One year ago in March, to protect our students and teachers from a new coronavirus, the Seattle Artist League moved our classes online. The virus was declared a national emergency, and we went into quarantine. We have now been in quarantine for thirteen months.
Through this year, we have met each other online to draw, paint, print, and share community. In a time of hardship and isolation, it was good to meet and make work together. New teachers and students – now free to teach and take classes anywhere in the world – came to join us. In the last year, the League has grown in numbers, and our artistic voice as a school has evolved.
This collection of artworks has been grouped with no association of genre, medium, artist, or online class. They have been selected and placed here so that they can complement each other, just as we hang a gallery wall for one of our all-inclusive Big League Anniversary shows.
This is one in a series of posts featuring artworks produced through this pandemic. In this terrible year, we have made some good artworks. More to come!
Kate Fluckinger, Psyche’s Tower, oil on linen, 19 x 19″
“Been loving Fran’s abstraction class. :) ” – Kate Fluckinger
Suzanne Bailie, Morning Walk, Oil on canvas, 16 x 20″ “My early morning stroll in Costa Rica and spotting a flower left on an old table”Jess Ray, Pancakes, 14 x 11″ watercolor and acrylic markerLauren Kent, Still, 48 x 36” Oil on canvasShima Bhamra, Breathe Again, 16 x 12″ acrylic and mixed media on canvas
“This piece was created incorporating the study from my composition and form class with Ruthie. I thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of engaging the four corners of the canvas. At the same time, the world was breathing a huge sigh of relief as the last four years of psychological pressures began to ease. As a woman of color in a country that does not always feel welcoming, this piece describes how it feels to be isolated, and puts the past year behind us so that we can all breathe again and continue our creative journeys. My figurative forms are meant to not be identifying, and my hope is that these female forms encourage inclusivity (though the use of color) and acceptance of each other.” – Shima Bhamra
Xin Xin, Dimensions, 6 x 9″ Acrylic on linenCharlotte E. E. Hansen, Garden Collage mixed media on wood panel (old oil paintings), 24 x 12″Iris Taboh, Wedding Mints, 20 x 20″ mixed mediaJess Ray, Dragonfruit, 14 x 11″ Watercolor and acrylic markerSuzanne Bailie, The Wild Inside, 20 x 16″ Oil on canvas “Reflections on acceptable female behavior as a woman ages.” Suzanne Bailie, On-Line Learning, Oil on canvas, 8.25″ x 11.5″ “Inspired by the laptop glow while assisting children with on-line schooling.”Ann Owens, Rhythm, 16 x 12″, AcrylicHannah DeBerg, Two by TwoCarolyn Zick, Walking Diary #3, gouache and watercolor, 12” x 9” Kathy Paul, Apples, 9 x 12″ acrylic on canvas paper
“Thank you for a wonderful year in the midst of chaos!” – Kathy Paul
Jennifer Fernande, The Mission, 24 x 30″ Mixed media on canvas
“Inspired by my years living in the SF Bay Area. The Mission is a neighborhood in San Francisco full of color, grit, building and rebuilding. It suffers, like many other neighborhoods, from gentrification and a wrestling with history and modernity.” – Jennifer Fernandez
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I asked Fran O’Neill from the New York Studio School to talk about her upcoming workshop “To Transcribe” and the benefits of transcribing masterworks. She offered a beautiful and inspiring response. Fran O’Neill’s 2 day workshop “To Transcribe” is coming to the Seattle Artist League October 24, 2020. Click here to learn more. “To Transcribe” …
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One year ago in March, to protect our students and teachers from a new coronavirus, the Seattle Artist League moved our classes online. The virus was declared a national emergency, and we went into quarantine. We have now been in quarantine for thirteen months.
Through this year, we have met each other online to draw, paint, print, and share community. In a time of hardship and isolation, it was good to meet and make work together. New teachers and students – now free to teach and take classes anywhere in the world – came to join us. In the last year, the League has grown in numbers, and our artistic voice as a school has evolved.
This collection of artworks has been grouped with no association of genre, medium, artist, or online class. They have been selected and placed here so that they can complement each other, just as we hang a gallery wall for one of our all-inclusive Big League Anniversary shows.
This is one in a series of posts featuring artworks produced through this pandemic. In this terrible year, we have made some good artworks. More to come!
“Been loving Fran’s abstraction class. :) ” – Kate Fluckinger
“My early morning stroll in Costa Rica and spotting a flower left on an old table”
“This piece was created incorporating the study from my composition and form class with Ruthie. I thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of engaging the four corners of the canvas. At the same time, the world was breathing a huge sigh of relief as the last four years of psychological pressures began to ease. As a woman of color in a country that does not always feel welcoming, this piece describes how it feels to be isolated, and puts the past year behind us so that we can all breathe again and continue our creative journeys. My figurative forms are meant to not be identifying, and my hope is that these female forms encourage inclusivity (though the use of color) and acceptance of each other.” – Shima Bhamra
mixed media on wood panel (old oil paintings), 24 x 12″
“Reflections on acceptable female behavior as a woman ages.”
“Inspired by the laptop glow while assisting children with on-line schooling.”
“Thank you for a wonderful year in the midst of chaos!” – Kathy Paul
“Inspired by my years living in the SF Bay Area. The Mission is a neighborhood in San Francisco full of color, grit, building and rebuilding. It suffers, like many other neighborhoods, from gentrification and a wrestling with history and modernity.” – Jennifer Fernandez
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