I teach a class on abstract art at the Lubeznik Center for the Arts in Michigan City, IN. One of the lessons we do is to create a collage from existing paintings on paper that we have earlier created during the session. /*! elementor – v3.16.0 – 20-09-2023 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image …
History / Motivation I started making small collages in my sketchbooks back in the early 1980’s. In those days, I was cutting up photos from magazines, as well as rejected pieces of my own work. It was a way to discover more about composition and design. My husband at that …
usually I photograph sunsets. often spectacular here. but sometimes the dawn is fantastic as well! I took multiple photos in the chilly early morning (the dog REALLY wanted to go inside). but I stayed to take 30 photos of the sunrise. something particularly inspiring about a dawn. the daily rebirth?
Jean Dubuffet butterfly wings, ink, gouache and paper collage in this week’s Focus On Abstraction meeting (thursdays, 11am CST), as requested by one of the member of the group, we will be discussing extreme uses of technique when creating a painting. Albert Oehlen “More Fire and Ice” (2001), a mixed-media work …
July 16, 2021 (updated July 23, 2021) Published by jayInStudio in our weekly online meeting of artists, this week we discussed two similar artists’ works. Richard Diebenkorn and Frank P Phillips, a contemporary artist. Diebenkorn died in 1993, after a very successful career of painting and teaching. Frank P Phillips …
on my recent annual visit with my sister, Chery Baird, who lives in Atlanta, we spent a day visiting the High Museum, and several galleries. although i saw a few interesting paintings, many of the galleries were showing rather tepid work. pale color, relaxing quiet abstractions… perhaps because it is …
i’m finally back from a grueling trip to deliver two large paintings to a gallery that represents my work in Nashville. Tinney Contemporary. a long 7+ hour drive (one way), and i was unwise enough to leave my phone on, giving me directions until the battery ran out. fortunately, i …
