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The American Suite featuring California scenes, 17 Mile drive, Carmel Valley, Point Lobos and Yosemite
TheFrench Art History Suite following the footsteps of Van Gogh to St. Remy, Renoir down the Seine, Monet to Giverny
French Suite Reflections, Impressionism, Extreme unmatched value, Lower than Whole Sale!
Mystic Gate Suite, This Spirtual base Suite inspired the Poems beyond Moongate and Return to Heaven's Gate
Vibrant Impressionist Bleich works of America and Abroad at a fraction of what you will pay for lesser works.
can be way I started repainting them with pigment . To insure that each one was different I would change the time of day and at times some of the compositional aspects. I enjoyed it as a discipline exercise of exploring color and light. Master Touches can be ordered from the following works
"Chateau
Azay le Rideau" actually resulted from a search
for a special place I did not find. In life one often
finds new discoveries along the path, rendering the
original quest no longer relevant. The mirrored beauty in
this work calls for you to reflect on the shimmering
images of life and love, the here and now. May you grasp
the beauty and love of the present swirling on the deep
surface of the past. Click on the thumbnail at the
right to see a larger image. I had a harrowing
experience while painting The River Seine in Jeufosse
from a railroad gravel bed. Without an audible warning, a
high speed French Train passed within four feet of me. I
survived the experience but was in dire need of a safe
haven. That need was answered by my discovery of
Bennecourt's gentle beauty on a Morning on the Seine.
Click on the thumbnail at the left to see a larger
image. "The
Secret of the Rose" was an effort on my part to
charge this painting with positive energy to brighten the
life of the terminally ill woman who commissioned the
work. It has remained a labor of love to provide a
measure of happiness to those with emotional needs.
Click on the thumbnail at the right to see a larger
image. "Enchantment"
was given its name by a child who said, "It looks
like an enchanted land." The Gardens of Giverny is
one of Monet's greatest living works of art. The many
wonderful experiences of painting there over the years
and sharing its peace and serenity with my wife will
forever color with the warmth of human experience any
work I do of Giverny. Click on the thumbnail at
the left to see a larger image. "Fall in
Giverny" was started on the same trip that
original concept studies inspired the start of my Homage
to Monet. This 12 x 5 foot triptych has been in progress
for over a decade. Upon completion of arrangements, it
will be made ready for a traveling exhibition of this
major work and studies for the piece. Then I will give it
to a museum where it can be shared by all. Click on
the thumbnail at the right to see a larger image. "California
Wildflowers," started on the road to
Salinas, reflects my love of Nature and sense of life and
hope that I find in nature. I find true joy in searching
for and painting wildflowers as they relate to their
total environment in all terrains. From mountain meadows
to rugged coastlines, these beautiful live notes of color
sing out in perfect harmony, with positive energy tended
by the hand of God, waiting to be captured on canvas by a
painter of the great outdoors. Click on the thumbnail
at the left to see a larger image. Point Lobos
represents a realization of a dream. When I first came to
Carmel in the sixties, I rented a home on property that
had a private entrance to Point Lobo's Gibson
Beach. To this day I revel in painting its beauty and
strength. A gift of this image was approved by Cap
Weinburger for the world leaders and all involved in a
Major NATO Conference in Monterey. This gift was in
memory of my father who was missing in action in the
North Atlantic in World War II. Special ones were
prepared for President Reagan and General Colin Powell.
Click on the thumbnail at the right to see a larger
image. The natural
cove between Cypress Point and Bird rock is unique in the
world for its natural beauty. Family and friends have
shared this splendid stretch of coast at all times of day
and in all kinds of weather. "George's Cove,"
has been special to me. From 1968 to the present, it has
been a source of inspiration and a place to create
beautiful paintings and pleasurable memories. May you
,too, raise your wine glasses in an adieu toast to the
sun while it casts its magical spell over Cypress Point.
Sundown at Cypress point, undulating with life and love,
never sameness, always more beautiful when shared.
