December 2011

On a Hockney kick

Recommended DVD:

David Hockney, A Bigger Picture.

 

Fall 2011

Putting the microscope on interiors

Bonnard, Matisse, Diebenkorn and Fairfield Porter (my new discovery).

 

Summer/Fall 2011

Experimenting

Experimenting to see if my "landscape" style works well for interiors. Working on studies in series and flattening shapes.

 

October 2010

Grappling with European Art History

Enjoying: Rick Steves' Europe 101, History and art for the traveller. (Much better than any art history text book. At least I can understand it!).

Recommended DVDs:

How Art Made the World

A History of European Art. (The Teaching Company).

 

August/October 2009

Looking more at contemporary art

Favourites: Hockney, Doig.

Recommended DVDs:

Landscapes Through Time with David Dunlop.

The Private Life of a Masterpiece.

 

March/April 2009

Loss of vitality in painting

How does one carry over from drawing to painting the vitality and spontaneity achieved in preliminary drawings?

Studying: David Milne, Berthe Morrisot.

Reading: Varley, Childe Hassam.

Recommended DVD: From Monet to Van Gogh, a history of Impressionism. (The Teaching Company).

 

16 January 2009

Death of Andrew Wyeth

Wyeth's work hits me emotionally and I am inspired that he was able to continue working well into his old age. 

For all things Wyeth see: http://www.squidoo.com/andrew_wyeth