VERMEER

Another artists you should know.... Vermeer is a master of light and the stillnes of the interior spaces he creates.

See more here @http://www.googleartproject.com/artist/johannes-vermeer/4127034/

 "Girl Reading A Letter By An Open Window", 1659

NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS online...

Wonderful place for examples of what is "PAINTING" now in America..... check it out!!!

Find it here @ http://newamericanpaintings.wordpress.com/

KRISTIN CAMMERMEYER

Look how she has transformed from painting onto a 2D surface (linen and paper) to BUILDING the parts of a painting into 3D...... Notice the way the combines techniques, like spray paint with hand painted areas..... or sanded down painted wood surfaces.

See more at her web site @ http://www.brainswarming.com/index.php?/archive/cobbled/

" Cobbled", wood, foam, spray enamel, and acrylic

Detail of "Cobbled"

 "Intersection", mixed media installation, 2011

 "Repurpose", oil on particleboard, 2011

 detail of "Repurpose"

 "In The Fall Of", oil and spray enamel on linen, 2009

"Wintercircles", Oil and spray enamel on linen, 2009

Susan Lichtman- interioir spaces

Lichtman has created these extraordinary paintings with dramatic light, space and SOLID figures. Look how she uses COLOR, VALUE and even the PAINT STROKES to push and pull the space.

See more of her work here @ http://susanlichtman.com/paintings/view/22

 Fabric, 2008, guache on canvas, 18"X24"

" The Diligent Mother", 2006, oil on linen

Detail

Step Mother, 2004, oil on linen, 55"X59"

Juan Genoves

This Spanish artist (b. 1930- ) creates paintings as a way to interpret memories and events in his past- and the political events that shaped Spain.
Images of individuals and groups of people show up in his work. The viewer sees them as small figures, far away and below eye level. Upon close inspection his paintings transform from photographic images into abstract paintings with texture and thick paint.
Be sure to visit his website to view the videos about his work.

Here is the link @ http://www.juangenoves.com/en/

Monet Effect Is Up!

Today we completed the "Monet Effect Operation" and stapled the painting to the ceiling in the Academy Foyer. 

Thanks to teamwork, the operation went smoothly.

Alexi Cournoyer's: I Learned that in Monea's paintings you don't have to be as neat with your work.