Elizabeth Reed - Trouvaille (Something lovely found by chance)

Finally, a grouping of 12 pieces on my studio wall.  My dear friend, Amanda Miles, gave me a book by Anne Morrow Lindberg called "A Gift from the Sea." In the 1950's, Lindberg took a sabbatical from being the matriarch of a large family. She spent time in a beach cottage at Sanibel Island, FL. Her introspective time away from her family ultimately led her to compare the shapes of sea shells to passages of life as a woman and mother.  My imaginary shells were inspired from three words Lindberg used to connect the shells to motherhood. As you walk down the beach, you will notice that eroded shells were once cradles, shield and vessels. Inevitably, nearby will lie a piece of plastic that is almost untouched by the weather. Both elements are "discarded." Their purpose, somewhat like the seasons of a woman's role as a wife and mother, has changed. The connections between the function of the worn plastic and shell shapes inspired these compositions.  Th...

I will be flying to NYC tomorrow morning to attend Steven Assael's figure painting workshop So .... Classes will be rescheduled in the next week I will be returning for May 24th class at the Boca School. May 31 is the first day of the summer term Classes are month to month  I will be teaching at Boca Raton Museum School this summer The Expressive Portrait on Thursday mornings 9 - 12 Experimental Painting techniques Thursdays 12:30 - 3:30  Painting all day on Fridays.  I will also teach drawing and portfolio building at Coral Springs MoA Saturdays 10 - 3. Cool artists of the week Jaume Plensa Damian Loeb, photo realist Jamie Adams Look how the drawing style translates into painting Lili Maglione Wonderful use of neutrals in her abstract paintings Ferdinand De Szyszlo Abstract Peruvian artist. Wonderful sense of color. See you all in one week!

"Jeannie" Charcoal on mylar Thursday Classes will continue through the summer by popular demand. I will be teaching 4 painting classes at the Boca Raton Museum Art School Tuesdays all day 3.23 Painting Foundations / Beginning - Intermediate 9 - 12 am . 3.24 The Essence of Painting Intermediate - Advanced 12:30 - 3:30 pm. 3.16 Out of the Box: all Media painting Beginning - Advanced 6:30 - 9:30 pm. And Wednesdays 3.27 Discovering New Possibilities of Painting Beginning - Advanced 1 - 4 pm. My students know that I am committed to sending you from my class with the visual tools to work in any medium you wish. The elements and principles of design make drawings, painting and sculpture more engaging. My goal is to change the way you look at the world and art. Cool artists of the week I saw this work at Scope Asia last winter Hiroshi Senju works with pure pigment on paper some of these are flourescent. Not much in the way of hand drawn images but very cool indee...