Do you send out a handmade holiday card this year? It’s a lot for an artist to keep up with, hand making each gift and greeting. Printmakers seem well suited for this time of year. Painters, not so much. Sending an original work of art to everyone on my list seems impossible, but an inability …
Another shooting. Artists, help me grieve. My job is to look. I want no subject to be taboo. If it is a face, I will look. If it is death, I will look. Looking is how I peacefully confront, learn, maintain engagement. This blog thread is how I share. The images below are fine art paintings of …
I was introduced to Stuart Shils by Mitchel Albala’s landscape painter group. Every time we were grappling with how to handle the boundary where one color meets another – the edge – the group would inevitably mention Shils, then get very quiet, as if for a moment of reverence. He does have some very lovely edges. Notice …
#30SAL faves: Venus & Coptic
Welcome another selection of faves from our January 30SAL Creative Challenge. Day 5 and 6 the challenges were Venus de Milo, and Coptic.
Day 5: Venus de Milo
This challenge was to finish the Venus de Milo. This was a fun one, and seemed to favor collage and digital work. Here are a few that caught our eye:
Day 6: Coptic
Create a work inspired by Coptic art (aka Copy Coptic). Here are a few:
ATTENTION: New Tag Request
For future instagram posts, please tag your pics with the challenge title so it’s easier for me to find them. Thank you!
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