Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Bookshelves of Marie Vickerilla, Tamar Zinn, Cheryl McClure, Krista Svalbonas
Saturday, April 9, 2011
April on the Calender
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| April on the Calender 24 x 24 encaustic |
Last Friday, I went to the opening of Conversations at R&F Handmade Paints in Kingston, NY. You can see complete blog posts on the show at Joanne Mattera's blog and a visit to R&F at Nancy Natale's blog.
I was poking around the factory and found a color I haven't seen from them although I am very familiar with it. The paint makers make some wonderful mistakes. This one doesn't have a name yet but I am voting for LP green.
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| A pleasant surprise on the R&F shelves |
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| Delicious ! |
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| Please make some more |
I also found a note I sent to Darin propped up on the shelf. It was a patch of one lone pigment stick that I probably found in the special rack. I am looking for it again. I can recreate the color but it just doesn't have the same feel as the pigment stick.
I did find a reference for them while I was taking pictures-the gloves!!
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| Big Pink |
Other Photos
Friday, April 8, 2011
What's on your book shelf? Brenda Goodman and Lorraine Glessner
Check out Brenda and Lorraine's book collection.
Lorraine Glessner I LOVE my books and i love that you're doing this post!! it's great to see the books that other artist's have, especially relative to the art they make. these are books in my living room on the stairs to my studio and in my studio. i have many more beside my bed, around the studio and at school for my students, but this gives you a good sampling. last summer i organized my books according to subject to make it easier to find them and so that i didn't purchase books i already had-which, i sheepishly admit, i did a few years ago. yes, i'm also a bookaholic and proud of it!! thanks, Lisa, for this fun and interesting post!
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
What's on your book shelf?
What is on your bookshelf?
Look at the books and then check at their websites.
Joanne Mattera
These are some of the books in my library. I also put art on the shelves. You can identify a Nancy Natale. There's also a Rose Olson (she's a Boston-based painter who does extraordinary things with veils of color) and a drawing on canvas by my niece Toria when she was about nine years old depicting a palette and easel, which she titled on the painting, "The Artist's Touch." She's an adult now but I love that little painting. There's also a small oil-on-panel view, postcard size, of I Faraglioni, the rocks of off Capri., which I bought on my first trip to the island some 35 years ago. There's also a table in my living room groaning with more recent books, including: Women Gallerists in the 20th and 21st Centuries; Bridget Riley; Line, the catalog of the MoMA show last year; and My Name is Charles Saatchi and I am an Artoholic. That latter I understand very well, as I am a bookoholic.
Joanne Mattera
These are some of the books in my library. I also put art on the shelves. You can identify a Nancy Natale. There's also a Rose Olson (she's a Boston-based painter who does extraordinary things with veils of color) and a drawing on canvas by my niece Toria when she was about nine years old depicting a palette and easel, which she titled on the painting, "The Artist's Touch." She's an adult now but I love that little painting. There's also a small oil-on-panel view, postcard size, of I Faraglioni, the rocks of off Capri., which I bought on my first trip to the island some 35 years ago. There's also a table in my living room groaning with more recent books, including: Women Gallerists in the 20th and 21st Centuries; Bridget Riley; Line, the catalog of the MoMA show last year; and My Name is Charles Saatchi and I am an Artoholic. That latter I understand very well, as I am a bookoholic.
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So in my computer room/library are lots of books - a shot of more recently acquired books and some "oldies but goodies" from Japan (we went there in 2004) - the best book about process: Zen In the Art of Archery" by Eugene Herrigel, 1960s, and a book about proportion in the Japanese house and book once borrowed by Richard Serra,"Forms in Japan," about language for forms.
Binnie Birstein
attached are some book shots from around the very neat, on the market house
Monday, April 4, 2011
What's on your book shelf?
Whenever I am visiting a house or studio I usually find myself at some point in front of the guest's bookshelf having book envy. This week one of my friends, who has been an avid book collector for the past 30 years, just realized how much some of her art books are worth!! Another friend and I shared some of our favorite books with each other.
