tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88422464000839379852024-03-13T17:07:45.789-04:00The Art of the PortraitPortrait Society of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04904727345137481709noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842246400083937985.post-80233771924073085052018-06-14T11:08:00.000-04:002018-06-14T11:08:00.373-04:00<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
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A Celebration Two Decades in the Making</h2>
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By Krystle Stricklin</h4>
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It is that time of year again to try and recap all of the
incredible events and experiences of the Portrait Society’s annual <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Art
of the Portrait</i> conference, which took place this year on April 19 – 22 at
the Hyatt Regency just outside Washington, D.C. – where it all began 20 years
ago at the very first conference! To celebrate this extraordinary milestone,
nearly 1,000 artists from around the world came together for a weekend of
learning and sharing, through unforgettable encounters and lasting experiences. </div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><i>So Much to See, So
Much to Do</i></span></div>
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With a jam-packed four-day conference, it’s impossible to
recount all of the amazing demonstrations, workshops, and panels that occurred
over the course of the weekend, but here are a few of the most talked about highlights.
Opening night on Thursday began with the crowd-pleasing Face Off event, where
18 artists painted simultaneously in groups of 3. This year our participating
artists were <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Anna Rose Bain, Wende
Caporale, Judith Carducci, Rick Casali, Casey Childs, Michelle Dunaway, Rose
Frantzen, James Gurney, Jeffrey Hein, Quang Ho, David Kassan, Daniel Keys,
Ricky Mujica, Mario Robinson, Mary Sauer, Adrienne Stein, Jennifer Welty</b>
and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Elizabeth Zanzinger</b>. In keeping
with one of our new traditions, we asked fellow artists Linda Brandon, Joseph
Daily, Virgil Elliott, Liz Lindstrom, Michael Mentler, and Howard Lyon to take
a turn on the other side of the easel and sit as models for the event. There is
a long history of artists painting artists, and we are delighted to be a part
of that historic practice. Thursday is also the best day to check out the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Exhibit Hall</b> where our dedicated
vendors are there to answer any and all questions about your favorite products
and services. </div>
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On Friday morning, after a rousing welcome from Chairman <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ed Jonas</b>, artist <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">James Gurney</b> took to the main stage for a demonstration of his
unique perspective on visual perception, communication, and tonal design. Next
up were <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Anna Rose Bain</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Quang Ho </b>sharing the stage, as well as
their differing approaches to the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">alla
prima</i> portrait. After lunch, attendees scattered off to the first set of
breakout sessions, where they choose from six different panels or workshops on
topics ranging from Building a Reputation in the 21<sup>st</sup> Century, Using
Photography as a Tool, Understanding Color with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daniel Greene</b>, or a unique discussion on the value of recording
dreams, with artist <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Leslie Adams</b> on
her project, Handwritten Dreams. And, Friday night ended with my personal
favorite of the weekend – the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">6 x 9
Mystery Art Sale</b>, where attendees have a chance to purchase small works by
noted artists. While it is highly entertaining to watch everyone scrambling to
buy these beautiful little paintings, in truth, I love this event because each
work is so generously donated by past faculty members and award winners, and
the proceeds from the sale go toward our scholarship program to help emerging
artists attend the conference for free. </div>
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Saturday morning started off early with the Cecilia Beaux
Forum’s panel featuring, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Anna Rose Bain,
Wende Caporale, Judith Carducci, Mary Sauer, </b>and<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> Dawn Whitelaw</b>. This Q&A session about establishing and
managing your art career was standing room only, with each of these remarkable
female artists offering their practical advice, counsel, and encouragement. Next
on the main stage, three legends - <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daniel
Greene, Everett Raymond Kinstler, </b>and<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">
Burton Silverman</b> – came together to share the wisdom of their past experiences
and how they continue to look to the future. That morning also included another
set of breakout sessions, featuring panels and demonstrations by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rob Liberace, Mary Whyte, Rick Casali,
Jeffrey Hein, Daniel Gerhartz, Quang Ho, Dawn Whitelaw, Rose Frantzen </b>and<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> David Kassan</b>. After lunch, noted
author James Head shared some fascinating stories and images about the
legendary illustrator and portraitist, Howard Chandler Christy, and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daniel Gerhartz</b> returned to the main
stage for an engaging demonstration, where he focused on his approach to
building form and conveying emotion. </div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><i>A Night to Remember</i></span><br />
The Saturday evening Gala
Banquet is for many the highlight of the weekend. It’s hard to say exactly
what makes the night so magical – perhaps it’s the rich food and drink, or the
anticipation of the awards being announced, or simply the excitement of finally
removing those paint-stained clothes and seeing your friends and favorite
artists all dressed to impress. This year, a champagne toast added to the
night’s celebration and eased our wait to hear the results of the International
Portrait Competition. With a record number of entries, 24 talented finalists
were selected to showcase their work at the conference and compete for the
Draper Grand Prize, which this year included a $20,000 cash prize in honor of
our 20<sup>th</sup> year. This year, that coveted prize was awarded to Daniel Keys for his stunning work
titled, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Innocence</i>. Finally, an
honoring of our newest Signature Status members and a thoughtful keynote
address by Richard Ormond, rounded out the official end of the banquet, though
I have it on good authority that the celebration continued well into the night!<br />
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The last day of the conference is bittersweet for most, as we
all prepare to say goodbye and get back to our regular, albeit somewhat less
exciting schedules. This year, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Paul
Newton</b> led the morning’s Inspirational Hour, after which <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Michael Shane Neal</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Richard Ormond</b> shared an illustrated
conversation about John Singer Sargent on the main stage. And last, but <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">certainly</i> not least, the always-entertaining
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jeffrey Hein</b> gave a demonstration on
visualizing shape relationships and achieving a likeness even under the most
challenging situations. And after the closing ceremonies, many attendees loaded
into buses headed for the National Portrait Gallery.</div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><i>Always Learning,
Always Improving</i></span></div>
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At the Portrait Society, we take ideas and feedback from our
members seriously. And for our 20<sup>th</sup> anniversary a number of new
programs were added to the schedule in response to suggestions made by our
members over the years. This year, those especially energized artists, who feel
that four days just isn’t enough, were able to arrive a day early to
participate in one of three pre-conference workshops with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rob Liberace, Michael Shane Neal, </b>or<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> Mary Whyte</b>. Additionally, on Thursday and Friday night
conference-goers could attend free 2 ½ hour open drawing sessions where models
were provided along with informal instruction by rotating faculty artists. I
admit, I expected a moderate turnout for these sessions, because of our already
packed schedule, but both nights the rooms were overflowing with artists,
sketchpads in hand, and some of the most determined and engaged expressions
I’ve ever seen – and once again, I was blown away by the artist’s perpetual
energy to create. </div>
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It goes without saying that this event would not be possible
without the generous donation of time and knowledge given by each our faculty
artists – many of whom return year after year. These incredible individuals
have helped to build and strengthen the Portrait Society community, and we
would not be the organization that we are today without them. Our sincerest
thank you to our 2018 faulty: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Leslie
Adams, Anna Rose Bain, Wende Caporale, Judith Carducci, Rick Casali, Casey
Childs, Michelle Dunaway, Rose Frantzen, Daniel Gerhartz, Daniel Greene, James
Gurney, Jeffrey Hein, Quang Ho, Edward Jonas, David Kassan, Daniel Keys,
Everett Raymond Kinstler, Robert Liberace, Michael Shane Neal, Ricky Mujica,
Paul Newton, Richard Ormond, Mario Robinson, Mary Sauer, Burton Silverman,
Adrienne Stein, Jennifer Welty, Dawn Whitelaw, Mary Whyte </b>and<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> Elizabeth Zanzinger</b>. </div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><i>The Whole is Greater
than the Sum of its Parts</i></span></div>
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When individuals come together to form a community, they
become something greater than themselves. In fact, the greatness of a community
is most accurately measured by the passion and commitment of its members. And
once a year, it is my privilege to witness the coming together of this
incredible community – to watch as our members savor in the company of old
friends, delight in the meeting of new ones, and to see them inspire, support,
and learn from one another. </div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><i>Come and Join Us</i></span></div>
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For those of you wondering if attending our conference is
the right move for you, let me assure you it is! This short recap truly only
scratches the surface of all that the Portrait Society conference has to offer.
Some of the things not mentioned here today: portfolio critiques, artist book
signing, silent auctions, prize drawings, impromptu paint-offs in the hotel lobby,
and late night chats about art, life, and the many ups and downs of the
creative process. If you’re looking for a community to grow with and share your
successes and failures – we want to be a part of that journey. And if you already
have an active artistic “support system,” then come share your knowledge and those
experiences with others. Next year’s conference will take place from April
25-28 in Atlanta, Georgia, and registration is already open. I hope to see you
all there! </div>
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<i>Krystle Stricklin is a writer and PhD candidate in art
history at the University of Pittsburgh, and former Cecilia Beaux Forum
Coordinator for the Portrait Society of America. </i></div>
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Portrait Society of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04904727345137481709noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842246400083937985.post-78575917595208217582018-06-14T10:29:00.004-04:002018-06-14T10:29:48.125-04:00
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<span style="color: #434343;">This year the Portrait Society of
America celebrated its 20th year of operation. A milestone for any business, but
it is particularly significant for a nonprofit fine art organization. So, it
felt appropriate during my opening welcome to share the inspiration that led to
the founding the Society.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Quite a few
years ago I learned that good public speakers capture and hold onto their listener’s
attention through the power of storytelling. The story that I shared Friday
morning occurred over 41 years ago but I can remember it like it was yesterday.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZcOaWn_r0fA/WyJ6IfIMtqI/AAAAAAAAA-Y/yc49K4o36wY2erKVhztlO91LlL6pf4gEwCLcBGAs/s1600/Jonas%2Bopening%2B4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1069" data-original-width="1600" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZcOaWn_r0fA/WyJ6IfIMtqI/AAAAAAAAA-Y/yc49K4o36wY2erKVhztlO91LlL6pf4gEwCLcBGAs/s400/Jonas%2Bopening%2B4.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Edward Jonas opening the 20th<i> The</i> <i>Art of the Portrait</i> conference</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #434343;">I was just a few years out of college
and trying to find a path to becoming a self supporting artist. A goal that had
burned inside of me ever since I can remember, to put it more distinctly I felt
if I could not find a way, I wouldn't be able to breathe.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Many in the crowd nodded in understanding.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #434343;">I had built a small 260 ft.² studio on
the edge of some Florida wetlands where I enjoyed the natural diversity of the
wildlife in the area. It was not surprising one day when I walked out my door
and came face to face with a barred owl sitting on the fence a few feet away. I
moved to within an arm’s length and still this approximately18 inch bird did
not fly. But when it turned its head towards me, I saw that the usually deep
brownish-black eyes were clouded and a smokey grey color, immediately I knew the
bird was blind. With the assistance of a Florida Wildlife Officer the bird was
caught and together we took him to a local veterinarian who found thorns in her
eyes. That evening, I found myself standing outside my studio door with a bag
of antibiotics, a wild bird in a cardboard appliance box, and a grinning
wildlife officer who as he drove away yelled back, <i>“you better get a book on
<b>falconry!</b>”</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #434343;">Over the next two weeks I read several
volumes on the ancient sport while I cared for the owl. I was able to get her to
quietly sit on my gloved hand while I would caress her head. Sadly, the bird
passed but the experience left me with a new passion. Armed with a federal and
state falconry license, I was soon working with a young female red-tailed hawk
that the Florida Game and Fish Commission requested that I trap and remove as
the bird was turning a local farmer’s yard into her own<b><i> </i></b><span style="margin: 0px;">Chick-fil-A! </span><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #434343;">After many, many weeks of slowly
working with this bird to overcome her natural distrust of humans and also to
condition her to associate my whistle with food she responded so well that not
only could she be trusted to be set free of any leashes, but she would
immediately return to my glove whenever she heard my whistle. We had become a
team with enough trust built between us that we could confidently venture into
the field for a season of hunting.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #434343;">Red-tail hawks seldom hunt “on the
wing” in the manner of a Peregrine Falcon but prefer to find a high perch where
with their amazingly powerful eyesight, that is even telescopic, can scan a
large area for the slightest movement and possible prey, which for her now had
to be rabbits that are far more crafty than barnyard chickens, or so she found
out one day.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #434343;">It
was just after sunrise on a crisp fall day and I had found a field that had a
dead pine tree conveniently situated on a slight hilltop, it looked like the
perfect place for “Khan.” <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Edward Jonas</b>, <i>Khan</i>, oil on panel</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #434343;">The night had
left some low spots in the field covered with ground fog that would burn-off as
soon as the sun’s rays would warm the air. As we entered the field the hawk
lifted off my fist and headed for the top of the pine tree, when she landed you
could hear the high and low jingle of falconry bells attached to the protective
leather jesses on her legs, as she moved up a branch. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #434343;">Fairly soon as I was walking through some brush a large
cottontail busted out into a full run. I looked to the bird who was already off
the branch with wings partially folded in a full dive gathering speed for the
chase. The rabbit headed first right then left but with the hawk closing on her
she made a direct line for the fog.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #434343;">One of the amazing tricks rabbits, that
seem to know instinctively, is that when they have a hawk closing in on them
they will head for the lowest scrub tree they can find and shoot under the
limbs at which time they will do a right angle and continue to run. The bird
either has to smash into the tree or go up and over at which time the rabbit
has made their escape. Score one for the rabbit.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #434343;">And this was exactly the rabbits escape,
and the fog was its only haven. They both disappeared into the fog bank leaving
behind only the swirling coils of white mist to indicate their entrance. It was
all was so explosively quick and exciting to watch and that the rabbit won out
is more the norm nine out of ten times in nature. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #434343;">But now somewhere in that blanket of
whiteness I had lost my hawk. All I could hear was the jingle of her bells and
the rhythm told me not only had she missed her target but that now she was
socked-in and trying to walk out!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>That
the fog was only a very thin layer between her wings and the clear blue sky was
not within her comprehension. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #434343;">This <span lang="IT" style="margin: 0px;">magnificent</span> and powerful bird with over a three-foot wing span that
can soar above the clouds or dive at speeds of 120 mph and that can grip your
hand so tightly through a heavy leather glove it can go numb is letting a
little mist stop her. I whistled, and she continues to walk towards the sound
but still did not attempt to fly.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>So I
went closer to her and with my field bag fanned an opening so she could see and
up she jumped onto my arm. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #434343;">An amazing day for sure and as I
reflected upon it, I realized how we sometimes can let little things seem
impossible to overcome, and we let it stop us. Maybe it the way we are looking
at the problem and if we only persevered, investigated, pushed a little harder
then maybe that big thing might really be nothing. And think what how it means
to be that person who can fan the fog away for someone else. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #434343;">Establishing a career in the arts can
seem confusing and overwhelming. After the conference this year we heard from a
first-time attendee, “The Portrait Society is such a welcoming, supportive
group I wish I knew about sooner! -I learned creating a great painting is the
priority even before likeness.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I also
learned why I do many things and I have a new perspective on how to improve my
work.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Seeing so many different
approaches really opened my eyes to new possibilities. It is a great atmosphere
to learn in when everyone is an artist.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #434343;">This was the inspiration behind having
an organization <b><i>“run by artist for artists”</i></b>? We wanted to provide
the opportunity for artists to gather together, share and guide each other. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #434343;">I believe in it and wish that it
existed when I was struggling to find my way through the fog.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">The Portrait Academies have always been a favorite event for
our members and a great way to experience the educational instruction of the
annual conferences in a more intimate format. This past October, the first of
our fall academy series was held in Philadelphia, PA at <strong>Studio Incamminati
School for Contemporary Realist Art</strong>, where attendees meet with and learned from
faculty artists, <strong>Adrienne Stein, Alexandra Tyng, Lea Wight, and Quang Ho</strong>. The two-day
event kicked off on Friday night with a face-off demonstration, where Stein,
Tyng, and Wight worked simultaneously from three different model and talked
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offered a full day of programs, beginning in the morning with breakfast and a
3-hour demonstration by <strong>Quang Ho</strong>. With his usual wit and conversational ease,
Ho spoke about his development as an artist and how he approaches a new canvas.
