Local Artists Rebecca Klementovich Supports Best Friend, 1300 miles Road Trip

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Local Artists Rebecca Klementovich Supports Friend’s Art hike of 1300 miles in Florida

Jan 1, 2020 (Yalala Florida). -This December local artist, Rebecca Klementovich will be on a road trip to the charming, semi-rural community of Yalaha, Florida for January and February.  “My best friend from College has asked for my help in making one of her dreams come true. How could I say, no?." Rebecca says.

Rebecca’s best friend from college, Stella Arbeláez plans to complete a 1300 mile trek through the state of Florida by walking the Florida National Scenic Trail from end to end. Stella asked Rebecca to support her along the way.

Stella Arbeláez and Rebecca Klementovich met at The Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC, where they both studied Fashion and Fine Arts Illustration.  Stella later became a special effects animation artist for the Walt Disney Feature Animation studio in Florida as well as Warner Brothers and DreamWorks in California.  She worked in such movies as "Lion King", "The Iron Giant" and  "Spirit, Stallion of the Cimarron Valley", to name a few. Rebecca became a Fashion Textile designer for twenty two years, working on high end women’s clothes lines. After divorces, mother’s deaths and raising daughters, they are reuniting to work together again. Stella and Rebecca have not seen each other in twenty one years.

The plan is for Stella to trek the Florida National Scenic Trail in a three month journey. While on the trail, Stella will be painting and sketching the uniqueness of the Florida landscape. Rebecca will support Stella by caring for her dog and home as well as meeting her at specific locations to resupply her food on occasion. The two artists plan to paint together on some sections of the trail to  share the beauty and diversity that the Florida landscape has to offer. The friends hope to rejoin forces on their goal to become fantastic painters and renew their friendship and dedication to the arts.

“We hope to paint some epic paintings and find some galleries that will sponsor us as well. There is nothing stronger than the bond of friendship and a love of painting. We will be like Monet and Renoir, of the Trails!” Rebecca says.

"Planning and completing a thru hike for the first time is not an easy task. I will have to walk an average of 17 miles per day for 3 months in order to pull this off." Stella said. "Add to this my goal of recording the trail on canvas and paper, and a thru hike becomes the most exciting and challenging art project for me tackle up to date". 

Rebecca Klementovich is a full time painter, and a curator at the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts, NH. She moved to the Dover area recently, after living in the Bartlett, NH for eight years. She is known for her colorful mountains landscapes, and being the co-founder of the Femme Fatales of the North. You can find out more about her on her website.  www.klementovich.com

Stella Arbeláez moved back to Central Florida five years ago. She is currently working on developing a body of work to launch her career as a fine artist. "The Florida Trail project" is an essential component of this process and goal. You can find more about Stella on her website: www.stellaarbelaez.com

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Public Art Mural at Settlers Green 2019

Local Artists Rebecca Klementovich Paints new Public Mural at Settlers Green

Dec 13, 2019 (North Conway, NH). -This December local artist, Rebecca Klementovich painted a huge 13x20 foot mural using the Settler’s Green logo in a fantastic multi- colored design mural. The mural can be found near the Banana Republic store. Dorthea Seybold and her co-workers, did the design which is beautiful Matisse influenced artwork. There are six colors that intertwined with each other in a spectacular way. This public art piece is another example of Settlers Green continuing to expand their commitment to the arts.

Rebecca explains about the process. “The challenge was the weather. The paint needs a temperature of about 32 degrees to dry. So to deal with the current cold temps of about 28 degrees the talented team at Settlers Green built a temporary room around the mural space. I had two heaters and four lights to pull this mural off. It took about four days of painting in the cold. It was worth it!”

“This mural is so large; it reminds me of the Italian Fresco’s in size. I hope this piece in particular will be used for people to take selfies in front of. It’s a fun way to connect to the shoppers and art,” Klementovich said. “It was great fun painting so large. Now that the mural is done, I am going back to painting a new series of Birch trees and Bright Mountains.”

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How to Pick Art for your Room

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How to choose Art for Interior Decorating a Room

Are you afraid to buy art and make a mistake?

First, most online galleries and private sales will allow you to send back your work and only pay for shipping cost or no costs at all. Look into the return policy. Many times there is no risk to hang art on your wall because you can mail it back.

1. Do you want the Art to dictate the room?

Some home owners like to use the art as the centerpiece of the room. If that is the case, you can pick a main color to use as the one of the wall colors or accents for the room. You can also use two harmonious other colors in the art to also use as accents for the room.

2. Are you using one main piece of art or a few smaller pieces of art in the one room?

You can have the “Main show”, piece of art as a main interest or three to five smaller pieces. Or you can hang smaller pieces together in a grouping, so that the pack of art feels like one piece of art.

3. Keep one element the same

If you hang a group of framed art make sure something has a common thread. For example, all the frames are the same color, all the frames have matts, all the pictures are of one theme, or all the art is in bright colors or muted colors.

