Two days into a weeklong stay at St. Norbert Arts Centre, my computer crashed and pushed me into the pre-digital world of manual creation & record-keeping, slow observation and solitude. Not a bad thing because I accomplished (most of) what I had set out to …
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abstract. what now?
I’ve run up against a wall today because my current painting theories are being challenged by a painting that’s still under the brush. My Twitter post this morning said, “after so much talk about the need for ‘recognition of reality’ in art, this painting = …
support or stifling? / creativity at school
Is there support for creativity in today’s schools or is it stifled and labeled as self indulgent activity lacking in focus? Undoubtedly, both supporting and stifling of creativity are in action in today’s schools. The elementary environments I’ve encountered recently appear to have the task …
memorealism
Taking a page from the history of artist’s past, I’ve come to name my current style of painting. The name MemoRealism takes into account two important aspects of human experience that I believe are paramount in the creation of art that ellicits emotion, reaction and …