Paul Cezanne ranks as one of the most celebrated artists of the 19th century, and is known as the father of modern art. Cezanne’s revolutionary and masterful work inspired, and continues to inspire, generations of artists. Cezanne painted from intense observation, but it seems he was seeing differently than the other painters at the time, …
Usually when people draw, they draw a thing, and then that thing floats in a kind of nothing space called the “background.” But what would happen if you didn’t draw things? What would happen if instead of things you drew the space between things? What would it look like to draw the air or the …
Another shooting. Artists, help me grieve. My job is to look. I want no subject to be taboo. If it is a face, I will look. If it is death, I will look. Looking is how I peacefully confront, learn, maintain engagement. This blog thread is how I share. The images below are fine art paintings of …
Jeffrey Simmons
Artist’s website: http://www.jeffreysimmonsstudio.com
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Paul Cezanne ranks as one of the most celebrated artists of the 19th century, and is known as the father of modern art. Cezanne’s revolutionary and masterful work inspired, and continues to inspire, generations of artists. Cezanne painted from intense observation, but it seems he was seeing differently than the other painters at the time, …
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Usually when people draw, they draw a thing, and then that thing floats in a kind of nothing space called the “background.” But what would happen if you didn’t draw things? What would happen if instead of things you drew the space between things? What would it look like to draw the air or the …
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Another shooting. Artists, help me grieve. My job is to look. I want no subject to be taboo. If it is a face, I will look. If it is death, I will look. Looking is how I peacefully confront, learn, maintain engagement. This blog thread is how I share. The images below are fine art paintings of …