Click on the thumbnail at the left to see a larger
image. "Beyond
Moongate" was inspired by Carly Metcalfe, a
beautiful young poet from Australia. I shared some Holy
Water I brought back from Lourdes France with Carly when
she was 13 and very ill with Cystic Fibrosis. It helped
her find faith and courage to survive. She is now 33, an
extraordinary beautiful young woman. I gave Carly the
original painting, a 30 x 36 major work. Close to 500 of
the prints have been donated to Cystic Fybrosis fund
raising. Click on the thumbnail at the right to
see a larger image. You can also read my poem also
titled Beyond Moongate. I was artist in
residence in Yosemite for an entire Summer in the studio
of the great 19th century painter Thomas Hill. I did this
as a volunteer in the parks, refusing a grant. It was my
desire to use my talent to give something back to America
at the awe inspiring Yosemite. Click on the thumbnail
at the left to see a larger image. "Return to
Heaven's Gate" has been a theme close to my
heart. I have been exploring poetry and life
philosophically in my paintings. The foreground is the
garden of peace and serenity we can establish within the
core of our being. The arches are the eyes of the soul,
with the center arch being the mind's eye. If we
cultivate peace within ourselves, we will relate to the
world in a positive, helping way. I have used paintings
and prints with this theme to raise funds from Earthquake
relief in Japan to the Children fund in Oklahoma City,
and local flood relief and church burning repairs.
Click on the thumbnail at the right to see a larger
image.You can also read my poem titled Return to Heaven's Gate. Print Options: Canvas tranfers of all
prints are available without the Master Touch work at
$200 less. Framed, they will run at $500 or $600. All regular sized prints are available for $100 less
unframed. The Framed Miniature VIPs (Varnished Impressionist
Prints) are $65 each, $230 for any four of the seven that I have. You have $50 equity for every mini you have. I have small originals that start at $700. These works have a clear raised brushstroke impasto
texture on the surface. There will be one of Mr. Bleich's
poems and a sketched image on the back. The miniatures
measure 10 x 11, and are framed in a gold leaf frame. Shipping: $39 each for a regular size print. $5
for one Miniaturized VIP, $15 for set of four. Bleich Master Touch prints are first
transferred to canvas and coated with an ultraviolet
protection film. The artist himself, George J. Bleich,
will do the extensive impasto painting on the canvas. As
a discipline, he will build up color and texture
creatively, endeavoring to make each one unique and more
attractive than the one before. He regards each one as a
work of art and invests much time and thought in its
creation. Bleich Master Touch prints are further enhanced
on the back with Bleich's poems and paintings inscribed by
the artist. His latest prints have been published in
editions of 750 with 50 artist proofs. The Master Touch
works by the artist will be limited to 150 of each
edition. There is a difference and more art integrity and
future valiue when the artist himself does the work! I have2 available Master Touches of 12 . Secret of the Rose, Chateau Azay le Rideau, It is not uncommon for me to put more days of efforts in these Serial paintings, than I do for far larger paintings.
They are painted over my prints but are quite different. They are discipline exercises for me in solving color and harmonic problems.
They are Magic carpet rides that wisk me away to travel vicariously and revisit places I love
but unable to be at physically at the moment.
All my art can do the same for you. If you have not experienced the reality regard them as invitations to travel there in your future.
All the extra work on the front and back is in keeping with my giving nature as is the reasonable price on the 4 pack prints sets at $100 My original intent in the master touches was to provide the
equivalent of originals for young couples getting started who really loved my work at a price they could afford.
Enhances collectability and added value to the Mastertouch works of art
Mr Bleich treats the front of each work as serial painting, so they are all unique and different. He feels that the extra effort he puts into each one becomes a growth experience for himself, exploring the wonders of color and harmony. This lifts them above the morass of comercial prints and qualifies them as works of art.
All have the inscription at the top, "For someone special" and Bleich personalizes it for you with the names of your choice. The back of each Mastertouch will have a Bleich painting on it, and a Bleich acrostic poem.
This is the painting on the back of the available Point Lobos.
