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Here are a few of the latest paintings .......
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Friday, October 19, 2012
Who are your ancestors in art?
Lately I have been having some great conversations in the grad painting studio... YEAH!... amazing right? New fresh air has blown into the dept. .... and it feels goooood!
I was asked by my committee head.....who my antecedents (great new word I just learned, excited about that ...ha! ) in painting are? Though I thought I always new where I fit.... this conversation led me to research this topic in a way that I could relate to. Family. Who is my uncle in the painting world? who is my aunt... etc. etc. So I have begun to build a family tree of my ancestors in art and I don't feel that it will be limited to just painters.
While researching, I found a stronger personal voice that speaks to who I am NOT as a painter. I unequivocally am not a "non- objective" painter. So if I am described as such....we will have a debate...be prepared!
Otherwise, I am in the hunt for those that came before me and what their story was that they had to tell.
Their truth.
My truth is unfolding as we speak.
".....the world in on fire, Have a nice day!"
I was asked by my committee head.....who my antecedents (great new word I just learned, excited about that ...ha! ) in painting are? Though I thought I always new where I fit.... this conversation led me to research this topic in a way that I could relate to. Family. Who is my uncle in the painting world? who is my aunt... etc. etc. So I have begun to build a family tree of my ancestors in art and I don't feel that it will be limited to just painters.
While researching, I found a stronger personal voice that speaks to who I am NOT as a painter. I unequivocally am not a "non- objective" painter. So if I am described as such....we will have a debate...be prepared!
Otherwise, I am in the hunt for those that came before me and what their story was that they had to tell.
Their truth.
My truth is unfolding as we speak.
".....the world in on fire, Have a nice day!"
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Since committee meeting are upon us....Saw this hanging on a professors door and thought I'd share....
Critique:
Eleven constructs of good work:
1. Dynamism-Work that is visually arresting and causes delight.
2. Depth-Work that is not consumed in the first look but revels more upon further viewing.
3. Contemporaneity- Work that reveals something of "the now."
4. Concept-Work that is driven by an idea and the unique expression of that idea.
5. Engagement- Work that exudes the intensity and commitment of the maker.
6. Originality- Work that contributes to the ongoing search for "the new."
7. Personality- Work that communicates something of the core of the maker.
8. Soul- Work that feels whole, complete and alive.
9. Parallelism- Work that fulfills the expectations set up by its compositional gesture and stylistic phrasing.
10. Subversion- Work that subverts the brief in an effort to explode beyond the banal.
11. Craft- Work that is well made.
Eleven constructs of good work:
1. Dynamism-Work that is visually arresting and causes delight.
2. Depth-Work that is not consumed in the first look but revels more upon further viewing.
3. Contemporaneity- Work that reveals something of "the now."
4. Concept-Work that is driven by an idea and the unique expression of that idea.
5. Engagement- Work that exudes the intensity and commitment of the maker.
6. Originality- Work that contributes to the ongoing search for "the new."
7. Personality- Work that communicates something of the core of the maker.
8. Soul- Work that feels whole, complete and alive.
9. Parallelism- Work that fulfills the expectations set up by its compositional gesture and stylistic phrasing.
10. Subversion- Work that subverts the brief in an effort to explode beyond the banal.
11. Craft- Work that is well made.
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