Happy Mother's Day!

Julie

Ginger

To all of you who are mothers, moms, caregivers, friends, grandparents, dads, older siblings... anyone who take care of someone else... Happy Mother's Day! While I own my mom a lot more than I can pay back, I see in my wife that same tenderness and caring that will hopefully help my daughter to grow up to appreciate all that her mom has done for her, as I appreciate all that my mom has done for me.

A mom, by definition. is a pretty narrow title. I feel fortunate to have had a mother that raised me well and helped form me, balance me out and give me the life I have and help make me the individual I am. I will be calling her today for sure. Please call that person that has influenced you in such a positive way, whether it be your mom, dad, uncle, aunt, grandparent, neighbor, good friend or whomever... you never know when you'll have that chance again.

See my mom at www.frankkorb.com and check out the portraits section - "Ginger" is my mom. My daughter's mom is "Julie"... she's in the portraits also.

Happy Mother's Day Julie, Mom and Grandma!

2 for 1 Posting!

13 April 2008

15 April 2008

Since it has not been a daily or even weekly happening, I thought I'd post a couple of images. Please... share my space with your friends and don't forget to look at www.frankkorb.com for my larger body of works.

Frank

Long Time Coming

It has been a while since I have visited the blog. My portraits have continued to happen every day, and the best ones I have found, or rather the most fulfilling, have been drawn from life. That is not, however, a surprise. My lovely wife has softened on the idea of having her portrait drawn, which is good, because at 10:00 at night, there are only a couple of options for me to work from. I also have found that the sketchbooks have been a great option instead of the single sheets of watercolor paper. Although the texture is smooth, I enjoy the tone of the paper and ease of carrying it around.

25 February 2008

In addition to the exhibition in La Crosse at the Pump House Gallery, the daily drawings continue. 25 February 2008 is one of many of Julie Korb that I am not sure if she even knows are being drawn. I love drawing from the live model, even if they are unaware.

Pump House Gallery - La Crosse, WI

Tuesday, February 26 - Saturday, March 15, 2008 at the Pump House Gallery in La Crosse, WI, I will be exhibiting my many portraits of my friends and family. I am very thankful to the people at the Pump House for the opportunity to share my work to Western Coast of the state of Wisconsin. The installation was a great success to brighten up the newly remodeled Pump House Regional Arts Center and I wish them a very hearty congratulations on 30 years as an arts center for the La Crosse and surrounding areas. The show will be coming down on Saturday the 15th of March, so please join me (and bring a friend) on Friday the 14th for the reception. I hope to see a lot of people there, old faces and new faces alike.

Frank

21 February 2008

Politics can bring out the joy and celebration for many. What joy this celebrator felt when the MQM party won 19 seats in the Pakistan Parliamentary Election on Monday. How happy were you when the votes came in on your local election?

13 February 2008 - Snow Tongue

This weeks drawing choice comes from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's pages. A lovely young child trying with all their might to attain the ever allusive snow flake on the tongue. "A child with a taste for winter catches a few snow flakes on E. Locust St. near N. Maryland Ave. on Tuesday." Welcome to the headlines in Wisconsin. This Sunday is set for another major snowstorm. I am sure I will get the taste for snow out of my system before too long. As you can see, I have traded my individual pages of watercolor paper to a sketchbook/pad. I am enjoying the off white color and smooth texture of the paper as well as the fact that they drawings are all together, 24 of them at least. One day got ahead of the next already, but I think that will make for a story later. The end result will probably be empty sketchbooks anyway when the pages are removed for display (on not display,a book of sketches is a nice addition to my collection).

Frank

Contemporary Artist Network - CAN Forum Challenge - WINNER

We are pleased to announce the winner of 2007 CAN Forum Challenge. As the most active member of the CAN Forum community, Frank Korb receives a free ad featuring his artwork in the New York issue of the Gallery Guide ($750 value). We congratulate Frank and look forward to his continuing participation! In the meantime, CAN Forum Challenge is going on. It is open to all artists. The 2008 winner will be selected in January of 2009 based on frequency and quality of postings. Good luck to everybody!!! Gallery Guide (http://www.artinfo.com/galleryguide) is a major art reference publication available in all galleries of Manhattan, and seen by thousands collectors, curators, critics, and art lovers.
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Greser et. al.

Thank you for the opportunity to share my work in the Gallery Guide of Manhattan. The CAN forum has been a great place to make contact with a wide variety of artists, and for that I am appreciative. The conversations I have had regarding speaking at exhibitions and leading art talks was very helpful, as was the additional resource for sharing info on current and upcoming shows. Thanks again for the opportunity and I hope that the forum continues to build and help the global art community. I invite everyone to visit my website and blog at www.frankkorb.com.

