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Yesterday I taught Intro to Abstraction at the Manchester Art Association. I had fifteen students in an excellent room in a local church. This was basically the first day of my three day workshop, and there were a mix of media students were using: acrylics, pastels, and watercolors, mostly. As usual, the students stepped out … Read more
We stir up a shock of recognition of what they already know…
A lot of my pastel paintings are both larger and more complicated than these.
Mostly here I am experimenting trying out my new inks together with collage.
This painting is about my deeply held belief that we all will arrive.
At first, I thought of it literally about the days getting longer as spring approaches, but while I was painting, I came to see that it is also about “lengthening our days” in the longevity sense.
Harmony is going on all the time; we’ve just got to listen for it.
Lately, I’ve been thinking about how we don’t have to do something remarkable and earn our immortality, we already come hardwired for it.
I’ve been thinking about the word Viridescence since being in Guadeloupe,…
New Year, New Opportunities (mixed media) by Polly Castor Here I tried my new walnut ink and I have to say, I love it. While I cogitate on new pastel directions, I’m having fun mixing media in new ways. This piece includes watercolor (including shimmery and graphite ones, with watercolor crayon), with opaque gouache, and … Read more
This is the second in my annually painted series assessing the global warming situation.
This is a remarkable book describing in detail how two men in succession championed the coming of abstract art to America.
Sometimes you need to change your plans and it’s all about a graceful pivot.
I kept thinking of that Helen Reddy song from back in 1971,”I am Woman Hear Me Roar in Numbers to Big to Ignore,” and my prayer is that will happen today!
The dominion and power that is in the wingbeat, the freedom and soaring intensity of it, the high contrast of the scaling of heights from the lowly depths, despite all obstacles, encapsulates this piece.
