I was reminded that painting is my point of reference to help me stay grounded.
Read MoreWatercolor Painting: Exploring New Forms of Expression
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Pandemic Blues: Letting Go
What if you could have a 101 with the 15-year-old version of yourself? - I hope this helps young artists.
Read MoreVisual Response: Two Ladies with Their Pets
In this post, I point my attention to a set of portraits painted at the turn of the 20th century depicting two similar subjects and styles; two young women looking confident and embracing their pets.
Read MoreVisual Response: Wall Builders and a Pretty Lady
This is my visual response to two paintings I saw at The Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, CT
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Moses Soyer: Inner Conflict as Subject Matter?
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Soyer was able to convey a sense of emotional charge by the way he applied paint to his canvases. Thick outlines in combination to flat layers of paint along with symmetric compositions in his paintings gave his subject matter a solid, even factual re-presentation
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Book Report: The Art of Robert E. McGinnis
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Reading a retrospective book on Robert E McGuinnis reminded me of a question: Is illustration art?
Read MoreRenoir: A neoclassical on the wrong age?
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Renoir is known as an artist that was driven by a great amount of passion, a passion he manifested through painting his favorite subject matter, which was nature and the female form.
Read MoreLooking Within to Move Forward
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Trying to find ways to stimulate creativity interferes with the real world, and organization is something that has always made me feel energized.
So a few days ago, I decided to start cataloging my paintings; ranging from works I’ve done as a teen back in the 90s to some most recent ones. Once cataloged and photographed, I searched for the most affordable storage space I could afford. Being able to clear some space near my easel makes me feel somewhat reinvigorated.
Having looked at all the early drawings and paintings from back then has helped me get a sense of orientation, it brought me back to a place and point in my life when drawing and painting was both an adventure and emotional exile.