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“Stangl
Pottery” © Ria Hills
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Name:
Ria Hills
URL: http://riahills.com/
Bio: Ria Hills was born in
The Netherlands, raised in New York and now lives in rural Massachusetts. In
2006 she joined The Daily Painters in order to make small works more affordable
to collectors. Ria is a member of the Connecticut Pastel Society and the
Blackstone Valley Art Association. Her
work can be found in private collections throughout the Americas and Europe.
In December 2009 Ria was selected as a finalist in the still life category of The
Artist’s Magazine 26th Annual Art Competition, chosen from 11,000
entries nationwide in the US. In February 2013 the Pastel
Journal featured Ria’s work in
a piece called titled “Food for Thought”, together with Lisa Ober and Karen
Howard.
Medium:
Pastel; oil; acrylic.
Subjects:
Landscape; figurative; food; pets.
Style: Representational. Ria cites
her influences as Georgia O’Keeeffe and Maxfield Parrish.
Technique: Ria says: “For my
pastel work I prefer Wallis sanded pastel paper and Art Spectrum Colourfix
boards for surfaces. Both papers provide the tooth I need to apply many layers
of pastel. My method is conventional – I work from hard to soft pastels in
layers. I start each painting with pastel pencils, carefully drawing my shapes. I then block in my colors and
shapes with Nupastel and work my way up in layers using progressively softer
pastels. I use only my fingers for blending.”
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Gallery (click on the titles,
not the images): Food Art; Still Life; Outdoors; Animals; People; Surreal;
Buildings; Interiors; Florals; Oils and
Acrylics.
Image
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on the same page and can be viewed serially. Dimensions are not listed. Download
is possible. Stangl Pottery is 539 x
600, 224 KB.
Blog/Demo:
http://riahills.com/dailyblog/
Facebook: yes
Thank you for the post! I just found it.
ReplyDeleteMuch appreciated . . . back to reading your blog
Hello Ria - glad you like it. Enjoy the other entries; I'll try to add more as I have the time.
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