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
The SAL Challenge for Tuesdays is to draw from observation. My suggestion for you today is to draw your bedding. Fall in love with the wrinkles, the rumples, the folds. Tease out the shadows. Go slow. Materials are artist’s choice. Set the timer for 20 minutes. When the timer chimes complete, feel free to continue …
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Some Pretty Paintings A collection of figures and flowers in paintings and prints Show opens January 5, 2019 Show up through January 27th Artist Talk Saturday, January 5th (3:30-4:30pm) Opening Reception to follow (5-7pm) Smith & Vallee Gallery 5742 Gilkey Ave, Edison (360) 766-6230 Open Daily 11-5 www.smithandvalleegallery.com If you’d like to have one of these original drypoint prints for yourself …
This V. Note includes a selection of recent paintings from Charity Baker’s November show at Catherine Fosnot Gallery. There are several large paintings of figures in the landscape and some small plein air landscapes featuring scenes from Pennsylvania, New York, and sunsets on the Hudson River. Charity Baker is a recent graduate from the New …
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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