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Sketchbook Lessons
Sketchbook = collecting concept, thoughts, searching for direction on any one given day as an artist. I have countless sketchbooks, dating back to 1985, if not before that date. Reasons for keeping a sketchbook have changed for me over the years. So many lessons and never a regret for keeping them for almost 40 years,…
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Retracing my steps
‘It’s a lot about love and relationships and the memories of the experiences that I’ve had in connecting with people. And so it really felt like a process of retracing my steps, reflecting on those experiences and trying to make some kind of meaning or new language from those memories.’ Jamilia Woods About my travels…
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day by day
‘Day by Day’ I work to create, design, and understand in my art practice. Scattered images around studio display ideas and spontaneous thoughts. Some works indicate a direction and hopefully forward. My sketchbook reinforces a similar process of forward momentum. I love when the pieces pull together to create a ‘masterpiece’. My walls are full.…
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SOUVENIRS
Full Circle of the Senses. Marks on paper, to remember. In italian, there are 3 distinct words: rammantare: with a mind for facts ricordare: with heart for feeling rimembrare: with the body, for physical sensation How lovely to have record of all those aspects of remembering. The power of a sketchbook: full circle of the…
ANITA H LEHMANN 