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| Studied this period in college - LOVED IT! |
These past few weeks have been a whirlwind of planning, ordering supplies, phone calls, emails...but it looks I will have full classes, or near full, for the first installments of my art class series for kids. I've putting A LOT of time and thought into it, in spite of the fact that the decision to go forward was only made a few weeks ago. I hope people are as happy with the classes as I am.
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| "Twittering Machine" - Paul Klee |
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| Just Lovely |
I've been on a search for reasonably priced reproductions to add to the few I've saved over the years - not an easy task. But, I think I've found some options. In the process of all this, however, I found myself back in the midst of some college art school feelings and memories. It seems so long ago...but then again, it doesn't. I can still smell the linseed oil and turpentine in the studio classrooms.
Anyway, that's when I was thoroughly drenched in the world of "fine art." I started to think about how I used to be able to frequent galleries and museums around L.A. - I'm especially missing the museums - there's nothing like seeing good work in real life. Books and prints can never seem to capture the whole impact of an artist's work. It's just not the same.
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| Kandinsky |
It's been fun browsing through all of the images available to view online (though not necessarily purchase or copy). It's made me remember how much I enjoy looking at GOOD art. For me, that mainly means representational work (not always, though - everything shown in this post are images I like). I do enjoy some abstract work, but it's hard for me to get excited about a giant gray square or drippy paint splatters, even when seeing them in real life. I don't like having to read an explanation in order to get anything out of the piece. But, that's just me - I like to see a story being told. I guess that's why I've gravitated toward illustration. And, that can be done with surprisingly little information sometimes.
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| Morandi - Master of the "peaceful" still life |
I'll be the first to say that I was never a very good artist in college (several reasons for that probably) - I'd like to say that I've improved over the years...in some areas, at least. But there is soooooooooo much art out there that just isn't very good. It seems that a lot of people are "successful" - mainly because they can talk a good game and "sell it" - skilled or not. Excuse me, my disillusionment with the "fine art" world is showing.
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| Romare Bearden |
Well, that was a long time ago. Now, I'm enjoying my search for reproductions to use - I just can wait to share some of them with the kids.
