4.02.2013

Jenny Sages








I'm pretty sure it's obvious to any of you who read this blog regularly why I like Jenny Sages. She is an Australian artist inspired by Aboriginal art. She works in encaustic on canvas, and for her portraits she spreads the wax over the canvas with her hands. Here is a self-portrait she did after the death of her husband, which explores her grief. This work won the 2012 Archibald People's Choice Prize.




There is a YouTube video of Jenny Sages talking about this work here. I love what she says about needing to show her work to "close the loop" in her experience of making art. I've never found a way to articulate that feeling. You can see more of her work here, at the King Street Gallery website.


3.30.2013

Leif Low-Beer






I don't know anything about this artist, found through Pinterest. The drawing is what grabs my attention. And the composition of figural elements stacked on top of each other. The color use seems very resolved and refined. And translating drawing into sculpture, or vice versa seems to have been a revelation. Here is a website. Here is a blog.

3.29.2013

Inspiration to carry a sketchbook.






 Take a look at more of Timothy Schorre's sketchbooks here. I used to do lots more drawing in public places. It works really well when you are in a busy spot where everyone is paying attention to something else so you can look at them and the scene freely. Flickr is a good place to see lots of sketchbooks. I don't care for the "art journaling" groups. The sketchbooks there seem to be all about achieving some sort of effect with materials. I prefer the purely mark-making sketchbooks, or the ones like these that capture an ordinary moment. 

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