tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39620270401627637662024-03-13T14:27:13.724-07:00the troubled brush-an artist's blogsome thoughts and discoveries from eric frantz
and the artofericfrantz.comtroubled brushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997115224818257662noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962027040162763766.post-32041302866511089432009-06-13T18:28:00.000-07:002009-06-13T18:28:26.672-07:00A Brush with Gauguin<a href="http://www.time.com/time/travel/article/0,31542,1903984,00.html">A Brush with Gauguin</a><br /><br />Interesting info on a favorite artist..take the time to readtroubled brushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997115224818257662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962027040162763766.post-63593451499150323192009-04-29T06:43:00.000-07:002009-04-29T06:46:14.567-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMvNHdNFm28eVYLFvE2_xjLFG_2pOKUF-1CgStBOSs-odneZ7CRZlCE0Y2GH6Q5IJar7aoizLi6MdCtrPc1qtT-kSSHFTF9rKYjLTYuN5b4ypEv-J9IJ_Fgj0P3MT0J_xW4of2mtPGFAw/s1600-h/octoexterior-2-after.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330109217295048290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 217px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 144px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMvNHdNFm28eVYLFvE2_xjLFG_2pOKUF-1CgStBOSs-odneZ7CRZlCE0Y2GH6Q5IJar7aoizLi6MdCtrPc1qtT-kSSHFTF9rKYjLTYuN5b4ypEv-J9IJ_Fgj0P3MT0J_xW4of2mtPGFAw/s320/octoexterior-2-after.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=76033014811&ref=mf">Octo Studio- Open House- 'Cause we're special too!</a><br />Multi-Artist Open Studios<br />May 31th- All day Affair..stop in for a few minutes or stay and sponge some food and drink...Meet some broken, quirky, loner artists and their oddball friends, see some cool-ass studios, watch some great art being created, drink some shit wine(sorry, bad economy) and good beer, eat some yummy food..bring the kids, my pain in the toches will be there!! I know ur curious-so just come, it's only a few hours out of your mundane suburban life(ooo- did i actually write that??) Seriously, please come- it'll be fun.</div>troubled brushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997115224818257662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962027040162763766.post-66947662256332198872009-03-18T12:39:00.000-07:002009-03-18T12:42:43.875-07:00Ghost Story...I recently had an exhibit in an old building in Philadelphia, the owner told me if I needed to use the ladder- it's in the basement, all the way in the back...so- I'm by myself setting up my paintings and I come to find I need that ladder. Here we go- I find the basement door and proceed to flick the light switch-it doesn't work-of course. I'm looking down the stairs at pitch black in this ancient basement.(All I'm thinking of is how people in theaters always yell at the idiot not to keep going) Do I run back to my studio across town? Not me, I love this stuff, not afraid of anyone or anything. Not even the baddest biker scares me. Now I'm halfway(so I think) in to this dark basement with my cell phone as a light. I'm trying to pickup reflections and struggling to see. Now I'm deep in. Starting to wonder what kind of idiot I am for this brilliant move. My fingers reaching, probing the dark, for something, for anything. Then I hear something behind me, and then around me, and then above me I feel wind. I quickly turn and my light hits an old mirror and I walk forcefully into the dresser it seems to be attached to. I hear the noise behind me again, the goosebumps are all over me-in the mirror is a blurred mess of my light and a shadowlike play(probably me) ..the mirror falls to the ground and I actually die from a heart attack-but still manage to trip my way back up the stairs following the hall light..<br />No lessons learned..I still love this stuff-and I'd do it all over again-the schmuck I am.troubled brushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997115224818257662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962027040162763766.post-68801734657454797052009-02-22T11:10:00.000-08:002009-02-22T18:38:27.742-08:00End of an Era -for now anyway...