Whatever you have is fine. Really. You don’t need to feel bad or unprepared if you don’t have a #6 brush. You don’t need it. What you need is around you, at your feet. You need that scrap of paper from the bin, the broken plate, the corner of your dirty shirt, and some beet juice from your dinner.
You need cold coffee, a used paper towel, and the back of an electric bill.
You need a pencil.
If possible, a pen.
You need the newspaper, a magazine, and some glue. No glue? Mix some water with squished up sushi rice. Egg?
The artists we admire, they had less than we have on our worst of days. What they had was time, and solitude.
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The following is text from my interview of Fran O’Neill, Oct 6, 2020. I asked Fran to share some of the historical artworks she regards as masterworks. She talked about what she sees as the magic of transcriptions. “There’s a whole mystery that is incredible about works from the past, and unlocking some of that …
[image_with_animation image_url=”7866″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Connectivity Report, System 1 New work by Claire Putney Watercolor, burned maps and text on paper Don’t miss this show, Leaguers! Reception 1st Thursday, Feb 1, 5:00-9:00 Showing through February CORE Gallery 117 Prefontaine Pl S, Seattle, WA 98104 https://www.coregallery.org/ Do you like these unusual effects? Claire Putney is …
Materials, a manifesto
Whatever you have is fine. Really. You don’t need to feel bad or unprepared if you don’t have a #6 brush. You don’t need it. What you need is around you, at your feet. You need that scrap of paper from the bin, the broken plate, the corner of your dirty shirt, and some beet juice from your dinner.
You need cold coffee, a used paper towel, and the back of an electric bill.
You need a pencil.
If possible, a pen.
You need the newspaper, a magazine, and some glue. No glue? Mix some water with squished up sushi rice. Egg?
The artists we admire, they had less than we have on our worst of days. What they had was time, and solitude.
Oh.
Editor’s note: This includes art classes. Materials lists are as optional as yeast in your bread, evidently.
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