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getting there
A sense of direction; and then crossing over. These paintings show a process of discovery; mixed media from a plein air field trip to emotive forces found within studio. The discovery is magical, doing the work and creatively reaching for the right path to the destination that feels right. It’s in the doing, resulting in the…
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Classes/Workshops
Class offerings for the Fall: It’s a busy Fall and just around the corner. drawing, painting, mark making, composition and print making. Set up a weekend with me, a group of 4 or more is perfect. I have 2 Available weekends: September 24,25 & October 15,16. I also teach private lessons during the Fall, if you are interested,…
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CIVITA 2016: the Depictive & the Evocative
the Depictive & the Evocative: CIVITA 2016 An Exploratory Drawing Workshop in Italy The Civita Institute in Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy November 3 – November 9, 2016 Instructor: Anita H. Lehmann FOR MORE INFORMATION: Civita Workshop
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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…
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May 2016:an Exploration of the Still Life
Begins Wednesday, May 4th 2016; a wonderful exploration of drawing; awareness and exploration of the hand and eye.
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a great place for ‘hide and go seek’
One arrives in Civita; that bridge! Learning the fabric of the town through sequence views begins to identify so many elements, jewels of a sort: color, texture, scale, style, character, personality, uniqueness… Intermittently, while creating the drawing sequence the other way, I take time to build a drawing from the same base structure as the…
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