On Point Lobos, an acrostic poem, Carmel
Carmel by the sea,
On Cypress Point sundown, an acrostic poem, Sun
Sundowm at Cypress Point
This is on the back of the available Secret of the Rose.
Roses grow and always know
On available Beyond Moongate, an acrostic poem Iris and a painting of an Iris
An Iris is like a loved one
Intimate in
On Return to Heaven Gate and Enchantment
You have your choice of the Iris or Rose or both
Any of the floweres can be done in your choice of color
On St Remy dawn , an acrostic poem Dawn
plus a sunflower or a neoimpressionist painting sketch
This image is on the back of the available St Remy Morn.
Dawn at St. Remy
This is on the back of the available Chateau. This one is on museum foam board not canvas.
Eden is found
This is on the back of the available Heavens Gate Yosemite.
Yosemite is a special place
You may pick out one of Yosemite Water falls and I will
paint that on the back approximately 16 by 20 inches
"The beautiful Yosemite original painting on the back of this canvas. is a gift of the joy of creation, The joy is in the journey and the journey is for sharing."
There are some people who purchase my work as investments, as a commodity, I appreciate their patronage. Some day their childrens children will reap the reward of their investment in my art.
There are other people who purchase my art out of love for the serene beauty, restful harmony and truth I bring into my work. They have to juggle their budget to make the $ 50 monthly payments after the $100 down. Many times I will have more time on the
front of one of my master touch works than I will have on some of my originals. There are too many takers and scammers in this world. I am a sharer and a giver ! I did my Honey Moon Commission Paintings at half the regular cost for the same reasons. I enjoyed the romantic spirit of doing them so much that I started doing them for others whose love bonded them together and grew stronger over the years. I have enjoyed singing my Evergreen Tree in my Gallery for lovers and honeymooner alike. I sang it free at two weddings at Carmel Beach, and At my son’s Christopher’s wedding to Marina in Hawaii. If only their love could last as long as a couple I sang it to who were married 75 years. The charming gentleman pointed over to his smiling wife and said’” I robbed the cradle over here George.” I smiled and answered “ You could not of been too far out of the cradle yourself sir. I am making a diligent effort to get back in the best possible shape for a 74 year old sea dog and look forward to once again responding to unique and exotic areas for inspiration, starting paintings through out the world and writing a few songs along the way. 2007 I acquired MRSA drug resistant Staph while being treated for problems created by improper post operative protocol in 2005 .
I did not know whether I would survive as I was wracked with pain, weak with horrid immobilizing deep wounds on my lower legs.
I had chest pains and at times would come close to passing out if I did any light repetative activity. That virulent form of drug
resistant staph killed more people than AIDS in America last year. It is spread primarily through hospitals by their approach at denial and farming the problem out of the Hospital , to other doctors or care facilities to avoid further stigmas. Hospitals are a business, unfortunately they are at times more driven by profit motivation then principle of caring and can fall into questionable patterns of behavior
that put the communities they should be serving at risk by their shady face saving efforts where high ethical
standard and honesty is another of their victims. I survived but Bll Bates, famous Carmel cartoonist did not.
That problem led to the closing of my gallery at the end of 2007. Though the staph has healed it was like a one two almost knock out punch that had me down for the count of nine.
The crater wound on my right heel affecting the vascular circulation of the right leg was further compromised by staph scarring, deep and on the surface. I now have a venous reflux
problem in my right leg that affects the achilles or calcaneal tendon at times creating a new area of discomfort and my right calf will swell up like a football and the ankle will swell, shouting out with breath taking away pain! When I did my Ode to Joy, Thanks giving, Music Ministry Painting in May I was gimping around on 2 canes and vicodin and morphine at the VA Palo Alto Hospital that I went to 3 times in a week.
I have to be in real pain before I do my imitation of Television's Doctor Gregory House , reaching for Vicodin.
