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3rd Annual Miniature Show at the 337 Sketch Gallery

Jozsef Abranko — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 16:47:39 +0000

I am part of the 3rd Annual Miniature Show at the 337 Sketch Gallery in Hamilton. The Show is on from 3rd to 26th October and features two of my plein air miniature paintings. Over 50 local and international artists will be exhibiting in the show. Check it out if you are in the Hamilton area.

Gallery wall featuring watercolour, oil and acrylic miniatures.

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“Song of Nature” Group Show at the McKay Art Centre

Jozsef Abranko — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 15:50:52 +0000

I am pleased to announce that I am participating in a group show “Song of Nature – The 2nd Exhibition of Paintings of Yaohua Yan Art Studio” at the McKay Art Centre. The show is on from September 11-15 at the McKay Art Centre in Unionville. There will be a meet the artists reception on Saturday, September 14th from 2:00pm – 4:00pm. The exhibition features 65 paintings from 13 artists including our outstanding teacher, master watercolour artist Yaohua Yan. The show includes four of my watercolours and four of my plein air oil miniatures.

Two of my miniature oil paintings.

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DIY Pochade Box

Jozsef Abranko — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 17:40:59 +0000

All of my small oils (up to 5″x7″) are painted plein air using my DIY pochade box.
It is a pretty small hand-held box, the palette/mixing area measures 5.75 x 8 in.

I made the sides from Oak, the rest is Baltic Birch ply. I planned to make a brass lid support and a spring loaded panel holder (similar to Open Box M), but after using the box prototype for a while, I fell in love with it’s simplicity and decided to keep it just a box. I use it with either canvas taped on, or small canvas panels/gesso board mounted with four small pieces of sticky-tac. I hold the pochade box with my left hand using my thumb as a lid support.

Pochade Box Top Panel Pochade Box – varnish applied
Pochade Box Ready to Go

Acrylic palette in place and loaded with titanium white, cadmium yellow light, cadmium red light, alizarin crimson and ultramarine blue.

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Watercolour Landscape from Imagination

Jozsef Abranko — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 20:35:23 +0000

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