Cecilia Beaux

Cecilia Beaux was a Philadelphia artist who painted marvelous portraits. Artist Jay Rolfe has seen many in museums, especially the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. This one was in the "American Evolution" exhibit at the Corcoran Gallery. It was painted in 1921 and is titled "Sita and Sarita." The cat and the sitter's playful hand add life to Beaux' technical mastery.

This is the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's signature style, his innovative Pop Art 3-D paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/.

One Year of Blogging

In his first year of blogging, artist Jay Rolfe made 244 posts to this blog! It's been fun, and has evolved into including a visual every day in the form of the photo of the day. Today's photo of the day is of the blogger, artist Jay Rolfe, with his 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas painting "American Gothic Nude."

That's the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his innovative 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create Uplifting Conversation Pieces.

"American Gothic Nude"

Artist Jay Rolfe has added several new photos of his innovative 3-D paintings, 3DSSC or 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, to his website. The photo of the day is of "American Gothic Nude" which is a 4' high version of artist Jay Rolfe's 8' high "American Gothic Uncovered." It's painted on canvas and includes a real hayfork. You can view details about both on Jay Rolfe's website http://www.jayrolfe.com/. Both paintings are inspired by Grant Wood's iconic painting "American Gothic" which is displayed at and was seen by artist Jay Rolfe at the Art Institute of Chicago. Here's a link to "American Gothic" on their website. http://www.artic.edu/artaccess/AA_Modern/pages/MOD_5.shtml

That's the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his innovative 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create Uplifting Conversation Pieces.

"American Gothic Uncovered"

Artist Jay Rolfe's 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas painting American Gothic Uncovered, pictured here, is the full scale version of American Gothic Nude, which is about half the size and also a 3DSSC painting, featured in yesterday's post. Here's a link to that photo on Rolfe's website, http://www.3dssc.com/agu_p.htm. American Gothic Uncovered is 96" high, 36" wide, and 12 7/8" deep.

Also pictured here is the painting from 1930 by Grant Wood titled "American Gothic" which inspired both of my 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings. The painting is owned by the Art Institute of Chicago. Here's a link to their website description. http://www.artic.edu/artaccess/AA_Modern/pages/MOD_5.shtml

This is the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's unique artistic idea, his 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/.

"American Gothic Nude"

Artist Jay Rolfe is pictured here with his recently completed small (relatively) 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas painting titled American Gothic Nude. Rolfe's 3-D painting is 48" high, 21 1/2" wide, and 11 1/4" deep.

This is the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's unique artistic idea, his 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/.

American Gothic Nude painting

Artist Jay Rolfe created a four foot high "American Gothic Nude" painting. Including the hayfork, it has a depth of 11 1/4 inches. Here is a photo of it.

This is the latest step on the journey of Jay Rolfe From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You can see some completed expressions of Jay Rolfe's unique artistic idea on his website at www.3dssc.com.