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
[image_with_animation image_url=”10515″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Photo and painting of JS Sargent’s teacher Carolus-Duran. Painting not made from photo. Photo taken (possibly?) to resemble the painting. Posted by James Gurney Would you be surprised to see that a painter who depended on patrons’ funds applied a bit of painterly flattery to his portraits? Take a …
R. B. Kitaj 1932 – 2007 Edited from https://artbios.net/5-en.html R.B. Kitaj was an American artist who championed figuration in the aftermath of expressionism. Kitaj was an influential figure in the London art scene and was intimate with Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon, coining the term “London School” for this group. His art was unabashedly erudite and often accompanied …
Day 29 of our 30 Day Challenge was to transcribe a scene from a favorite movie or TV show. Some artists listed the shows they illustrated, some didn’t. Enjoy! This was posted as an infinity loop movie. Very clever! This was the second to last day of the challenge! Did you know this 30 Day …
This is day 8 of our 30 day creative challenge! To learn more about this 30SAL challenge, click here. Today’s challenge is to study a jacket. Choose one aspect to focus on. For example, look at it for lines, shape, geometry, volume, or light and shadow. Don’t try to do all of them at the same …
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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