Ruth Shapiro Angry Man 18 x 18″ oil Ruthdshapiro.com
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!
Carol Kleinman The Light 12 x 12″ acrylic on canvas carolkleinmansunflowerstudio.weebly.comJudith Skillman Neon Sea 11 x 14″ oil on canvas
“I have thoroughly enjoyed taking classes at SAL via Zoom. I am honestly not sure how I would have survived the past year without your incredibly inspiring teachers.” – Judith Skillman
Carol Kleinman Mastermind 12 x 12″ acrylic on canvas carolkleinmansunflowerstudio.weebly.comCarol Kleinman Study in Turquoise 12 x 12″ acrylic on canvas carolkleinmansunflowerstudio.weebly.com
“I have taken 3 wonderful courses at the Seattle Artist League. I have learned so much!!” – Carol Kleinman
Xin Xin Healing 6 x 9″ Acrylic, charcoal, and dry pastels
Take a class with SAL – anywhere! Previously, I posted funerary art from the 3rd through the 6th centuries. This post veers far out of that time range, but the unfinished Atlas Slave came up in discussion during today’s figure sculpture class. I got excited to share, so here they are. In 1505, Michelangelo was …
[image_with_animation image_url=”9204″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] How old is this sculpture, and who do you think made it? (Answer will be posted tomorrow)
Welcome a sweet selection of creations from our January 30SAL Creative Challenge. There have been over 1,000 posts on Instagram this January already! Pics in this post are selected from the following challenges: Day 2: Walk the Line Day 3: Daringly Diagonal Day 4: A day in the life of a ___. Day 2: Walk …
[image_with_animation image_url=”9795″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] In the early 1960s, Jasper Johns made a series of 12 artworks playing with a sequence of numbers. The numbers gave him an excuse to play with figure and ground, line and color. Sometimes the simplest challenges are the most fun. Today, overlap the numbers 0-9. Invent a typography, …
Online Anniversary Show: Bold Abstracts
Angry Man
18 x 18″ oil
Ruthdshapiro.com
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!
The Light
12 x 12″ acrylic on canvas
carolkleinmansunflowerstudio.weebly.com
Neon Sea
11 x 14″ oil on canvas
“I have thoroughly enjoyed taking classes at SAL via Zoom. I am honestly not sure how I would have survived the past year without your incredibly inspiring teachers.” – Judith Skillman
Mastermind
12 x 12″ acrylic on canvas
carolkleinmansunflowerstudio.weebly.com
Study in Turquoise
12 x 12″ acrylic on canvas
carolkleinmansunflowerstudio.weebly.com
“I have taken 3 wonderful courses at the Seattle Artist League. I have learned so much!!” – Carol Kleinman
Healing
6 x 9″ Acrylic, charcoal, and dry pastels
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