Elizabeth Reed - Trouvaille (Something lovely found by chance)

Renovating our kitchen and waiting for the refrigerator to be repaired for 1 1/2 weeks. Life is kinda upside down - or simpler. Memories of cruising on a sailboat -  collecting water to wash dishes in the small sink! Ah - as well with my work right now. Looking forward to making some paintings and finishing my next monster drawing. Nica coming to sit again tomorrow morn. Painting with my favorite artists in my studio. Very cool link posted by  Sibel Kocabaşı on Facebook Love this - check it out - life drawing students! Vanitas Neysa Grassi  These paintings are all about the process and surface. Beautiful. Tony Scherman  This man has the ability and talent that shine through whatever medium he chooses. It would be interesting to see his paintings of encaustic on canvas with oils. This ease with imagery transcends technique. Susanna Coffey  Everyone should paint a self portrait Sidney Goodman  Yes, he paints AND draws  A true inspiration...

Every month a group of respected artists/friends meet for "Critique group" This Sunday, the word of the afternoon was "destroy it! I'm bored!" How do we artists push ourselves to think differently? "Release yourself from yourself," Steve Assael I guess my aching arm, back and hand are trying to tell me to  "step away from the painting." Friday, I took my few painting students to the Boca Raton Museum of Art First, we wandered through Frederico Uribe's incredible installation He was awarded a grant from puma shoe company Created an entire rainforest from partially completed PUMA shoes IT IS A MUST SEE! Very refreshing, clever and fun. Frederico Uribe   Really look at how he found similar shapes He saw flowers in plumbing parts, wings in artificial nails. Here is an artist who thinks! Don't miss this exhibit! It will be leaving in early November. Juan Bautista Nieto  Unbelievable  Stunning...

Steve Jobs 1955 - 2011 Mastermind of Mac and Apple products.  Simplicity for the masses. Isn't it so? How hard to stay true to your inner heart and intuition. It takes guts. Interesting article in September 2011 Artists magazine by Jane Jones. In the "Brushing up" section. Check out a diluted version of complementary compositions    Jones details different ways to use intensity (chroma) to control your focus The article has some great examples of simultaneous contrast I will bring it to class to show you - good example. Cool artists of the week Max Ferguson  Hyper real, extremely well composed.  Ferguson was trained in Amsterdam. He adheres canvas to aluminum. His portraits are incredible. Across the board, well done. Drawings, watercolors, oils, etchings.  Kent Lovelace  Gorgeous oil on copper. Featured in Sept. Artists Mag. He lives on Widbey Island, WA. Near where I used to live. A magical spot. Lovely li...

"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! F...

Wednesday morning drawing - Anatomy of a shadow Thursday life drawing - The pelvis Friday painting - color as value See you there! Cool Artists of the week: AnneMarie Busschers Pencil, etc. on cotton UNBELIEVABLE Drawings/paintings Pakayla Biehn INCREDIBLE double exposure paintings! LOVE! Nick Patten Incredible interiors, oils Great sense of space and light Juan Bautista Nieto Oh so beautiful and interesting figurative acrylic! paintings Edouard Martinet I am a sucker for this stuff. Found object sculpture

Cradle 2 from the "Gifts from the sea" Series Boca Raton Museum of Art - The Art School  classes start next week! Intermediate - Advanced drawing on Wednesday afternoons  and Figure drawing on Thursday afternoons  Both classes are very small.  Take advantage of the before season swarm and sign up soon! Small classes give you more of my time. Cool Artists of the week: April Surgent Very interesting glass engraver. Look for the videos of her working. Kenneth Procter Interesting images made with powdered charcoal. He mixes his own fixative. Great article in Drawing magazine. Christian Schad Magic Realist Kelly Reemsten Serge Strossberg Incredible paintings and drawings Check out his travel journals.

July 7, 2011 Happy 4th of July! For all of you New Yorkers Levitational Realism Gary T. Erbe Here is your dream as an artist Travel to beautiful inns and restaurants and paint the ambiance Notice her sensitive portrayal of light Lindsay Goodwin This artist's goal is to make 50 portraits Want to try? Charles W. Mundy Ghosts Beautiful subtle play between complementary colors Ralph Stone Jacobs Look at the very strong placement of this artist's darks His paintings are strongly composed. Every stroke has a purpose. He even lists his pigments and materials on his website Stan Moeller For my students: Raymar Art This is a wonderful website for canvas and linen archival panels They offer a wonderful panel carrier for transporting wet panels Check out the incredible paintings in their art contest. Very impressive indeed! See you all in class! Happy summer. Stay dry and cool.

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!

Tuesday, April 19, 2001 Sorry for the delay! My computer was in the hospital. I am now teaching tuesday and friday all day  Boca Raton Museum School. Robert Vickrey's incredible egg tempera paintings on exhibit at the Boca Raton Museum of Art I found out today that he passed away recently, like a few days ago. Fantastic work. Don't miss it. Cool Artists of the Week: Malcolm Morley Check out the size of these classic fighter pilot paintings! Camille Patha Dynamite use of color! For the tuesday few. Freya Grand Absolutely stunning landscapes! Hurvin Anderson Little Paper Planes Pae White ! See you in class!

Noelle Graphite and Bronze Pigment Will be featured in my exhibit called "From Life!" Francie Bishop Good Workspace January, 2011,  ArtServe, Ft. Lauderdale ARMORY ART CENTER DRAWING WITH CHARISMA! INK DAY! I will bring India Ink for your experiments Ink frees your marks Brushes, nibs, pieces of wood, feathers all make great mark making tools This is our last class, so bring in anything you may want critiqued BOCA MUSEUM SCHOOL PAINTING TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Last class of the term Carry on and get input and critique to finish your paintings Don't forget to sign up for next term - classes are filling up! ARTSERVE PARTS IS PARTS! Anatomy of noses, lips and ears I will bring photos to examine Please bring some of your own. We will explore the anatomy of each feature I will bring mirrors if you do not have photos COOL ARTISTS OF THE WEEK Costa Dvorezky Russian incredible figurative and abstract http://dvorezky.com J eff Nishinaka Paper ...

PARENTHESIS (oil) I think it will be 32 x 96" when framed and mounted together. A few more details and I will have it scanned. Can't wait to start the next one!