Tag: Visual Arts
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Say What?????
“Any sort of pretension produces mediocrity in life and in art.” Margot Fonteyn (from brainy quotes) While walking around at a large art exhibit, (see “Voices”), my friend and I overheard various comments and opinions on the art. One conversation left us so puzzled that it continues to produce a smile even now. It was…
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Right Brain Vision, Left Brain Knowledge
“It is in this sense, I believe, that the field of education has much to learn from the arts about the practice of education.” Elliot Eisner (from infed.org) Artists regularly utilizing drawing in their work know it sharpens visual skills and heightens awareness of the focused subject. Science is coming around to that awareness, as well,…
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Sketchlife
“You can’t do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh.” John Singer Sargent (from Brainyquotes) Sketching is vital to developing artistic vision. For some artists it requires focus and discipline. For others, sketching is the artistic vision. As sketching evolves by the hand of the later, it gains an energy and drama…
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A Nomadic Nature
“Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.” Twyla Tharp (from Artpromotivate) Are artists running away through their art? Is running away a good thing? So many people wish they could run away everyday. Few have the means. Artists do it daily. Running away is generally thought of in a negative sense. …
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A Heart Falls in the Woods
“Art is Literacy of the heart”—Elliot Eisner The heart speaks through art as any artist can attest but do others always hear? Does it matter as long as the heart speaks? Artists are driven to continue to speak whether anyone is listening or not. Does it matter to the artist whether or not his/her heart…
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Never Ending Nature
Do artists see nature differently than other people? Do artists seek to replicate nature, enhance it or just see something others don’t? Paintings more often than not have a life that is different from what one might see with the naked eye. When artists choose nature as subject, nature changes, becomes something more. Whether landscape,…
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The Place of the Singing Heart
]The late Steve Jobs is much in the news these days with the movie about his life recently released. There is no doubt that Steve Jobs changed our world. Whatever people may think of Jobs, the person, what he did for all our lives is now unquestionable history. Carmine Gallo wrote an excellent article in…
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The Courage to Paint
“To create one’s world in any of the arts takes courage.” Georgia O’Keeffe Was O’Keeffe right? Does art take courage? Painting takes time, effort and energy. But is courage behind the time, effort and energy? Courage is perhaps the necessary force for getting art out of the studio and into the public domain. Is it…