After lunch, Ho sat down with everyone to discuss his thoughts on realism and
self-identity, asking audience members to question what is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">real</i> to each them. Citing his personal inspirations from Rembrandt
to Helen Keller, Ho reminded viewers that sometimes you must step away from
what you already know to learn something new. Next was a lively Q-and-A panel,
where our faculty artists fielded questions about everything from soliciting
new commissions and working with child models to prepping canvases and achieving
those illusive flesh tones. The day ended with a critique session of attendee’s
original artwork, where everyone received valuable feedback and advice for
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<span style="color: #222222;">The weekend’s
success would not have been possible without Studio Incamminati’s incredible
team of instructors, staff and volunteers, who seemed to possess the ability to
be two places at once and could transform their studio space in the blink of an
eye. As well, the event was achieved through the support of our faculty
artists, who committed their time and knowledge, and our dedicated members who
often travel hundreds of miles to attend our programs. A great thank you to
all! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to attend the Portrait Society of America’s Fall Portrait Academy, hosted by
Townsend Atelier in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The event opened Friday evening
with faculty artists <strong>Marc Chatov, Seth Haverkamp, and Dawn Whitelaw</strong> all
demonstrating in their own distinctive way.</span></div>
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breaks, offering deeper explanations about their supplies and techniques and
being very transparent with what worked for them and what didn’t. </span></span></span></span></div>
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Saturday morning <strong>Michelle Dunaway</strong> conducted an informative demonstration for
the group. She imparted valuable insight on creating a unique portrait study
from a model. The afternoon program began with Dawn Whitelaw sharing color
mixing knowledge learned through her years of teaching and painting. Marc,
Dawn, and Michelle then offered insightful answers to questions submitted
earlier by the attendees.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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event wrapped up with a critiquing session from original work. Marc, Dawn, and
Michelle’s critiques were encouraging and practical, quick to point out the
positive in the works and reminding artists that they themselves must decide if
and how they want to implement the changes recommended into their own styles.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #222222;">The
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to host, outstanding faculty donating their time, and the receptive and
supportive attending artists who were dedicated to disciplined growth.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #44546a; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">at the annual </span></b><b><i><span style="color: #c89800; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">The
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<b><span style="color: #44546a; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">We look forward to seeing you at our 20th anniversary celebration!</span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Thank you for registering for our 20</span><sup style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"> annual </span><i style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">The Art of the Portrait<span style="position: relative; top: -1pt;">®</span> c</i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">onference being held from </span><b style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">April 19-22, 2018</b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">. The program starts with </span><b style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">Badge Pick Up and the Grand Opening of the Art Materials</b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"> </span><b style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">Expo Hall</b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"> in the Regency Ballroom on </span><b style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">Thursday, April 19 at
4:00pm</b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">. The popular <b>Face-off</b> event, which features 18 artists painting from
models, begins the same evening at </span><b style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">4:30pm
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">For the next three days you will be part of a community of artists that
share a passion for portraiture and figurative work. In addition to a <b><u><a href="http://www.portraitsociety.org/schedule" target="_blank">full agenda</a></u></b> you will be able
to <b>view original artwork</b> by the 24
finalists, <b>shop for the latest art materials</b>, attend the <b>CBF Saturday morning panel
discussion</b>, <b>purchase artwork</b> at our 6x9 Mystery Art sale, attend <b>an
inspirational program </b>on Sunday morning and participate in our new <b>Drawing
Studio</b> being held Thursday and Friday from 7:30pm-10:00pm <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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assisting you in your artistic journey, encouraging your growth, and providing
a burst of inspiration! I look forward to greeting you next month at <i>The Art of the Portrait </i>conference<i>.</i><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Our talented and nationally-known
faculty will be presenting an array of demonstrations, panel discussions,
inspirational talks, portfolio critiques, paintings for the Silent Auction,<i> 6x9 Mystery Art Sale</i> works, and so much
more...A special thank you to our 2018 distinguished faculty: <b>Leslie Adams, Anna Rose Bain, Wende Caporale, Judith
Carducci, Rick Casali, Casey Childs, Michelle Dunaway, Rose Frantzen, Daniel
Gerhartz, Daniel Greene, James Gurney, James Head, Jeffrey Hein, Quang Ho, Edward
Jonas, David Kassan, Daniel Keys, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Robert Liberace, Ricky
Mujica, Michael Shane Neal, Paul Newton, Richard Ormond, Mario Robinson, Mary
Sauer, Burton Silverman, Adrienne Stein, Jennifer Welty, Dawn Whitelaw, and </b><b>Mary
Whyte. </b>Also we appreciate <span class="FrutCond"><b>Linda Tracey Brandon, Joseph Daily, Virgil Elliott, Liz
Lindstrom, Teresa Mattos and Michael Mentler for being the models for the
Face-Off and teaching in the new Drawing Studio Thursday and Friday from
7:30pm-10:00pm</b></span><b>.</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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can pick up your name badge in the<b> Regency
Ballroom on Thursday starting at 4:00pm</b>. Please wear your name badge at all
times during the conference. Your name badge shows you are a registered
participant and will be checked before you are allowed to enter classes or the
General Session. Look in the back of your <b><span style="color: #c00000;">plastic name badge holder for all your tickets</span></b>
for events and classes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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4:00pm</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> with a wide variety of art
materials all in one place so that you will be able to shop and see the latest
products on the market. Shopping hours are:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this year are: <b>Artwork Archive</b>, <b>Gamblin
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Jack Richeson & Co, Inc., Michael Harding Art Material, Natural Pigments,
New Wave Fine Art Products, RayMar Art, Rosemary & Co., Silver Brush
Limited, and Studio Incamminati School for Contemporary Realist Art. </span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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– </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">We recommend you dress in
whatever you are comfortable wearing, you will see attendees in a variety of dress
from business to dressy casual. We
encourage you to dress up for the banquet as we celebrate 20 years of <em>The Art of
the Portrait</em> with a champagne toast and special video.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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anniversary photograph</b> so please stay in the Grand Ballroom on Friday at 12:45 for a
group photograph. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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one of the most popular programs at the conference are the <b>individual portfolio critiques</b>, which will be held in <b>Regency Foyer</b>, located on the Lobby
Level at the lunch break on Friday and Saturday. (We will not have portfolio tables for display
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there will be a variety of book signings throughout the weekend. On <b>Friday</b> at 10:00am: <b>James
Gurney,</b> and<b> </b>at 4:00pm: <b>Robert
Barrett, Casey Childs, Virgil Elliott, Daniel Greene, Michael Mentler and Mario
Robinson</b>. On <b>Saturday</b> at 10:00am: <b>Daniel
Greene and</b> <b>Everett Raymond Kinstler</b>,
and at 12:30: <b>Rose Frantzen, James Gurney, and Mary Whyte;</b> at 4:45pm:<b> Daniel Gerhartz. </b>Then, on <b>Sunday</b> at 10:00am: <b>Richard Ormond</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>top 24 artworks from the International
Portrait Competition will be on display in Lake Anne, right outside the
Grand Ballroom, </b>for attendees to enjoy. Don’t forget to place your vote for
the <b>People’s Choice award. </b>You<b> </b>will receive your ballot when you pick
up your name badge. Please place your ballot in the ballot box located in <b>Lake Anne</b> by <b>Saturday at 2:00pm.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is a fast-paced and exciting event. <b>Our<i> 6x9: Limited Size, Unlimited Talent Mystery
Art Sale</i></b> will take place Friday night, April 20, in the Grand Ballroom.
<b>Doors will open for viewing at 5:30pm
and the sale will begin at 5:45pm</b>. The work on display is created by past
and current faculty, gold medal recipients and other award winners. <b>Each panel will be offered at a set price
of $250</b>. Only after purchase will the <b>buyer
discover whose painting</b> they have acquired.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the generosity of the artists participating in the <b>Face-Off event</b>, we are offering their demonstration paintings for
purchase in a <b>silent auction.</b> The
auction will be held immediately following the 6x9 Art Sale. The <b>last bid will be accepted at 6:00pm on Friday
in the Grand Ballroom.</b> If we have active bidding right up to the 6:00pm
deadline, we will go to a <b>live auction
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night? </span></i></b><b><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">There
will be a Cocktail Reception (cash bar from 6:00pm-7:00pm) in the Grand
Ballroom Foyer, doors open at 7:00pm for General Seating. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">If you purchased a ticket,
it will be in your name badge</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">. <b><span style="color: #c00000;">Remember to
bring the ticket with you to the Grand Ballroom</span></b><span style="color: #c00000;">.</span> Any available banquet tickets will be posted on a
bulletin board. <b>Seating will begin at
7:00pm</b>. <b>To celebrate our 20<sup>th</sup> year, feel free to dress up, the
banquet this year will be black tie optional.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Yes, buses leave for the <b>National Portrait Gallery at 1:00pm</b>. Tickets for the bus are limited. If you have pre- purchased a ticket for the
Sunday Bus Trip (tickets will be in your name badge), please be outside the
lobby entrance of the Hyatt by 12:45pm on Sunday to start loading. Any available bus tickets will be posted on
the bulletin board just inside the Exhibit Room. If you pre-purchased a Zippy Lunch for
Sunday, please pick up your lunch in the ballroom foyer before loading on the
bus. Buses will return to the hotel approximately around 6:30pm.</span></div>
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Hyatt Regency Reston is offering a variety of meal options including reasonable
cash sales for breakfast and Zippy Lunches on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Order your Zippy Lunch the day before by
filling out the forms available in the Grand Ballroom Foyer and placing them in
the basket by the morning break. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hotel will have an easy and reasonable cash sales breakfast set up in the
Grand Ballroom foyer just for Portrait Society attendees. They will offer
a variety of selections such as yogurt, fruit, bagels, muffins and will
also offer coffee, juice and sodas. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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Easy to order Zippy lunches will be available. Order your Zippy lunch the day before by
filling out the forms available in the Grand Ballroom Foyer and placing
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Tavern 64, there are a variety of over 30 restaurants within walking
distance, at a variety of prices and cuisine, including Big Bowl, Be Right
Burger, Cosi, Passion Fish, Clyde’s, Potbelly Sandwich, Subway, Starbucks
and Sweetgreen.</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Panera Bread is on the first floor of the Hyatt Regency Reston.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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that arrives at Dulles Airport at the top of each hour with the
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">1800 Presidents Street</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background-position-x: 0px; background-position-y: 0px; outline: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Reston, VA 20190</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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local hotels, listed below.</span> When contacting our overflow hotels,
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">11810 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20191 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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receive a 50% discount on the overnight rate of $16. If you are driving in and need to park, you
can stop by the Portrait Society registration desk for ‘chaser ticket’ that you
give you the discount on exit of the parking garage. Self-parking for non-registered guests with
the discount is $10 a day, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Portrait Society of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04904727345137481709noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842246400083937985.post-53640324281982972942018-02-27T12:34:00.000-05:002018-02-27T12:34:54.888-05:00<br />
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Daniel E. Greene: Be An Artist First</span></span></h2>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b>By Christine Egnoski</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">Daniel Greene has long
been regarded as the foremost pastelist in the United States. We recently <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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spoke
during the last winter storm and I hope sharing our conversation will </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack" style="font-family: calibri;"></a><span style="font-family: calibri;">stimulate and encourage you on your artistic journey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px;">Egnosk</span></span><span style="margin: 0px;">i:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Can you tell us
what first inspired you to become an artist and where do you find your
inspiration today?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; margin: 0px;">Greene</span></b><span style="color: black; margin: 0px;">:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I have known that
I was going to be an artist since I was five years old. As a child, I had a knack
for drawing and I knew from an early age what I would do with my life. My alternative
choice however was to be a professional baseball player, but when I was
seventeen, I decided that was not the course that I would take. Some of the
skills and disciplines involved with sports are quite applicable in the
development of paintings. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="color: black; margin: 0px;"></span></span><span style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">My inspiration comes from many sources that
can be translated into paint. Much of the inspiration has to do with
manipulating the fundamentals of art and the constant challenges of the
vocabulary of painting.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; margin: 0px;"></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px;">Egnosk</span></span><span style="margin: 0px;">i:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Can you discuss
what your experience was like during your early art education years? Did you
study under the tutelage of a master artist?</span></span></b></div>
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<b style="font-family: calibri;"><span style="color: black; margin: 0px;">Greene</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: calibri; margin: 0px;">:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I entered Robert
Brackman’s evening class at the Art Students League in 1954 as an inexperienced
student. Brackman apparently saw promise and was extremely supportive and
encouraging. I felt that he instilled confidence in me and my not yet developed
talent. This positive attention helped me while I was learning. In later years,
I took over Brackman’s classes at the Art Students League and served with him
on the board at the National Academy of Design. He treated me as an equal and
was humble when I attempted to thank him for his help. He served as my mentor and
model of what an artist could be and I owe him an enormous debt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px;">Egnoski</span></span><span style="margin: 0px;">:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>How would you describe your style?</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; margin: 0px;">Greene</span></b><span style="color: black; margin: 0px;">:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span>I would describe it as an effort to
replicate a moment in time realistically and to try to employ many of the
ingredients that I consider to be fundamentally essential to producing
