Top Ten Posts on Artist's Blogs - 2010

Who put the best posts on an artist's blog this year?  The following ten caught my interest, and this is the post where I remember them for their excellence in blogging.  There are no repeat artists from previous years, although I have to note that Claudia Hajian, Museworthy, and Gregory Sullivan, Sippican Cottage, whose blogs won this award in the past, continue to bring forth superior blog posts on a regular basis.


See the Top Ten, 2008 and Top Ten, 2009.


Award winners are welcome to copy and paste the award jpeg on their blog. No attribution is necessary.

Here are my choices for the year 2010, Top Ten Art Blog Posts.

Delta Towns
July 22, 2010
Studio Notes, Terry Miura

A painting trip through rural and small town California.  Oil paintings, summer heat and tonal poetry.

Black Painting#7, 

2010, 20x28, 

Oil on Gessoed Paper

Tracy Helgeson

Vermont Residency Plan B

February 10, 2010
Works by Tracy Helgeson, Tracy Helgeson


Tracy goes to the Vermont Studio Center Residency in the wintertime and paints like a hermit.  She gets in artistic trouble, paints her way out and makes the brilliant.  This post is an in-studio look at The Black Paintings.

Reply to Artelasticum PepsiCola

May 10, 2010
Stapleton Kearns, Stapleton Kearns

"Ask Stape," is the tag line that Stapleton Kearns uses at his blog. In his own words, "I present some essays on painting, art, and hopefully amuse you some at the same time." More than that, this artist's blog is one of the best teaching blogs out there. Stapleton also received the Making a Mark Award: The FAQs and Answers Really Useful Medal for being an all-around great resource to artists who blog.

Who's Made A Mark This Week
17th. October, 2010
Making a Mark, Katherine Tyrrell

Every week I look forward to Katherine's report of what has happened in the art world, and on art blogs all over the world.  Her posts tell about important and interesting exhibits, especially those in her home city of London.  Also, she looks at what has been posted on artist's blogs, what's up in the art economy, and on the internet of particular interest to artists, arts professionals and collectors.

The Red Studio

1911

o/c, 181 x 219.1 cm

Henri Matisse

MoMA

Mattise Works Red (the briefest of fiction)
March 12, 2010

Aesthetic Work, Kelly E. Marszycki

Prose from artist Kelly Marszycki, and an hommage to Matisse in a red theme..  Savor this.


     "I cannot breathe. I feel myself drowning in this desire to create something..."

Woman reading, "Illustre" after Edouard Manet

2010, Oil on 12 x 12 stretched canvas.

Celeste Bergin

Painting over an old painting...again
August 22, 2010
Celeste Bergin, Painter, Celeste Bergin

Celeste is a powerhouse of an artist who lives in Portland, Oregon.  She is great at posting daily, and her process is what it's all about.  She portrays the fun that she has living the artist's life.  I had the pleasure of meeting her in August when I made a road trip to California.

"Painting with black is delicious fun."

From Gig Harbor!

May 18, 2010
Art and Music, Katherine van Schoonhoven


This year I noticed more posts by artist bloggers written as a series.  First up is Katherine van Schoonhoven.    Katherine took a sailboat trip to Alaska via the Inside Passage, and live blogged the whole thing!  That has to be the greatest adventure posted this year, and her paintings, journal sketches and notes are a must see.  I chose one post as representative of her live-blogging series.

Eva im Bad (IV)

2010, Pastel 

21x23cm

© Astrid Volquardsen

Demo With Margaret Dyer
May 31, 2010
Astrid Volquardsen, Pastellbilder, Astrid Volquardsen

Astrid went to Paris and took a long workshop with expert figure artist, Margaret Dyer, of Atlanta, Georgia. What else do you need to know? A dream workshop for an artist. Astrid's wonderful work can be seen here.

Telluride Plein Air - Day Four
July 1, 2010
DEBORAH PARIS, A Painting Life, Deborah Paris


I took an online class from Deborah this year, and have been a fan of hers for many years.  Her annual trip to Telluride, Colorado is live-blogged in this post and others in the series. The prestigious event: The Telluride Plein Air Festival.


Albala Worksop - Foggy Mornings
July 31, 2010
1,000 Paintings, Lisa McShane


Washington artist, Lisa McShane is always up for a workshop, and does yeoman's duty reporting her trips on her blog.  This series features the Mitchell Albala workshop in western Washington.  Lisa is a successful landscape artist whose work is a treat to look at, and I enjoy following her blog.