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Recently I've begun working from the figure again. It has been on my mind to return to the figure in my imagery. I had researched drawing groups around town and then COVID took over. It seemed as if drawing and working from a live model was not to be for 2020. I happily found out otherwise.
It came up in conversation, that time has become such a heightened experience during this pandemic. Seeming to stand still, yet the seasons remind us that time is clearly moving on. Few things symbolize permanence like mountains…
If you take the basic elements of a still life painting composition, there are only a small number of actors/settings/props needed for the illusion to begin. Now consider the variables involved in the process of painting from observation (lighting situation, paint treatment, composition, detail vs general). Multiply this by the variables present in even one human artist
I am always chasing beauty in my paintings. I believe the ability to search for beauty is one of humanity’s finest traits. There is a Gerhard Richter quote, “Art is the highest form of hope.” It is this hope that drives my search for Beauty and Moments of Real in my work….
As we make our way through this health crisis we face so many unknowns from every direction. Unknowns can be a great source of invention, too many of them can overload our decision making. I think we all feel a little overloaded right now, I know I do.
Assembling the cast off pieces of yesterday’s news, artists discovered a visual poetry that hadn’t been seen before. Something new, compelling and visually relevant to the “Now” emerged as a means for artistic language and social discourse. Addressing the questions of, “How does the human relate to the machine and it’s industry?” And, “How and Where, do our human souls fit into this unknown mechanized nature?”
Starting with a gessoed Panel in this case a 9 x 12 Dibond Aluminum Panel .I begin by laying down a toned ground of Burnt Umber thinned with medium. Next, I draw into the dark ground revealing the lighter tone underneath. Following where I see light describing form. This step is done with dry brush,
In the most recent installation Cheryl McGinnis has brought another first to the Flatiron Prow Space with the video work of Diana Lehr. Lehr’s video loop titled “Surfing Beneath The Surface” follows a fallen Maple leaf caught in the current of a swollen winter stream.