I didn’t even want the brush to come between me and the image.
[Regarding the white paintings…] If you have size, you have proportion. If you have size and proportion, and if white is a color, than you have a painting.
An artist has to start without any conceivable purpose other than curiosity and a sense of adventure. Not a good job, not a better life. I just do what I do.
I think curiosity is probably the most important energy that any creative person can have.
[image_with_animation image_url=”6299″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Sara Rahbar Wiki: Sara Rahbar (born in 1976 in Tehran, Iran) is a contemporary, mixed media artist based in New York City. Her work ranges from photography to sculpture to installation and often stems from her personal experiences and is largely autobiographical. In 1982, Rahbar and her family fled …
[image_with_animation image_url=”10969″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Best print of the day: Katy’s Aurora Bridge and Connie’s Octopus combined Steamroller Moments: Nikki (printmaking instructor and lead for the day) telling Nickie (certified heavy equipment operator) where to aim the steamroller to get the maximum out of the press. Nikki and Nickie nailed it to the quarter …
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“No one did more to reanimate the tired old genre of still life painting in the last half century than did Mr Thiebaud with his paintings of industrially regimented food products.” (NYT, 2004) In 2000, Thiebaud told PBS’ NewsHour with Jim Lehrer that the subject of food was “fun and humorous, and that’s dangerous in …
Robert Rauschenberg with Charlie Rose
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I didn’t even want the brush to come between me and the image.
[Regarding the white paintings…] If you have size, you have proportion. If you have size and proportion, and if white is a color, than you have a painting.
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