I say *mostly* online, as many of these delicious art sites have occasional offline volumes, events and activities that are definitely worth perusing. This article focuses on giving an overview of some of the web-based arts sites, magazines, blogs and journals (not run by super massive companies) that I frequent. I hope that new readers [...]
Posts Tagged ‘painting’
Agnes Martin on disappointment
A sense of disappointment and defeat is the essential state of mind for creative work
That is why art work is so very hard. It is a working through disappointments to greater disappointment and a growing recognition of failure to the point of defeat
‘Defeated’ is the position from which to have something to say, to rise [...]
30 Days of Drawing #29: Laura-ann Mc Donnell offers a writer’s response to drawing
Drawing is the artists most direct and spontaneous expression, a species of writing: it reveals, better than does painting, his true personality
(Edgar Degas)
Possessing wonderful drawing skills is not a common trait of the average writer, well not this writer at any rate. However it is a pastime that I like to indulge in from time [...]
30 Days of Drawing #17: artist Anthony Boswell on his relationship with drawing
In front of you nothing and then, with only the requirement of an instant gesture, something. The ’something’ is of course the begining of a drawing. And what does drawing mean to me? I find it a question that I constantly adjust as new discoveries are made during the process of my practice. It has [...]
30 Days of Drawing #14: Interview with Noah Becker
I recently spoke with multi-talented artist, founder and editor-in-chief of White Hot Magazine, writer and musician Noah Becker. We discussed his views on drawing, art criticism, methods & technique and the artists he is currently watching…
You’re a practicing painter. This might seem like an obvious question, but I reckon everyone’s answer would be a little [...]
Artist Profile: Rosalind Davis, London
I approached mixed-media, London-based artist Rosalind Davis for an interview for my site after reading her a-n Artists Talking/Blogger blog, ‘Becoming Part of Something‘, as part of my current research into setting up a gallery and studio complex of my own. In the diary-style blog, Rosalind self-critically discusses her creative work, as well as her [...]
