Promessi Paintings & TCP Design

Century of Landscapes

2011-07-11T16:46:00.000-07:00

California Historical Society, est. 1871 & California Art Club, est. 1909 present A Century of Landscapes: Selections from the California Art Club. July 14 - October 15, 2011.

Join Jim Promessi at the Reception with the Artists: July 14, 2011, 5:30 - 7:30 pm.

Exhibiting Promessi Landscape: Egret at Twilight, oil 26" x 36"

The California Historical Society is located at 678 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.

EFPN partners with Identity Theft Council

2010-10-11T14:51:00.000-07:00

Elder Financial Protection Network: BE WISE Community Education Events - Training for Financial Professionals

The always-innovative people of EFPN are busy presenting and teaching how we can protect our elders, and be aware of potential harm to them. Jenefer Duane, Founder & CEO of the Elder Financial Protection Network travels across the nation sharing her expertise on the subject of protecting our elders from financial abuse. EFPN is an award-winning nonprofit organization that offers community education events and training for financial professionals.
Founded in 2000 and based in San Francisco, California, EFPN partners with financial institutions and financial professionals throughout the United States to halt and prevent elder financial abuse. They also work directly with elders to empower them to avoid financial exploitation. EFPN has a new partnership with the San Francisco Identity Theft Council which will be launched October 27th at Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA.

Early Evening Glow on Clouds

2010-03-18T23:05:00.000-07:00

Early Evening Glow on Clouds
oil on canvas 30" x 36"

Bilingual English / Spanish website

2009-05-21T21:24:00.000-07:00

Dr. Peter Ernest Haiman of Berkeley, California is a child rearing expert who saw the need to bring his materials to the Spanish speaking community. He enlisted the help of our mighty team: Jude Berman, Project Manager and Editor/Author, Anitra Grisales, Academic Editing & Translation, and me Tatiana Promessi, his webmaster. We launched the Spanish side of his site with several articles translated and available in web and .pdf format, and are continuing to translate and post new articles frequently. Dr. Haiman is now considering other languages to make his site available in more languages.

Click the images below to see each home page:

This was a very interesting project which made me aware how helpful it is to have multilingual websites. Culturally translating specific pages that are useful to varied language groups can make important information more available and truly help our clients serve their communities.

Our team works well together and is available for more projects like this.

Salon International 2009

2009-04-21T22:14:00.000-07:00

Coyote Creek & Cottonwoods, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 in. view enlarged.

This landscape painting is currently on display in San Antonio, Texas at the Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art. They are hosting the Salon International 2009, a juried exhibition of oil paintings, as part of A Project of the International Museum of Contemporary Masters.

The Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art is one of the most respected galleries in the United States and has been in existence for 25 years. In August 2005, the gallery relocated to a new 12,000 sq. ft. space, three times larger than the original location. While the gallery can easily accommodate 500 paintings, approximately 350 paintings were juried into this exhibition.

Jesuit Retreat Center of Los Altos, El Retiro San Igñigo

2009-03-19T16:56:00.000-07:00

Mid 2008, then Marketing Director Evangelina Preciado and I redesigned and launched the JRC website, built with XHTML and Cascading Style Sheets giving special attention to optimizing the site for search engines.

I've had the pleasure of being the webmaster for The Jesuit Retreat Center of Los Altos for about two years now and enjoy being part of the marketing team.

Some key site goals we continue to focus on include showcasing the beautiful retreat center, offering information, schedules and online registration for the retreats, and helping people support the center's mission through online donations or estate planning.

I've been working with Fr. Tom Carroll, S.J., Executive Director to produce HTML E-Newsletters, and may show one in my blog in future posts. Coding for email programs has provided no end of surprises!

Cottonwood Trees in Nevada Sunshine

2008-12-16T17:24:00.000-08:00

Cottonwoods in Nevada, oil on canvas 24" x 30"
This Nevada landscape captures the cottonwood trees which turn to brilliant yellow at the first onset of cold. The mountain desert is spotted with color in the Fall at the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada Range in the Carson Valley. We'll be up there for the holidays and I hope to find more inspirational views. This trip will likely produce snowscapes!
For more Nevada landscape paintings visit: http://promessi.com/landscapes.htm

Koru Cottage Vacation Rental in New Zealand

2008-12-01T13:47:00.000-08:00

Koru Cottage
Imagine a riverside house nestled in native bush on the Coromandel Peninsula, with a
vibrant artist community. Go fishing, hiking, kayaking, bird watching.
Dine on New Zealand fare, fresh from the ocean or homegrown local produce.

