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Recent Paintings
Recent Paintings I painted live twice in the past week at Broomies . Just a quick post of the two paintings I started there. Nightowl and Azteca. ~Nia Andino~
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Painting Live for Free(Tue)Style- 5/15/12
Painting Live for Free(Tue)Style Join me as I paint live Tuesday May 15th as part of the Free(Tue)Style showcase at Broomies. Free(Tue)Style, weekly musical/lyrical showcase brought to you by Cathleen Angelo and Broomies Bar, invites you to the first night…
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Day In Paris
Day In Paris Just a quick post of my most recent painting Day in Paris that I gave to my mother for Mother’s Day yesterday. I leave with you with one of Billie’s songs for this Monday afternoon. ~Nia Andino~
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Painting Live for Photodope at Broomies – 05/12/12
Join me as I paint live at Photodope this Saturday May 12th Photodope: May(be) 6-10pm HAPPY HOUR: 6-9pm $2 pbrs | $3 well drinks | $1 off everything else Live Music by: Mike Rydock Adrienne Mack-Davis and Mike Fresh Progress…
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Painting Rituals: Setting The Mood
Painting Rituals: Setting The Mood At times the canvas calls. A blank, white field of space asking for your personal vision. Colors, shapes, light and shadow are ready to come to life from your hands. And the preparation begins…the painting…
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The 10 Best Written and Designed Quotes on Art I’ve Ever Read
The 10 Best Written and Designed Quotes on Art I’ve Ever Read It’s Monday, the beginning of the work week for most. For a little motivation, I figured I would share my 10 personal favorite quotes about art! “If you…
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Influential Art Teachers in My Life
Influential Art Teachers in My Life Recently, there was a news story about an English teacher from LaGuardia High School who was killed. LaGuardia was the high school I graduated from as an art major. Although I don’t recall having…
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Spray Paint and Stencils
Spray Paint and Stencils Two weeks ago, I joined Chris Cortes of CortesCreates for his class at the Edgies Teen Center in lower Manhattan. Each week he has the students try out different drawing techniques in blackbooks. He decided to…
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Color Me Yellow
Color Me Yellow As an artist, I get asked this question a lot. What is your favorite color? Well, yellow is my favorite color. It is the color of the walls in my room (a visitor once told me never…
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Grita Fuerte: Recap of Opening and Closing of Group Show
Grita Fuerte: Recap of Opening and Closing of Group Show On Sunday March 11th, we had the opening of our group show in celebration of International Women’s Day at the Rio II Gallery in the Broadway Housing Communities building. I displayed…
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