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Post-Pemaquid - and Paintings at Friar's Bay Studio Gallery
My Demo at Pemaquid Point(photo by Caren-Marie Michel) I'm now back from my trip to Pemaquid Point with the Pastel Painters of Maine. Sunday morning, after saying good bye to the 30+ members who attended, I drove up the road a few miles to New Harbor, where I'd had dinner the night before. Show More Summary
More painting IRL: Bushwick Open Studios, part 2
Thanks to the artists who generously opened their studios and also to the galleries
hat mounted exhibitions and events--I only got to a small fraction
his year. If I didn't get to yours, I'll put you on the list for 2014. In case you...Show More Summary
Art of Darkness: Nathan Danilowicz
Tucked away in a former dental office and Rastafari community center between West Adams and Culver City, artist Nathan Danilowicz has been busy. The rooms of his studio space seem like dark altars in reverence to forces both ancient and modern, where the conceptual strategies of painterly abstraction are reclaimed as the spells and invocations […]
Painting IRL: 2013 Bushwick Open Studios
Yesterday I spent the afternoon rambling around Bushwick Open Studios, visiting artists who have been featured in the blog over the past few years, checking out new work, and catching up with friends and readers. After spending the previous day at Real Art Ways in a darkened theater with Denise Markonish (Curator at MASS MoCA) and Carl E. Show More Summary
Road Trip: Mount Desert Island and Pemaquid Point – Day 3
View from the Light of the Pemaquid Lighthouse Our second day at the Pastel Painters of Maine retreat (my third day), started off with a sunrise walk around Pemaquid Point. Sunrise here is early – 4:57 a.m – and things were pretty quiet. Show More Summary
Triangular: Andrew Seto and Deborah Dancy
Isoceles, equilateral, scalene, right triangle, obtuse, acute and equilateral. The humble triangles that we all studied in geometry figure prominently in contemporary abstraction, particularly in Andrew Seto and Deborah Dancy's recent...Show More Summary
Road Trip: Mount Desert Island and Pemaquid Point – Days 1, 2
Pemaquid Point Light Each year, the Pastel Painters of Maine gathers at famously scenic Pemaquid Point to paint. This year, I realized I had some room in my schedule, so I decided I'd go. I was delighted when they asked if I would also present the traditional Saturday morning demonstration and do an afternoon critique for them. Show More Summary
New American Paintings Pacific Coast Deadline
Our next New American Paintings deadline is for the Pacific Coast region, which includes Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. If you reside in any of these states, now is your chance to apply to New American Paintings. The Deadline is June 30, Midnight, EST. We are happy to have Janet Bishop, Curator of Painting and Sculpture, San Francisco […]
Round one, done. Now for rounds two through seven.
Here’s where I am on QWERTY. I’ve got the first layer of paint on the canvas. Worked on the crystal ball, which is mostly abstract and reminds me of the earth’s weather patterns, seen from space. I found a red and black ribbon on eBay, and love the pop of red. I reworked a dark [...]
Simone Shubuck at Taylor De Cordoba
Simone Shubuck’s solo exhibit Do You Like Old Things or New Things That Look Old? at Taylor De Cordoba is forward and refreshing. Deep coral hues, paint splotches, doodles, feathers, and detailed sketches of chrysanthemum-like shapes comprise her colorful paintings, at times seeming to mimic bouquets and at others, taking on anthropomorphic, creature-like appearances. – […]
After the Rain
My painting from the previous post....
The San Luis Valley usually looks rather dusty in the spring due to the high winds but the colors were saturated due to the rain from the day before.
This painting threw a few difficulties my way. Show More Summary
Rebuilding the Sublime: Peter Scherrer’s EVERYTHING RIGHT AND ANYWHERE NOW
“Getting out,” into the wilderness in western Washington is rarely a clean, easy experience; the nearly endless rainy season can act as a killjoy until the oversized ferns, mushroom patches and lush understories of its forests override the fact that you are standing in these pristine landscapes completely soaked. Bellingham artist Peter Scherrer’s dense, complicated […]
Diptychs and Natural Dividers
A Walk in Springtime 12x24 oil/panel On my recent hikes, I've been taking my camera and composing scenes with it. My Canon Powershot SD780 IS can shoot wide-angle, 4000x2248 photos, which is a little wider than a 12x24 panel. Since a...Show More Summary
Painting as Journey, Not as Journey's End
Monet - 1864 As artists, we need to look deep into our souls to see what it is about painting that thrills us. Some of us yearn to create a work that is as finished as our craftsmanship will allow. If we love detail, we may delight in putting in every last leaf. Show More Summary
The Graduates: UCLA’s MFA Painters
As the school year draws to a close, it’s time for graduating art students to pack up their studios, take down their thesis shows, and set out on the life of financial uncertainty and critical scrutiny they have pursued so enthusiastically for the past several years. Hopefully they are equipped with as much knowledge, ability, […]
Quick study: Bushwick, Venice, Hong Kong
The seventh annual Bushwick Open Studios takes place next weekend, May 31-June 2! Thousands of artists will be participating, and a quick search of the website uncovers more than 365 painting shows. Help support the event by buying a copy of Loren Munk's Bushwick print (pictured above) at Supreme Digital. Show More Summary
Tracey Emin: That's what death is
Best known for "My Bed," a 1998 installation featuring her personal effects (like stained underwear) which earned her a nomination for the 1999 Turner Prize, Tracey Emin, now 50 and a Professor of Drawing at her alma mater, the Royal Academy in London, is sort of respectable.
Tracey Emin
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Invisible Performers: David Salle at The Arts Club of Chicago
How can a figure pretend to be invisible, yet still remain the focus of the painting? David Salle begs the question with his recent exhibition at The Arts Club of Chicago – a stunning collection entitled the Ghost Paintings, which displays a collection of work produced by Salle in the early 1990s. The level of […]
A Conversation: Sam Reveles
Sam and I sat in a coffee shop a day before he left from his residency at the University of Texas at Dallas residency program, CentralTrak. His residency produced new paintings and drawings for his solo show, Aran, currently on view at Talley Dunn Gallery. Speaking of his early years in LA, Reveles recalls an […]
Don't kill Bill: Powhida at Charlie James in LA
The crudely amped-up art market built by the likes of Gagosian, Zwirner, and the auction houses has overwhelmed critical dialogue. But are they the only culprits? In "Bill by Bill" a solo exhibition at Charlie James Gallery, WilliamShow More Summary
