by Gary | Mar 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
Daniel Garber. I love this painting. It reflects the vista I enjoy almost every day. The view from my block in Virginia Heights across the Arkansas River to the bluffs above the former quarry at Emerald Park. The contrasts of light and color are always most brilliant...
by Gary | Mar 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
Seascape by Steve Forster. A key principle of composition is called the Rule of Thirds. Divide the frame into thirds, both horizontally and vertically. Some cameras have this grid built into the viewfinder. Place your subjects or focal points along those lines or at...
by Gary | Feb 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
Frederico “Rico” Lebrun, Italian American, “Rabbit,” ink and charcoal. My sophomore drawing professor, Barry Schactman, introduced me to Lebrun, his drawing, painting, sculpture, writing, and philosophy. I can’t express the profound...
by Gary | Feb 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
Raffaelo Monti (Italian), “Veiled Lady,” marble, 1860. A bust subsequent to his famous full-figure sculpture “Veiled Vestal,” seen in the 2005 film of “Pride and Prejudice.” Why did he return to the same subject? I suspect he...
by Gary | Feb 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
Odilon Redon (French), “Two Trees,” 1875, charcoal. I see trees as figures in motion. Actors on a stage, hitting their marks, performing a mysterious drama. They have bodies and limbs and gestures that suggest movement by the way they have grown in...
by Gary | Feb 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
Nikki McClure, “Start Over Time.” Paper cut. Olympia, Washington. A squirrel drey in a tree high above (where it belongs, not in my window AC where the fluffy little pea brains have been packing sticks and leaves). Like all of Nikki’s work, this...
