Friday, October 31, 2014

BRENT RIDGE - NAC CLASSES 11-03-14


We've been working on our painting process (using Mondrian as inspiration) and to share I brought in one of my paintings last week. I've blogged the stages of its development to share.  You can find the link here: 
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I would like us to work on bigger surfaces if possible this week – and have more than one surface to work on while the other is drying so you can move and move and move and let your intuition take over.  You want to be able to take risks and let things happen, here is a painter that builds image over image and then synthesizes her work, Joanne Greenbaum.
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Joanne Greenbaum

Joanne Greenbaum

Joanne Greenbaum





VINCENT VAN GOGH - Happy Halloween ;)



Vincent Van Gogh, Head of a Skeleton with a Burning Cigarette, 1886




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BRENT RIDGE - A PAINTED JOURNEY



Brent Ridge, Stage 1

Brent Ridge, Stage 2

Brent Ridge, Stage 3

Brent Ridge, Final Stage

Brent Ridge





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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

RICHARD WOLFGANG - My first Painting Teacher - RIP and God Bless


Richard Wolfgang, Sunrise and Waterfowl, Watercolor on Paper

Richard Wolfgang, Assorted Flowers, Watercolor on Paper

Richard Wolfgang, Teal Swamp, Watercolor on Paper



Richard Wolfgang, 1935 – 2014, RIP
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RACHEL PERRY WELTY



Rachel Perry Welty, Lost in my Life (price tags), 2010


Rachel Perry Welty, Lost In My Life (fruit sticker drawing), 2013

Rachel Perry Welty, Peach Party, 2012

Rachel Perry Welty, Sprout Granny Smith, 2012

Rachel Perry Welty, Super Star Seedless, 2012

Rachel Perry Welty, Vogue (Kirkwood), 2011










JEFF PERROTT


Jeff Perrott


Jeff Perrott


Jeff Perrott


Jeff Perrott


Jeff Perrott


Jeff Perrott









ANTONE KONST


Antone Konst

Antone Konst

Antone Konst









Thursday, October 23, 2014

BRENT RIDGE NAC CLASSES 10-27-14


This Week: we will continue on our projects started – for inspiration we can continue using Mondrian inspired abstraction. Use a starting point of a tree like Mondrian or use a still life object or even create from a sketch to echo the forms of inspiration and let the process take over.  You want to pull it apart and then put it back together; making something new.  Feel free to use this suggestion liberally in your own way.    


I've included in this post a contemporary artist who makes abstract paintings exclusively from trees as an example of using Mondrian as inspiration for his own paintings – he is a great example of updating this process of making abstraction from nature.  His name is Benjamin Butler.  Follow the link for more works.



Benjamin Butler


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BENJAMIN BUTLER


Benjamin Butler, Untitled Tree (Blue, Yellow, Green), 2006

Benjamin Butler, At Sunset, 2012

Benjamin Butler, Dark Tree, 2013

Benjamin Butler, Green Forest, 2014

Benjamin Butler, Untitled, 2011

Benjamin Butler, Green Forest, 2014










CATHY WYSOCHI - Suffer a Sea-Change @ HallSpace


Cathy Wysochi

Cathy Wysochi


Cathy Wysochi

Cathy Wysochi


Cathy Wysochi

Cathy Wysochi





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Saturday, October 18, 2014

DAVID SMITH WANNABE











BENJAMIN RANKIN and MICHELLE HENAULT - Studio Visit


Studio Shot


Studio Shot


The lot of us former Glaswegians


Michelle Hénault


Michelle Hénault


Studio Shot


Benjamin Rankin


Benjamin Rankin




Benjamin Rankin
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Michelle Hénault
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Boston, MA, United States
I'm an artist originally from Flint, MI now residing in Boston, MA. In-between I practiced my art in NYC and overseas in Scotland. I've been using this blog to situate Boston art and artists amongst the International scene of contemporary art. You can find my art on www.brent-ridge.com