Thursday, July 30, 2015

BRENT RIDGE - NAC CLASSES 08.04.15




Alex Katz


Hello All --- this week I would like us to continue mining pictures of landscape for subjects for our painting.  Feel free to let people inhabit the painting too.  This is Alex Katz and he does a masterful job of simplifying shapes and color and still showing characteristics of light and local values in a painting.  He does this by sketching a plan before the painting and using a reduced color palette.  



Alex Katz



Alex Katz


More Katz: LINK

Bring your pictures, and I'll bring mine to use.  
See you next week.




Wednesday, July 29, 2015

ROBERT MOELER - Lousy Brims: A Detroit Project @ Gallery Kayafas




Robert Moeller




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SARAH SLAVICK


Sarah Slavick


Sarah Slavick


Sarah Slavick


Sarah Slavick










Monday, July 27, 2015

JIM DOW @ Ars Libri, Boston


Jim Dow, Carrito Tres Ases, Gualeguaychu, Argentina.  2011


Jim Dow, Palm tree carrito.  Costanera, Prana, Argentina. 2012


Jim Dow, Pink carrito with curtains, Mercedes, Uruguay.  2009


Jim Dow, Rear of El Chato taco truck.  Miracle Mile, Loas Angeles, CA. 2008









VENETIA DALE


Venetia Dale


Venetia Dale


Venetia Dale










Friday, July 24, 2015

BRENT RIDGE - NAC CLASSES 07.28.15


Hello All,


This week we will be halfway through our Drawing & Painting class.  We've been working on still life and I will reset the still life for those who would like to finish their paintings from last week.


Next up, I would like us to approach painting a landscape from a picture.  Again I want to emphasize reduction of details to overall shape and compositional elements to allow ourselves room for the paint to do its work.  Bring a picture of landscape of some kind or use one of my pictures that I print out – and lets let ourselves be BEACHY in these hot days of summer.





David Hockney, Beach Umbrella, 1971


LINK

or 

LINK


Friday, July 17, 2015

Fishing With CHAIM SOUTINE



Chaim Soutine

Chaim Soutine

Chaim Soutine

Chaim Soutine



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Thursday, July 16, 2015

BRENT RIDGE - NAC CLASSES 07.21.15


Drawing & Painting students - thank you for engaging in still life and this week we can continue to use objects to inspire us.  Please feel free to bring along something yourself to look at or your own project ideas.  Main theme will be about color and I will talk about using a dominate color to create a color harmony.  Here is a picture of Milton Avery's that demonstrates a dominant color harmony:


Milton Avery, Shells and Fisherman, 1940


Keep in mind that paint needs to work as paint and the reduction of details can help us manage what our paint is doing (and this is a nice example of such).  We will draw with paint and reduce our shapes to focus on the color.  See you in class.





Wednesday, July 15, 2015

FRANCESCO CLEMENTE - Encampment@ Mass MOCA


Francesco Clemente installation


Francesco Clemente installation


Francesco Clemente installation


Francesco Clemente installation


Francesco Clemente installation


Francesco Clemente installation


Francesco Clemente installation


Francesco Clemente installation


Francesco Clemente installation


Francesco Clemente installation


Francesco Clemente installation


Francesco Clemente installation


Francesco Clemente installation



Francesco Clemente installation


Francesco Clemente


Francesco Clemente


Francesco Clemente


Francesco Clemente installation









DAVID HOCKNEY - Me Draw on IPad @ Louisiana Museum of Modern Art


David Hockney









Monday, July 13, 2015

PETER SACKS


Peter Sacks, Aftermath 1, 2012-2013


Peter Sacks, Six By Six (Cargo 2), 2011-2012


Peter Sacks, Summoning 7, 2003-2008

Peter Sacks, West Cliff, 2013-2014









NOT ART

Boston - South End NOT ART location











Sunday, July 12, 2015

Friday, July 10, 2015

ARLENE SHECHET - All At Once @ ICA Boston



Arlene Shechet

Arlene Shechet



Arlene Shechet


Arlene Shechet


Arlene Shechet

Arlene Shechet


Arlene Shechet


Arlene Shechet


Arlene Shechet


Arlene Shechet


Arlene Shechet


Arlene Shechet










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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