Emily M. Danforth's Blog, page 18

likeafieldmouse:Mark Bradford

likeafieldmouse:

Mark Bradford

artchipel:Jacob van Loon (on Tumblr) & Chad Wys (on...

artchipel:

Jacob van Loon (on Tumblr) & Chad Wys (on Tumblr)

(previously)

CW:  What is your favorite work from your oeuvre?

JVL: I try not to determine favorites or bests, people looking usually decide that for themselves. I’m usually already over whatever I’m working on a few weeks after it’s done. I’ve not regressed into anything, which is more my concern—keeping momentum forward.

CW: I can certainly respect that. For the benefit of the folks at home, I’ll attach an image of one of my many favorites from your body of work: Crossfader I. Finally, what are you up to now?

JVL: My life seems to be heading back towards academics, at least for the upcoming school year. I have plans to return to school to either teach or study a Drawing MFA, as well as a unique residency opportunity with a small museum starting this summer. Time is still winning the war – I’m in particularly short supply at the moment and hope to have more concrete news to share in a few months. Fingers crossed.

(the full article at issuu.com coming soon)

Jacob van Loon, Crossfader I. Mixed media on panel, 24x24” (2013)
Jacob van Loon, Crossfader II. Mixed media on panel, 24x24” (2013)
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Chad Wys, Garage Sale Picture Of An English Officer With Bars. Paint on found print and frame, 35.5”x29.5”x1.75” (2013)
Chad Wys, Thrift Store Portrait Of A Boy With Stripes. Paint on found print and frame, 26”x22”x1.5” (2013)

[art discussion hosted by Artchipel]

artchipel:Jacob van Loon | on Tumblr Station I. Graphite,...

artchipel:

Jacob van Loon | on Tumblr

Station I. Graphite, watercolor and acrylic on paper, 14x14” (2013)
Station II. Graphite, watercolor and acrylic on paper, 14x14” (2013)
Station III. Graphite, watercolor and acrylic on paper, 14x14” (2013)
Station IV [triptych]. Graphite, acrylic and watercolor on paper, 14x42” (2013)

[art discussion hosted by Artchipel]

"I guess the mass of all things you love in the world is less than or equal to the combined weight of..."

“I guess the mass of all things you love in the world is less than or equal to the combined weight of all the hearts you’ve mishandled.”

- Even Though I Don’t Miss You by Chelsea Martin (via seattlebooks)

"Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been..."

“Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people.”

- Roald Dahl (via nightnovelchallenge)

"Again and again we shall be told of the literary harvest god who was devoured at summer’s end in the..."

““Again and again we shall be told of the literary harvest god who was devoured at summer’s end in the hollywoods.””

- Gore Vidal on F. Scott Fitzgerald (via theparisreview)

fer1972:Landscape Paintings by Philip Govedare

fer1972:

Landscape Paintings by Philip Govedare

"I think people are often quite unaware of their inner selves, their other selves, their imaginative..."

“I think people are often quite unaware of their inner selves, their other selves, their imaginative selves, the selves that aren’t on show in the world. It’s something you grow out of from childhood onwards, losing possession of yourself, really. I think literature is one of the best ways back into that. You are hypnotized as soon as you get into a book that particularly works for you, whether it’s fiction or a poem. You find that your defenses drop, and as soon as that happens, an imaginative reality can take over because you are no longer censoring your own perceptions, your own awareness of the world. Most of us spend a lot of time censoring everything that we see and hear. Does it fit with our world picture? And if it doesn’t, how can we shut it out, how can we ignore it, how can we challenge it? We are continually threatened in life, it’s true. But once you are alone with a book, and it’s also true with a picture or with music, all those defenses drop and you can enter into a quite different space where you will learn to feel differently about yourself.”

- Jeanette Winterson (via mttbll)

"Time narrows or expands according to how we approach it. It varies with a man’s breadth, with his..."

““Time narrows or expands according to how we approach it. It varies with a man’s breadth, with his heart.””

- Ilya Ehrenburg (via theparisreview)

hahamagartconnect:SALON OF BEAUTYAna Serrano, Salon of...

hahamagartconnect:

SALON OF BEAUTY

Ana Serrano, Salon of Beauty, lifesize town built of cardboard, construction paper, acrylic paint, etc, Rice Gallery, Houston, Texas

whimsebox:

Ana Serrano, Salon of Beauty, lifesize town built ofcardboard, construction paper, acrylic paint, etc, Rice Gallery, Houston, Texas