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTmHIe0MUsXGjpaaljasDQO43WlCBbDyfci6UPFKxWWrL2UVM5gChO9Vbecoo03le97sTzQHQEXyzrljAob1v36jcLRzxXBaVuNFRMjVBaOKSZFiXO2DrkABD8iocnP-sqpH5GOiiAEOI/s1600-h/from+camera+feb+16+09+200.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTmHIe0MUsXGjpaaljasDQO43WlCBbDyfci6UPFKxWWrL2UVM5gChO9Vbecoo03le97sTzQHQEXyzrljAob1v36jcLRzxXBaVuNFRMjVBaOKSZFiXO2DrkABD8iocnP-sqpH5GOiiAEOI/s200/from+camera+feb+16+09+200.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305703860744435698" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Well it appears that I have to find a new job.</span><br />The economy has claimed a bunch of new victims including myself. It's hard being 43 and having to go job hunting. Different emotions keep entering my head..anger, resentment, sadness, sometimes happiness, and fear(of change and the unknown future). Most of you know my emotional side and my idiosyncrasies..<br />I do not have a market presence with my art and I have overhead related to it..I feel some self-imposed pressures, but have some resources to make it last for a while..hopefully I'll find something soon and this shitty-ass economy will take a turn for the better..got my fingers crossed and staying as positive as I can..thanks for all the support from family and friends..i need it and I'm not afraid or embarrassed to say it.<br /><br />Erictroubled brushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997115224818257662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962027040162763766.post-63836649808377852602009-01-16T13:24:00.000-08:002009-01-16T13:29:26.064-08:00TO FRAME OR NOT TO FRAME???It's troubling me, should I continue to build my own frames or buy pre-built frames<br />like the Illusion floater frames I see in the mailorder art catalogs..<br />Has anybody used them? If you have please let me know..and what u think of them..<br />Have a warm weekend-and enjoy watching the EAGLES! gut the Cardinals..talk soontroubled brushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997115224818257662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962027040162763766.post-22381939497442705882009-01-16T08:52:00.000-08:002009-01-16T09:02:06.103-08:00Love this..I'd piss on your leg for looking at me funny-try me!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOY1wJv7QE8zLryPpdQ-1LQP_gPWIQrOV2C2vNdB8WW4ekDWDijeHxrKHlzYd-dLTj9m_kf7c-OF3WvtsLmCmcmNe7jXi4sukKpafvnNMH2xDD_Zag293CBbAFtmK9xt0DdzMuih_RtuA/s1600-h/Bitch2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOY1wJv7QE8zLryPpdQ-1LQP_gPWIQrOV2C2vNdB8WW4ekDWDijeHxrKHlzYd-dLTj9m_kf7c-OF3WvtsLmCmcmNe7jXi4sukKpafvnNMH2xDD_Zag293CBbAFtmK9xt0DdzMuih_RtuA/s400/Bitch2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291937714230096434" border="0" /></a>troubled brushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997115224818257662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962027040162763766.post-1222003478437518462009-01-16T07:25:00.000-08:002009-01-16T07:31:03.631-08:00EAGLES!!! yep i'm on the bandwagon..ya something to say??<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMXZ6-LscMfi7rbv4M9sz3PGQW6xc72Em2_I8A5Qe3mBY_3d7dhK8eExeZ3dOuF-gnvT4aqAn5Lb9Vz-JuyjnLruoacR3toK_JXQoVTSKzQHPKOCSy_WNoWfv3B8kO2Kl4wdbw2fuAGMs/s1600-h/birds.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMXZ6-LscMfi7rbv4M9sz3PGQW6xc72Em2_I8A5Qe3mBY_3d7dhK8eExeZ3dOuF-gnvT4aqAn5Lb9Vz-JuyjnLruoacR3toK_JXQoVTSKzQHPKOCSy_WNoWfv3B8kO2Kl4wdbw2fuAGMs/s400/birds.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291913579121489506" border="0" /></a>troubled brushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997115224818257662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962027040162763766.post-83623135000173441002008-12-31T09:31:00.000-08:002008-12-31T09:37:23.461-08:00Happy New Yearanother year gone by..had some nice things happen..my art seems to be making serious progress and some notoriety..but I actually just want to paint....<br />Had some donations to Philadelphia Theatre Company and Friends Select..and a few sales to private collectors..lot's of hits and compliments on my website..artofericfrantz.com..check it out..