This lovely house is available to rent overnight or long-term.

Working on the Koru Cottage website has inspired dreams of learning about Maori art, enjoying music festivals, and hiking on the Coromandel Peninsula.

Designed by Margot Duane and Philip Chudy, in collaboration with Jenefer Duane and Ron Spinhoven. The site is coded in XHTML with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and we worked hard to ensure elegant, consistent cross-platform and cross-browser viewing.

Yaro or Rabbitbrush?

2008-11-27T00:15:00.000-08:00

Many thanks to attentive Nevada viewers, Cliff Brewer and Lisa Wetzel for looking closely at Jim's newest Nevada landscape paintings and spotting errors in our descriptions. Cliff, a professional landscaper noticed that what we called 'Yaro' is actually 'Rabbitbrush.' And Lisa, who sells real estate in the Carson Valley with ReMAX Realty Affiliates, knows her valley well. "If there is snow on the mountains, it's Spring. If there is no snow on the mountains, it's Fall."

Here is the painting they spotted, with corrected descriptions on its web page.
It's an oil painting on canvas 30 x 36 in., titled: Carson Valley, at the base of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range

Thank you Cliff and Lisa!

Carson Valley, Nevada Oil Painting

2008-11-19T22:35:00.000-08:00

Carson Valley, at the base of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range
oil on canvas
30" x 36"

The Carson Valley in Northern Nevada has the drama of light and shadow in all seasons. The Sierra Nevada range rises straight up from the valley floor. I liked the brightness of the cottonwood trees and desert Yaro up against the blue-purple mountains on this Spring day.

Other Northern Nevada paintings by Jim Promessi:
Sierra Nevadas, 24" x 30"
Cottonwoods in Nevada 2 SOLD, oil 22" x 28"

EFPN, Elder Financial Protection Network teams up with Bank of the West for education program

2008-11-12T14:30:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Darrell Holdaway's video expertise, you can watch Iowa Representative Leonard Boswell (co-sponsor of the Elder Justice Act) speak about the Bank of the West sponsored Workshop for Elders. Keynote Speaker, Jenefer Duane, CEO and Executive Director of the Elder Financial Protection Network presents valuable workshops to help prevent elder financial abuse, teaching elders how to BeWise and avoid Scams, Fraud and Identity Theft.

Darrell taught me how to play, I mean work! with YouTube.com, so I've posted the video. Thanks, Darrell, for helping me develop another skill to help my customers, like EFPN. Take a look and let me know what you think.

2008-11-09T15:08:00.000-08:00

The voracious squirrels are ravaging our fugi persimmons, but they dine at an unusual table and leave lovely snippets of orange.

Sierra Nevadas, Oil Painting

2008-11-03T21:11:00.000-08:00

Sierra Nevadas, oil on canvas
24 x 30 in.

Jim has been busy painting Nevada and California landscapes. This one shows the Carson Valley in Spring. I'll start posting new paintings, hopefully a new one each week for a while. I'll also post some of the websites I've been working on. Lots of production happening at the Promessi studios.

Nelly Capra's website is launched

2008-05-15T15:01:00.000-07:00

Nelly Capra is talented in so many ways, and she shares her talents with people who enjoy all things about Italy, from food to touring, from history to learning about the culture from a native speaker. She shares her success with people in need, such as The Hunger Project.

Nelly and I have had fun together collaborating to develop a new look for her website. I enjoyed the challenge of building the site using XHTML for the content, with Cascading Style Sheets to provide the presentation elements. We worked to enhance search engine optimization, while providing compelling content to help visitors find Nelly's tours, catering, events and specialty products. You've got to try her soft almond cookies, known as Mandorletti. Nelly teaches Italian language classes, cooking classes and caters lovely dinner parties and events. Enjoy her new site: www.ornellacucinaitaliana.com.

Crystal Springs, Soaring Gulls

2008-04-06T23:05:00.000-07:00

This painting will be exhibited at the California Art Club's
97th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition.

April 27 - May 18, 2008
Pasadena Museum of California Art (PMCA)
490 East Union Street,
Pasadena, CA

Crystal Springs, Soaring Gulls
oil on canvas, 30 x 36 inc.

