Art Now Westmount

I will be presenting my work at the Art Now talks on May 1st at 7 p.m. at the Westmount Public Library.  All are welcome to attend for discussions, questions, coffee and snacks.

For more information visit: Art Now Westmount

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Tree Reflections 2 -Process Video

under-painting

painting in process

Tree Reflections 2, oil/canvas 11x14 inches

This is the last video (for now)  in my landscape series.  These videos are part of my Master's thesis research in Art Education at Concordia University.  My research topic centres on tacit knowledge, or how a painter can learn to articulate  and verbalise and experience gained through practice.   The ability to do this, in my opinion, is a fundamental element to developing a teaching practice for the visual arts studio.  It has been a wonderful experience making and sharing these videos with my students and anyone else interested in looking at them.  I will be taking a bit of a break for now so that I can finally write my thesis and finish my degree.

You can see the video in high definition at You Tube:

Tree Reflections 2

oil/canvas  11x14 inches

 Often a subject inspired by a photo will be an interesting composition but I may want to express it using different colours.  The challenge of this oil painting done in my landscape class was to use two source images, one for the composition and another for the colour inspiration.  My next post will demonstrate the painting and thinking process that went into this work.

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