Cassandra Tondro at The Rose Cafe

My show of twelve recent abstract paintings opens at The Rose Cafe in Venice, CA next week! Here are the details, and I hope to see you there.

Cassandra Tondro at

The Rose Cafe

March 8 - April 29, 2012

The Rose Cafe

220 Venice Rose Avenue

Venice, CA 90291

Meet the artist in the cafe

from 2 - 3:30pm

on

Friday, March 16th

and

Saturday, March 31st

Spring 1, 40 x 30 inches, repurposed acrylic latex paint on canvas

Art Business News Article

Woo hoo! My paintings are featured in the current issue of Art Business News in an article on sustainable artists. Click on "Sustainable Artists" on the cover to jump directly to the article.

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day! I hope you're all feeling the love.

Finished Painting

Here's the finished painting, with the third layer of splatter paint applied. It's brighter than I was expecting it to be. You never know until you try it. This is definitely the painting for brightening up a room!  36" x 36", repurposed acrylic latex paint on canvas.

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Work in Progress - Second Layer

Here's the painting-in-progress with the second layer of paint applied and dried, and the Contact paper dots removed. I'm going to do some splatter paint in greens on top of this.

I think I got all of the Contact paper off! It's really difficult to see the dots once they've been painted over. Did I miss any?

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Thank You and Work in Progress

Thank you to everyone who came out for Downtown Art Walk last night! I appreciate your support and encouragement. I hadn't been to Downtown Art Walk before, and I was amazed at the number of people there. The streets were packed, and it was great to see so many people who are interested in art! The show at Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts continues through the end of February, if you'd like to see my Valentine series paintings.

Here's a new painting I'm working on, photographed in my studio. The white dots are Contact paper, being used for masking. Next I'm going to apply a layer of deep reds, purples, rust and burgundy. I'll let it dry, and pull off the Contact paper to reveal pink and peach dots. After that I'm thinking of a splattered layer of greens. Stay tuned!

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The Valentines Series

Here's my grid of 10" x 10" Valentine's paintings hanging at Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts in downtown Los Angeles. The show is titled "True Grid," and it's up through the end of February. They hung sixteen of the paintings, and they have eight more that they will show you if you ask to see them.

I will be at Downtown Art Walk next Thursday night, February 9th. I'll be checking out the galleries myself, and I'll spend some time at Gloria Delson.

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Valentine's Paintings

My grid of paintings in recognition of Valentine's Day -- to be shown at Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts during the month of February. Each painting is 10" x 10", repurposed acrylic latex paint on canvas, and they're sold separately.  Or you can buy all 28 of them, if you'd like! A most unusual Valentine's Day gift!

Join me at the Downtown Art Walk on Thursday night, February 9th. I'll be there checking out the galleries myself, and I'll spend some time at Gloria Delson.

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Winter Newsletter

I just sent out my Winter quarterly newsletter, detailing information about recent commissions, ongoing and upcoming shows, and new work. Check it out, and subscribe if you'd like to receive it in your e-mail inbox.



Natural Forces, 24 x 24 inches, repurposed acrylic latex paint on canvas

Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts

Two of my paintings are included in a group show at Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts in downtown Los Angeles this month. Come on down for the Downtown Art Walk next Thursday night, January 12th. Most of the galleries are open until 9pm, but it starts getting crowded around 7:00, so you might want to consider coming early and staying for dinner.  The show continues through the end of January.