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As a tennis fan— watching, sadly not playing–long hours of summer, Sunday mornings are spent struggling to tear myself away from the TV as my Catholic upbringing shouts that I should be doing something that is at least productive if … Continue reading →

After looking at self-portraits in class and online, mentally list words might that be used to describe the people in the portraits (beside creepy and scary–there seems to be a lot of that)  –Saatchi online portraits- http://www.saatchionline.com/buy-art?query=abstract+portraits —   Can the visual and the … Continue reading →

Vincent Van Gogh is responsible for creating almost 900 oil painting and some 1,300 watercolors, sketches and drawings, not including his many small sketch books. He embarked on his artist’s path around 1880 although his first “major” oil painting, the … Continue reading →

I heard a TED Talk by Princeton biologist Bonnie Bassler over the weekend about bacteria.  Oddly enough this made me think of us, ArtHouse 23. There is a type of bacteria called Vibrio Fishceri that make light—they are bioluminescent.  When studying … Continue reading →

ArtHouse 23 is a place where an individual can explore their unique expression to whatever degree they desire in a supportive atmosphere using the language of paint. It is about dialogue, reflection, practice and creativity. It’s built on a foundation … Continue reading →

Stop worrying where you’re going, move on If you can know where you’re going, you’ve gone Just keep moving on… (from Sunday in the Park with George, by Stephen Sondheim) “No one looks at a flower garden and tears their … Continue reading →

Below is a handy checklist to identify trouble spots in a painting: Strong foreground—For some reason it is very common that the artist ignores the foreground.  Perhaps because we tend to focus first on the middle of the painting and … Continue reading →

Art with meaning—what is it, how does it relate to our painting and why do we care?  What does it look like? Can it be created without a skill-set? Does an audience recognize it? And does it matter? I want … Continue reading →

“Time, time, time, see what’s become of me, while I look around at my possibilities…..” The idea of the “plasticity” of time as Daylight Savings Time hit this weekend began to intrigue me. We have, what has become, an arbitrary … Continue reading →

I love this process!  “It’s a printing process where the artist doesn’t have to worry about all of the “technical” aspects of printmaking and can instead concentrate on being creative. Energy, improvisation, gesture, impulse and chance are all characteristics of … Continue reading →