Disaster. That about sums up the third of Bert Seabourn’s summer classes for this artist. (not pictured here) Last night was our first foray into abstraction – the kind of abstraction that is done by intuitively placing colour and form around a canvas. Cue the horror film music. I already suspected I had an issue with intuitive painting, but this experience confirmed […]
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School’s Out for Summer
I have been painting with Cherokee artist Bert Seabourn for a year now. I had not ever before attempted to paint a face. I did my first painted portrait last Fall. This is a sketch from my last class. It was drawn from a historic photograph. We have done a few of these and the expressions varied widely. […]
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Wondering about Wabi Sabi
So what about that project? I spend a lot of time writing and I have rarely come across a topic that resists writing. Wabi Sabi has resisted writing. Anything with an ounce of Zen is all about experience and being in the moment. This takes a lot of practice. Someone I speak to regularly told me […]
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Critical Mass
I had the pleasure of spending a lovely evening with a group of artists at the home of artist Pat Fairhead (one of her paintings is above). Pat is one of my earliest mentors in art. I took classes with her and she fueled my love for painting. Some of my happiest moments were spent […]
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Seth Godin’s Definition of ‘Art’
What is Art? The topic of Seth Godin‘s last blog post and his definition of ‘art’ and ‘artist’ in his recent book “Linchpin” has proven touchy in the fine art community. It’s not the medium or the oil or the price or whether it hangs on a wall or you eat it. What matters, what […]
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Fraserburg Ruin © 2010 Michelle Basic Hendry Today is the 3rd anniversary for the Artscapes Blog. It is hard to believe that I have been doing this under my own motivation for 3 years! I have included this photo of an old ruin from Fraserburg, Ontario, because recently I found out I have deep connections […]
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