Artist Grantee Posts
The latest blog posts from the Creative Pinellas Grantees
The Art of Balance
The Art of Balance As I practice my art and the art of living, I find that I’m in a constant search for balance. The earth spins around in the middle of nowhere, our heart beats and body functions without our telling it to, yet somehow we still think [...]
Book Recommendation: ‘Seeing is Forgetting the Name of The Thing One Sees by Robert Irwin
Hello and Welcome Back! Another great book recommendation by artist Robert Irwin:
Classical music isn’t all big and loud
Classical music isn't all big and loud by STEPHEN P BROWN Movie music is the "in-thing" for orchestras, and rightly so! It's awesome, emotional stuff with pictures already given to us that tell a story of emotions. No wonder we love it so much! It's loud, it's big, it's [...]
Post Seven: Beginner’s Mind
Post Seven: Beginner's Mind Last week I had the opportunity to paint with my mentor, Carrie Jadus. Carrie is not only my mentor for this grant, which I am beyond grateful for, she is also my oil painting hero. To me, her work speaks. It tells stories, evokes emotion, has [...]
On practice
I haven’t been to the gym in three weeks. And I think about it a lot. The combination of preparing to go on a family vacation, being on vacation, and then coming back to reality after a vacation has left me choosing to cut out this important part of my [...]
Alla-Prima
Hi everybody, Finding models for a composition is always a challenge. A lot of people prefer to use photographs. One of the issue with photographs is that the light is flatten and equalized and you don’t see the variations of the values or the colours of the skin. I prefer [...]
Heads up!
Hours of operation heads up! Message via Gallery 221 at HCC: "Attention! The library at the HCC Dale Mabry Campus is closed, but Gallery 221 and the two exhibitions on display are open! From now until August 19, to view Gabriel Ramos' and Kenny Jensen's exhibitions, call the gallery office [...]
Rasps, Rifflers and Rouge Oh My!
Rasps, Rifflers and Rouge On My! When most people think of sculpting tools a hammer and chisel come to mind. But there are other tools that are almost as important, the rasp and the riffler. These metal spear-like tools remove all of the scratches that were created by the [...]
Two shows from 2018
Hello and Welcome Back! I thought this week I would share two really exciting shows I was in last year: The Florida Biennial, The Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL (forthcoming) • Juror: Artspace Curator and Gallery Director Sarah Fritchey: The Gallery, The Armory Show at Pier 92/94, New York, [...]