The rest is just details
Underpainting by little ol’ me. I’m now five weeks out from surgery and would expect I’d feel a little more spiffy than I do. On a good day I can now sit at my easel for an hour at a time. Yesterday I spent that hour limning out the darks in a large (36X48) painting; …
Why I paint
Love and Deceit, Zhostovo papier-mache tole tray painted by Sergei Fillipov Fine art is what you have left when you’ve removed all practical application from an art form. The quality of the work has nothing to do with it. Thus an exquisitely painted tole tray like the above is considered a fine craft item, whereas …
The artist in winter
I asked four of my summer workshop students how they’re coping with this unusually cold winter, and what they’re working on. SUE LEO “My typography class all semester long thought the angry feminist featured in the movie Helvetica was absurd, as she blamed all the wars and strife in life on this typeface. There are …
Three Ladies of Spain
Portrait of Elizabeth of Valois by Sofonisba Anguissola. Elizabeth of Valois (1545 to 1568) was the eldest daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de Medici. She was described as timid but close to her formidable mother. Elisabeth was married by proxy to Phillip II of Spain at age 14, as part of the peace …
The Sleep-Deprived Artist
Gail Kellogg Hope is an artist, clothing designer, and the mother of a new young son. I asked her to write about the trials of temporarily misplacing her career in favor of motherhood. 1170 Huntarian Psalter. Want to know how she’s getting stuff done? She tied the little bugger in his crib, that’s how. He’s not …