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"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." Kahlil Gibran


HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012!

Play a little
Frivolous play time. Investigation of the color RED!
My daughter, Mem's, awesome red satin heels.
She fell in love with them on the shelves of DSW - had to have them!
Finding something suitable to wear with these proved a challenge.
They are stunning and a color theory lesson in RED

Hope your holidays were full of frivolous red fun!

Tuesday starts the new term at Boca Raton Museum School

My Classes are:
Wed. 9 - 12 Beginning Drawing
Wed. 12:30 - 3:30 Intermediate - Advanced Drawing
Thursday 12:30 - 3:30 Life Drawing
Friday 9 - 12 Beginning Painting
Friday 12:30 - 3:30 Intermediate - Advanced Painting

Call the office at 561-392-2503 to reserve your spot.

Cool links

See the Women who Shook up the Art World in 2011!
From a friend and wonderful NYC artist, Anahi DeCanio

Recent review on NPR
"Caravaggio, a Life Sacred and Profane" 
by Andrew Graham-Dixon
My next read. What a character!
Check out wikipedia for a really great show of his work.

Diane Andrews Hall  Wonderful seascapes in oil
Painting is really about the physics of light!

David Imlay  Fine artist and illustrator
I am quite drawn to his dog portraits
Especially the Dauchshund in a turban.
By looking at his landscapes as thumbnails you will notice his exquisite sense of design. Great illustrators make you look from across the room!

Sandow Birk  If you went to Art Miami you could not resist gawking at his etching named, "Monument to the Constitution of The United States."
Birk makes statements on social issues. 
He is a story teller in multi media.
I respect him because he can draw and comes up with clever concepts that make you think. 
Check out his "Ninety Nine Names of God."
This is an artist who THINKS! 
YOU REALLY NEED TO SEE THESE WORKS IN PERSON!

Bong Chae Son Intriguing mix of traditional painting and modern materials.
Layers of polycarbonate in front of LED panels.
Images mysteriously morph as you walk around the work.
This artist has taken traditional training to a modern level.
Absolutely engrossing!

Come to the Boca Museum's ARTY PARTY!
Meet me at the museum! Wednesday, Jan. 4th. 5:30 - 8:00 PM. 
Boca Museum School instructors will be on hand to celebrate.


See you soon!
THINK!





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