<br />Other than that- Philly's doing ok, and things look promising for 2009..hope you all have a happy and healthy new year!! talk soon!!troubled brushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997115224818257662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962027040162763766.post-46978971650730365452008-12-18T06:43:00.000-08:002008-12-18T06:55:20.805-08:00it's pretty amazing..it always amazes me how mainstream news has the ability to influence people's thoughts and actions..why can't people think for themselves?<br /><br />also- I recently joined a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Facebook</span> group at the request of my friend, Mark <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Segal</span>(Publisher of the Philadelphia Gay News)...he's always been a supporter of my art..so I thought I'd do the same for him. It seems I don't know my "friends" as well as I thought. I received wall messages and texts from people who where wondering if I was gay because of this support..most of the messages pissed me off- are people this narrow-minded and ignorant?? <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">wtf</span>!troubled brushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997115224818257662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962027040162763766.post-90269091523446400252008-12-17T07:32:00.000-08:002008-12-17T07:37:21.994-08:00I'm not turning a blind eye..numbers are staggering..<b>Congo news..<br /><a href="http://www.theirc.org/media/www/congo-crisis-fast-facts.html">http://www.theirc.org/media/www/congo-crisis-fast-facts.html</a><br /></b>troubled brushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997115224818257662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962027040162763766.post-17390408524732810772008-12-15T11:24:00.000-08:002008-12-15T11:36:05.761-08:00Pass it around..everyone's been asking for it...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwGBFjHmxJccQdUFYsPKDEo0IbT0zLgK_D32W2MF-yP2SP5ONVdoiLNda2EkdtcJur8lzhatksp2-t7irxPjZQDQSBoDw9kEC8vABpQXIBKBwrbo8E5Ee-BqC1hbVyJrOmh8Y7Gn0Klhk/s1600-h/mom+3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 163px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwGBFjHmxJccQdUFYsPKDEo0IbT0zLgK_D32W2MF-yP2SP5ONVdoiLNda2EkdtcJur8lzhatksp2-t7irxPjZQDQSBoDw9kEC8vABpQXIBKBwrbo8E5Ee-BqC1hbVyJrOmh8Y7Gn0Klhk/s200/mom+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280102855960727778" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Mom-Mom Brenda’s Kugel</span><br /><br />Topping (I always prep this first):<br /><br />1/2 Cup Flour, 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar 1/2 Cup Sugar<br />3/4 Stick of Butter- Chopped up into tiny pieces<br />(Mix this till it’s a crumbly consistency)(If you need more, make more)<br /><br />Kugel:<br /><br />4/5 Large eggs<br />1 Stick Salted butter (I melt slightly in microwave)<br />1 Pint Sour Cream<br />1 Package Philly Cream Cheese (I melt slightly in microwave)<br />1/2 Cup Coffemate Powdered Creamer (Optional-her secret ingredient)<br />1 Cup Sugar (use 2 if you want)<br />1/2 Tsp each Nutmeg/Cinnamon/Allspice (I use all, you don’t have to)<br />1 Tsp. Vanilla Extract<br />1 Tsp. Salt (I try to use salt sparingly)<br />(you can add anything raisins, currants, nuts, fruits, chocolate, coconut)<br />1-1/4 Packages of Wide Egg Noodles<br />(Bigger the better or you can experiment with gourmet noodles or fresh pasta)<br /><br /><br />Directions:<br />1) Prep the topping(see above)<br />2) Pre-Heat oven (400)<br />3) Blend first 8 ingredients well<br />4) Boil noodles 3/4 of the way done(Cool down under water to warmish)<br />5) Combine everything and pour in a well greased shallow baking dish<br />6) Spread topping on Kugel (Don’t worry-neatness doesn’t count)<br />7) Back oven down to (350)<br />8) Bake until top is golden brown on topping is starting to melt(45-60 mins.)<br />9) Broil until topping is a carmel color and bubbling(approx. 10 mins). Do not burn!-stop yapping on the cell and check on it!!!