paintings that have meaning to me personally on many different levels. So, my
style is Representational, with perhaps an emphasis that references many of the
time-honored ingredients that the great painters of the past have employed and
I'm trying to incorporate my version of these fundamental characteristics of
painting in a manner I particularly appreciate.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px;">Egnoski</span></span><span style="margin: 0px;">:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Your
series of paintings such as the subways, auctions or the carnivals have been
very well received, how and why did you select these specific themes?</span></b></span><span style="margin: 0px;"></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ed - Spring St. (girders), </i>Acrylic, 44 x 60" (first stage) in the<br />tradition of preparatory stories by DaVinci, Ingres, Degas,<br />Eakins and Collins </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; margin: 0px;">Greene</span></b><span style="color: black; margin: 0px;">:
The admonition “paint what you know” led me to re-exploring familiar subjects -
subways, auctions and carnivals. </span>All of these subjects are a part of my
visual experience.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I lived in New York
City for 25 years before moving to North Salem which is 50 miles outside of the
city, and one cannot help but be influenced by the immediate environment of the
metropolis that is as exciting as New York City.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I started riding the subways in 1953 when I
moved to New York City to attend The Art Students League. </span><span style="font-family: calibri;">While riding, I couldn't
help noticing the beautiful mosaics that appeared in the stations that are part
of the subway system. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ed - Spring St. (girders), </i>Oil on linen, 44 x 60" (final stage)</td></tr>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>One day, I
observed a couple sitting together in front of one of the mosaics at a station
and I thought to myself, “that would make an interesting painting.” I didn't
act on it at that time. But then 40 something years later, I went back to the
subway to collect information for that particular painting that I had been
thinking about doing for so many years. I found to my surprise that there was a
mass of material. There were dozens upon dozens of stations that had beautiful
mosaics and that the possibilities for interesting paintings and intricate mosaics
was endless. So, I began doing the painting I intended to do with several
figures and then I continued to do other subjects in the subway because it was
all so dramatic. To date, I have now done 121 paintings of subway settings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">In regard to the carnival games,
that's based on my childhood in Cincinnati. On festive occasions, my parents
would take me and my sister to Cincinnati’s Coney Island. </span><span style="font-family: calibri; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-family: calibri;">I was fascinated by the carnival games people
were playing, it was all very picturesque. I retained that memory and when I
became a practicing artist I decided to explore themes from my childhood.</span><span style="font-family: calibri; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-family: calibri;">It immediately occurred to me that carnivals
and fairs were fascinating, colorful subjects and so I began to do paintings in
my studio on themes that were suggested by these childhood experiences.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">The auction series came about
because my wife and I long have enjoyed collecting antiques. Through the years
we have frequently gone to auctions in the city. Some of the events are
extraordinarily dramatic with people vying to purchase some marvelous objects
that come up for auction.</span><span style="font-family: calibri; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-family: calibri;">There's a
great deal of tension and drama that is immediately present at auctions. These
paintings combine two enjoyable areas for me, one is painting portraits of people
in an exciting dramatic situation and the other is painting still life objects
like those that can be found at auctions. To date, I've done about 40 paintings
of auction subjects and that also is a never-ending source of dramatic figure
painting opportunities coupled with beautiful artifacts.</span><span style="font-family: calibri; margin: 0px;"> </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: calibri;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px;">Egnoski</span></span><span style="margin: 0px;">:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px;">Composition is the key to
engaging and holding the attention of the viewer.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>What advise can you give to artists as to how
they can approach compositional arrangement for painting success?</span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Waiting - 116th Str.,</i> Oil, 52 x 40"</td></tr>
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<b style="font-family: calibri;"><span style="color: black; margin: 0px;">Greene</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: calibri; margin: 0px;">:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: calibri;">Becoming
familiar with some of the considerations of composition, i.e. balance, size, shape,
asymmetrical design, contrast, value, color and arranging these elements in
relation to one’s own sense of design may be a starting point for abstract
shape resolution.</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: calibri;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px;">Egnoski</span></span><span style="margin: 0px;">:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>If you could sit with
your students to reflect on your teaching, what would you like most to have
them know about what has been most valuable for you to have learned and how to
keep on learning?</span></b></div>
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<b style="font-family: calibri;"><span style="color: black; margin: 0px;">Greene</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: calibri; margin: 0px;">:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: calibri;">The
necessity of obtaining and excelling in all of the fundamental skills of
painting in order to have a foundation upon which to create original works that
incorporate the vocabulary of painting.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: calibri;"><span style="margin: 0px;">Egnoski</span></span><span style="font-family: calibri; margin: 0px;">:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Building drawing skills
is generally the first step a student takes in becoming a representational
artist and is the key to a paintings success. Could you elaborate on how
critical this skill is for the artistic journey?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b>Greene: </b>Developing drawing skill is an initial ability that permeates
everything in classical and representative painting. Without this skill, one is
dependent upon artificial means of drawing and is lacking in the dominance of
subject that accurate drawing provides.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: calibri;"><span style="margin: 0px;">Egnoski</span></span><span style="font-family: calibri; margin: 0px;">:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: calibri; margin: 0px;">As a faculty artist this year,
what are you passionate about that you would like to share with fellow artists
that may help them make a breakthrough in their own work?</span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Dartman, </i>Oil on linen, 68 x 68"</td></tr>
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<b style="font-family: calibri;"><span style="color: black; margin: 0px;">Greene</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: calibri; margin: 0px;">:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: calibri;">I am planning on sharing my analysis
of color and color harmony in a break out program. I have observed underlying
principles of color that I am planning on imparting to others in the hopes of
helping artists improve their understanding of this fundamental painting
ingredient. Topics will include why colors harmonize or why they clash, the
misconception of warm colors advancing and cool colors receding – aerial
perspective and the old masters two color palettes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">I wanted to mention that a new
book, “Daniel E. Greene, Studios and Subways, An American Master, His Life and
Art” has just been published and will be available to be personally signed at the
Portrait Society’s annual conference, The Art of the Portrait being held April
19-22, 2018.</span><span style="font-family: calibri; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-family: calibri;">The book includes early
works, Portraits, Subway and Carnival paintings as well as Mr. Greene’s
technical process and biographical information.</span></div>
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<b>Have you always been interested in art and can you give us a brief description about the circumstances that led you to a career in art?</b><br />I have loved art since I was a child. I was raised by two very creative parents: my mother an interior designer, and my father an artist. Since the age of 10, we watched as my dad filled many pads of paper with life drawings and produced many more paintings. My mother loved changing the color of the walls in her home (still does) and having new draperies sewn or meeting with clients. A favorite part of my growing years was drawing, painting, and pouring through art books. At the age of 88, my dad was working on a large mural for a client and has since passed away. My mother continues to encourage our passions as she continues hers.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Love is in the Air</i>, 15", bronze</td></tr>
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<b>Can you give a brief description of your educational and professional background?</b><br />I attended Central State College University majoring in math and psychology. For many years, I taught Special Education in Brookline and Waltham, Massachusetts. Always with sketchbook and pencil close by, the reality of being a fine artist seemed far reached. My twin sister, Sandra, encouraged me to look for a means to start studying art more seriously. I started with a few evening courses at the Boston School of Fine Art. Later, I studied in the private studios of Joshua Graham and Dorothy Lepler. They would become influential in teaching me the discipline of observation and control. I then continued my studies at the Scottsdale Artist School with world-renowned instructors including Betty Patt Gatliff (Forensic Facial Reconstruction), Rosalind Cook, Tuck Langland and many others. William Alexander Edwards (now 93 years young) continues to mentor me.<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 115%;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Catalina</i>, 13x21x25", resin and plaster</td></tr>
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My professional career started with debuting The Littlest Ballet Company Inc. in 1982 at The International Toy Fair in New York. Starting this company was to be the first step of creating a career in sculpture. I was awarded "Doll of The Year" for my sculpture of Jeanne and shortly after, I was offered a position at Hasbro Toys in Pawtucket Rhode Island as senior designer contributing to the growth of the doll design department.<br /><br />The Littlest Ballet Company continued to expand, creating baby dolls and making it necessary to incorporate under the name of The Susan Wakeen Doll Company. For over 25 years, I was recognized by my peers and collectors as one of the leading artists in the field, being honored with more than 48 awards and nominations for “Doll of the Year” and “The Award of Excellence.” <br /><br />After 28 years in the doll business, I knew it was time to make a change. With the encouragement of my husband, family and friends, I took the plunge, closed down the Susan Wakeen Doll Company, and opened The Susan Wakeen Fine Art Studio. My love for bronze and clay led me the rest of the way. I have been accepting commissions and selling my work ever since.<div class="BodyAA" style="line-height: 115%;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Carla</i>, 13x21x8.5", clay for resin</td></tr>
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Can you tell us about the process or steps you follow in creating your artwork?</b><br />Each sculpture I start begins with a feeling; one that I believe is strong enough to carry the piece through to completion. I will contemplate and plan every aspect of the design before I put pencil to paper, or clay in hand. After I feel I have a full understanding of my “idea,” I will sculpt a small clay sketch. Sometimes this clay sketch (maquette) is just a quick gesture study, other times I will complete a maquette with quite a bit of detail.<br /><br />When sculpting a portrait, I usually take outside measurements and then leave these numbers behind as quickly as possible as the feeling of the portrait is most important. There is always a photo session or two and many sittings. At times, the modeling sessions are just conversations, other times it is serious posing.<br /><br />When I feel a sculpture is complete, I am not always quick to cast it. I will have the sculpture sit in my studio for weeks to a few months, making sure that every profile line and angle is pleasing to my eye. I will also spend much time making sure I am satisfied with how light flows over the forms within the sculpture and then how the shadows ground the forms. My works have been cast in plaster, bronze, and porcelain.<br /><b><br />Can you tell us some information about the subject and inspiration for your portrait of Carla? </b><br />Carla is a beautiful 32-year-old mother of two wonderful young children. When I met Carla, I was instantly enamored by her striking grace of line and posture. She has a way about her - always modeling with her head held high - I knew some day I would need to sculpt her. Strong, sweet, and genuine, Carla was the inspiration of <i>Carla</i>.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Marcy</i>, 30x12x13", resin</td></tr>
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<br /><b>At this year's Portrait Society conference, your sculpture, Marcy, was selected as a Finalist from over 2,500 entries and then awarded First Place Sculpture. Can you share some information about this work?</b><br />Marcy is an inquisitive 23-year-old who has lived her life working hard to overcome losing both her parents at an early age as well as the challenges of cerebral palsy. She came to my studio last summer looking for work. Her intensity, her smile, and her sweet disposition were immediately engaging. From that moment, my hope was that she would model for me as she was refreshing and truly an inspiration.<br /><br />Since Marcy loves to converse, we talked away the modeling hours in my studio. I would study the muscle movements of her face, how she held her jaw, the glances of her eyes moving back and forth, and the graceful turn of her head. It would almost bring me to tears as I thought to myself, “Oh my goodness; she does not realize how beautiful she is.” As she continued to tell me her story, she shared what she misses most about the loss of her parents are the family dinners. She has goals and ambitions similar to what we might all take for granted. She wants to be in love and have a family of her own. <br /><br />Always positive and sometimes tired, Marcy took this job very seriously. Her pose was not a “chosen pose.” It is her: humble, intense, very bright, and a bit shy. The emotional journey of depicting who she is and what she has triumphed over will stay with me for a lifetime.<br /><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in;">
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<b>What have been among the most challenging experiences for you as an artist? </b><br />Transitioning from 28 years of doll design and manufacturing to fine art sculpting was a major life change and challenge. It was hard to believe it was possible after having had so had many years in commercial design. There were many false starts and unpredictable stops. It is difficult to pin this down to just one experience. I would have to say that all of "life’s experiences" - challenges and joys - have guided me and led me to this place. Balancing a life of art, family, friends, and my twin sister would often say to me, “Sue, will you hurry up? You have everything it takes to do this." . . . So I did.<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in;">
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<i>Susan Wakeen lives in Litchfield Connecticut with her husband, Bill, and son, Kenny. Her work is in homes throughout the United States, Canada, and Australia. She sculpts almost daily and teaches workshops and classes in her studio. She says, "My husband and son know when I say, 'I am just finishing up a thought, I will be home soon,' that could mean 10 minutes or 2 hours." Susan considers herself a student and has continued her studies at The Art Students League in New York with artists Max Ginsburg and Antony Antonios and attends workshops at the annual Portrait Society Conference. </i></div>
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Portrait Society of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04904727345137481709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842246400083937985.post-70279851143061108452017-11-09T15:24:00.000-05:002017-11-09T16:05:40.774-05:00"Colleen Barry: Portrait of an Artist" by Annette Goings<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Article originally published in the 2015 1st Quarter </i>The Art of the Portrait</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Colleen Barry copying in Pitti Palace, Florence, 2013</td></tr>
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I first learned of Colleen Barry’s work at Oak Hollow
Studios in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Carthage</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">North Carolina</st1:state></st1:place>. The <br />
owner of the studio had previously
hosted a workshop led by Colleen and had several of her drawings, which she
shared with me. Colleen’s drawings were exquisite, and I was spell bound by her
talent. Of course, her drawings are the tip of the iceberg. Colleen’s paintings
are equally remarkable.<br />
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Colleen’s path to her current level of artistry was diverse.
