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| Old Town Portland Maine |
Whew! It has been a long time since the last post. I've been painting and drawing along the Maine coast for three weeks and I expected I'd be able to blog....but ran out of steam every day from all the painting. Besides, it was more fun to kayak in the evenings.
Two friends joined me, each for part of the three weeks I was there. The 150 pieces of art we turned out was impressive to me. I think it's amazing how much work can get done when art is the only focus. Few of us can do that all the time but once in a while is great.
The last day there was spent in the studio of a friend of Andrew Wyeth. Helga, from Wyeth's paintings, picks berries at this guys house. It was an interesting morning and afternoon with lots of stories.
I have an ongoing painting class beginning this month which you can check out at the Winslow Art Center site. There is also a Two Day marker workshop coming up sometime but it hasn't been announced as yet to my knowledge.
I haven't done a two day marker workshop before and am excited about the possibilities. I'm also excited because I have redesigned my painting classes and think this new approach will shorten the painting learning curve. (That implies an end point to painting skill....there isn't one. Art is one long road of always stretching for the next best expression.)
I received my book last month and have thoroughly enjoyed working with it, but I look forward to the help of a workshop..hope the dates work!
ReplyDeleteSo looking forward to seeing the "miles and miles" of canvas you all have created! How cool to have this time to concentrate on art fully and let it all flow.
ReplyDeleteI love your thought about how art is the long road, unendingly stretching out in front of us.
Kind of like life!