Twilight Clouds & Pond

2008-02-19T15:34:00.000-08:00

Twilight Clouds & Pond
Oil Painting by Jim Promessi
30 x 40 inches

Moody and magical are the words most often heard in response to this painting. After the rains of winter, California hills are awash in a variety of greens. In this painting, the new growth can been seen on the tops of the trees. Spring is coming!
See more California landscape paintings on Jim's website: http://promessi.com

Across the Yucatan

2007-12-18T23:11:00.001-08:00

A Book Company has released a new book called Across the Yucatan, a travel narrative by Lawrence F. Lihosit.
http://abookcompany.net

Tatiana built the webpage today using xhtml and CSS coding for search engine optimization.

The Fourth in the Backlit Oak Series

2007-10-04T23:14:00.000-07:00

Backlit Oak #4
Oil 24 x 36 in.

The process of doing a series of paintings involving one oak tree has further proved to me that art is limitless in its creativity, in what some would consider a limited subject area.

View other paintings from this series:
Backlit Oak
Backlit Oak #3

OPA Juried Exhibition, Santa Barbara, CA

2007-08-20T10:39:00.000-07:00

Backlit Oak 3
Oil on canvas, 11 x 14 inches

Backlit Oak 3 will be displayed at the Oil Painters of America: 2007 Western Regional Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils Miniature Show.
September 16 - October 15, 2007 at the Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

More of Jim's landscapes, still-lifes and portraits can be seen on www.promessi.com

Triptych: Coastal Range & Wild Mustard

2007-07-26T23:36:00.000-07:00

Jim was commissioned recently to produce a triptych of a California landscape that started out with one of his existing paintings. It was an enormous challenge to produce the 'wings' or right and left panels to match the original painting in tone, color and style. Jim is very pleased with the results, as is the client, and we invite you to take a closer look at the whole piece, and each panel on a small web gallery that Tatiana produced: Triptych Gallery.

Triptych: Coastal Range & Wild Mustard, Oil on canvas, 30 inches x 9 feet

Pokerbilia.com

2007-07-26T23:17:00.000-07:00

Tatiana just completed a new site for Pokerbilia.com. Emi Tuvey and Gordon Daggy produce clever verses to print on T-shirts that will bring a smile to poker fans everywhere. The shirts make a fun gift for your special poker-player, a casino give-away, or a way to commemorate a poker party. Take a look at their current T-shirt verses at http://pokerbilia.com.

Hiking Along a Path

2007-04-26T12:17:00.000-07:00

Hiker is a pastel painting of a person hiking away from Molera Beach along a trail which is mostly meadow.

Every Spring we enjoy a few days at Big Sur near Molera Beach. Some years the river washes out the footbridge and we forge the waters to get to the mile-long trail which leads the ocean. Wildflowers are abundant and the meadow is interspersed with cottonwood trees.

Hiker, pastel on paper
12 x 15.5 in.

Other pastel paintings by Jim Promessi
Tapestry, 22 x 28 in.
Point Reyes National Seashore, 23 x 28 in.
Oaks, Clouds (Elkhorn), 22 x 29 in.

Hiking up to Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park

2007-03-19T11:46:00.000-07:00

Up to Glacier Point
oil, 24 x 30 in.

Yosemite National Park has been like a magnet for us since our daughter was 2 years old. For 16 years, two or three times a year we head for the mountains, hiking, skiing, snowshoeing, and of course, photographing.

Jim rises early to catch the drama of light revealing the granite mountains. We hike hard, but we're always ready to stop while Jim photographs oft-viewed landscapes in changing light.

Twilight and sunsets are times for walks in the valley, or drives in the high regions. Yosemite inspires us all, Jim to paint, me to think, and Ariana to write poetry. Jim's photographs are grand; Ariana's capture the small, close view of flora and fauna.

Jim's painting Up to Glacier Point shows the quaking aspens in Fall gold color. More Yosemite images and other landscapes can be seen on Jim's website: www.promessi.com. In particular see:
Bridalveil Falls, oil 16 x 20 in.
Yosemite High Country, oil 36 x 30 in.
Yosemite, Black Oaks, oil 24 x 32 in.

Iceplant Along the California Coast

2007-02-26T07:42:00.000-08:00

The colors are bright, the air is fresh...we've got to get to the beach!
Iceplant Along the Coast
painted in oil, 24 x 30 in.

Los Altos Art Docents

2007-01-27T22:57:00.000-08:00

Jim welcomed the Los Altos Art Docents to his studio last week. They do a wonderful job teaching and introducing art in our local elementary schools. The kids and teachers are always excited to see an art docent arrive, brushes and tools in hand, and some pretty amazing work is produced by the end of class.

