Exploring Art...and All Life
by Susan Pitcairn on 1/28/2010 1:31:47 PM
"Half Full"- 16x20 paste (sold). Is the bottle half full or half empty? How do we create life?
My personal experiment for 2010 as I open my gallery is to see and paint life as half FULL. Better yet, as entirely FULL.
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by Susan Pitcairn on 1/12/2010 4:38:23 PM
"California Light," 14x18 Acrylic, $600
To receive the Glory,
The glory arising with every breath
Neither far nor near,
But everywhere
In the silent space within it All.
Ah, it's not a waiting,
But an opening to joy.
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by Susan Pitcairn on 1/11/2010 12:01:40 AM
"View to Forever," 9x12 oil, Sedona Plein Air Festival 2011
Though I first started painting outdoors in the early 1980's, like many artists nevertheless I have often relied upon photography and sketches to execute my best paintings in the comfort of the studio. But gradually I find myself shifting to more and more outdoor work. Why? [...]
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by Susan Pitcairn on 1/2/2010 8:29:31 PM
"Orange & Blue," 8x10 Acrylic, $300
Today while giving a private art lesson in my studio, I was talking about the use of complementary colors, one of the secrets of the Impressionists. Instead of using black or brown or some random dark color to shade or to tone down a color, the Impressionists instead used its opposite on the color wheel, creating a perfect harmony that enhanced each color. Opposites were also placed side by side in areas of a painting, causing each to vibrate.
As Tom Allen, a long-gone but not-forgotten art teacher who guided me in my youth, once explained, the whole color wheel shows us the [...]
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