. Click here to sign up for the livestream event!

14May 2021 by DebbieleeMiszaniec

Medium of Exchange Exhibition Tour Video

Events & Announcements, Youtube Channel

So there is a new exhibition tour video of the Medium of Exchange - Process show (installed now at the Alberta Society of Artists Gallery) uploaded to my youtube channel. This video was kindly recorded and edited by one of the artists in the show, Jessica Hauser: https://youtu.be/oVqEq9tC6iE You can check out more of Jessica Hauser's videos here. On Thursday May 20th the Alberta Society of Artists Gallery in Calgary will be conducting a live-streamed tour of the exhibition where you will be able to ask some of the artists questions about the show as we take you around it. Click here to sign up for the livestream event!