They Met
23 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in Art, art community, Art Nouveau, Collage, creative energy, creativity, Digital Collage, Drawing, Education, Gay, goddess, history, humanity, Illustration, inspiration, Lesbian, life, modern art, muse, music, Pastel, pencil drawing, philosophy, portraiture, Quotes, whimsical, Women Tags: collage, lesbian, gay, calendar, peace
“They Met” Collage
Although I consider myself primarily a Printmaker, I have found over the years that Collage has become a big part of my creative process.
The above Collage, “They Met” is a piece commissioned by Syracuse Cultural Workers. The mission of SCW is as follows:
Our mission is to help create a culture that honors diversity and celebrates community; that inspires and nurtures justice, equality and freedom; that respects our fragile Earth and all its beings; that encourages and supports all forms of creative expression.
As I too believe in the same principles, I was delighted to work on this project. The image will appear in the Peace Calendar for the month of June sold by SCW
The collage for me is like a hidden garden…with clues to the relationship of the women on the moon.
For every thing there is a season…
20 Apr 2012 1 Comment
in Art, art community, Education, history, human anatomy, humanity, Illustration, is it art?, life, modern art, muse, PA., sadness, York Academy of Arts Tags: art, education, pennsylvania, ted fitkee, york, york academy of arts
I am a graduate of the York Academy of Arts, York Pennsylvania.
Although not a large school, it was rich with the devotion and determination artists bring to their work. We were fortunate enough to be taught by “working artists” who shared their passion with us and encouraged us to find our own way.
It is with great sadness that I learned today of the death of Ted Fitzkee.
Mr. Fitzkee was an extraordinary painter, artist, and educator. With humour he guided us through our drawing and painting courses. He brought the best out of each of us. He encouraged us to be true to what drove us to become artists. He stressed the importance of treating Art as a business, one that could feed our bodies and souls.
I will always remember him walking into our Studio at the Academy with a ladder and saying: “Hi. My name’s Mike. I hear you have a ceiling that needs to be painted.”
Thanks, Mr. Fitzkee…for sharing your warmth, humour, passion for the arts, and for helping to make me the artist, both visual and performing, I am today.
Something to think about…Peeking Through the Layers
23 Mar 2012 Leave a Comment
in Art, art community, creative energy, creativity, Drawing, Education, history, Illustration, muse, Oprah, Oprah's Life Class, plein air, primitive art, sculpture, Twitter Tags: art and artist, arts, creative heart, illustration, joyful discovery, true creativity
I must admit I enjoy Twitter.
The quick exchange of ideas has always fascinated me. Twitter has delivered.
During a break tonight I read this from @OWNViewers. It’s from Oprah’s #Lifeclass Warm-Up #24:
“One of the marks of a great artist is that they reveal layers of their subject and themselves that you normally wouldn’t see. As you experience their art, you will have an understanding of something deeper than you thought was there. I always find some hidden treasure when I look at great art, and it is always a joyful discovery. I make it a point to immerse myself a little deeper than I had intended and see what I discover about the subject and the artist. When I do this, I always reveal some new layer of my own.
Look at a piece of art that has always moved you. Now look a little deeper, try to feel what the artist felt as they looked at that muse. Feel the pulse of energy and excitement that must have buzzed between art and artist and immerse yourself in some of that creative energy and passion. What does that reveal about your creative heart? What did you see and feel?”
When you look at Art…how does it make you feel? What does it make you think about?
Isn’t this the object of true creativity?
Passion is the element
16 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in Art, Art Nouveau, Belly Dance, Collage, Dance, Digital Collage, Drawing, Education, Illustration, Middle East, muse, nymphs, Retreat, Women, Workshops Tags: belly dance, collage, digital, passion, retreat, women
Powerful, Passionate Woman
Creativity…Sir Ken Robinson says it all!
14 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in Art, art critics, creativity, Dance, Education, Sir Ken Robinson, TED Tags: art, creativity, dance, education, ken robinson, sir ken, TED
Eloquent….
Enjoy!
O Muse!
09 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in Collage, Digital Collage, Drawing, Women
The Muse can work through a variety of sources.
Love is a source of inspiration.
The collage uses vintage photographs I was lucky enough to find. I also have incorporated found objects.
I often wonder who the lady in the suit and black hat could be…what is her story…
The Muse reveals herself sometimes when you least expect it!
My Muse…Masr…Cairo
25 Dec 2011 Leave a Comment
in Belly Dance, Collage, Dance, Digital Collage, Drawing, Middle East Tags: beledi, digital collage
"Baladi Woman in Cairo"
”Bint Baladi”…or Beledi…just a Country Girl at heart in the big city…
Again and again the beauty and splendour of the Middle East draws me in.
I see beauty in Cairo. The hustle and bustle of the traffic. The music everywhere…in the taxis, from the apartments, radios, CD players…everything adds to the swing and sway of the city.
The time I spent there was magical.
My visits inspired the work. The digital collage incorporates found objects and drawings.
Forever my Muse…Cairo is my heart.
Belly Dance, Raqs Sharqi…the Muse embraces the Dance & the Dancer!
19 Dec 2011 1 Comment
in Belly Dance, Collage, Dance, Digital Collage, Drawing
- Conventional Drawing & Digital Collage for the Egyptian Moon Dance Company
My passion is the Arts…the visual and the performing. Am I an illustrator who dances or a Dancer who illustrates?
For me, both art forms blend seamlessly…one embracing the other.
The collage is a combination of found objects, calligraphy, conventional drawing.
The work was produced for The Egyptian Moon Dance Company.
I dance Egyptian Raqs Sharqi, the dance also known as Belly Dance. Egyptian Dance is “the Heart of Belly Dance”™
For me, expression through the Arts is a powerful force in my life. I allow my Muse to guide me.
Inspiration from Nature…
16 Dec 2011 Leave a Comment
in Collage, Drawing, Pastel, sculpture
Inspiration for the drawing ” La Riviere” by Chris Ludke
The final drawing: Pastel, Mixed media, Collage by Chris Ludke
La Riviere
Pastel Image 14″ x 17″
My model is La Riviere by Maillol in the sculpture garden at the VMFA.
For the background I went down to the James River at Belle Isle to do a study of the rapids and pick the colors for the water.
I did my underdrawing for the figure in dark reds to warm her up, because she’s made of dark grey lead. And I made the highlights on the figure with greyish blue. I think these colors make her look like she’s in the water with some white foam splashing up on her.
“Why Girls Go Wild?” Ask the Muse…
12 Dec 2011 Leave a Comment
in Collage Tags: art, collage, women
“Why Girls Go Wild!” by Shelby Pizzarro
A conventional collage of found objects and vintage photographs.
A Valentine is not always red.
