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!
Still Life; The Greens
Jessica Conaway, Study 1Jessica Conaway, Study 2Jessica Conaway, Study 3Anne Walker, Early Spring Cup, 17.5×13″ oil on canvasAnne Walker, Chisel Cup, 14×11.5″ oil on canvasAnne Walker, Cups with Orange, 16×12″ oil on canvas
Still Life with Fruit
Lisa Bourgon, Gourd & Pomegranate, Digital/ProcreateJulie Marcelia, 11×14″ acrylic on canvas
“‘Cider Apples’ was painted in Jonathan Harkham’s Still Life class. I’m still processing that class. I’m sure it will continue to influence everything I ever paint. Thank you Jonathan! Post-class, I’ve continued to paint still lives (“Satsumas”, “Plenty”), calling this larger series Covid Still Life. Somehow it seems right for me to be painting still lifes through this pandemic as so much has ground to a halt. I’m reminded that there is a beauty in stillness and so much to be learned…” – Juli Marcelia
Julie Marcelia, Plenty, 16×20″ acrylic on canvasJulie Marcelia, Satsumas, 12×16″ acrylic on canvasHannah DeBerg, Apples and Onion, oil
[image_with_animation image_url=”9639″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Make a self portrait, inspired by another artist’s self portrait. Materials are artists’ choice. You can copy the pose, the style, the idea, or all three. Below are some inspirations to help get you started. Share your work. People who post to Instagram or Facebook will be eligible to …
Today’s Challenge: Mix and match figures with an interior from historical artworks. Materials are artist’s choice. #mashup References You can find your own references, or find something in these suggestions: Figures: Villa of Mysteries in Pompeii, Nicolas Poussin, Mughal Indian Miniatures Interiors: Pierre Bonnard, Henri Matisse, Edward Hopper Post it To be eligible for prizes …
SAL Challenge Pics More and more and more creative challenges are getting posted online! You can find them by using the hashtags #salchallenge @seattleartistleague. I posted some of my SAL Challenge favorites for week one, and my favorites for week two. Below are my favorite discoveries for week three. The word prompts are erinaceous, agastopia, floccinaucinihilipilification, …
[image_with_animation image_url=”7901″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] I learned from the fabulous Suzanne Walker that this narrative painting “The Story of Joseph” by Biagio d’Antonio uses space as a representative for chronological time. The painting illustrates a story that follows a sequence clockwise around an ellipse, starting at the upper left. The scenes that happened farther back in …
Online Anniversary Show; Still Life
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!
Still Life; The Greens
Still Life with Fruit
“‘Cider Apples’ was painted in Jonathan Harkham’s Still Life class. I’m still processing that class. I’m sure it will continue to influence everything I ever paint. Thank you Jonathan! Post-class, I’ve continued to paint still lives (“Satsumas”, “Plenty”), calling this larger series Covid Still Life. Somehow it seems right for me to be painting still lifes through this pandemic as so much has ground to a halt. I’m reminded that there is a beauty in stillness and so much to be learned…” – Juli Marcelia
Related Posts
SALChallenge: Self Portrait After _________
[image_with_animation image_url=”9639″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Make a self portrait, inspired by another artist’s self portrait. Materials are artists’ choice. You can copy the pose, the style, the idea, or all three. Below are some inspirations to help get you started. Share your work. People who post to Instagram or Facebook will be eligible to …
Day 26: Mashup! #30SAL
Today’s Challenge: Mix and match figures with an interior from historical artworks. Materials are artist’s choice. #mashup References You can find your own references, or find something in these suggestions: Figures: Villa of Mysteries in Pompeii, Nicolas Poussin, Mughal Indian Miniatures Interiors: Pierre Bonnard, Henri Matisse, Edward Hopper Post it To be eligible for prizes …
SAL Challenge Favorites, Week 3
SAL Challenge Pics More and more and more creative challenges are getting posted online! You can find them by using the hashtags #salchallenge @seattleartistleague. I posted some of my SAL Challenge favorites for week one, and my favorites for week two. Below are my favorite discoveries for week three. The word prompts are erinaceous, agastopia, floccinaucinihilipilification, …
SAL Challenge Day 29: Narrative
[image_with_animation image_url=”7901″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] I learned from the fabulous Suzanne Walker that this narrative painting “The Story of Joseph” by Biagio d’Antonio uses space as a representative for chronological time. The painting illustrates a story that follows a sequence clockwise around an ellipse, starting at the upper left. The scenes that happened farther back in …