People at Creative Arts Camp 2017
Here are photos of the people at Creative Arts Camp– these people are the reason I come each and every year…
Month: August 2017
Last Camp Painting 2017: Cabin Sunflowers
This is the last assignment at this year’s Creative Arts Camp. We were to paint a still life with a view out a window.
Exercise: Gestural Abstract Painting
So many things at camp are about movement. All artists are about moving thought. In this exercise we were to get more of our body involved, moving it as a way to move others…
Abstract Painting Exercise: Pouring, Spraying, Throwing Paint
I had a great time doing these. I threw, spattered, and poured paint. It was especially fun to drop paint from a twelve foot height off a deck banister onto paper and watch it splat.
Leaning Tree at Camp Newfound (New Landscape Painting)
Here is the painting I finished at camp yesterday. I was attracted to the strong diagonal composition and how the rocks in the bottom right, together with the cabins in the upper left, created the feeling of torque, even though it is a peaceful scene.
Three Quotes About the Power of Art (by Karen Montanaro)
Karen Montanaro, an instructor at Creative Arts Camp, summarizes the power of art in these three short quotes.
Exercise: Down the Road from Oz 1 & 2
Here is the first exercise I did in my painting class from camp. We were to paint a still life, interior, or landscape from life abstractly. Then we were to clean off our palette on a new sheet and let it dry as an underpainting for the next work. Next we were asked to paint again the previous painting from memory even more abstractly.
Back At Creative Arts Camp
This is a church camp and I love the intersection of Christian Scientists and creative people. They are both my favorite kinds of people.
Our Youngest Daughter Moves into Her First Apartment and Begins Junior Year
The apartment is owned by the campus itself, complete with campus furniture and a full kitchen. It is quite charming, in good shape, very convenient to class, and our daughter is looking forward to cooking for herself instead of eating in the dining hall.
Two Pottery Pieces Fresh Out of the Kiln
Both of these pieces that I have done in sgraffito have recently emerged from the kiln.
Eclipse Links
Here are a few links for today’s solar eclipse: facts about it, places to view it, and to watch a live stream.
The Glass Universe (Book Review)
If you are interested in astronomy, or like detailed histories especially in the sciences, or you are interested in obscure women’s history, this book might be for you.
House, Gardens, and Art at Hill-Stead Museum
If you haven’t seen this small gem, it is definitely worth the short amount of time it takes to see it. Check it out the next time you are traveling along 84 west of Hartford.
Duchess Rail Trail Bike Ride Over the Hudson
We left from Hopewell Junction, and round trip, across the Hudson and back, it was 28 miles.
New Pastel Painting: Amaranth in the Gardens at Hollandia
The gardens here locally at Hollandia nursery are amazing. I have always wanted to paint them. Here I was particularly interested in the amaranth,
I was Featured in the Pastel Society Newsletter
It is interesting that she chose her theme of me as a risk taker– not something I always see in myself– but I guess is true if I step back objectively.
Response to Violence in Charlottesville: God Loves Variety
I thought this letter to the editor by my colleague on our local Ridgefield Clergy Association was a brilliant and needed response following the horrible happenings in Charlottesville.