Also hang the work in a group of paintings with a equal amount of space between each painting –usually one to two inches apart. You’ll have to hang the work and step away to see if it looks good the space around the art looks good.

3. Echo

Is there an echo or pattern in the art work that you can also find in a print of a pillow or fabric pattern? By reiterating a central theme shape or color from the art- into other parts in the room, you can bring the level of design into a fantastic new level.

For art to look cohesive in your room, it should echo, or repeat something element.. This can often be a color, but it can also be a shape or a pattern. Having three to five elements the same color in one room is a good rule of thumb. This is kind of a universal law of design by using three or five as the amount an element repeats itself in the room give a room, a flow.

4. Art-Where to find it

Local galleries are a great way to support your artists in town (sometimes if you live close by the gallery will let you hang the work at your house before you buy it). On-line galleries are easy too. Pinterest has a large group of artists as well show casing their work. You can simply plug in a subject in Pinterest that you would like to see art of, or a color that you like, or a style of art. Impressionists, Fauvism, Pop art, Graphic, Landscapes of Mountains are a just a few ideas you can use to research art.

Check out my interior page for ideas on my website www.klementovich.com

My boards on Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/rebeccaklemento/

Winner of Art in the park

Every year we get together as local artist to do Art in the Park. It is a time where we can see what we have been painting and reconnect with friends, collectors and local people. This art fair has really begun to take off and have higher end artists show their work.

This year I started a new series called Pastoral Landscapes which has a softer palette. The painting that won first prize in Art in the Park, came from this series. It is called Mount Washington and Misty Fields. I was going for the mist that rises from the contrast in weather that happens briefly. I was honored to have won first in show.

TV Interview about Pop up shows

It was great talking about how my Pop Up show at Settler’s Green is a way to bring Modern art to the area. Pop up shows started in NYC in 2007 when there was not enough space for artist to show that was cheap. Watch the interview to learn more.

https://youtu.be/vP23w1gCdSc

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Pop up Show at Settlers Green, NH

This Pop up show is a collection of paintings called,

When Warhol died he told me this… series   This series of work around the line quality of lovers intermingled hands. What I am trying to express in these hands is how close they are. I am using the negative space to bring some sort of tension, or apprehension. Utilizing the tiny spaces between the faces.

When the painting project took place, a huge snowstorm had me trapped at home and fidgety. The process for these works was whether to let the line show or not,where the two faces meet. Not showing the line helped express time and space in a more subtle way. It is kind of like painting in and out of the subject matter. Before I painted, I spent two hours practicing drawing the faces and hands, so that when I painted the lines of the faces and hands it was done in a a singular stroke. As simple as these lines look, they take a lot of prep work. Simplicity is sometimes the hardest to achieve.

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Solo show at Harvard Square

CAMBRIDGE, MASS-Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre will be showing, local artist, Rebecca Klementovich, on Saturday, 27th 2019. Rebecca will be showing eight Abstract paintings in the Sanctuary Theatre in Harvard Square.

The work will be shown during the performance of Boston-based company Subject:Matter under the direction of choreographer Ian Berg, joining forces with tap dance legends and Boston natives Dianne Walker and Derick Grant for a not-to-be-missed tap dance experience.

Jose Mateo, is curating ten dance events at the Ballet Theatre, featuring companies involved in the Dance for World Community Festival over the last ten years. Having put his ballet performance company’s repertory concerts on hold after 32 years, he maintains the Ballet School and has moved programs of diverse dance forms into the Sanctuary Theatre this spring.

 

“Connecting art to the wide range of performances at the Theatre this spring has been a wonderful process, drawing visual culture from Japanese Kimonos to the history of album covers. Each show is unique. I have always wanted to the right opportunity to curate an exhibition of Rebecca’s work. Her sensitive abstract pieces have not yet had the recognition they deserve, this Cambridge exhibition is a step in the right direction.”

 

Presidential Volunteer Service Award

On May 31st 2019  -ROCHESTER NH at the RPAC Art Gallery, located at 32 North Main Street.

Rebecca Klementovich, a local artist received the President's Volunteer Service Award, signed by Trump. She is one of  the curators at the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts. She has given many hours of service to help strengthen the arts in New Hampshire. Her community service for the betterment of others and part of what keeps America a stronger future.



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When I was eight, our school went to a field trip to Strawbery Banke. I fell in love with it then, the gardens, the crowded turn of the century houses. It was such a beautiful escape. Now I live close by and I paint such an amazing part of Portsmouth.Strawbery Banke is the oldest neighborhood in New Hampshire to be settled by Europeans, and the earliest neighborhood remaining in the present-day city of Portsmouth. It features more than 37 restored buildings built between the 17th and 19th centuries in the Colonial, Georgian and Federal style architectures. The darkest colored house is the oldest house in the group. I have a group of historical areas that I am painting, or known as historical paintings. Look out for more!

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