Her background and education was not formulaic or traditional by most
standards. Her classical training was atelier- based. She sought teachers with
whom she could spend concentrated time studying with, and she learned their
techniques or procedures one-on one. This blend of diverse styles has helped
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Colleen has had such distinguished teachers as: Sam Adoquei,
whose style is impressionistic with bold color; Andrea J. Smith of the Harlem
Studio, who teaches the Bargue method and disciplined drawing skills; and Jacob
Collins of the Grand Central Atelier, whose focus on classical realism helped
to synthesize her love of the figurative art form. </div>
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Colleen, a native New Yorker, met Sam Adoquei, a <st1:state w:st="on">New York</st1:state> based artist from <st1:country-region w:st="on">Ghana</st1:country-region>,
<st1:place w:st="on">Africa</st1:place> when she was 14. Still in high school, Colleen would study
with him for the next eight years. During the day, she would attend high school
at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Dwight</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>. In the evenings, she would cross
<st1:place w:st="on">Central Park</st1:place> to study with him at the National
Academy of Design. During those years, Adoquei’s focus for his students was to
observe nature and paint loosely and painterly. From 1996-2002, Colleen studied
privately at his studio, doing life drawings nine hours a day, five days a week. </div>
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During her time under his tutelage, a spark was ignited. It was
here that she first saw her artistic path developing. Colleen found a resonance
with the inner world of an artist, being in the studio, in that “space.” All of
it was transformational. She describes her studio space as a sort of incubator,
a place where you can create your own world, and become completely immersed in
your work.</div>
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After studying with Sam for eight years, her parents wanted
her to go to college and pursue a traditional education. It was Adoquei, who
convinced her to pursue an atelier- based approach, studying one-on-one with
artists and teachers of her choice. Adoquei anchored Colleen in her formative
years and introduced her to an environment that would evolve and become a
lifelong passion. </div>
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Wanting to learn more about realism, she began to look for
teachers in this field. Around this same time she received The Newington Cropsy
Award, which allowed her to travel to <st1:country-region w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region> and spend time studying and
copying from the masters. Her time spent in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region> was mostly independent study.
Colleen loves <st1:country-region w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region> and
believes “<st1:country-region w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region>
is the motherland of classical art. Art
students who wish to understand classicism and the humanist tradition should
study in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region>.”</div>
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Returning from <st1:country-region w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region>
she was in search of someone familiar with the teachings of the <st1:placename w:st="on">Florence</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Academy</st1:placetype>
in <st1:city w:st="on">Florence</st1:city>. She
found Andrea J. Smith of the Harlem Studio. Andrea had studied in <st1:city w:st="on">Florence</st1:city> and had set up a private Atelier in <st1:place w:st="on">Harlem</st1:place> called the Harlem Studio of Art. Andrea’s teaching
focused primarily on life drawing from plaster casts, copies from the Charles
Bargue drawing course, and naturalistic still-life painting. This was exactly
what Colleen was seeking. She spent two and a half years studying with Andrea. It
was a time to build her technical foundation through the use of site-size
techniques.</div>
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After working with Andrea, Colleen was in search of someone
to help her understand the figurative art form in a beautiful, respectful, and
artful way. Then she met Jacob Collins, who was teaching privately out of his
studio in <st1:city w:st="on">Manhattan</st1:city>.
Colleen feels Jacob’s work “holds up to the standard of excellence set in the
Renaissance and Baroque periods”, a tradition she wants to uphold. Colleen believes
that “the figurative art form is the highest and most challenging of all art
forms, as well as the most intellectually probing.”</div>
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So began her four year apprenticeship with Jacob Collins at
the Water Street Atelier, which later became the Grand Central Atelier. Here, Colleen would begin to work in a style
referred to as classical realism, which is different from photorealism. It’s about
interpreting the nude in a classical manner in a modern world, celebrating an
older aesthetic, but relevant to today.</div>
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Colleen now teaches at the Grand Central Atelier. When asked
what she loved about what she did, she said: “I love belonging to an old tradition. It keeps
me focused on what is essential and guides my inspiration. It allows me to have
a dialogue with great art and artists of the past. I also love working from
live models. It is an honor to study nature and convention and then puzzle
piece them together in a work of art.” </div>
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When asked what she wants to bring to her students, she said, “I want
to teach them how to look more closely at the human body and really take the
time to learn anatomy and structure. This takes years of learning and diligent
study. I want to train my students to respect how long it takes to be an
excellent draftsman. It is training that focuses on endurance, not sprinting.
An artist can not achieve greatness if they get too excited over minor
successes.”</div>
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On her artistic journey, Colleen said that Sam Adoquei was
central to her formative years, while Andrea J. Smith helped her find
discipline through the Bargue method. Jacob Collins gave her the foundation to
mature in respect to figurative art. Each of these artists has their own
diverse style and teaching philosophy, and each one left an impression on her
style. Colleen said she is “grateful to
these artists for providing an environment in which this very special education
could and can still exist.”</div>
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It was Colleen’s drawings that first inspired me. Through this article, I had the opportunity to meet her and learn more about her career. We had a lively conversation on the day Juno (the storm) was hitting New York City. Colleen was in her studio, and I was on the coast in South Carolina. After our conversation, I understood what drew me to her work. Knowing her as a person has now enhanced the inspiration I found in her work.</div>
Portrait Society of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04904727345137481709noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842246400083937985.post-50299826626767906552017-10-04T11:48:00.001-04:002017-10-04T11:48:47.854-04:00"Mary Whyte: Observer" by Christine Egnoski<div class="MsoNormal">
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"Sketches
and life studies are some of the most valuable tools a serious artist can
have", says Mary Whyte. An
acclaimed watercolorist, teacher and author, Mary used these tools as well as
others in creating her recent portrait of Dr. Ralph Brinster for the
University of Pennsylvania, which portrays the National Medal of Science
honoree in his laboratory. Mary was able
to successfully create a compelling composition that tells Dr. Brinster's life
story but at the same time kept her subject as the focus. To prepare for the painting, Mary spent many
hours observing Dr. Brinster in his office and laboratories to ascertain a
suitable pose and background, identify interesting props, and determine the lighting. Later, Mary sat with him in his office,
sketching him and taking notes as they talked. Mary believes drawings and
paintings done on location, from life, can expand one’s visual knowledge about
the essence of the model or a particular scene.
Mary adds, “These smaller, abbreviated works will also be charged with
your personal emotion, which is an ingredient that can be missing in
photographs. Any kind of life study is beneficial, as it helps us become
better artists by understanding the key components to light, color, shape and
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Mary also believes that when commissioned to create a
portrait, the foremost consideration of any portrait artist should be that he
or she is creating a painting and that the painting may also happen to be a
portrait is secondary. The success of Mary's portrait is steeped in the
fundamentals of composition, color and design. In her painting of Dr. Brinster,
she chose to play up the crisp shape of the white lab coat against a dark
background and opted to portray her subject standing to give an added sense of
confidence and authority. The strong
diagonal of the foreground with the microscope and equipment points toward the
figure while at the same time balancing the light shape of the figure. The dark
background includes soft suggestions of research paraphernalia, which adds to
the work’s narrative. Mary says her
biggest challenge was not letting the gold medal become a distracting ‘bulls
eye’ against the white jacket. By
placing the model’s hand in proximity to the medal, but more clearly in the
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"Every
face has aspects that are interesting and worth painting, which was certainly
true with this gentleman. However, equally important is how a person
stands, their gestures and how they hold their head and hands." Mary
was able to gather all these important details into one painting that expertly
portrays Dr. Brinster's impressive accomplishments and warm demeanor.<o:p></o:p></div>
Portrait Society of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04904727345137481709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842246400083937985.post-12613909142906596422017-09-07T14:49:00.001-04:002017-09-07T14:49:26.785-04:00"David Kassan: Painting a Link to the Past" by Christine Egnoski<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">You could
feel the level of excitement and anticipation at the 19</span><sup style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> annual </span><i style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The Art of the Portrait</i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> awards ceremony
as David Kassan's name was announced as the winner of the Draper Grand
Prize.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">David was welcomed to the stage
with a standing ovation.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Selected from over
2,100 entries, David's painting titled </span><i style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Love
and Resilience</i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> is a portrait of Louise and Lazar Farkas and inspired by
their story of love and survival.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">It is
the latest in a series of paintings of Shoah Survivors that has changed the
course of how David thinks about life and his art.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Upon accepting
the award, David said, "Thank you so much Portrait Society of
America...This was definitely a dream for me, and I share these awards with the
Survivors, whom have all shared their sometimes painful, but mostly glorious
and inspiring lives with me." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Louise's
story began in Northern Romania, where her parents led a comfortable middle
class life producing dairy products and running a store. Lazar spent his youth across the border in
Czechoslovakia where he attended business school and then worked in a wholesale
grocery business. For a while, the borders between Romania and Czechoslovakia
were open, and Lazar would cross over to socialize, talking over coffee and
walking the sidewalks with a group of young women, one of whom was Louise. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Portrait
of Sam Goldofsky, Survivor of Auschwitz</span></em><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">,
<br />Oil on Aluminum, 41" x 27"</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">As
anti-Semitism in German-occupied countries grew, Lazar was pressed into forced
labor. Working from early morning to late night, he helped build bunkers.
Louise was about 20 when she was deported to Auschwitz: “A woman that was in
power at the time liked my shoes,” says Louise, “and she took them and I had no
shoes. I was barefoot. It was cold...we struggled.” Louise lost her parents and
three of her siblings. But the tides were turning against Germany and security
was unraveling. “We walked out of the camp. Just simply,” says Louise of her
and her sister’s escape. “We had no place to go and no money and no food. We
went from country to country from there."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Lazar also
managed to run away from his forced labor. “I wound up somewhere in Poland, I
don’t know where," he says. He eventually volunteered with the Czechoslovakian
army and ended up stationed in his hometown. He learned that people were
escaping from the camps and wanted to look for Louise. Eventually, after several times of just
missing each other, Lazar found Louise and the two were soon married. Lazar's uncle was able to arrange for their
immigration to the United States and they settled in Brooklyn where Lazar got a
job in the grocery business.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Twin
Survivors of the Holocaust; Roslyn and <br />Bella,</span></em><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Oil on Panel, 56" x 43"</span></td></tr>
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<i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Love and Resilience</span></i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> is one of several paintings
David has completed of Shoah survivors. He
is calling the project the EDUT (Hebrew for testimony) Project: Living
Witnesses, Survivors of the Holocaust. His first portrait of Auschwitz survivor
Sam Goldofsky was selelected from over 2,500 entries to be part of the BP
Portrait Award 2015 held annual at the National Portrait Gallery, London. A portrait of sisters Bella Sztul and Roslyn
Goldofsky, whose mother hid them from the Nazis with the help of Catholic families,
was also completed last year. David says, "With the paintings I've
completed so far of the Survivors, I feel that I have a responsibility to not
only represent them in the most authentic possible way, but also to document a
deeper understanding of their lives and not just the horrors of what they
witnessed early in their lives. My goal is to capture their resilience
throughout their lives. This goal is a tall order for a painter."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meeting
with Survivors of Auschwitz at the <br />Museum of Tolerance. Photo by Andy Romanoff</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Always trying to improve and challenge himself with paintings that
are of increasing complexity and importance, earlier this year David traveled
with videographer Chloe Lee from New York City to Los Angeles to meet with
eleven Survivors of Auschwitz. His idea was to take his current series of
paintings to the next level, so he is now working on a life-sized
representation of all eleven Survivors.
The finished painting, which will take approximately two years to
complete, will be 18 feet long and 8 feet high and consist of 5 panels put together,
a work that David hopes will be, "so large that it can't be ignored." David explains, "Chloe and I have been
filming interviews with all of the Survivors in the series in order to document
their lives and inspiring words. We are also going to film each step of the
process in the creation of this large painting in order to educate about the
artistic journey as well as the journeys of the Survivors." He is
documenting the entire process on patreon.com/davidkassan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Setting aside his gallery and commission work, David has dedicated
himself exclusively to the project.