<br />10)Remove from oven, let cool (15-20 mins.) before slicing.<br /><br />Serve plain or with sour cream, ice cream, wet fruit/nuts, honey.<br />I’m sure you can find something...<br /><br />Make sure you fast before eating this.<br />This is a artery clogger and <span style="font-weight: bold;">NOT</span> for dieters, or diabetics.<br />Eat cold/hot whatever. Lasts for days in and out of the fridge<br />Brenda(Mom-Mom) loved to cook this Kugel, and we all loved to eat it. Still do...<br /><br />Please pass this on to others, Brenda would have wanted it that way.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mom-Mom Brenda’s Kugel</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">with love from Eric Frantz</span>troubled brushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997115224818257662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962027040162763766.post-41586450895721627002008-12-15T09:21:00.001-08:002008-12-15T09:22:55.078-08:00me<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Hv82ZlFQRsFDXnsYgu4nm4RkmLtu2xSn4sbUbtLSrwgN5amDsgtdiCjkf8ZhVH_5Wt3xhx5ECKrRHwL449keYpTIYkeW5yP9LGVJHg1dgAAb5RlTeTeabBRHHgVPGbnzYEwMOW6O8Zo/s1600-h/eric.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 171px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Hv82ZlFQRsFDXnsYgu4nm4RkmLtu2xSn4sbUbtLSrwgN5amDsgtdiCjkf8ZhVH_5Wt3xhx5ECKrRHwL449keYpTIYkeW5yP9LGVJHg1dgAAb5RlTeTeabBRHHgVPGbnzYEwMOW6O8Zo/s200/eric.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280068592884840706" border="0" /></a><br />btw- this is me..troubled brushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997115224818257662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962027040162763766.post-14389402042555185202008-12-15T09:10:00.000-08:002008-12-15T09:18:41.894-08:00Trying...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWOJ4f4bBrIha0iGm_nDY36MKUOJaf4qePsU6XvxjoOHbv4AGWe4_OzamCgFCU5T_z4hXUs_-n_VFggt5IStgR2EV6x-zKxBBgf8R13ATx4CE0EI-E20qzbtTWtr_geDI6ZB1a_CLBS14/s1600-h/1012082030a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWOJ4f4bBrIha0iGm_nDY36MKUOJaf4qePsU6XvxjoOHbv4AGWe4_OzamCgFCU5T_z4hXUs_-n_VFggt5IStgR2EV6x-zKxBBgf8R13ATx4CE0EI-E20qzbtTWtr_geDI6ZB1a_CLBS14/s200/1012082030a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280067276301239906" border="0" /></a><br />I don't know about you my fellow artists..it's not a pretty picture(sorry) out there..I've managed to sell a few here and there..but the interest is scarce..I just sent some info to the national endowment of the arts and am still looking for gallery representation in Philly-anybody help?<br />I've managed to get my website hit first in Google(when you type Eric Frantz and an art related term)..website is coming along nicely..looking to rewrite the copy...<br />Painting with my first model ever -AW- she's a fiesty thing and haven't seen her in months..always a treat for me..lovely to paint as well..troubled brushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997115224818257662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962027040162763766.post-38258631570083847992008-12-12T11:24:00.000-08:002008-12-12T13:06:40.264-08:00A start?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil2Tz3mMjm5uzsoHIR3bH72qoShmOP1ICVs0qf8B6FP7fd2mGJr3Bvel-wVv7kKTeg4MPXG1ae3T2gjVO7GZqCfK51WA5O4-mq0jNyogFssB6CT9yqORJwGYNrdSniJKWDrbUWtq2hOos/s1600-h/DSCF1326cc.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil2Tz3mMjm5uzsoHIR3bH72qoShmOP1ICVs0qf8B6FP7fd2mGJr3Bvel-wVv7kKTeg4MPXG1ae3T2gjVO7GZqCfK51WA5O4-mq0jNyogFssB6CT9yqORJwGYNrdSniJKWDrbUWtq2hOos/s320/DSCF1326cc.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278987799471963554" border="0" /></a><br />Well it seems like I've been pushed to start a blog..I have no idea what I'm doing or whether it will amount to anything. I do enjoy writing..but only in a friendship style. This will be strange for me.<br />I'm an artist in Philadelphia, I concentrate mostly on the woman. The curve and motion of a woman is spell-binding to me..always has been..here's a little sample of my art:troubled brushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997115224818257662noreply@blogger.com0