For 30 years Stuart Shils painted urban skylines and tuscan landscapes, painting outside or by looking through the window. He simpliefied the landscape into bright, vague, and subtle studies of color. Now he’s at that same window, his view turned inward, making collage, camera and light projections. They’re called Window Collages. The titles are poetic/scientific documentations:
night window the following night, 9.7.16,9:50pm
‘your cities do not exist. perhaps they have never existed’
italo calvino
night window with calvino’s cities again, 9.6.16, 9:50pm
papers, tape, projected light, glass
same window, a change in light, 5:54pm, 9.6.16
day window, 9.6.16, 5:33pm
day window, western sky, 9.5.16, 7:00 pm
night window with a glimpse of broad street in a puddle
paper, tape, projected light,9.5.16,9:45pm
night window for a new month, 9.3.16, 11:30pm
papers, tape, projected light, glass
‘not ideas about the thing, but the thing itself’
wallace stevens
window with paper and tape, early summer
night window in late august, sea birds asleep on a beach
papers, the window sill, reflected light.
night window in bleached light, the premonitions of laocoon on the beach.
papers, tape, reflected light. late august.
corner of a night window: landscape in late august after a lot of heat
papers, tape, projected light, the window
night window with paper towels and tape
7.28.16, 11:45pm
Christians often depict Jesus as coming into their own culture, in their present time. The Italians, whose visual language was predominant during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, featured an Italian Jesus in Renaissance times, and they did it so often and so well that when you think “Nativity,” you probably think of the church art …
It’s going to be a gorgeous weekend. I’d like to take my Cityscapes workshop on a field trip. Do you know a good spot for urban sketching on the North end? Below are some cityscapes by people. Enjoy! ” load_in_animation=”none Two more spots in my Cityscapes Workshop THIS WEEKEND May 11/12. Ice cream shops are urban, right?
I tell you Leaguers, it’s tough being the sole guardian of high culture, but someone’s gotta do it. [image_with_animation image_url=”6039″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Trouble reading the tiny text? Here’s the script: Calvin – “How unoriginal! How jejune! Stupid kid. If you don’t have anything to say, just keep quiet! Well, this is certainly shocking! Face …
Stuart Shils Window Collages (Part 3)
For 30 years Stuart Shils painted urban skylines and tuscan landscapes, painting outside or by looking through the window. He simpliefied the landscape into bright, vague, and subtle studies of color. Now he’s at that same window, his view turned inward, making collage, camera and light projections. They’re called Window Collages. The titles are poetic/scientific documentations:
night window the following night, 9.7.16,9:50pm
‘your cities do not exist. perhaps they have never existed’
italo calvino
night window with calvino’s cities again, 9.6.16, 9:50pm
papers, tape, projected light, glass
same window, a change in light, 5:54pm, 9.6.16
day window, 9.6.16, 5:33pm
day window, western sky, 9.5.16, 7:00 pm
night window with a glimpse of broad street in a puddle
paper, tape, projected light,9.5.16,9:45pm
night window for a new month, 9.3.16, 11:30pm
papers, tape, projected light, glass
‘not ideas about the thing, but the thing itself’
wallace stevens
window with paper and tape, early summer
night window in late august, sea birds asleep on a beach
papers, the window sill, reflected light.
night window in bleached light, the premonitions of laocoon on the beach.
papers, tape, reflected light. late august.
corner of a night window: landscape in late august after a lot of heat
papers, tape, projected light, the window
night window with paper towels and tape
7.28.16, 11:45pm
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