Plans are in place in the Spring of 2019 for an opening, exhibition and
catalog featuring the large work and drawing studies, as well as the film, at
the Fischer Museum of Art. David's
commitment to the project runs deep; he says, "These paintings represent
the perseverance and the strength of the human spirit. I endeavor to respect
and show the dignity of each survivor and tell his or her story." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Digital
painting thumbnail for composition purposes. [painted in <a href="http://artrage.com/" target="_blank">ArtRage</a> on the iPad Pro]</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">David sees his role as a conduit: to listen with my painting and
to document it in an intensely intimate way. He feels there are three
components to each painting -- the artist, the subject, and the viewer -- and
he does not want his 'painting ego' to get in the way of the viewer and the
Survivor. Each aspect of his work is in service to the accurate and honest
representation of the Survivor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Work in
progress for one of the five </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">David also has a very personal connection to the
project. In 1917, a young Murray Kassan immigrated to the United States,
escaping ethnic cleansing on the border of the Ukraine and Romania by the
Cossacks. Murray was David's grandfather, and his story of survival is a vague
unfocused legend in his family for many reasons. When his father was fifteen
years old, Murray was estranged from the family and his father never saw him
again. He passed away when David was very little and he never got to meet him. His
grandfather's story of survival is now only fragmented memories for David. "Painting
for me is also my way of understanding the world around me, my way of
connecting, and my excuse to interact and learn. In this project, it’s my
personal way of connecting to my grandfather’s lost story. With every
survivor’s story that I hear and record into a painting, I feel that I move
closer to the connection with my grandfather that I never had. My brush paints
a link between us."</span>Portrait Society of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04904727345137481709noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842246400083937985.post-84479327942478889902017-08-14T11:10:00.001-04:002017-08-14T11:18:50.355-04:00A Rising Tide<h3>
International Artist Magazine, Issue #116</h3>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Chairman’s
Letter-Edward Jonas<o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Each
month, the Portrait Society of America office will send over a box of new and renewing
membership certificates that have been signed by the executive director and require
my chairman’s signature. I will take the box to the kitchen table and remove
the stack of certificates—some months this stack may be an inch thick and at
other times it can reach 3 to 4 inches—and by the end of the year, I will have
signed roughly over 3,000 documents. It is a task that takes some time but one
that I find very enjoyable as I flip through the stack to see many familiar
names of our longtime friends as well as the names of new members, confirming
our healthy growth. We could easily just have those signatures printed on the
certificates, but there’s value in hand-signing each one, as it emphasizes the personal
connection our members have come to expect from the Portrait Society. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Often
while signing, I wonder what the motivation was for this new member to join the
Portrait Society. Artists are not known for being “joiners.” They are often
regarded as an extremely independent lot and as well they need to be—the
creative life tends to be a very solitary endeavor. We can appear to be self-absorbed,
shutting ourselves up behind the doors of our studios while we concentrate only
upon the “making” of our art. Deciding to join any group wouldn’t seem to be
very likely. </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Signature Status program is a designation awarded <br />
to artists who are dedicated to the education mission and <br />
high aesthetic standards of the Portrait Society.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">However, if you were offered the opportunity to interact with
other serious artists, especially those whose work is respected, then perhaps
there would be a reason to join. Artists seek camaraderie and the sage advice
of experienced and knowledgeable professionals, and those professionals enjoy
having a path to be able to share their knowledge to younger emerging artists
that have a desire to hear and learn from them. Both benefit. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">My own experience
in art school and then while trying to establish my art career was a
contributing factor in the formation of the Portrait Society of America. In
commiserating with fellow artists, it became apparent that there was a need out
there and that perhaps if there was somewhere to turn for answers on how to put
it all together, that large vacuum could be filled. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The concept of building an
organization where artists of all levels and abilities would share ideas freely
and openly began to take shape. It was apparent that if you were going to ask
artists to donate their time and talent in a supportive an unselfish manner,
that organization could only be a nonprofit, educational organization. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">To this
end, Gordon Wetmore, Tom Donohue and myself, in 1998, filed corporation papers
in the State of Florida and under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code of the United States Government as a tax-exempt charitable organization.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Founding Board Meeting of The Portrait Society of America</td></tr>
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The code strictly sets forth that all earnings of the corporation must be used to
support the educational mission of the corporation, and none of the earnings
may inure to any individual or shareholder. In this spirit, never has any
officer or governing board member been paid for their service to the Society;
in fact, they all have been generous patrons in support of our mission. Because
of this, we truly are a society run by artists for artists. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The term “portrait”
in our name is not to suggest that we are only concerned with the discipline of
portrait painting or sculpture, but rather we embrace the practice of all representational
art that takes as its subject the human figure and its environs. <i>Jamie Wyeth
said it best in 2002 when accepting the Portrait Society Gold Medal, “I
consider everything I paint a portrait.” </i></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Members receive the full color quarterly newsletter</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The Portrait Society’s primary
goal is to keep people on a constant path of personal and artistic growth. For
the artist, nothing is more depressing to face than that sinking feeling of stagnation.
Sometimes just a simple dialogue with people who are or have struggled with the
same creative issues can really help you get back on track. Our goal is and
will always be to continue to offer our members the highest quality of
educational resources and the most innovative programs concerning the history
and techniques of figurative art and portraiture. This goal has been the focus
of our society since its beginning, and will continue to shape our future
efforts. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Since our founding we have seen a growing interest and some progress
in a return to the teachings of representational realism in art programs with
some colleges and universities beginning to move toward inclusion of skill-based
curriculums. In addition, we have witnessed the atelier movement catch fire over
the past 20 years. I hope that we have played some small role in the furthering
of this movement, and I am thrilled to see the growth and continued support of
the Portrait Society. </span></span></div>
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growth is reflected in over 20 programs and publications that have been established
over the years that furthers art in America including: </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I have been fortunate to be able to make my
living as a practicing artist for more than 50 years, and in our present day,
self-centered world, people may ask, “Why would you help other artists become
better; aren’t you just creating greater competition for yourself?” I think the
best answer to that would be to quote my dear friend and former chairman, the
late Gordon Wetmore. When he would hear such comments would always say in his thick
Tennessee, Southern accent, <i>“Always remember, a rising tide lifts all
boats.”</i><o:p></o:p></span></span>Portrait Society of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04904727345137481709noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842246400083937985.post-44253453652144642792017-07-07T11:37:00.000-04:002017-07-07T11:37:44.934-04:00Tara Juneau By Kate Stone<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">In a room full of their most recent artwork is the best place
to meet an artist, and it was at her one-man show that I had the privilege of
meeting Vancouver Island artist Tara Juneau.
I had moved from Toronto to an area with a completely different art
scene—much smaller, and seemingly much less interested in oil painting, realist
art, or figurative work. During my time
on the Island since then, I’ve realized that Tara’s prodigious talent is all
the more impressive because of the relative isolation in which she has
developed her craft. The excellence in
her art is the result of an incredible intuition for her medium and a powerful
voice which forces its way out in each and every painting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">My respect for Tara’s work comes in part from knowing her
personally and learning about the obstacles she faces to creating work. Not only does she have a solvent allergy,
which is a game ender for many painters, but she has returned to school to pursue
a career in the sciences. Art-making has been relegated to the scant times
during the year when she can steal a few consecutive hours and days for a
project—in between studying and carrying out her responsibilities as a single
mum. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><span style="color: #c00000;">Stone: </span></i></b><i> My favorite paintings of yours are your
self-portraits, and anyone who has spent any time getting to know your work
will notice that it is a subject you return to again and again. Sometimes the
work is clearly a self-portrait; other times you have cast yourself as a
mythological figure or a character acting out a narrative. Can you talk a bit
about your artistic intention and process? <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Juneau: </b> I guess my intention is mainly to make a
painting that is pleasing to look at. Mythical females are a subject I seem to
return to repeatedly. They are dramatic, powerful and often taboo. Using myself
as a model is just a convenience. I always show up on time when I am available
to paint and I know what pose I am looking for. And I don’t mind the company. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Doing self-portraits from life
is probably a bit like maintaining a yoga pose for an incredibly long period of
time. When painting ‘Andromeda and the Blue Sky’ I basically did one body part
at a time, using mirrors set up around the studio. It was painful. There are
parts of the painting I wouldn’t consider done because I got to the point where
I didn’t want to crouch in that pose anymore. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><span style="color: #c00000;">Stone: </span></i></b><i>If you could give one snapshot of your
experience being a female artist—something that probably wouldn’t have happened
if you were a male artist—what would it be? <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Juneau: </b>Having my physical appearance attached so closely to
what I do. Given the fact that I do a lot of self-portraits, that is
understandable, but say, for instance, I post a picture on Facebook of my work.
It could be a painting of anything, a tree, fruit, a skull… there will likely
be some comment in there about what I look like. There is a little experiment I
would like to run one day: to make up a fake artist name and persona, but male,
and see how my work or the persona are treated. It would be interesting. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><span style="color: #c00000;">Stone: </span></i></b><i>In spite of the workshops you have had
with Anthony Ryder and Jeremy Lipking, you have for the most part developed
your method and vision in isolation in rural Vancouver Island. What are your
thoughts on being a painter in a part of the world where there seem to be few
figurative realist oil painters and few people who can even begin to understand
this style of work? <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Juneau: </b>Keep at it. For some reason artists (I’m not sure if
this is a local thing or global) feel the need to put down realism. I’ve heard
people who do abstract art say that they mastered realism and moved on, or that
it is easy and boring (their skills always show otherwise). There is nothing
boring or easy about realism. It’s hard! Even if I lived twelve lifetimes, I couldn’t
master it! These people are delusional, don’t listen to them or engage them in
conversation. It just makes you the person arguing with someone whose ego is
bigger than their skill and you should be spending that time working at your
art. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><span style="color: #c00000;">Stone: </span></i></b><i>Can you talk about your beginnings in
painting? Did you have any important artistic influences early in your life? <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Juneau: </b>When I was about eleven my best friend and I found
some oil paints in her mother’s storage space. We started playing around with
them and I just couldn’t stop. Soon I got my own supplies and went at it. My
father owns a house in Nanoose Bay, you may have driven past it, and it had a
horse field next to it. I filled many a canvas with terrible paintings of
horses grazing near the large oak tree, bald eagles hunting rabbits and sunsets
on the calm bay. A little later on it was Leonardo DaVinci. Not only was he an artist and scientist, he
was a left-hander with quirky writing habits like myself. I loved the other
worldly, soft faces of his figures, the way you could see where he had changed
a line and not bothered to erase the old one. He will always be a source of
inspiration to me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><span style="color: #c00000;">Stone: </span></i></b><i>How has your personal life affected your
art, and how has your art affected your personal life? <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Juneau: </b>I process my emotions through painting. Painting
somehow opens up a part of me that would not be expressed otherwise. It feels
like there are two people living inside me sometimes; the person who lives the
daily life is so different from the one holding the paintbrush. I still haven’t
learned how to reconcile the two into one person. I think some of the people in
my life have been in love or infatuated with one side and not the other. That
has been a painful realization. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">It is difficult to go long periods without
painting. I definitely don’t process my thoughts and feelings as well in
ordinary life and I need to paint eventually. Art has added a whole other
dimension to my life. It has brought some really great and interesting people
into my life (like you and Dave). It adds a richness to my life that makes it
so…extra. It’s extra satisfying, extra sexy and extra challenging.</span><br />
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Portrait Society of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04904727345137481709noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842246400083937985.post-51786268527620825682017-06-01T10:17:00.000-04:002017-06-01T10:27:28.157-04:00Congratulations to the Competition Winners<br />
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The Grand Ballroom was abuzz with excitement and
anticipation as the winners of 19th annual International Portrait Competition
were announced. The twenty-three finalists from around the world were
present with their original art work for display and final judging. Over
$100,000 in cash and prizes were awarded. Congratulations to all the 2017
International Portrait Competition winners.</h3>
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William F. Draper Grand Prize & People's Choice Recipient</h2>
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First Place Painting</h2>
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First Place Sculpture</h2>
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First Place Drawing</h2>
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Second Place</h2>
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Third Place</h2>
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Fourth Place</h2>
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Fifth Place</h2>
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First Honors</h2>
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Second Honors</h2>
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Certificates of Exceptional Merit</h2>
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<br />Portrait Society of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04904727345137481709noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842246400083937985.post-49707448659974031842017-05-12T14:30:00.001-04:002017-06-01T09:56:30.485-04:00Crossing the Line<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0px;">Edward Jonas, Chairman</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0px;">A university art student recently called
my studio to inquire if I mentor student artists in sculpture. I replied yes, that
I have and do mentor students, not only for sculpture but for all disciplines
of art.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I told him the first step is to
bring his drawing notebooks to the studio so I could evaluate if his skill
level was at a point that he was ready for a mentor. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>In a surprised voice he said, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“</i>but don’t you want to see my
sculptures, painting doesn’t interest me and so I don’t really do much drawing,
I just make notes and then sculpt!”<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></i>Not being a person to turn their back on
any art student asking for help, I agreed to look at the photographs of his
sculptures. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0px;">Within the first few minutes of our
meeting, my initial hesitation was confirmed and even though the student was
very sincere and personable, the work itself was painfully weak.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It seemed thrown together lacking any sense
of movement, design or purpose. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Seeing
the concern on my face he started asking, “Is the surface too shiny, what if I
had painted it instead? Maybe if I put it up on a better base?”<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The honest truth had to be faced.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>To think that one color, placement or surface
treatment gives a work fine art value is far too simplistic. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>So I said, "Look, you can’t or at least you
think you can’t draw, and in my view, that is a major handicap for an aspiring
artist as it leaves you without a vital tool to record and develop your
ideas.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>You could continue to go on
welding, shaping and assembling materials geared, perhaps, for the decorative
or architectural market and become quite skilled in your craftsmanship.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0px;">I wanted him to understand I wasn’t
saying if he continued on this path he wouldn't be successful and able to
develop a healthy business from his work, but craft alone is only part of being
an artist.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>An approach of bouncing from
big idea to the next without any connections leaves little chance of aesthetic
growth potential, and I believe that is central to the goals in fine art.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The real power in art is in the statement,
that underlying fundamental idea that speaks from the work.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Good craftsmanship can aid in the visual
appeal of the work but it is the profundity of the message that gives value. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0px;">As an example for the student, I
suggested that if you asked a person on the street to name a famous sculptor
you would soon hear the name <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Michelangelo</b>.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>So well-known is Michelangelo’s over-thirteen
foot marble statue,<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> David</i>,</b> it has come to symbolize not only the city of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Florence</b> but the whole of the Italian High
Renaissance period.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Michelangelo saw
himself primarily as a “sculptor,” so it is not surprising to see it listed
first after his name, followed by other disciplines in which he excelled such
as “painter, architect and poet.” <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>When
you study all the work extant today from the 16<sup>th</sup> Century, even
though it is the “major” projects that garner the attention, it is his drawings
that are by far more numerous.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0px;">Above all other creative activities,
