August/Oct 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. 

16 Jan 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