The art docents meet weekly to learn new skills, and often ask professional artists to speak to their group about their work. The volunteers promote art appreciation through hands-on art lessons and art appreciation lessons. The art is curriculum-based, the docents are volunteers, and the program is in its 37th year. Each year they hold a Student Art Show.

We welcome the Los Altos Art Docents to sign-up for free email notifications of new postings, usually announcing new paintings by Jim. The subscibe button is to the right and the process is fast and secure.

Crystal Springs, Soaring Gulls

2007-01-12T19:47:00.000-08:00

Crystal Springs Watershed brings fresh water from Hetch Hetchy Dam, high in the Sierras in Yosemite National Park. Seagulls swirl, forming tall funnels above the water as seen in this oil painting by Jim Promessi. Crystal Springs provides water for the San Francisco Bay Area. Sawyer Camp Trail is a great biking and hiking area which extends along the eastern side.

Crystal Springs, Soaring Gulls
oil 30" x 36"

Promessi Paints the Coast

2006-12-19T23:49:00.000-08:00

Coastal Brilliance 2
Oil, 22 x 28 in

The air is bracing this time of year along the California Coast, and when the sun shines the colors are brilliant. Many hues of blue show in the water and sky, and bright white waves crash upon the rocks and onto the shore.

We love California and are glad that Jim's talent and inspiration can show its beauty to the world through his oil paintings.

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California Coast Promessi Painting

2006-12-02T23:38:00.000-08:00

Rock Formations Along the California Coast
Oil 30 x 36 in.

Iceplant clings to the rocks, offering a myriad of colors among the greens on the coastal bluffs. Jim spends many days driving the California Coast looking for inspirational views. Be sure to let him know what you think of this new work by commenting, and feel free to forward this post to a friend.

Bright Afternoon, a new painting

2006-11-16T01:09:00.000-08:00

Bright Afternoon, oil 30 x 36 in.

Our California hills are vivid under clear skies this time of year. Jim has chosen a single oak to showcase this bright landscape.

Jim hikes daily in these hills and knows them well. That personal knowledge shows through his paintings.

See more new paintings on Jim's website: www.promessi.com

New Promessi Landscape

2006-11-02T21:33:00.001-08:00

The Nevada Cottonwoods are brilliant this time of year. Jim has captured them in oil on a 22 x 28 in. canvas. See this and more landscape paintings on Jim's Painting Site.

Subscription issues

2006-10-31T14:09:00.000-08:00

I'm now learning to bring visitors back to my BLOG via the subscription/syndication process. It's easy for my visitors and a good way to make sure they receive the most current posts.

Testing Syndications

2006-10-31T02:28:00.000-08:00

Using syndications will help my subscribers know when there is an update to the BLOG.

Hold my Hand

2005-12-06T22:11:00.000-08:00

Where can I get a copy of "Hold my Hand" by Glenys Carl? I know the story of Scott's accident and ensuing care by his mother and half the population of Sydney, Australia.

The book has been published in England, but I can't find a copy here in the US.

CGI scripts, SSI complications

2005-05-11T23:55:00.000-07:00

Thought I could master these, but thank goodness I've found help.

Portfolio photo search/PC hunt

2005-05-02T21:33:00.000-07:00

Now, where did I hide those original images?
Fried the PC yesterday. Now we have to buy a new camera AND a new computer. Maybe this time we'll buy a laptop and then World...here we come!

Blog for view

2005-04-27T13:28:00.000-07:00

promessi.com
So what is the secret to other bloggers finding this blog?

Pentax in the pool

2005-04-26T06:22:00.000-07:00

While checking the temperature of the hot tub in Santa Barbara, the Pentax slipped off Jim's arm and into the very hot water. Darn! Looks like we'll be camera shopping again.

Anyone have a good solution for a digital projector that can take images from a flash drive, avoiding the purchase of yet, another computer?

Gallery hunting

2005-04-23T00:53:00.000-07:00

Santa Barbara and environs bound. Which gallery will be the right venue for Promessi paintings?
Anyone want to suggest a gallery?

Yosemite High Country

2005-03-19T00:49:00.000-08:00

yosemiteHighCty-d
Originally uploaded by Webdiva.

Oil Painting by Jim Promessi, California Landscape Artist. This was inspired by a summer hike 2004.

images

2005-03-19T00:44:00.000-08:00

Trying to upload an image of Jim's paintings...to no avail.

Rainy Day

2005-03-18T16:10:00.000-08:00

This is a perfect day for discovering the world of blogging. Hopefully this will be more useful than hassle.
Interesting beginning.