this great master artist spent most of his time drawing.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>In fact, it was his lifetime habit to start
every project with an initial number of studies, as he worked through various
changes and alterations to an idea.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Michelangelo
would use any surface available at the time, sometimes it was the edge of a
larger drawing or even the back, and when there was no paper he would resort to
drawing on the walls.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Michelangelo
always considered these drawings as only “sketches” rather than “finished”
works, but consider if he drew on a daily basis throughout his 77-year
professional career; how many of these priceless works there would have
been?<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I can imagine that the number
would have been in the thousands, but today only a little over 600 of these
sketches remain.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Fame had made
Michelangelo a guarded man who was fanatically careful about protecting his
ideas from his competitors, so whenever he left a studio, he would write or
leave word for the house staff to gather all the drawings in his studio and
burn them.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Once it took two days to
complete such a request. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0px;">Happily there are those artists who are
not so haunted and take pleasure in generously sharing their sketches, studies
and color notes in the hope it will clarify how artists work towards developing
an idea.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0px;">Everett Raymond Kinstler</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0px;">, like
Michelangelo, has made it a habit throughout his 70 plus -year career of making
sketches and thumbnails for each new work.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>These studies are a proven observational method for artists to identify
those features and mannerisms that are unique in each subjects’ persona.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0px;">Kinstler’s portrait of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mercury 7 Astronaut</i></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Scott
Carpenter</i></b> is a great example of how those earlier sketches helped set
the tone in the final painting.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>As an
artist makes these lines and shapes, he or she is creating a memory of the key
aspects that make up their sitter's character.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>On the shelves of Kinstler’s studio sits several volumes of his
sketchbooks that have recently been assembled into a book titled <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Impressions & Observations: The
Sketchbooks of Everett Raymond Kinstler.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span></i>Many of these images have never been seen before and gives the
reader a peek into his creative process.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0px;">Alexandra Tyng</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0px;"> is a highly
accomplished artist, and recently shared with me how she works out the complex
compositional balance of figures and space for her large narrative paintings.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Her 56 inch by 48 inch oil painting, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Possible Spaces,</i> is about a time in her
life when she had the opportunity to rehab an abandoned old house with a friend.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Alex worked out the development of her idea by
starting with thumbnail sketches, then exploring different placements and
combinations.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>She was very dissatisfied
with her first sketch as the elements were much too literal (measuring tape and
paint brush).<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The second composition is
starting to get the atmosphere and feeling she wanted to portray.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>In the third sketch she is beginning to firm
up her composition, switching the placement of the figures, facing slightly
outward and away from each other.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Alex
underscores the importance of finding this compositional balance when she
stated, “A slight change can make a huge difference in conveying an idea or
emotion.” </span></div>
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disciplines and the parent to both is drawing, and every good painting starts
with good drawing skills.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Another way to
consider sculpture is that it is drawing in dimensional space.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>But no matter what you want to do in art, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">drawing is where you must start</b>.</span><br />
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The 2017 <i>The Art of the Portrait</i> Conference welcomes returning faculty artist, Susan Lyon. She will participate in the Thursday evening Face-Off, Friday evening demonstration, Saturday breakout session and will on the main stage with Scott Burdick on Sunday morning. </h3>
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In a past article written for the Portrait Society, Susan shares her personal and artistic processes. She describes the gradual steps she takes in creating a drawing, and her progression during her art career.<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></h3>
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competition since I believe this will go a long way in showing artists and
collectors that it all starts with—and sometimes ends with—drawing. I want the
world to see drawings as great examples of fine art, on par with an oil
painting, watercolor, or sculpture. </span></span><br />
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the simple gesture of a line or the soft edge of a scratchy texture on
paper—rendering some parts to extreme finish and leaving empty or abstract
spaces to challenge the viewer's imagination with that which has been suggested
but unstated. </span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Most of my
drawings take me a long time, even if they don't look it. I put in and take out
over and over and over again. I wonder if I will ever learn to get it right on
the first take! But I know that this is my process and am resolved to it,
frustrating as it may be. Maybe I oscillate back and forth between defining,
then softening, and then redefining yet again because I am learning some deeper
truth about the form and emotion of the subject through that process. As I
draw, I feel myself slowly soaking up the story that I am attempting to convey
through the shapes and values that are the simple, but surprisingly powerful,
tools I have chosen to communicate with. </span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">It is difficult
describing in words my technical process since it is so gradual. I use a light
touch and build up the pigment slowly, constantly softening with my finger, a
viva paper towel, or a paper stump as I go. The image comes into focus—then I
blur it—then I bring parts into focus again—then I soften again—etc. I do this
until I reach a point where I can't soften anymore and I have just the right
balance of finish and sharp detail in the center of attention. I am still
inspired by the challenge of creating drawings especially because I am still
learning about that tension between what I should give the viewer and what I
should hide from them. Very often in my work, what I decide to take out and
simplify is even more important that the things I include since it is that
editing that makes for a more powerful statement.</span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></i><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I saw this young
girl while on a trek in Tanzania, Africa. She was tending to her flock of
goats. I love the movement of the fabric and her far-off gaze. I worked with a
very soft charcoal that made it hard to keep the darks dark enough if you
rubbed them at all. It is always a little bit of a game to find the right fit
between the texture of the charcoal stick and the tooth of the paper. Since I
tend to soften my edges a lot working with super soft willow charcoal sticks,
it can be tricky.</span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></i><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">This young girl
is also from Tanzania although she is wearing their traditional stiff necklace
and tall white hat. She was part of a group of dancers who came to our campsite
around dinner time to perform for us. The Masaai can walk up to 40 miles at a
time with no thought—they must have heard trekkers where in the area and just
showed up. I was so tired from the day's walk that I just sat on the ground
while they danced around me. I kept this drawing very simple, leaving a lot of
detail out—just focusing on the essential darks to hold the solidity of the
figure together.</span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I also wanted to
talk about my progression as an artist in the public eye. For years, I hid
behind Scott since he was confident enough to share his work. He was great at
doing public demonstrations and clearly speaking his thoughts. I would be asked
to participant in paint-outs or demonstrations and I would nervously laugh at
the suggestion—somewhere deep down inside I didn't believe I was worthy of that
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<span style="margin: 0px;"></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The first major
demonstration I did was at the PSOA conference two years ago with Michelle
Dunaway. Her serenity and calm manner really helped me get up on that stage. I
want the next chapter of my life as a teacher to be of service to artists who
are facing that same fear of putting yourself out there, so they can reach the
full potential of the artists they can and should be. </span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Conferences like
these are a true blessing, but can be overwhelming at times, especially for
people like me who live somewhat isolated and whose main connection with other
artists is through Facebook. I hope that more people will share their journeys
so all of us will become aware that we are not alone in our struggles as we
enter our studios and that voice whispers you are not good enough into our
heads. It was a great help for me to realize that every great artist has faced
that doubt and overcome it over and over again.</span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I</span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> hope that more
conferences, websites, books and movies will focus on how we can all lift each
other up. Art is not a zero-sum competition and another's success can be the
inspiration to finding your own as well.</span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Too often we
concentrate only on the technical aspects of art and forget what the real goal
is. Here is a quote from a book called, </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The
Way of Mastery</span></i><span style="font-family: "calibri";">, that puts my thoughts on art well. "How can I look
lovingly upon what my physical eyes show me, so that I discern or extract the
good, the holy, and the beautiful, and therefore, give them to
myself." </span></span><br />
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<span style="margin: 0px;"></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">With my new sense
of transparency, I wanted to talk with other artists about their journey. I
hope to participate in a larger effort of artists' bravely talking about why
they are artists and why it's important to connect. I don't think it matters
how polished or not each individual speaks while conveying their inspiration
and struggles only that it is from the heart. My first attempt is a video with
my good friend and amazing artist, Michelle Dunaway. The simple video Scott and
I made of Michelle and I discussing art and our inspiration is freely available
through the below link on YouTube. If you feel inclined, I hope you take a
look.</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "candara" , "sans-serif"; margin: 0px;">To view Susan’s video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbVGTG23yIU"><span style="color: blue;">click here.</span></a></span><br />
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We are pleased to welcome Michelle Dunaway back as a faculty artist for our 2017 The Art of the Portrait. She will be painting in the Face-Off on Thursday evening and demonstrating on Saturday morning with Judith Carducci as well as inspire us on Sunday morning in the Inspiratonal Hour along with Daniel Keys. </h4>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">While talking with friend and fellow artist David Kassan about art and he brought up the subject “What is important painting?” What makes a work of art be deemed as “important” ? We agreed that first and foremost an important painting is one that has relevance, but relevance is a very broad term. It is more subjective than objective and that determination depends partly upon the artist and partly upon the viewer. We both agree that capturing an emanation of universal emotion is key for the viewer to connect with the painting. David said that to him relevance means painting the contemporary life that he sees daily and letting emotion resonate through that venue. Relevance to me means capturing a timeless quality, finding the unifying emotions within human beings regardless of time, place, or culture. The desire to capture that beautiful juxtaposition of individual aesthetic differences and emotional unity within human beings is what inspires me to paint portraits. Both of our views are equally valid and equally true based on our own personal experiences and inclinations. Although we didn’t get a chance to finish our discussion it left me thinking about the subject... </span></div>
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Portrait Society of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04904727345137481709noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842246400083937985.post-1158418679848467672016-10-07T09:52:00.000-04:002016-10-07T09:52:03.739-04:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; margin: 0px;">The Portrait Society welcomes Casey Childs to the 2017 <i>The Art of the Portrait</i> conference faculty. Casey will participate in the popular Thursday Face-Off event and the new Friday evening Masterful Drawing program. In this great article, Casey shares his thoughts about finding a balance between the use of photographs and working from life and finding that balance in your own work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There has been an abundance of talk about using photographs for artistic reference, and perhaps you have heard that if you want to be a serious artist you should avoid using them. While photographs have their drawbacks, advances in image technology qualify photographs not only as an acceptable replacement for life, but in some cases a better option. However, we cannot dismiss the importance of working from life. The artist's choice of photographs or life as a basis for their work cannot, in itself, account for the quality of a painting. We could not say definitively that all painting done from life, for instance, is superior to painting from photographs. The question then is, when and why should I paint from photos, and when should I stick to the "real thing?"<br /><br />Simply, the choice comes down to being educated about what each method can and cannot give you. Photos are a great continual reference resource and effective economical tools for artists, but if copied directly can make your work appear flat and lifeless. Working from life gives you a vast visual library to apply to any subject you are portraying, but limits the artist's ability to capture certain ideas or scenes. The best option for the painter is to strike a balance between the two resources.<br /> <br />Let’s discuss photos first. The cameras of today are far superior to anything film could produce. The problem is that even the best digital photographs can lie to us. Think of the four elements of a realistic painting: drawing/proportion, values, color, and edges. Three of the four (values, color, edges) are always wrong to some degree in a photo, and sometimes all four.<br /><br />Distortion from the lens can make perspective and proportions incorrect. Two or three darkest values merge into black and the lightest values become white (this is what photographer’s term “blowing out” the lights). The color temperature relationships are limited by the dyes used to make the prints or the phosphorus in our computer screens. Furthermore, unlike the human eye's ability to focus on a sharp area in the center of our visual field, the camera's eye "sees" edges as equally sharp. In order to most effectively use images produced by a photograph, one must be familiar with the ways in which the photograph misrepresents reality and compensate for those misrepresentations.<br /><br />It’s no argument that photos make things much easier for the artist. They are convenient and you can capture your entire painting in one shot. But that’s another main problem--photos can make us lazy.<br /><br />Let’s consider the process of the Old Masters. It all began with sketches—lots of them. From thumbnails to fully rendered drawings, they used studies to compose, design, and lay out all aspects of the entire work. Then, color studies on location or in the studio were used as reference for the final piece. Countless hours of work would already be invested before ever placing a mark on the final canvas.<br /><br />Photos allow us to skip all of those steps, which can be a mistake. If the Old Masters had access to modern equipment, I believe they would use it, but not to skip steps by copying the photo. They would still go through their same process of studies and sketches, but instead use photos as a resource for inspiration for concepts and ideas. Leonardo da Vinci said, “The painter who draws by practice and judgment of the eye without the use of reason is like the mirror which reproduces within itself all the objects which are set opposite to it without knowledge of the same.”<br /><br />Just like at the gym, resistance builds strength. Without the continued reps of our artistic muscles we can plateau as artists if we simply copy a photo. Norman Rockwell wrote in his wonderful instructional book, Rockwell on Rockwell, “People always seem astonished at the amount of preliminary work I do, but I believe that in the long run I make more and better pictures this way.” We grow and become better when we continue to push our abilities and ourselves. Rockwell, who both used photos and worked from life, talks extensively in his book about finding ways to make the work you do your “own” and not the work of the camera. We want our work to be our own and not a copy of the camera’s work.<br /><br />That brings us to the topic of working from life. The cost of paying and scheduling a model is just not feasible for most artists. Young children, certain expressions and poses, and fleeting lighting conditions are other challenges of working from life. But you will develop and grow your skills as an artist more quickly and efficiently if you work from life as much as you can. A poorly conceived painting from life, however, is no better than one copied from a photo. Merely working from life is not the answer. Hard work must be invested to learn and understand the basics of drawing, form, and color.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />Some of the best painters working today only work from life. And I’m convinced that if they needed to work from a photo they could get nearly the same results as they do from life. This is because these artists have a deeper understanding of key elements—i.e., spatial relationships, atmosphere, form, color, value, edges, etc.—gained from working from life that help them better translate the information provided, or lack thereof, in a photo. So we must learn how to translate what we see in the photo from our knowledge of working from life.<br /><br />Look at the great works of Jean Leon Gerome, who used photos extensively in his work; they’re no less wonderful because he used photo references. He effectively achieved a level of illusionistic atmospheric realism that had not been seen before. But what made Gerome great was not his use of photos, but his mastery of the human form gained from working from life BEFORE working from photos.<br /><br />Most artists, especially beginners, are apprehensive about working from life because of the challenges associated with it. They think using a photo is much easier because the subject doesn’t move or lighting doesn’t change or whatever else, and once they’ve mastered working from photos THEN they will work from life. In reality, one advances as a painter from taking the opposite route.<br /><br />Working from life is often easier than working from photos because the eye sees in a more comprehensive way than the camera. Our eyes are constantly adjusting to subtle shifts and movements in value and hues, and both eyes work together as two cameras to view an object in a three-dimensional space. The camera can only see two-dimensionally and does a comparatively poor job of capturing nuances in light and shadow. When working from life, we learn to see the elusive, sparkling color in half tones. Our shadows start to have a sense of light and air in them instead of being dense, opaque blobs.<br /><br />This is why images from cameras can appear flat and less vibrant than we remember seeing them. If we want our paintings to appear how we see them and not how the camera sees them, we can’t simply copy a photo. Working from life makes nuance much easier to capture because we can just copy what we see instead of having to translate what we see from the camera.