Elizabeth Reed - Trouvaille (Something lovely found by chance)

Sunday, April 24, 2011 Cool artists of the week Michael Klein Luscious beautiful paintings Roni Stretch Please look closely and venture into the "underpainting" section I would love to see this in person. Totally engulfing! David Atkins Great sense of color. Abstracted city and landscapes. Check out his drawings. You can feel the energy he puts forth in his paintings. Francisco Benitez Encaustic and oil. Historic and beautiful James Gillispie For Yvette and Lorraine Happy Easter See you next 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!

April 10, 2011 Last week of classes! Good bye to some of our snowbirds. Fly away home and don't forget TO PAINT AND DRAW EVERYDAY! Cool Artists of the week Michael Kuckla Great example of the continuity of drawing, painting and sculpture http://www.mkukla.com/index.html Michelle Muldrow Incredible grasp of color ALL LANDSCAPES ARE ABSTRACTS! http://mmuldrow.com/index.php Brad Nelson http://brad-nelson.net/home.html See you soon!

Cool Artists of the week NANCY HERMAN Incredible painter who has made color move to music. Make sure to spend some time on this web site. Very thoughtful work. Her interiors feature a group of paintings of light in her house. Stunning work. Original ideas. http://www.nancyherman.com/www.nancyherman.com/HOME.html Anton Pavlenko Very interesting perspectives on landscapes Wonderful sense of color http://www.antonpavlenko.com/ Carol Marine's Painting a Day Try it! Small works done quickly. Push that paint! http://carolmarine.blogspot.com/ SEAN THOMAS Minimal, well designed and understated Powerfully executed http://www.seanthomasonline.com/index.htm MARGARET BOWLAND http://www.margaretbowland.com/index.html Enjoy!

FINALLY! "Zephyr" 40 x 60" Graphite on rag board Off to a professional photographer this week

Sunday, March 27, 2011 Cool Artists of the week Zsolt Bodoni http://nicodimgallery.com/artists/zsolt-bodoni/ Aaron Westerberg http://www.westerberg-fineart.com/ IGNAT IGNATOV http://www.ignatovart.com/ Cristian Blanxer http://www.cristianblanxer.com/walls.html Vincent Desiderio http://www.marlboroughgallery.com/exhibitions/vincent-desiderio-recent-paintings Boca Students! Bring work for the "Wall of Fame!" I will be there early on tuesday with hooks and wire. Happy Painting!

Sunday, March 20, 2011 Preparing for my lecture about Visual Archaeology to the friends of the Ft. Lauderdale MOA Revisiting the development of this idea is very interesting. Lee Bontecou Her drawings really intrigued me as well as her Drawing into sculpture.  Lee's father and uncle designed the first aluminum canoe and her mom worked in a factory wiring electronics during WWII. She grew up believing she could make anything if she learned the right skills Her retrospective exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago in 2004 was a direct influence on my drawings - the mixture of imagery that has been described as surreal. I don't see them as surreal but organic and original. She has accomplished my desire to move art off the wall. Her welded structures, molded plastic and mobiles hold me spellbound. Glad to revisit her incredible work.  Lee's statement for her incredible catalogue: "Since my early years until now, the natural world and it...