Monthly Archives: August 2010

Food for thought: “The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.” Robert Hughes-  http://www.artcyclopedia.com/robert_hughes.html  It was interesting to see the different reactions to the exercises–some folks were very interested in … Continue reading →

Think digging up and laying in, adding and subtracting layers, providing boundaries, joining areas and elements, propping up and fortifying, leading to and barring access–mix in a little alchemy and some imagination and you will have directions for a brilliant … Continue reading →

With ever-improving compositional skills each person took an unresolved painting begun by another and used whatever color, form, contrast, rhythm, texture and line that was in front of them as vocabulary with which to make their own visual statement. This  … Continue reading →

Sarah was invited to exhibit her work at Frame Central last November.  This last July we got to see it on the walls.  Photos from the ending night can be seen in the link on the right. http://picasaweb.google.com/JoAnnGilles/SarahErwinAtFrameCentral72010# Michele was … Continue reading →

Hi All, Our figure work for the past weeks focused on the energy and the spirit of the subject merging with the artist’s hand.  Authentic mark-making enriched much of the work even when it was reaching and searching to find … Continue reading →