Death in figurative painting, death mask, death sculpture
2005 I learned it first from my Brother. He didn’t teach me; I watched it. They will pin a word on your chest and use it against you. They will create a word that’s excuse to take your humanity away. I saw it happen to him. And everyday, this: A word to make you serve, …
Chris Mars, my mission: free the oppressed, champion the persecuted Read More »
Sleepwalking through the Apocalypse is a group of images that initially addressed my shock and horror at seeing the Twin Towers come crashing down. I have been reeling ever since, and what began as drawings, monotypes, and ideas eventually merged into a semi-narrative, very large triptych that approximated my response to the 21st century as …
Kathryn Jacobi, Sleepwalking through the Apocalypse Read More »
The artist Phadungsak Khaewpong was born in the Thai province of Chanthaburi and was raised in a natural setting until he came to live in the city, which is where he began looking into the evolution of the human. The human being is a social animal and tends to live in large complex societies. But …
Phadungsak Khaewpong, people inventing their own world Read More »
This last year has been a tough one. My mom, had a short fight with cancer and passed peacefully in her sleep in August. She lived a long and active life, and was in fact driving, exercising and enjoying friends at this time last year. My mom was an enigma to me on so many …
These works are the result of a major restructuring of my approach to the arts and mark the beginning of a new body of work where I’m seeking to explore a contemporary value system by juxtaposing it against a more antiquated ideology and language. These works are the result of a major restructuring of my …
Kalin Thomas, painting on a grand traditional scale Read More »
. Chantal Littleton is a French born artist who grew up in Morocco, where the rich intensity of the sun bursts upon the earth like a kaleidoscope. Early immersion in such an environment, the same that so appealed to Van Gogh, Gauguin, Delacroix, Matisse, stimulated her appreciation for intensity, both of color and subject matter. …
Summer saw us take a trip down the Oregon Coast and then up to Portland. We visited 4 figurative artists on this trip and this one invited us to stay overnight. Thanks Clint! We appreciated the offer and your great hospitality. Thanks to our new best friend, our car navigation system, we found our way …
The first thing that hits you when you walk into the Ravenswood Atelier is the inky darkness and the sheer scale of the place. It’s enormous! The cavernous space is draped with black cloth and lit carefully by artificial or natural overhead light. Magda was away and the dramatic and long-locked Matthew Almy shared a …
