Posts Tagged ‘figurative painter’
Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Richard T. Scott Paints America’s Identity Crisis
“We become ourselves precisely when we drop the narrative, when we give up trying to construct our identity.”
Read MoreSomething Lost, Something New: Interview with Painter Maya Kulenovic
“This is how history unfolds, after destruction some things are forever lost, and some can be rebuilt. The result is something new, founded on the lifeline of what was before.”
Read MoreThe Inexplicable Paintings of Rafel Bestard
The role of art is to humanize the inexplicable.
Read MoreLittle Deaths: Spain’s Miguel Angel Moya Paints Creatures Under Glass
I start with something immaterial, something mysterious that wants expression and I try to turn that into something material: a painting.
Read MoreThe Interior Life of the Observer: Interview with Figurative Painter Christina Sealey
“I have often found myself in the position of the observer. This creates a feeling of loneliness that pervades my work.”
Read MoreArt As Therapy for the Unsatisfied Man: Interview with Argentine painter, Martin Llamedo
“Making a man happy, for more than a few seconds after consumption, is not very interesting to a consumer society; for them an unsatisfied man is preferable. Beauty and art, therefore, is fundamental therapy today.”
Read MoreA Cold Story On a Warm Night: The Mischief-Making of Pamela Wilson
“I like the juxtaposition of a cold story in a warm light. It creates confusion and room to explore.”
Read MoreHer Sweet Excess: Interview with American Painter Adrienne Stein
“My work is personal, containing symbols and codes for things that are taking place in my life or what I yearn for. The stakes are high, so when others disapprove of your work, they essentially disapprove of you. It is a great risk. The life of an artist is full of self-doubt and isolation. Yet this is a part of everyone’s experience.”
Read MoreSweet Gratitude
“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.”
~Albert Schweitzer
To Live an Artful Life: Laugh
“My portraits include some of who I am, who I wish I was and who I wish I wasn’t.”
Read MoreWomen Under Glass: The Paintings of Alyssa Monks
“I want to somehow express what it’s like to be in their skin. I believe this is what art can do at its best. Maybe this way we will feel less alone in the world, more compassionate to each other, work with, instead of against, one other.”
Read MoreCherylene Dyer: Body and Soul
“As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.”
~ Hermann Hesse