Penner Fine Art
  • Home
  • Artist
    • About:
    • DHP Cartouche Painting
  • Artwork
    • Venice
    • Figurative
    • Nature
    • A Time To Remember Series
    • Commissions
    • Photography
    • Other Projects
  • Reproductions
    • Art Cards
    • Limited Edition Prints
  • Travels
    • Torquay~A Seaside Town…
    • Cockington Village
    • Kew, Harrods and Madam Tussauds
    • London ~ the National Gallery
    • Château Versailles
    • Paris…City of Lights
  • Blogs
    • Tawana
    • Intense Inktense
    • The Making of a Painting
    • Making of a Painting 2
    • The Versatile Graphite …
    • Collecting Resource Material
    • The Almighty Pencil…
    • Early Influence and Inspiration…

"D.H. Penner"

Contact…

If you have any inquiries, we may be reached by email at:

pennerfineart@protonmail.com

 

A Note From The Artist…

Even though I hope information in this site will be of interest and benefit to all, please note that materials contained within this site are copyright protected. Any reproduction in whole or in part without the written permission of the artist is prohibited as by law.

Recent Posts

  • Tawana
  • The Extraordinary Life of Dr. Al Oeming
  • Intense Inktense
  • Making of a Painting 2
  • The Making of a Painting
  • Torquay~A Seaside Town…
  • Cockington Village
  • The Versatile Graphite …
  • Kew, Harrods and Madam Tussauds
  • London ~ the National Gallery
  • Collecting Resource Material
  • The Almighty Pencil…
  • Early Influence and Inspiration…
  • Château Versailles
  • Paris…City of Lights
Paris…City of Lights

A city meant for artists!… 

 
… Anyone who knows me knows I love Paris!  I can totally understand why it has always attracted artists. It is simply such a visual delight! … I love the “old” part of the city …it’s architecture, uniformity, romanticism … and yes … it’s galleries! 

…For me, the city is really just one big gallery!

       From the street layout ….
      …. To the National Opera House …

   …To the Place Vendome…
       …To the Ritz…



… And then there is the Louvre…


…The Louvre and its main entrance through the Glass Pyramid…
Aw yes…The Louvre!… This gallery has so much to see it will put you in overload! … The gallery of galleries …  This is really a must see for every serious artist.  I spent a full day in the gallery and was exhausted by the end of it.  I’m sure I could go through it all again and see things that I’d swear I hadn’t seen the first time. I would recommend that it be taken in over several days, if you can afford it! Pictures were not allowed throughout most of the gallery, but were, going through Napoleons Apartments, these are just a few, starting with the entrance to the Louvre…

…Carousel entrance to the Louvre…
… Chandeliers in the “conversation” room…

…conversation sofas…
… Mural on one of the apartment walls…

The one picture that I was “scoping out” in the Louvre was, of course, by Elizabeth Vigée-LeBrun.  The one that was my inspiration for re-acquaintance with oilpaints!  At last I could see it “up close and personal”!  And I wasn’t disappointed! I would later see more of her work in Versailles.
Most people when they think of the Louvre would probably think of the da Vinci’s that hang there like the Mona Lisa or Madonna on the Rocks….and while I have great respect for this artists work…these were not the ones that impressed me the most from a technical (artistic) point of view.

One of the paintings I remember the most and really stand in awe of is “The Coronation of Napoleon” by Jacques-Louis David.  The sheer size of the work (20 ft. 4 in. X 32 ft. 1 in.) and intricate details just captivated me. I could have stood there for hours admiring the artistry of this painting! 

I really came out of the Louvre “experience” having a whole new appreciation and respect for many artists either unknown to me or those that were not “high on my radar screen”.  And, in particular, was very impressed with many of the French paintings that hang in this “grand” Gallery.

  • Share
  • Tweet

My Favorite Quotes

To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.~ Aaron Copland

A picture is a poem without words ~ Horace

A picture paints a thousand words ~ Anon

Without art the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable ~ George Bernard Shaw

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures ~ Henry Ward Beecher

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls ~ Pablo Picasso

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision ~ James Whistler

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home ~ Twyla Tharp

The world is but a canvas to our imagination ~ Henry David Thoreau

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad ~ Salvador Dali

Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do ~ Edgar Degas

An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it ~ Paul Valery

A man creates with his brains and not with his hands ~ Michelangelo

Color is my day long obsession, joy and torment – Claude Monet









Copyright © 2023 Doreen Penner Bodnar All Rights Reserved