By Aaron • Friday, November 3rd, 2006
The previous week I was in my home town of Pasco, WA doing a weeklong painting sabbatical. Not much of a sabbatical, but I did get some good painting done. I also had a nice visit with family.
I have a show coming up this spring, and I really needed to start some new pieces to be in the show. The show will be in Walla Walla, WA and I wanted to show some new work from the Eastern Washington region. So I went home for a week, I did start oil paintings and some water colors. I don’t want to give to much away, but I will post a couple of in progress images to show some of what I did.
By Aaron • Sunday, October 29th, 2006
While in WA I was staying at my parents, I am always pleasantly surprised by a painting I did several years ago. I did this as a demonstration for a Painting course I was teaching at the local community college.
So far the paintings has had a short but interesting life. The painting was a demonstration on the use of a limited pallet, then it hung for a short while on the wall of my studio. After it was there for a couple of months I gave the painting to my Great Aunt, Annie. She was nearly 90 when I gave her the painting. It is a painting of my cat at the time, Fritti. Annie was very fond off Fritti, and called him “The Boy”. She had the painting in her room for a couple of years, until her accident and then she had to go to an assisted living facility. She was unable to take the picture with her.
Now the picture is hanging in my mothers house, actually it is in the bathroom.
By Aaron • Friday, October 27th, 2006
Right now I am in Washington State on a painting trip. Several years ago I painted a Water Color painting of a local church, and the painting was given to the paster of that church. Recently the church was broken into computers and checks and other things were stolen and a fire intentionally started. The think the fire was set by the thief (thieves) to cover the evidence. The painting was hanging in the church office where the fire occurred. Fortunately the fire was contained to the one office and the rest of the church sustained minor damage. With the exception of smoke and smell.
The painting did sustain some damage in the fire, so I picked it up from the church to see what I could do with it. The painting did not receive direct fire or water damage, but there is substantial smoke damage, and probably heat problems (I am only guessing, will find this out when I take the painting out of the frame and mat). The painting was given back to me, still in its frame, and it is all wrapped in a plastic bag. There is heavy soot, and smoke damage to the glass and frame (it got so hot that the glass broke). I have no intention on saving the frame or matting.
This is utterly ridiculous. What would prompt someone to rob a church and then set it on fire. Especially when the church is rather noted for its community outreach and services. Appalling.
*update*
I have removed the painting from the frame, and I took pictures all along the way. I think the painting is not repairable. After I removing the framing and matting, as you will see in the upper right corner, there is heavy discoloration that is where the glass broke from the heat. The painting was so hot that it almost ignited, it also caused discoloration on the reverse. There is discoloration over most of the painting, and the paper feels like it has become brittle. There is probably very little I can do, or what can be done. I have attached some photos.
By Aaron • Monday, October 16th, 2006
Big things are afoot, just as the title says. While we may have been rather quiet online here at Paintbox, we have been very busy offline. Not only offline have we been busy, but we have been busy with little projects scattered about the internet.
A quick run down of goings on and upcomings.
* I (Aaron) am busy preparing for a solo exhibition in spring of 07; it will be in Walla Walla Washington (just like in the Bugs Bunny cartoons).
* I am about to go on a short, week and a half, painting trip. Heading out to do some plen aire painting in Eastern Washington.
* Karla is busy with Dance; Rehearsals, Performing etc. She is also studying various Latin folk and ethnic dances.
* We are both writing and storyboarding some film, animation, and story ideas. We are also preparing to produce a couple of short films and some collaborative projects.
* We have set up, designed, etc several websites. We are also creating a new dance website for Karla, hopefully this should be up and running within the next month.
* New and revised Paintbox, with new portfolios, projects etc. Exciting.
There is so much more that we have done and are doing, stay tuned. With any luck we should be able to start posting more and showing more of our work.
By Administrator • Monday, June 6th, 2005
Aaron Crayne has several paintings on a 3 month loan to the Franklin County Historical Museum in Pasco WA, as part of an agricultural exhibition. The paintings will be available for viewing May 4 – Aug 4. For information on the musuem visit their website Franklin County Historical Society.
The Franklin County Historical Societies Newsletter, "The Franklin Flyer", has a small paragraph in its June 2005 News Letter about the artwork.
To view the works, other paintings by Aaron Crayne and enlargment of the article please visit his website paintbox.org/aaron.
By Administrator • Monday, June 6th, 2005
Several paintings are on a 3 month loan to the Franklin County Historical Museum in Pasco WA, as part of an agricultural exhibition. The paintings will be available for viewing May 4 – Aug 4. For information on the musuem visit their website Franklin County Historical Society.org.
The paintings are of the Washington Country side, painted in Franklin county just north of Pasco. The scenes depict elements of the farming and agricultural community from the area. The paintings on loan are “Winter Wheat”, “Haystacks, Morning Clouds” and “Four Stacks in the Morning”, and the works are done en plen air (painting in the open air). Although I am working in New York City, I will be returning to Washington with plans to continue the ideas and work that has been started in these paintings.
The Franklin County Historical Societies Newsletter, “The Franklin Flyer”, has a small paragraph in its June 2005 News Letter about the artwork.
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By Administrator • Tuesday, May 17th, 2005
For the first time, we are participating in the "MTV World, Asian CineVision, and the Asian American Film Lab Present:The 2nd Annual 72 Hour* Film Shootout!". The shootout will take place June 17-20 in NYC. The shootout involves, writing, acting, shooting, editing, everything that goes into a film production, and it all must be done in the 72 hour window. The product is a short-film, with a maximum time length of six minutes.
Our team is registered and we have a partial team roster, basically enough people to meet the requirements for the competition. We can always use extra people for just about everything, from actors, technical, to money. If you wish to contribute and be apart of our team, feel free to contact us and join our team.
Check back later for updates on our team roster, and other information.
After the event we will post our results.
By Aaron • Sunday, May 15th, 2005
The latest and greatest version of Paintbox.org is now up and running. We have converted portions of our previous versions, dumped some portions, and still still transfering other stuff over. We have used blogging software called WordPress to power our site. Its cool, we love it. We can do more with our site, take on projects, create things and have the freedom to blab away about everything and nothing endlessly.
As you may notice, we are placing more emphasis and focus on the artists, artwork and the many many projects that we are constantly involved in.
By Administrator • Sunday, May 15th, 2005
Recently I have been working in Central Park, NYC capturing the Cherry trees. I have been working with the trees as they go through their bloom cycle. 
The types of trees and the arrangments when planted, near the reservoir towards the north end of the park, allow for a sequential display. The trees are arranged where those on the east side reservoir bloomed first, then as their cycle was nearing its end, the trees on the north and west side of the reservoir were just starting theirs. This has given me the opportunity to work with this subject for a little over a month. Read the rest of this entry »
By Administrator • Sunday, May 15th, 2005
This weekend the new portfolio / website of Aaron Crayne has been gone live. It is now up and operating. Aaron is busy working on new paintings and artwork that we are anxiously waiting to see.
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