2 paintings I have been working on. Happy with the left, the right is a struggle. Currently it is recovering after a severe edit.
Each is 24 by 24 inches, acrylic on panel and canvas.
2 paintings I have been working on. Happy with the left, the right is a struggle. Currently it is recovering after a severe edit.
Each is 24 by 24 inches, acrylic on panel and canvas.
Now on view, @CTArtlist at EBK Gallery, West Hartford, #CT
On View from May 15 to June 30, 2013
Opening Reception Friday, May 31, 6-8:30 PM
http://ebkframing.com/ct-art-list-may-june/
Karen Bartone
Matthew Best
Chris Cox
Jana Ireijo
Tiffany Johnson
Tracy Powers
From EBK Gallery: In collaboration with the art web site CT ArtList we are very pleased to have selected artworks from the artists hosted on the CT ArtList site. These young and very accomplished artists have produced some great pieces which are quite affordable for the art collector or soon to be art collector. Please feel free to call, email or visit to see these wonderful pieces of artwork.
“This will be CT ArtList’s first curated show in a commercial gallery setting. Of the six artists selected 5 have M.F.A. degrees, and 4 attended Connecticut Universities. This group of artists is a clear reflection of CT ArtList’s mission - to provide exposure for working, professional artists in the state who are immensely qualified, yet often under-exposed. We would like to extend our thanks to The EBK Gallery for presenting a professional caliber exhibition of work by CT ArtList artists.”
- M. Marden
http://ebkframing.com/ct-art-list-may-june/
Opening Reception Friday, May 31, 6-8:30 PM
http://ebkframing.com/ct-art-list-may-june/
Karen Bartone
Matthew Best
Chris Cox
Jana Ireijo
Tiffany Johnson
Tracy Powers
From EBK Gallery: In collaboration with the art web site CT ArtList we are very pleased to have selected artworks from the artists hosted on the CT ArtList site. These young and very accomplished artists have produced some great pieces which are quite affordable for the art collector or soon to be art collector. Please feel free to call, email or visit to see these wonderful pieces of artwork.
“This will be CT ArtList’s first curated show in a commercial gallery setting. Of the six artists selected 5 have M.F.A. degrees, and 4 attended Connecticut Universities. This group of artists is a clear reflection of CT ArtList’s mission - to provide exposure for working, professional artists in the state who are immensely qualified, yet often under-exposed. We would like to extend our thanks to The EBK Gallery for presenting a professional caliber exhibition of work by CT ArtList artists.”
- M. Marden
http://ebkframing.com/ct-art-list-may-june/
Images from the New Aesthetic @Gallerynineteen, Chicago, IL.
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The New Aesthetic at Gallery 19, Chicago, IL
I have three new drawings in the upcoming show, The New Aesthetic at Gallery 19 (http://www.gallery19chicago.com/) in Chicago opening in May. I will be featured in a second show at the same gallery in June. I’m very excited to be showing at this exciting new gallery. I will be traveling to Chicago for both openings.
The show runs from May 10 to June 7 with an opening reception on May 10, 6:30-10pm. Hope to see you there.
The New Aesthetic show will feature work form
John McCaughey
Lauri Murphy
Ben C. Rosecrans
Shira Ballon
Ashley Nason
Matthew Best
What I’m thinking about: Marcel Duchamp, The King and Queen Surrounded by Swift Nudes (1912) #art
Images from “A Crew In Interest (Accruing Interest)” - A Pop-Up Exhibition 4/26/2013 @The Mill at Trinity College and @CTartlist. #art
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Willem De Kooning, Sag Harbour, 1964. 203.1x91.2cm, Oil and charcoal on canvas. Hirshhorn Museum of Art. #painting
This painting always reminds me of my years living in DC. It is like an old friend.
The painting I’ve been working on over the last week. A wound or a rose depending how how big an optimist you are.
30 by 30 inches, acrylic on panel.
SUSAN CARR
who are who and what do you do?
I am an artist, At a graduation at my school some years back, Pat Steir said “Artists are creators of culture”. And that has always stuck with me, that as artists we have a responsibility to be societies voice, dream and imagination. My hope is to be such a voice.
I paint in oil and use other media such as spray paint, oil sticks and enamel. I enjoy being in the middle of a painting but the beginning can be rather daunting. For me, the beginning of a painting feels like jumping out of an airplane;energizing but scary. I also create in collage. Collage is helpful in that it serves to elicit new forms that I can potentially use in paintings.
Who or what inspires you?
My children, odd color combinations, fresh air, sonic youth, half forgotten dreams, curved branches of tall trees, a good laugh, the sea and its returning, a roll of the dice.
What themes do you pursue?
The musicality of a painting, the linguistics of a painting and all of the meta-languages in between and quirkiness. This is a tall order and I think it will take the rest of my life of working to crack these ideas.
Why Art
Because art is where I dance, it is where I tell myself my own story and listen to yours, create my own myths that help shape ideas of how I see the world. Art is everything I do. Art everyday.
Name some Artists you would like to be compared to.
I am not ready for that yet, maybe when I am ninety!! I will tell you who I have been looking at and thinking about lately. First and foremost Phillip Guston. Then there is everyone else such as De Kooning, Amy Sillman, George McNeil, Hans Hoffman, Robert Ryman, Forest Bess and all of my amazing, talented painter friends on FB!
Time lapse video of dripping red paint.
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