"Thought must come first" ~ Odd Nerdrum

"Moonfairy" Marcia @ CSMART Hour sketch

Come join us Thursday evenings 6:30 - 8:30

Open studio ~ no instruction

"You are about to die. There are two paintings on the wall, A Rembrandt and a Mondrian. which is the one you wish to see last? Live, love, and make art like that moment; as if you were about to die."~ Odd Nerdrum

American Artist Magazine's October edition features an article about Odd Nerdrum. The article discusses Nerdrum's work as philosophical allegories. Always intriguing work with spiritual undertones. Reminiscent of Rembrandt.

Nerdrum uses only four colors but he premixes the palette and tubes the colors he uses in his paintings. Curiously, he mixes blue from mars black and titanium white. Check out this magazine - October American Artist.

The Nerdrum Institute

Beginning Drawing Class ~ Perspective and the Fifth perspective by Rudolf Stussi
Very cool stuff.
Rudolf Stussi

Thursday Life Drawing ~ Legs!

Friday Painting ~ Your projects and drapery demo

Cool Artists of the week

Daniel Ludwig ~ Interesting collage paintings ~ stunning figurative work

Vincent Giarrano People, Places, Things. Stunning work. Viva la still life!
Check out the bicycle, guys.

Sadie Valeri Article in Artist's Magazine this month. Still lifes with waxed paper. Stunning traditional technique.

Stock Schulueter Landscapes in oil.

Pamela Wilson Bird Shot. Incredible thought process. Technical excellence.

Enjoy and see you in class!

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SINGAPORE BIENNALE 2016

Lucky me. I arrived in Singapore to find their Biennale in the Singapore Art Museum and other Museums and institutions around town. It has been a great introduction to the Southeast Asian geography and culture. Many visits have pulled me out of an extreme state of jet lag and whetted my appetite to learn more about Southeast Asia. Singapore Biennale AN ATLAS OF MIRRORS - AT ONCE, MANY WORLDS "In charting our way around the world, humankind has relied on instruments of vision as well as navigation. Atlases map and mirror our journeys of discovery and often make visible more than just physical terrain; driven by our needs and desires, they embolden us to venture into the unknown. From our coordinates in Southeast Asia, the arc of our shared histories encompasses East and South Asia. These regions bear the imprints of one another's diverse cultures, even as boundaries are also constantly reimagined. Fraught and unstable, these borders are characterized by fluid mo

Cone of Chaos Graphite on Museum Board 40 x 60"

Monday figures at ArtServe- July 19

It's a Sonya kind of morning tomorrow! We will carry on with gestures, measuring and proportion. Come join us for monday meditation. Cool Artists of the week. Just for fun: Giuseppe Arcimboldo http://www.giuseppe-arcimboldo.org/ Charles W. Dwyer http://www.onessimofineart.com/artists/Dwyer/Charles_Dwyer_Originals.html And now for something completely different Anthony Green from the UK http://anthonygreen.org.uk/paintings.html Mercedes Helnwein Incredible pencil drawings - Check out her "journal" or blog http://www.mercedeshelnwein.com/ Enjoy! Happy summer. See you tomorrow!

Elizabeth Reed - Trouvaille (Something lovely found by chance)

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