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“To be an artist is to believe in life.” Henry Moore We have been discussing what inspires us to create, and I have frequently said, “paint what you love”. We should pick a subject which inspires us, and we know about, then work to discover all the different ways we can interpret it. If…
Read details“I am my own muse. The subject I know best”. Frida Kahlo According to Daniel Webster, as a noun, muse means a…
Read details“The notion that a painter suddenly imagines a composition expressive of his feelings and straightaway puts it down is untrue. He begins with a general idea…He proceeds by trial and error…the process is one of exploration as well as expression”. Joyce Carey I work on more than one painting at a time, and if I…
Read details“The artist begins with a vision-a creative operation requires effort. Creativity takes courage”. Henri Matisse At the beginning of each year we often assess what is most important to us, and what we want, more, or less of, in our lives. If you are reading this, you are probably interested in tapping into more of…
Read details“So now the flood gates are open to the delight of pure form, whatever its origin. Anything goes”. Phillip Johnson Last week I said that one of the easiest ways to understand the art of abstracting, was to take one of your landscape photographs and reduce it to its simplest shapes and change…
Read details“To abstract is to draw out the essence of a matter. To abstract in art is to separate certain fundamentals from irrelevant material which surrounds them.” Ben Shahn Before we talk about how to create an abstract piece of art, I would like to discuss a little about what it is. What exactly…
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