One of the more challenging rooms Cam and I visited at the Chicago Institute of Art (at the beginning of August) was one exhibiting the work of Kara Walker (b.1969) in a show titled, Rise Up Ye Mighty Race!. I’d vaguely heard of her before but had no idea we were about to encounter
The other side of the blank canvas syndrome is the When is a painting finished question. Today I bring you a creation that I started some time ago and have worked on, on and off, over the last few months. It’s one of those really exploratory pieces I’ve been doing, ones where I
While at the Art Institute in Chicago recently (you can read a bit more in a previous blog), Cam and I came upon five John Singer Sargent (1856 – 1925) paintings on display. They ranged from paintings I was fairly familiar with (including a life-sized portrait) to one that was a complete and utter surprise
My plan for these blogs has been to alternate between what I’ve been up to artwise and the bigger picture of art history. It’s worked pretty well…so far. But this past couple of weeks since returning from Chicago I’ve had the dickens of a time getting my teeth into some ‘big’ work. Yes, I
Okay, in my last blog, I promised you a blog post on some of the paintings I saw at the Art Institute of Chicago. The thing is, wow was it ever tricky to choose the few to include here! In a couple of cases, I felt some paintings deserved their very own post
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