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As a Savannah Artist, I have seen a great deal of artworks concerning themselves with the beauty of the city. I want to take the depiction of Savannah one step further by including some of the city’s elements that are not considered beautiful and juxtaposing them with the main stream version of beauty. [...]
I just finished a commission that pushed and challenged my creative and technical skill set, and I outwitted my inner critic! Here is the piece. Keep reading to see how and why I created this piece.
Final Piece The Client My client is one Eric Posman, a producer for ESPN and a sports writer. Posman [...] Pat's New Artwork Pat’s Rooster is a heavily textured acrylic painting with decorative sides measuring 12 in. x 12 in. The texture is built from magazine pages, paper pulp, and Light Modeling Paste. This piece was commissioned by Pat Turner in Americus, Georgia. I can honestly say that I have painted more roosters this [...] This series focuses on the temporal nature of all things. Eventually nature will re-absorb the things we have built, so this series proposes to capture those decaying man-made creations before the no longer exist in their present state.
Here I share the process of the first piece: I begin each painting with a charcoal sketch [...]
I have come across several articles lately that talk about nurturing the inner child.
Through various meditation practices, these articles encourage us to revisit and reconnect with our inner child at various ages in order to heal past wounds. These articles (which I have listed below) insist that many of us overlook the inner [...]
The Big Question flying around in my head lately -”Why do I make art?”
The perfectly obvious answer to anyone that has ever known me – “Rachel, that is what you do. That is who you are. You are an artist.” It seems as if it is the act of making art that defines [...] Sally sits out back taking her 15 minute cigarette break while pondering the intricate workings of office politics, and day dreaming about telling off her boss.
Man, I sure would like to tell him where to stick it! Whewww!! Cotton Studios was very busy the month of December. With all of the holiday madness and then beginning of the year catch-up game, it has been a madhouse! I am now sitting down to keep you all up to date.
While we have several design projects that have been transgressing, in December the [...] As a treat for anyone interested, but more so as a way to inspire me to keep painting, I am posting regular visual updates of the paintings on which I am currently working.
The new series I am focusing on lately is scenes of the Savannah area. I love the architecture of Savannah, and [...]  |
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