I have books all over my house and studio and some on loan but here are a few shots of my neat piles in my office.
I did this early on in my blog as a list but this time how about a photo or two of your book shelves?
email 2 jpegs low res with your name and url to art @lisapressman.net
Thanks
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Nancy Natale
Nancy Natale, artist and blogger, sent this post to me almost ready to go so I want to send her a huge thanks. What a treat to be able to see her wonderful new work and get a glimpse some of her influences.
Natale - Bandito, 2010, 24”x24”, encaustic with mixed media on panel
I feel that I have finally come into my own with my work. It’s been a long time getting there, but I’ve stuck with it by working, looking, reading and experimenting. I think I have only touched the tip of the iceberg and there is lots more still under water. My website is here at Nancy Natale and my blog "Art in the Studio"
Natale - Three Reds, 2010, each 10”x8”, encaustic with mixed media on panel
Here are some of my influences and the influence has been from the integrity of the vision in addition to the work itself.
First of all, Joanne Mattera For providing the information and inspiration about encaustic with her book and her beautiful lush work, and also for being a model for me with her wisdom, experience and energy as an artist and a woman.Here is her blog and her book.
Joanne Mattera, Gemmo, 2011, 32”x32”, encaustic on panel
Joanne Mattera, Silk Road 146, 2010, 12”x12”, encaustic on panel
Other inspirations – not necessarily in order, but what they all have in common is an emphasis on the physical construction of their work and a dark sensibility.
Leonardo Drew for his use of accretion, for finding beauty in the old, beat-up and cast off and for his devotion to materiality
Lee Bontecou for her dark sensibility, inventive use of materials and for being true to her own vision
El Anatsui for his use of accretion to make something so beautiful from nothing
Philip Guston
for daring to change his work so drastically and for painting so honestly. Also for the physicality of his paint.
Brenda Goodman
ditto(Guston) and with extra credit for having to struggle as an artist who is a woman and a woman who is a lesbian
Richard Diebenkorn for his line, color, space and love of paint
Joan Mitchell for her color, marks and dark spirit
Ted Larsen for his complex simplicity of design and love of old painted surfaces
Lance Letscher for showing me the way
Monday, March 7, 2011
Quick pics from a day in NYC, Part 2
A few more from NYC
AT ADAA
Judy Pfaff at Pavel Zoubok Gallery
Kathy Butterly at Tibor De Nagy
The shadows and bowls caught my eye but I didn't get the information. (if you know please email me)
David Reed at Peter Blum
WorkingDrawing for Painting 576, 2007
mixedmedia on paper
twosheets, each 17 x 22 in. (43.2 x 55.9 cm)
AT PULSE
Beka Goedde at Cristina Ray
Weight of Color III
2010
Joan Mitchell at Lennon Weinberg Gallery
Untitled (La Fontaine), 1957,
78 1/2 x 64 1/2",
oil on canvas
Still Dancing, 2010, oil on panel, 12"x12"
AT ADAA
Judy Pfaff at Pavel Zoubok Gallery
Untitled (St. Sebastian), 1978
Mixed media construction
23 x 20 x 11 inches Courtesy Pavel Zoubok Gallery, NY
Kathy Butterly at Tibor De Nagy
The shadows and bowls caught my eye but I didn't get the information. (if you know please email me)
David Reed at Peter Blum
WorkingDrawing for Painting 576, 2007
mixedmedia on paper
twosheets, each 17 x 22 in. (43.2 x 55.9 cm)
AT PULSE
Beka Goedde at Cristina Ray
Weight of Color III
2010
mixed media on paper
11.75 x 8.7
In Chelsea
Fran Shalom at the Abstraction show, Nancy Margolis GalleryIn Chelsea
Joan Mitchell at Lennon Weinberg Gallery
Untitled (La Fontaine), 1957,
78 1/2 x 64 1/2",
oil on canvas
Still Dancing, 2010, oil on panel, 12"x12"
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