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Get the best camera you can afford, and learn how to use it. There’s no reason to work from bad photos. Shooting your own photos allows you to get references of your models from multiple angles and views to help you better understand form and structure. If possible, avoid working from photos that you have not taken. Your painting will be more authentic if it’s conceived and executed entirely by you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Learn to take pictures that appear as close to the way the world appears to the naked eye. Learning to light your subject properly, it will go a long way in helping get rid of the misconception that using photo reference results in flat, mundane images.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">3. Learn how to adjust your own photos:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Using a good camera and shooting with proper lighting are the key ingredients of good photo reference. But the icing on the cake is knowing how to adjust the photo digitally once it has been taken. Computer programs such as Photoshop and Lightroom allow you to adjust shadows for more depth and fix the blowing out problem in the highlights, as well as adjusting colors to more accurately match the color of your model. If you do not know the programs, learn them. There are many classes out there to teach you how to use these programs. Your paintings will improve if you can get the best reference possible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When I was in college, before anything was digital, I remember using 5x7” prints as references for my paintings. I was trying to paint a life-size portrait from a reference that was about ½-inch tall, and my results were not good. The work was little better when I blew up the prints as large as I could. My best work at the time was from life simply because I could see more information. You’re only as good as the information you have in front of you. I now work from a high-resolution digital image on a large monitor where I can zoom in as far as I need. Granted, once you have built up a visual library in your mind you won’t need as much information, but working from the largest images possible will help add to your visual memory.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">5. Pretend you are painting from life:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Try practicing painting from a photo like you would from life. Set a timer and pretend you only have a set amount of time to paint the subject in photo. This helps give a sense of immediacy to the painting and helps avoid the overworked look that can happen when working from a photo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The best thing you can do, and you will hear this over and over at this year’s conference, is to work from life—it will make you a better artist. You will develop and grow your skills as an artist more quickly and efficiently if you work from life. It is so much easier to develop good edge control working from life. And your sensitivity to subtlety of color and temperature will improve drastically. We just cannot see those nuances in photos. After you have the experience of working from life, you will see a noticeable difference in the works you produce from photos. I found that my own work didn’t improve until I made an effort to consistently work from life.<br /><br />Becoming a great artist requires time and effort whether you work from life or a photo. Michelangelo said, “If people knew how hard I worked to achieve my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful after all.” Photography can be a great resource if used correctly. Working from life is the best method to grow and develop as an artist. So find that balance, embrace both, and let’s all make the next painting better than the last one!</span> </div>
Portrait Society of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04904727345137481709noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842246400083937985.post-920970580867926672016-09-26T12:30:00.001-04:002016-09-27T09:24:40.050-04:00Knowing Your Subject by Scott BurdickWe are pleased to announce that Scott Burdick will be joining the 2017 The Art of the Portrait faculty. Scott will be part of a Friday afternoon panel and on the main stage Sunday morning demonstrating with Susan Lyon. In the following article Scott shares his thoughts on knowing your subject and the importance of the emotional connection, including this quote, "<span style="font-family: inherit;">One of my favorite aspects of portraying the human species is the excuse it provides to travel and explore the world and people within our marvelously diverse planet. This is what being a 'portrait painter' means to me."<br /><br /> <em>On a three-week trip that Susan and I took over Christmas and New Year to New Mexico is a perfect case in point that illustrates the process of getting to know your subject and how it both enriches one as an individual as well as informs the larger work that results in the studio from the studies and photographs.<br /><br /> For the first two weeks we rented a north-lit studio a few blocks from the main square of Taos and painted a steady stream of people from the area. Here’s a photo I took of Susan and Sherri McGraw painting a wonderful Pueblo Indian woman named Rhoda in the studio/apartment we rented.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><em>Yes, it was fun painting and a valuable experience to study the colors and values from life for the larger studio paintings we’d later tackle back home; but the most important thing, by far, was the emotional connection we established with the people themselves. </em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>There’s nothing like spending three or four hours painting someone, hearing their stories, later having dinner at their house, and even going to the Pueblo at midnight for a bonfire celebration, and then shivering through a traditional sun-rise ceremony that has occurred annually for a thousand years.<br /><br />You might think I’m exaggerating, but I firmly believe that these are the emotions that make the studio portraits from my references more than mere technical exercises. When you get to know a person, a culture, their struggles, dreams, family—it intensifies your desire to portray them as real people, rather than mere models for a painting to decorate a wall; and the best portraits convey this sense of humanity as a result.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>Here is a studio piece I recently completed of two brothers of a Pueblo family we spent a few days with. Though there were no photographs allowed during the religious ceremonies at the Pueblo, I decided to photograph these two boys near a window in their home as I’d seen them do outside at the dances. I especially loved the timeless quality of the setting, but hope their faces convey their individuality as well. <br /><br />My goal in doing any portrait is to convey something characteristic about the subject, both through their unique features, as well as the objects of clothing and surroundings which accentuate the sense of who they are inside. I feel that the entirety of the painting is the portrait, and not merely eyes, nose and lips.</em> </span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: inherit;">And here’s a larger studio painting I did from some photos I took of her after we finished painting in the gallery. I</span> could try and describe what I was attempting to convey about Janira, but my hope is that the painting does a far better job than I ever could in words.</em> </div>
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<em>So spend the time getting to know the people you want to paint. You will have your horizons expanded, even some of your assumptions challenged, but you will certainly grow as a person and an artist—and hopefully share those insights with the rest of us through your paintings. Isn’t that the point of being an artist, after all?</em> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Our 2017 <i>The Art of the Portrait</i> conference will open with Mary Whyte and Jeff Hein demonstrating on the main stage. An award winning artist and teacher, Mary previously shared her </span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">thoughts on painting subjects close to home and the wealth of opportunities that surround our everyday life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Painting what you feel strongest about can be one of the
most important ingredients to a successful work of art.</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Although it’s possible to produce appealing
paintings of subjects you care little about, you are more apt to create a
dynamic work when you feel a palpable response to your model.</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">This sensation of heightened emotional
familiarity can produce greater freedom of expression and give way to paintings
that are more original and earnest.</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I
call this being “close to home”, and have discovered that a wellspring of
creative avenues can open up and surprise you along the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Twenty-one years ago I moved from
Philadelphia to a small barrier island near Charleston, South Carolina.</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">It was there that I met a group of senior
Gullah women, many of whom were direct descendants of slaves.</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Although we had little in common, I felt a
strong emotional response to these women, and a compelling desire to tell what
I saw and felt in watercolor.</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">One
painting lead to another, and then another, until two decades later I
discovered that I had done hundreds of paintings and drawings.</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">More recently, I spent three and a half years
traversing the south painting blue collar workers in vanishing industries,
completing fifty works for a museum tour.</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I learned that as an artist you can never grow bored with your subject
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</span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">As artists, we all share this compulsion to explore, feel
and create. U</span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">nfortunately, along the way
many artists get mired in the trappings of everyday mechanics, are unsure of
what to paint, or feel stifled by the conventions of what is popular in the
market place.</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">If this is the case for
you, I urge you to read </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The Art Spirit</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "calibri";">by </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Robert Henri</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri";">.</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">In this collection of the Art Student League
instructor’s critiques and letters you may find many inspiring lessons about
finding your true creative voice.</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Henri
admonished his students that if </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">they</span></i><span style="font-family: "calibri";">
don’t feel strongly about what they are painting, then neither will the
viewer.</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">And that, above all, artists
have to know </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">themselves</span></i><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> in order to
know what it is they really want to say in their work.</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">So, get to it.</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Read the book, visit museums, perfect your
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After teaching a workshop in Houston, a few fellow painters and I visited the Museum of Fine Art Houston for a few hours. Walking through the museum, I saw a number of breathtaking paintings. Among them was “Portrait of a Young Woman”, by Rembrandt. While studying the Rembrandt piece I became enthralled with the subtle rendering of form, the variety of hue and temperature in the skin, details in the clothing and hair and the amazing illusion of depth that he was able to create. While these technical and aesthetic features might have been enough to hold my interest, something else about his work moved me. I felt something that I can only describe as the spirit of the model. I imagined the many hours, centuries ago, that Rembrandt spent with this woman as he painted her. Perhaps during breaks they would discuss their personal lives, Rembrandt’s past or future projects, her life as an aristocrat, or maybe they discussed their families or the weather. I can imagine her peaking around the easel to see the progress and perhaps even making comments such as “is my nose really that big” or “it's interesting how you see me”. To me the events that took place in the studio while this was painted had been infused in the paint in much the same way a historical event can seem to infuse to its place. As a child growing up in Hudson Valley, New York, I would occasionally visit such historic sites as Washington Headquarters and Knox Headquarters. I found it fascinating to imagine the revolutionary war period civilians, solders, generals and etc. going about their lives on that very ground. It was as though they left something of themselves in the buildings; as though the events and people were permanently connected to the place. A few years ago I visited a “historic” site here in my current home of Utah. As I stood in one of the buildings, I asked the tour guide if everything in the building was the property of the historic figure whose home this was. She said, “No, in fact the home itself and everything in it are replicas of the originals. He never actually lived in this home”. She followed by saying “but it is exactly like his home would have been”. While the site was still very interesting as an educational tool and even as a work of craftsmanship and historic detail, it now lacked the spirit of the man. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's in part because of experiences like these that in 2008 I chose to discontinue the use of photography in my painting process. I don't want another one of my paintings to be a “replica of the original”. I want my work to be a record of a direct interaction between me the subject(s) and the medium. When I look at the work that I had done from photos, years ago, they seem emptier to me. My memories of the process consist of me, alone, with a monitor. No experiences, people or place are infused into these works. I may be proud of the design and craftsmanship of some of these paintings but they will never be whole to me. Don't misunderstand. I’ve never ‘copied’ photos. This is not an issue of creativity or departure from the reference material. I don't even ‘copy’ when I work from life. A good artist always edits. It's about creating paintings that are one with the subject being portrayed by building a collective history between the artist, the work and the subject.<br /><br />An extreme example might be two portraits of the same loved one. Perhaps both are done by the same artist but one was done from life and the other was done from a photo after his/her death. If all other aspects of the paintings are equal which do you find more interesting?<br /><br />For a variety of reasons, it wasn't until the age of 26, in the year 2000, that I tried my hand at painting. By this time I knew how to draw quite well, and painting came very easily to me. For the first few years it seemed that every painting I made was twice as good as the last. By 2004 I was able to support a family of four with my painting sales. Things continued to go well until 2008 when I began to feel burned out with my current body of work. I had been very successful but had plateaued. Long gone were the days of quick and steady growth as a painter. I began to think about how I could bring my skills to the next level. I wasn't taking any shortcuts. “Why wasn't I growing like I used to?”, I thought. As I assessed my situation, I asked myself what was different about me and my work habits than that of the masters, such as Rembrandt, who I admired. It didn't take me long to conclude that I was using photography in my work and he never had. I also concluded that it wasn't the photos themselves that were contributing to my dissatisfaction in my work. I knew this because neither I nor anyone else could tell the difference between a painting I did from life and one I did from a photo. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A few years earlier a very well respected art historian challenged me that he could tell the difference between any painting done from a photo and any done from life. I took his challenge with a few of my works and won. To this day I believe that photography is a very useful tool and if used appropriately can only serve to simplify and improve an artist’s work. In fact, almost all of the nineteenth century masters used photography with amazing success. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So if all of this is true than how could photography be hurting me? I wasn't sure at the time but believed very strongly that photography had become too good. It wasn't hurting me at all but rather helping me too much. With digital photography, editing software and other tools, ones reference could be made as good as or better than life itself. This is because with some training and tools one could make an exceptionally accurate photo with virtually all of the value and color information of a live model but without the movement, cost, inconvenience and etc. Also, with Photoshop, decisions such as color scheme, design and composition can be entirely resolved before painting even begins. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So, if photography is ‘too good’ why not use it to improve my work? Because I believed it had become my spell check or calculator. I didn't have to be as smart as those who didn't have these modern tools to do similar work. I wasn't being challenged enough mentally. I believed that to move to the next level I had to make my work harder. I'd painted many portraits from life up to this point. That was relatively simple. To push myself beyond my comfort zone I set out to do children, animals and multi figure composition without photography. I believed that, as with exercise, strength only comes with resistance. Since 2008 I've put this to the test. I haven't used a camera even when the task at hand seemed almost impossible without it. I believe that I have proven my theory beyond my expectations. I've had plenty of failures along the way because it's hard. Some aspects of my current work may not look as natural as if I had used a camera, but my skills as an artist have grown dramatically. As long as I can afford to I will continue to challenge myself in this way because it has opened up so many more avenues for personal growth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />I've already admitted that giving up photography has made some of my work look less natural then I'd like. I hope to conquer that in the future without a camera. Despite feelings of inadequacy, I am more fulfilled now than I was when I used photography. Before I was a painter I made custom furniture, all by hand. I wasn't the best furniture maker in the world but I thrived on the personal satisfaction of making something by myself, with my two hands and a few tools. Due to the slow nature of making furniture by hand I didn't make much money but I knew that if I invested in fancy tools, to increase productivity, I'd lose some of that personal satisfaction that I'd grown accustomed to. In my early painting career fancy tools, like cameras, were stealing a little of that satisfaction from me. I never felt like I was cheating when working from photos, only that I could put more of myself into my work without them. I was missing out on the high that comes from making something from nothing. I think I'm a lot like my daughter. “No Daddy, I’ll do it” is a phrase I've heard many times from her over the past twelve years. She always understood the thrill and fulfillment that comes from doing things by herself.</span> <b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></div>
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Ten award winners in the 18</span><sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">th</span></sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"> annual </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Art of the Portrait</span></i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"> competition. Christine Egnoski recently interviewed these
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estate work here in the city. The idea behind the title to the painting
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">In my last
year of high school I saw an <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">American
Artist</i> magazine and there was a John Singer Sargent portrait on the cover,
it was a life changing moment for me. Growing up in a small town there were no
museums to visit that would have any master paintings, so this one the first
time in my life I was exposed to real painting. Inside the magazine there
was an article on contemporary portrait painters including information on the
business side of their careers. It inspired me to pursue painting as a
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series of works started two years ago, based on my 93-year-old grandmother,
Nana.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Most of the paintings about Nana
are based on her daily routine in and around her home and the quality
moments she spends with my sister in the kitchen, making tortillas and
preparing food from the garden. Although Carlotta's mobility is limited
to a wheelchair, her mind is not. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>In
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">I have always loved to draw
and paint and was extremely fortunate to have parents who always encouraged me
to pursue art. My sister and I both had a love for art at a very early age and
they always took us to art classes together and we had each other for support.
