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Monthly Archives: September 2016
What’s the story
Here I am trying to explain the unexplainable. Not easy but interesting to try. Abstract art is non-verbal communication, not about words. So how does one interpret an abstract painting much less paint one. Where does one start, anyway. One … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching
Tagged Abstract art, Art, Communication, Creativity, Image, Painting, story telling, Truth
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Beautiful Baddeck
Came home Tuesday from a week in beautiful Baddeck, Cape Breton. I was teaching a four-day workshop on abstract painting. There were seventeen students, presenting a full spectrum of art experience and age. I brought along my teaching assistant — … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Romeo, Teaching
Tagged Abstract art, Art, arts, Creativity, Nonverbal communication, Nova Scotia, Painting, Perception, Visual Art, Visual Arts
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Chaos
There has been so much talk lately about minimalism, paring down, purging, simplifying. I too bought a book on decluttering, organizing. When first reading it, I felt enormous anxiety. Get rid of my precious memories: photos, books, clothes! No way. … Continue reading
Posted in Musings
Tagged Art, arts, Chaos, Creativity, Nonverbal communication, Order, Painting, Perception, Truth
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