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still life: progression
Steps 1 -5 show a still life sequence of mark making over time: editing, adding, obliterating, veiling…asking oneself the ‘what if?’ and ‘keeping it fresh’. Standing back, giving it time…not there yet; patience. More marks soon, for sure.
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it’s all in a name.
‘last bird home’ , a title I borrowed for class last night, as we ventured into the evocative. From the artist: Mary Newcomb; she had clever and thoughtful, easy approaching titles: ‘strange park full of stars’, and my response, quick notions, concept, approach. ‘every butterfly has a shadow’, ‘man running as in a dream through the…
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Summer 2016
Classes/Workshops: Check back soon on class offerings for the Fall: drawing, painting, mark making and print making. I also teach private lessons during the Summer, if you are interested, do let me know. Heads up! I will be having a demonstration at Daniel Smith on September 17th presenting powerful mark-making and a workshop too: The Evocative…
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that donkey.
A great exercise in studying a subject that conjures emotions, wakes up the senses; creating pure joy. This crazy donkey/mule became a good friend and confidant while studying drawing in Civita in 2013. Creating a process of studying a subject that is meaningful; what I term the depictive/evocative processes; creating an authentic work, and is so ‘that…
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a town of spirits, alive and wondrous.
Abstract drawing is the practice in which one represents their work using emotive powers, allowing the artist to fall into a meditative zone, representing ideas of the ‘unseen’, creating evocative works. A transitional process, from the representational work to the abstract; tools are available to further this creative process. This is how I break it down: Representational…
ANITA H LEHMANN 