Best Regards -

Frank Korb

Daily Drawing - 2 February 2008

Here is my choice for this weeks drawing. Taken from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a young supporter of Mr. Barack Obama for President of the United States. I have been doing a number of contour drawings as of late. Maybe its a time thing, and I need to commit a bit more of it to the daily drawings. I do, however, enjoy the fluidity and spontaneity of the works.

Frank

Friday Night at Urban Accents Gallery

Gallery Night is almost here! I hope to see a whole lot of people I know and meet a whole lot more that I don't at the reception. I plan of being there around 6:00pm or so if that is of help to anyone. Please call me at (262) 492 9090 or shoot me an e-mail at fjkorb@sbcglobal.net if you have any questions. I have heard from a number of good friends , thanks for the e-mails, and I hope to see them there. In addition to the Urban Accents Gallery, I have been asked to participate in the inaugural exhibition at the newly remodeled Roberta Avonn Fiskum Gallery at my alma matter UW-Whitewater. What an exciting opportunity, thanks to Beth Wiza and Kim Adams for the invitation.

Frank Korb at Urban Accents Gallery
159 N. Broadway
414 220 5050
www.ua-home.com

NPR - A Way With Words

Posted on the "A Way With Words" website at http://www.waywordradio.org/2008/01/05/typewriters-we-have-loved/ today is my contribution to the national conversation. My wife Julie and I have been going round and round about "regardless" and "irregardless" for some time. The commentary I have with the gracious hosts is somewhere in the middle of the show, but if you want to sharpen your verbage and literary useage of vocabulary, the entire show is well worth listening to. Unfortunately, a lovely story about Julie and I speaking with her grandfather and him correcting her useage of "regardless" never got told. I'll have to tell you that one later. Thanks to Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett for great fun on the national stage. 15 minutes of fame, one second at a time!

Milwaukee Gallery Night - January 18

Here is a quick invite to visit my current show and reception at the Urban Accents Gallery in the Historic Third Ward of Milwaukee. I hope to see you there. Please contact me at fjkorb@sbcglobal.net with any questions. Please, bring a friend!

Frank Korb at Urban Accents Gallery
159 N. Broadway
414 220 5050
www.ua-home.com

Frank Korb
Reminiscent of Alex Katz's portraits of his wife Ada, and his New York society, Frank Korb's portraits break down faces into their most basic geometry. Large jig-sawed swaths of color magically reveal the personality of the subject - mainly friends and family of the artist.

Friday, January 18 and Saturday, January 19 Milwaukee's East Town and Historic Third Ward will be sponsoring it's 20 year old tradition of Gallery Night and Day. I will be at Urban Accents Gallery on Friday night for the reception. This quarterly event will have 57 venues throughout the downtown Milwaukee area to choose from. During the Gallery Night event there will be a free Xpress shuttle service to get you from one area of the city to another. This is a continual loop that has 5 stops (approximately every 15 minutes) and will run from 5 - 9pm.

For further information, please visit:
Historic Third Ward Association
(414) 273 - 1173
www.historicthirdward.org

Milwaukee Art Museum
(414) 224 - 3841
www.mam.org

Resolutions for 2008

Welcome to the Juxtaposition of Color blog. I hope, over the next year, to contribute my share of good will, curious anecdotes, links to web sites that I have found interesting and artwork of my own and others. To begin the year, please look at, buy for yourself and another as a gift the book "The Faith Between Us" by Peter Bebergal and Scott Korb.

Resolutions... Last year's went pretty well. Two of five didn't get accomplished, but being more patient with those I love is always a struggle and reading for 15 minutes a day, which seems like an easy thing to do, wasn't. 2007 was full of running. I ran and ran and ran and ran! This year, I'll begin with running 20 miles a week (that's a bit more than I am currently running, but down from my September numbers) and see where I go from there. I will maintain my well earned weight, and not lose any more. From January 1, 2007 to January 1, 2008, I lost 40 pounds, just by running and being conscious of my diet. I will continue to draw one portrait, every day, until June 19, and then I will reflect upon the 365 portraits and consider what to fill my next year with beginning June 20 (my birthday) and I will post my favorite from that week here. I will create 1 large scale work of art every 2 months. Drawings, paintings, whatever vein I choose, I will set a goal of 6 new, major works this year. Last year it all got done in a one month spurt, and I need to get to the studio more often. Of course, more patience with those I love, I will not take them for granted.

That's five resolutions. Five is a good number.

I look forward to a great 2008, and I wish you well and God's blessings.