Elizabeth Reed - Trouvaille (Something lovely found by chance)

ART MIAMI! Romi and I went to Art Miami, Scope and Art Asia on Saturday. Amazing show of interesting ideas - some quite entertaining as well as fantastic skill and technical ability. Art Asia always opens my eyes. My experiences traveling left the impression that not only is Asia on the other side of the earth, but on the other side of your eyeballs. Here are some of my favorites. Too many to list - Just a few that left an impression on me. Sybelle Peretti  She etches into glass on which she manipulates pigment and images. The photos do not do her justice. I saw her work in Scope last year - still it stops me in my tracks. Julie Heffernan   I love "Self portrait sitting on world." Look carefully at these classically painted allegories. Rachel Bess  All of her beautifully painted, thought provoking portraits were sold. I was immediately drawn to her painting technique - stunning - and the imagery she chose. Koon Wai-bong  Except...

What a weekend coming up! Art Basel Miami Beach is a brain refresher - many very cool artists. Go enjoy every part of it. Parties every night. Some great and not so great art. Wynwood district has been my favorite in the past years. Convention center holds  Art Basel Miami Beach Art Miami  has been spectacular the past two years Scope - Wynwood District  and  Art Asia  are very inspirational Wear comfy shoes and get some rest the night before. Go more than one day if you can. Steven Assael portrait painting workshop Boca Raton Museum School  March 21 - 25 all day  $1000.00 Contact Becky Sanders at 561.392.2503 to reserve a spot! Steven will be painting a portrait as a demo Wednesday, March 21 - 6:30 - 9:30 Cost $40.00 Boca Raton Museum School Open House Dec. 11th  12 - 3 Cool Artists of the Week(s) Xhxix  Curious transitions and superimposed images  Eunika Rogers  She actually paints with clay - c...

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...

Time to sign up for Term 2 Classes at The Boca Raton Museum Art School Catalogue available online  Art School Catalogue   I am currently offering: 2.20 DRAWING FOUNDATIONS  - Learning to See Wednesday mornings 9 - 12 Fall in love with drawing! Learn skills you can use in painting, sculpture and design. Lots of cool handouts. 2.32 SEEING - KNOWING - DRAWING Wednesday afternoons 12:30 - 3:30 Use the skills learned in foundations to make successful finished drawings. Learn more about materials and techniques.  Push yourself with more challenging assignments. 3.28 LIFE DRAWING (Nudes!) Thursday afternoon 12:30 - 3:30 Learn how to mass the figure to catch directional thrust. Develop your own style from the knowledge of the form. I provide weekly handouts on artistic anatomy so you can study at home. Figure drawing is my personal passion. I practice every week. Wonderful comfortable environment. 3.25 and 3.26 ALL MEDI...

We're off to the Museum Friday after class!  Cool artists of the week.... Robert Liberace   Look at his pen and ink work as well as the beautiful portraits. Stunning figurative work. Check out his workshops! Karin Jurick OK, students! Check out "Museum Patrons" You are all invited to the Boca Museum of Art on Friday afternoon. Meet me at the museum after our afternoon class. Hurry - closing at 5 pm. Amanda Clyne   Incredibly interesting paintings. Connor Harrington  Spray paint and oils. Some on buildings, some in studio. Unusual for this medium - very well done. David Cheifetz  Knows his color! Luscious across the board.

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...

"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

Zephyr will be exhibited in The 49th Founder's Juried Awards Exhibition at the Von Liebig Art Center in Naples October 15 - December 3, 2011 Cool Artists of the week 9-11 tribute  Russian Surrealist Andrey Goldin pays tribute to Manhattan and 9-11 Stephen Dinsmore - for you, Ed Kaplan! Ethan Murrow's Big Paper Airplane - beautifully rendered imaginative drawings! Iva Gueorguieva - beautiful abstracts John Gurbacks Jm Sullivan - Highly rendered imaginative drawings

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.