When you go through what I have been through it changes one’s mind set. It is time to complete creative projects of your choosing. If you do not do it now, you may not be around to do it later. My priority and focus will be directed at completing a major work, a 5 by 12 foot triptych of Giverny. I had over 20 years of enjoying working on it until becoming a caregiver for years, for my mom until she passed away at 99. Then my own health problem set in. In the past, I’ve had a book publisher talk to me about doing a book on my life and work. I told him ,”It wasn’t time yet. There will be more important paintings that I will create, more adventures to experience. I now feel that some of my spiritual contemplation's and reflections on life and art should be shared along with my paintings poems and songs. If I am fortunate I will find a competent professional writer to work together on a biographical sketch of my life. There are two people, authors I repect and have in mind,
The question remains , do they have the time or the interest ? I would like it to include CDs of my songs, spoken poems and statements.
Somewhat like Dylan Thomas’s actual voice giving life, emotional depth and power to “ Do not go quietly into that good night.” I have a child like relationship with God, the trust and uncompromising love of a child for his Father. In relationship to eternity we all are His children and should love and care for each other. Intellectualizing Religion can become a cloak of vanity that separate individuals from living their Religion. They become intolerant of minor differences of other Christian’s form of worship even more so of other Religions. I have met Atheists who were more moral, kind and giving than some believers. Let us regard people by their action and inaction. I truly enjoy open ecumenical conversations where mutual respect of individuals who love God is present. As a peace loving Christian of Catholic denomination, I personally feel for me, the teachings of Christ in the New Testament are a priority and bear more direction on how we should live our lives. One can find Good God Loving individuals in other Religions. One can find people who are misusing Religion in every Religion.
There are times when I see the dwindling number of available priest to serve a decreasing number Catholic attending Church that I feel a sense of dissapointment in the aspects of secrecy that mask the Churches problems within the clergy.
It matters not whether it deals with the abuse problem or the foul attemps of a right wing , ultra conservative priest, Father Jaun Maria Fernedez y Krohn, ( google him and see for yourself.) who attacked Pope John at Fatima with a bayonet knife wounding him in what was a vain attempt on his life.
I regard that old way as destructive to the well being of the church, far more than those who have the courage to ask questions . What is going on? If one see an injustice and remains silent then One is not being a good Catholic. It matters not whether you are in the pulpit or in the pews!
I was abused by a pastor when I was less than ten and it was not the Irish one that my whole family including my Jewish dad and I had a great relationship with, Father
Kelly whom we all loved. My Grand Mother and my family cared for Father kelly's mother in our home until she passed away so she could be close to her son.
I mentioned the abuse I experienced on my homepage when something happened, liked being slapped by a priest after he gave my 98 year old mom a blessing at my request.
Some one did a great job denigrating my reputation and I am sure I helped that by my own honest public confession of problems I overcame years ago and things I have done wrong in my life. I was in no mood to be dominated as the abuse scandals were running rampart at the time and it reopened old wounds .
I speak out in behalf of gay people not because I am gay. I am a straight man who hates discrimination of any kind. It is tragic if I am discriminated against for being honest. In the same way that I believe that God is love, I believe that God is light and truth and cover ups, discrimination or isolation has no room in any Christian or Catholic Church. We would be deluding ourself if we think the church never errs. History has proven that it can. The lowliest sinner does not fall further from the sight of God then the highest sinner who has further to fall and may bring God greater displeasure in the process. God forgives all sinner when they seek repentance and follow Christ's Commands of Love. The opposite of the high and mighty falling is the when the lowliest sinner is raised up by their love and devotion to God.
I believe the Catholic Church should be honest, open as the ocean, filled with overflowing grace and light.
That church leaders of every religion should be unfettered by any influences other than the grace of God, not by politics, goverment, hospitals, finacial support or man or they are unworthy of the divine office of leadership in the church.
Father Paul whom I like and respect , has the unique Irish gift of expressions makes for wonderful sermons said to me after I sang at 3 masses , you are really piling up the indulgences George. I smiled but indulgences have little meaning to me compared to the wonderful feeling of grace I find in loving God and expressing that love in my singing , my songs and my art and my daily life.
