Tag Archives: oil painting

in memoriam

“I hold it true, whate’er befall;

I feel it when I sorrow most;

‘Tis better to have loved and lost

Than never to have loved at all.”

                              – Lord Tennyson

the shed framed

time series of the shed that was

heARTbeatgal


spring

amedeo's spring lady

amedeo’s spring lady – oil and collage 14″ x 11″

feeling the difference in the air

seeing brighter colour

mr. modigliani sir, you are my historical figure spring-time crush!

xxo

heARTbeatgal


beauty

beauty. a word carefully used in reference to art since more classical times in painting.

female art

[no title] from Guerrilla Girls Talk Back – Guerrilla Girls 1985-90 Tate 

while i take the Guerrilla Girls’  point entirely (and thank them for their work) i still find the female nude to be divinely beautiful

today we can at least agree that it rests in the eye of the beholder

today’s musings begin with my new online MoMA course, Five Puzzles of Contemporary Art. the course challenges views on beauty, value, originality, concept and experience in contemporary art

should aesthetic pleasure be a goal in art making? worthy or not, it is a goal of mine

one lecture, given by Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner, proposes that the art of our time needs to go beyond traditional beauty to consider ‘interestingness’, ‘memorability of form’, and ‘creating a sense of awe’ in its evaluation

interestingness for sure. i need work on ‘sense of awe’

will keep at it

heARTbeatgal


long island city

long island city

long island city – oil and collage 14″ x 11″

on my next visit to NY there will be a stop at MoMA PS1 in long island city

until i get there this will have to do

…must get there soon

heARTbeatgal


snow

snow

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school yard

school yard

the other parents dropping their kids at school this morning did not seem to see the beauty i was seeing

strange looks

embarrassed children

…oh well, snaps happen

heARTbeatgal


open

open

open to acrylics

open to “golden’s open acrylics” to be specific

innerestin’

open to the fact that the photo looks nothing like the painting (worse not better)

open to new things tomorrow

open

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p.s. yes that is snow streaking across the painting. ha. there is NO light in my home.


nature nocturne

tonight is the night

party at the dinosaur museum!!!

another collaboration in the works

nocturne

Museum of Nature

january twenty-fifth 8pm – midnight

the intention of this project is to allow the night shape a collaborative inter-active piece in celebration of connectedness, both within ourselves and with those among us.

the museum of nature is an ideal setting to have individuals consider the state of human nature and contribute their creative energy to a painting made up of three different colours of thumbprint. a large canvas is prepared with twenty-three strips of fine paper. attendees will be encouraged to choose one of three colours: gold, teal, or black to make their mark. the colours are attached to the following sentiments; gold for a positive hopeful view, teal for a neutral laissez-faire attitude, and black for those with less hope. the image will reveal a temperature of sorts. the mood of the group at the event.

the transfer of the collective creativity energy should be interesting at least, beautiful at best.

hope to see you there

heARTbeatgal


if you are in LA tonight

#twitterartexhibit

art for a good cause

p.s. my camera is broken

what’s a gal to do?

boo

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snip snip snip

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