New American Paintings is a popular publication showcasing emerging and established artists from around the country. It’s essentially a book, and if you pay for a subscription, it comes in 6 different issues; highlighting artists from each of the 5 regions of the U.S., and an MFA edition, showcasing artists in the process of receiving [...]
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New American Paintings: my submission
February 20th, 2011 · View Comments · Uncategorized
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“House on a Hill” – a new landscape painting
January 22nd, 2011 · View Comments · Uncategorized
Over the summer my wife, Laura, and I took a trip up north to spend the weekend at Laura’s parents cottage. They own some beautiful property in Atlanta, MI. I ended up painting this for them for Christmas this year. I think they liked it. “House on a Hill” 18×24 in., acrylic on canvas 2010
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Great Solution for Mounting Prints or Other Artwork
January 6th, 2011 · View Comments · Uncategorized
One of the needs I have had as an artist lately has been the ability to cleanly and securely mount paper onto wood panels. I’ve been making works for my Azoni Briefs series for several months now – short form, food themed paintings on artist grade paper, mounted on wood panels – and like many [...]
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2010 Highlights + My New Year’s Resolution
January 1st, 2011 · View Comments · Uncategorized
In 2009, my New Year’s resolution was to “seek more adventure”. I lived this out by taking a random day off work, driving to Port Huron by myself, realizing there was nothing interesting to do there by myself in the dead of winter, and finding a parking lot by the bridge to Sarnia overlooking the [...]
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New Phone Art – Abstract Interiors
December 31st, 2010 · View Comments · Uncategorized
I’ve been following a handful of design blogs in my Google Reader, and as I scan through the images from time to time, I have found there to be a lot of possibilities for abstraction. Sometimes really clean hard lines, other times intricate patterns. I love abstraction, but my paintings are usually pretty bland and [...]
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Painting start-to-finish – Detroit Institute of Arts
December 15th, 2010 · View Comments · Uncategorized
I recently finished the painting below of the Detroit Institute of Arts building, and recorded the process via my Flip cam. The idea for the painting came out of my desire to take a Detroit landmark, and represent it in a slightly abstracted manner. Check out the video below to watch the painting develop from [...]
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“My Burger Awaits” – A painting commission start-to-finish.
December 1st, 2010 · View Comments · Uncategorized
The best commissions are when the client says “do whatever you want”. Can’t argue with that. A friend of mine recently commissioned me to do a painting for him and his wife, and allowed me to pursue my own vision. My first question to him was “what do your dates look like?” My wife and [...]
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Pop Up Detroit – December Show
November 29th, 2010 · View Comments · Uncategorized
I have a piece in the December exhibition put on by Pop Up Detroit. Pop Up Detroit is an effort by some young Detroiters to turn abandoned buildings into temporary gallery space. Details of the upcoming exhibition: Dec. 4, 2010 5800 Cass Ave. Detroit, MI 5pm – 12 am Artists include: John Azoni, Chris Turner, [...]
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Studio Update
November 13th, 2010 · View Comments · Uncategorized
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FREE SHIPPING on Azoni Briefs
November 8th, 2010 · View Comments · Uncategorized
Good news for people who dislike added costs. I’m now offering FREE shipping – all the time – on all U.S. orders from Azoni Briefs on Etsy.
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