At the time I was experiencing a perfect storm in my life. I felt terrible when I had the homeless lady leave my home after two and a half month when I could not get her to go for psychological counseling after she said
she would murder me just like she did her husband and that I murdered her children. My son , Chris and family were moving back from Hawaii and were to stay with me for awhile and I did not want my new grandaughter to be at risk.
My other son who was living with me was having some major problems at the time. I have been on Bactram for a couple of weeks and the VA podiatrist called
another Doctor in as I had some superficial trombosis in my problem leg and they took me off asperin therapy and had me taking a mega dose of 1000 mg of neproxin daily in addition to the bactram . I voiced my concern about stopping my asperin therapy as I have been hospitalized with
mini strokes in the past. In 2008 I was having chest pains and even wore a heart monitor. Dr. Loving assured me the neproxin did the same work that asperins did as far as heart therapy was concerned. My vision started to be affected , my balance was deteriorating. Then I started having chest pains.
A pharmacist at a local drug store told me to stop the 1000 mgs of Neproxin and get back on the 81 mg asperin therapy which was good advice that I took.
I was conerned about my lack of concern for my own financial well being. I was heavy into organ transplant awareness and praying by prayer painting and and writing and singing songs to God That he would let this young lady and others in need of transplants live. May, the Month of Mary to whom I pray that she would interecede with he son Jesus as she did at the Wedding feast of Cana for the well being of Susie. The prayers of others and myself were answered but I have this feeling that this just the first step and susie still needs more prayers. hat of others were answered in the nick of time.
Susie had her double lung transplant in an unique operation where the lungs were cut down in size to fit and she was on a heart machine and had to do unanticipated work on her heart too.
At the same time, I had a problem that money did not matter to me. there was not alot that I could do as I had my leg elevated with heat applications to the troubled area as directed much of that time. I had a compelling drive and calling to use my creativity to share Christ Commands o f Love and the Golden Rule and to encourage the focus on that in behalf of Peace and harmony in the world. I have been aware of how greed was creating problems that were devatating America.
A friend in the choir that I shared some of my sorrow at making the decision to have the homeless lady leave, really troubled me. He suggested that I talk to a priest, well I tried +.
In conversation with Father Paul I invited him over to my home. He seemed surprised when I mentioned Father Joey once came over, like Father Joey did a no no in visiting my home. I told Father Paul I wanted Father Paul to Bless my home as my house guest who just left told ne she was daughter of Satan. The reality of it was she was straighter and of higher morals than a lot of people I have met.
Father Paul said he would try to make it over before Easter. Easter came and went . I am sure Father Paul was not aware of my need as I always have a smile on my face just like my dad did and he had to attend to those in his flock who were in far greater need than I. I always manage to pick myself up and always will .
God has always seem to provide for my needs and he did again. I received direct to the point consuel from a Mike Balesteri, a wonderful kind homeless man, A giant of a man who walked erect like a king. He did that to carefully maintain his balance due to brain lesions.
With a little of my love and attention my Son came out of his funk and once again is doing great.
A couple who were married in the chapel in Yosemite Valley 30 years ago visited me
on their 30 th anniversary, They purchased an original from my collection that was started in Yosemite the year they were married there.
You may wonder what this has to do with my art work , well painting is just another way I find joy in praying,
realizing I am not the creator but a humble vehicle of creation . My intentions I pray for are for Love not hate, for Tolerance not intolerance
and for Grace to live my life in a way that would be pleasing to God.
I can understand why St. Francis made the decision to live in prayer, piety and seclusion, To commune
with God directly with the forest as his cathedral, and the creatures of nature as his flock. St. Francis had a fondness for the Gospels of the Apostles.
My Son Chris once told me He was more aware of the presence of God when he was on his surfboard surrounded by the sea. I understood that from my own experiences. If you can bring yourself to believe as I do, that God is everywhere, in every thing and in everybody, you will change as I have changed. Anger and fear will leave you to be replaced by forgiveness and love and you will reach out to others with care and kindness. May God be with you and you with God. © Updated June 6th , 2010 George J. Bleich © June 28, 2010 George J. Bleich |
