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The Painting Activist
http://www.ashleycecil.com
This the marriage of art and social activism. I paint about social issues and the groups and organizations working to establish change. All paintings are available for sale with a portion of the proceeds going to benefit the corresponding cause or nonprofit.
- Added on: Mar 10th, 2007
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Ashley Cecil
- Listed in: Visual Arts Society
- Tags: art painting activism journalism social activism advocacy
Recent Posts
Calendar doubles as a garden kit
5″ x 5″ watercolor in a 12″ x 12″ frame, $175 Click here to see picture of the framed painting. See all artwork available for sale. If I had done any shopping for Christmas whatsoever, I would have bought several of these eco-...
‘Climate Change on Canvas’ at UN conference
As excited as I was to be a part of the Oxfam “Climate Change on Canvas” project, I was disappointed to hear outcomes from UN the conference left something to be desired. Theo Ratcliff of Oxfam International reported, “The confere...
Help two local families coping with tragedy
Yesterday, I learned about a horrific accident in Louisville involving four teens who are members of Youth Alive (where I have been doing community art programming through the Louisville Visual Art Association since this summer). After leaving a hol...
Painting their way through cancer
Thanks to a grant from the Kentucky Arts Council, I was able to start a community art project in September with a small group of women who are members of Gilda’s Club Louisville. The primary objective was to help the women create a large paint...
Call for Louisville artists
Yes, it’s merely November 08, but I’m already gearing up for next year’s Champions 4 Her. The annual festival will take place on June 20th, 09 and my team of artists will be expanding by a few. Champions 4 Her is an umbrella fundr...
Comments & Reviews
This blog is currently rated a 4.94 out of a possible 5 based on 32 comments.
Ann Tracy
Great idea to tie art sales to nonprofit groups... I do something similar in that I donate work to nonprofits, but your blog has me rethinking that!
Atul Sharma
Really Great Paintings :o)
Dorian
Great blog and great content. I like what you do.
The Burning Windmill
golly I adore your scrummy colours :-)
Designerly
Beautiful art with a great cause behind everything :) awesome blog!
http://social.pi.edu
Great article!
Beautiful pc of social life!
Helen Bascom
Great site.
artist muller jean francois
Artist Muller invites artists all over the world to join here and post their paintings, drawings and any comments. at http://artcanvas. ning. com
http://www. artistpaintingonline. com
hawleyclan
I like your style. Very real and distinctive. 8)
Jrayrice
Fantastic!
Thank you for your insight and ability to see us!
Theresa Hall
I want to visit and paint with your sometime. Your work is quite good and speaks not only to me, but to others as well. Please let me know. Cheers!
Eithiriel
Great concept.
Manuel Pereira da Silva
Nice Blog ! I really like your header graphic and your general layout... and your content obviously... Keep up the good work and I'll definitely be back!
Bird
An intelligent blog with plenty of art to feast your eyes on and wisdom to get your teeth into. Thoughtful and illuminating.
doudy
Great Watercolours, I was really amazed by your work.
I'll be a regular visitor to your Blog, I am a beginner in watercolors so your Blog will be like a reference to me :)
Silver Vista
Your work is outstanding. Nice blog.
Sue C.
This site is beautiful in layout and the artwork is outstanding. There were a lot of wordpress data errors, though that sort of messed up my browsing. This is an unusual blog for an artist and I really enjoyed reading through it.
Jrayrice
Beautiful artwork and content.
Visit mine please.
Philadelphia Tivoli
I love your blog...your work is very moving, I don't often find artwork that does that to me, thank you for sharing your artwork with the world :-)
Kind Regards,
Philadelphia Tivoli
Anna J
Hi Ashley, I loved your watercolors and also oil paintings. Most of the pictures are so lively! Like photos taken on a sunny day.
The watercolors look especially amazing to me.
Cheers,
Anna
LaShon James-Major
I love your work. Truly beautiful.
lotusflower
What an outstanding concept of sharing your art and your talent with most of us who crave to even have half of what you got.
Thanks and
Cheers!
william hessian
i really love the concept of your blog. i am also an artist who feel that currently artists really need to step up and tackle some of the major issue that our world needs to take care of.
i will be watching your blog closely.
Madlab Entertainment
Creative blog and awesome artwork. You have found an interesting way to showcase your talent and bring attention to important subjects.
julian bennett
wOw....stunning...i'm moved. thank you.
Badthing
Hi Ashley :) Your work is beautiful and so is your heart and I think you are very inspirational. I am linking your blog on my own website Links page and here it is for you to view, my dear:
http://www.non-violent.com/links.htm#draw
BellaVida
Your artwork is amazing. Not only lovely to look at but there is a depth to it that stirs ones feelings.
HDReader
This is way above and beyond the normal blog...and not just because it supports great charities...Ashley's artwork is outstanding!
Jonathan-C. Phillips
Beautiful paintings and overall beautiful blog! really enjoyed reading and seeing! :) keep it up Ashley!
webwizzer
Wow... fantastic.. I love arts...
Danielle
Beautiful art. Great blog too!
