Posts filed under "Joe Abbrescia Jr"

2011 Coeur D'Alene Art Auction

The 2011 Coeur D'Alene Art Auction will be held July 23rd at The Silver Legacy Resort in Reno, Nevada.

I will be there again this year and am really looking forward to the weekend. If I can be of any service to you, please do not hesitate to give me a call at 406-871-0414.

If you haven't viewed the catalog, you're really missing out!

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Joe Jr. and filed under "CDA Art Auction", "Joe Abbrescia Jr", "coeur d'alene art auction", "reno nevada", "silver legacy resort", "western art auction".

Abbrescia Hand Embellished Prints on Canvas

Fine art giclees (canvas art prints) hand embellished by the artist's son, Joe Abbrescia Jr., will soon be available at a new art gallery in Whitefish, Montana. More information coming soon. Stay tuned!

Articles featuring Joseph Leonard Abbrescia (1936-2005), and his work have been in more than 70 publications, including several issues of "Southwest Art Magazine", "Artists of the Rockies and the Golden West", "Western Art Digest" and "Scottsdale Scene Magazine", to name a few.

Among numerous awards received are "Artist of the Year" from the American Royal Western Art Association; "Best of Show" at the Eighth Annual Museum of Native American Cultures Western Art Show and Auction; and most recently Joe was three-time "Best of Show" and two-time "People's Choice" award recipient at the C.M. Russell Auction of Original Western Art in Great Falls, Montana.

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Joe Jr. and filed under "Joe Abbrescia Jr", "artwork of Joe Abbresica", "fine art prints on canvas", "giclee".

Why Cleaning your Oil Painting is Important

Cleaning the painting allows the colors and details of the artwork to be seen and appreciated the way the artist originally intended them to look. People may ask - “But aren’t you destroying the patina of the painting by cleaning it?” When people refer to patina they are often talking about the “golden glow”, the look of yellowed varnish over a painting as well as the dirt that gradually over time becomes ingrained in the paint, thus clouding the details and dulling the colors. In oil paintings, “true patina” refers to the progressive darkening of the paint caused by the oil it contains and also the craquelure, a fine network of cracks that develops over time in a painting. An old painting conveys something of the personality of the painter and to bring these out to the fullest is more important than to preserve years of dirt and aged varnish. The true patina, craquelure and darkening of the paint will be preserved when correctly cleaned.
Posted on April 17, 2010 by Joe Jr. and filed under "Joe Abbrescia Jr", "art restoration", "fix oil paintings on canvas".