I had many outstanding art teachers and later enrolled at the Ringling College
of Art and Design where I received a BFA in Illustration. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I currently teach there as an adjunct
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friend and is a portrayal of a relationship between a boy and his dog. One
completing another, one relying on another. There is that calm trust and
complete devotion of an animal, and the security of a boy leaning over
him. This portrait was about experimenting with textures, the softness of
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4 straight years, through many still lifes, plaster casts, art history exams
and so on. But I stopped creating art as soon as I received my diploma –
I thought, enough of the still lifes already! I didn’t know any
contemporary artists in Russia, so the prospect of an art career didn’t even
cross my mind. I received my MBA and established a successful career in
IT consulting. It was at that point I realized, art was my singular desire
and I worked diligently over the next few years on my technique. I love the
very process of creating art, be that a drawing or a painting. I love the fact
that the more I learn and work on improving myself, the more I see that I need
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study I: Mr. Koch</span></i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;"> is a study in preparation for a larger two-figure
composition I was working on at the time, called the Echo Chamber in which two
subjects are engaged in an argument. The composition deals with barriers
to communication; and in it, I asked the model, ‘Terry Koch’ to portray a
stern, dogmatic nature...to draw on feelings of anger and portray the aggressor
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after high school, I took a different route for various reasons and became a
nurse in the United States' Navy. I gravitated back toward art during my
last years in service and began pursuing it more seriously after discharge.
When I discovered sculpture, I was overcome with a desire to learn as much as
possible and enrolled full time in the Florence Academy of Art sculpture
program. Currently, my studio is located in downtown San Francisco and I work
mainly in bronze and plaster and continue to develop my work both in portrait
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forewarned that she may be apprehensive about the process.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>As soon as she stepped into my studio, I
could see she seemed nervous and I mentally prepared for the worst. We chatted
for a moment to take both our minds off the task at hand, and while she told me
about herself and her family she relaxed into a beautiful pose. The awkwardness
was gone and I was able to capture a sweet, sincere moment with her that can
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first "real" art classes in college when I knew I wanted to become a
painter. However, after continuing my education and receiving my BA at Brigham Young
University, I was enticed by the notion of a paid profession and took a graphic
design job. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I worked in graphic design
for 10 years, and now paint professionally full time. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I remain grateful for that design job, as the
background and knowledge it yielded helped my work to grow and improve over the
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media of what seemed like a spike in stories regarding violence and firearms.
Coupled with a culture of bullying, rampant social networking that encourages a
voluntary sacrifice of privacy and a conversation of individual as well as
national identity, anger and basic disregard for compassion is what is at heart
of the painting. The subject is a self-portrait made-up as a stereotypical
“nerd”. The tape painted over the mouth symbolizes silence but the stoic gaze
and the BBs lodged in the target represent resilience in the face of
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1999-2001 and then at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts until 2005. I’ve
been exhibiting since 2000. I have always been interested in all forms of
creative expression. There was no great splash that landed me into this as a
“career” but rather small steps of curiosity, meeting the right people along
the way to help harness that curiosity into a tangible craft, and some great
opportunities to reaffirm this pursuit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">This work, entitled "Locket"
represents a range of contrasting themes including, life, death, youth, aging,
future and past. In a way this is about mothers, daughters, daughter's
daughters... roots, trees, nests, seeds, life, flowers, decay, eggs, potential,
youth... reaching, aging, death and not death. Life. Future, past,
present to before, fore, after. What, who is future? What, who is
past? Is the past here? Is now a seed, an egg, a future? Held
as one, a look at a life,<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>as in a
locket.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">I am from a small town in Iowa, where, in
the 80's, before the internet, saying you were going to be an artist had people
scratching their heads, a little worried. I bumbled my way to art school
in Chicago, was stirred around and directed toward a career in advertising art.
I followed this guidance, yet, beguiled by the smell of oil paint, I
broke with the norm and found a way to split my day between markers and a
brush. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I was lucky to have Richard
Schmid as a mentor. I continue to be a student of every passionate,
creative maker that crosses my path. Professionally, I try to represent
the values of life-long learning, allowing my work to evolve in unpredictable
ways. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">The subject is my four year old daughter,
Acacia. I believe I have painted her more than any other person. She is always
available, and I can pay her with gummy bears! Although she is always an
inspiration for me, the motivation behind this particular piece was to do
something completely different from my previous paintings of her. My goal was
to simplify and create the conditions for a very narrow value range on the
subject. This would put the emphasis on subtle changes in temperature and
chroma. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">From the time I could hold a pencil,
drawing and creating has been the only thing I ever wanted to do. Growing up, I
spent all my time drawing with my twin brother. Toward the end of high school,
I started to attend the Artist of America Exhibitions in Denver. There, I
attended demonstrations and lectures and met artists that I had only read
about. This was an introduction to a whole different art world than the one I
knew of in the rural area I lived in. That was the type of art I wanted to do!
That ignited the fire in me to keep working and to make each subsequent piece
my best.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First Honor Award:</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Seth Haverkamp</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">The girl in the painting is of my seven
year old, Penelope. She always does interesting hand movements and gestures as
she makes her way through daily life. I wanted to try to capture that, as well
as a hinting of childish innocence that seven year olds posses. The bird house
represents a house, they come and go. The nest is home which is where the heart
is. The house is just a place we inhabit; the nest is where we grow into
individuals and become who we are. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">My college
years consisted of two different art schools, followed by a BA in Painting from
a small liberal arts school in East Tennessee. This is where I decided to
abandon illustration and focus on realism. A few years later, I spent an
amazing year at Studio Incamminati where I learned what actual painting was.
Following that, I moved to northern Virginia and took classes with Rob
Liberace. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I have been painting
commissioned portraits, teaching, and showing through galleries since
2008. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">When I began this self
portrait, I decided to paint myself as the artist I aspire to be. From the very
start of this painting, I wanted to forget everything I knew about painting
portraits, and paint freely from my sub conscious mind without any control and
hesitation. I started the painting with only warm primary colors using them
only one at a time and then I introduced transparent, cold primaries to
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">When did I become an artist? It happened when I was born,
because when I came into this world my mother took me from the hospital to
where she worked to the teachers’ room of the children’s art school, because
that was the only home she had. When we got a flat we were still very poor, but
we always had pencils, paper, watercolours and a brush ready. According to my
mother ,I used to sit on the floor on top of a big sheet of paper and draw all
the time, even before I learned how to speak. Today I am a teacher at the
Estonian Academy of Arts and I also organize courses of classic figurative art
at the Aapo Pukk Art School. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dominic Avant, Matteo Caloiaro, Rick Casali, Casey Childs, Carla Crawford, Michelle Dunaway, Deon Duncan, Jeffery Hein, Amy Kann, Katie O'Hagan, Pramod Kurlekar, Susan O'Neill, Jim Salvati, Mary Sauer, Adrienne Stein and Dan Thompson. </span></div>
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Opening Event -The Face-Off:</span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;"> Experience a variety of
approaches. Watch as 15 of the country's leading artists paint together
from live models. Completed paintings will be sold throughout the weekend in a
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Portrait Society of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04904727345137481709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842246400083937985.post-25112380485868182242015-02-03T15:16:00.000-05:002015-02-03T15:24:57.880-05:00Bruno Lucchesi<h2>
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2015 Gold Medal recipient</h2>
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are pleased to announce that this year's Gold Medal will be presented to Bruno Lucchesi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has had a lifelong passion for portraying
the figure, and after graduating from Lucca's Art Institute, he taught at the
Florence University before moving to the United States.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">He has received numerous awards from the
National Academy,
National Arts Club, the Architectural League and was a Guggenheim Fellow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He continues to travel yearly giving
workshops throughout the US and Europe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On Saturday, May 2 at 7:00pm during the annual Gala and Awards Program,
Mr. Lucchesi will accept the Portrait Society's highest honor.</span><br />
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Application Deadline September 1, 2014</span></h4>
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<span>Signature Status recognizes
those practicing and accomplished artists who are dedicated to the educational
mission and high aesthetic standards of the Portrait Society of America. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The artist's work must consistently
demonstrate a high level of skill and sophistication of aesthetics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This honorary status grants the right to use
the initials of the organization (PSS-Portrait Society Signature) on all
personally created works as an indication of our harmonious high standards and
goals, to create, to advance and to share.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">To qualify for Signature
application the artist's work must demonstrate exceptional merit, the artist hold
current membership in the Portrait Society of America and have been accepted in
either:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.portraitsociety.org/#!form__map/c24vq">To Apply Click here</a></span></div>
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Mentoring Program Application Deadline is October 15th</h4>
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We are now accepting applications for the 2015 Cecilia Beaux Forum Mentoring Program! The Mentoring Program is a project of the Cecilia Beaux Forum developed to support the aesthetic and technical growth of female figurative artists in America. <br />
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The program fosters relationships between individual established artists and advanced emerging artists. Click <a href="http://www.portraitsociety.org/#!form__map/c24vq" style="line-height: 115%;">here</a> for application requirements, deadlines, and more information.</div>
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The annual renewal period for the Cecilia Beaux Forum is currently in progress. Annual membership is only $15 a year and is open to all Portrait Society members. If you are currently a member we ask that you go online and renew your support today. If you are not a member we invite you to join with other members to support our efforts. </div>
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The purpose of the Cecilia Beaux Forum is to strengthen the role of women artists by providing programs and resources to enhance the quality of, as well as the public's knowledge and appreciation of their work. As a member you will receive the quarterly e-news as well as be able to apply for the Mentoring program.</div>
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Consider entering this year's Members Only Competition, in one these 5 distinct categories. Members can enter one, two... or all five categories: </div>
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<li> Outside the Box</li>
<li> Portrait in Sculpture</li>
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All winners will be recognized on the Portrait Society’s website and The Art of the Portrait Journal. First Place winners will be featured in International Artist magazine. </div>
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Entry is by on-line only, upload of your files by November 13, 2014. For the on-line entry form visit: <a href="http://www.portraitsociety.org/#%21members-only-competition/c1c5r">Members Only On Line Entry</a></div>
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We are excited to share that
the 17th annual The Art of the Portrait
will return to Atlanta, Georgia, April 30 - May 3, 2015. You are invited to <a href="http://www.portraitsociety.org/#!conference/c37f">join us</a>, along with 800 other artists from around the globe and spend
four days experiencing a diverse array of demonstrations, illustrated
lectures, portfolio reviews, <a href="https://portraitsociety.wufoo.com/forms/2015-conference-registration/">gala banquet</a> and awards, artist book signings, and so
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visit to the High Museum following the conference closing ceremonies. </div>
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<a href="http://www.portraitsociety.org/#!conference/c37f">Make your plans early</a> to join us for a weekend full of art,
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How can you take your artwork to the next level? By having your work critiqued by today's top portrait and figurative artists. Every artist seeks resources, techniques and tools to improve their artwork and business. </div>
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<a href="http://www.portraitsociety.org/#!slide-critiques/c16x9">The Artist-to-Artist Critique Service Program</a> offers Portrait Society of America members the opportunity to receive detailed, one-on-one, interactive feedback from professional artists. </div>
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Take advantage of this exclusive member benefit today. You may use this unique member benefit as often as you wish. All proceeds benefit the Portrait Society's scholarship fund and other educational programs. You can now submit your request for a critique and your work <a href="http://www.portraitsociety.org/#!slide-critiques/c16x9">on-line.</a></div>
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Portrait Society of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04904727345137481709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842246400083937985.post-9299996765122291562013-03-01T14:00:00.000-05:002013-03-01T14:00:51.207-05:00Nine Great Reasons to Attend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nine great reasons to attend the 2013 Art of the Portrait Conference! This year as we gather in Atlanta to celebrate our 15th annual Art of the Portrait Conference, we look forward to seeing old friends - and welcoming some new ones! In our effort to bring you a new and diverse program each year, we have filled this year's distinguished faculty list with nine new artists, who are eager to share with you their expertise. Our new faculty members are Sam Adoquei, James Gurney, Quang Ho, Evert Ploeg, Lynn Sanguedolce, William Schneider, Daniel Sprick, Joseph Todorovitch, and Aaron Westerberg. Sign up for the 2013 conference today, for your chance to meet these distinguished artists!Portrait Society of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04904727345137481709noreply@blogger.com1