more Robert Genn, galleries and finished paintings
From my Robert Genn newsletter about having a personal coach for your art...he suggests the following:
*Find a sanctuary where you can comfortably work.
*Dedicate at least two hours a day to your art.
*Have more than enough equipment and supplies.
*Set short- and long-term goals and keep track of progress.
*Think of your work as exercise, not championship play.
*Explore series development and exhaust personal themes.
*Work alone with the benefit of books and perhaps tapes.
*Replace passive consumption with creative production.
*Use your own intuition and master your technology.
*Feel the joy of personal, self-generated sweat.
*Fall in love with your own working processes.
*Be forever on the lookout for the advent of style.
*Try to be your own person and claim your rights.
*Don't bother setting yourself up for rejection.
*Don't swing too wildly and damage the well-being of others.
*Don't jump into the ring until you're feeling fit.
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Today was a gallery day with a friend. I stopped in the John Berggruen Gallery before meeting my friend and when i ente
red the gallery, it was dark. I looked around while the attendent turned the lights on and i thought, "oh great...another show of photos from a large format camera". But once the lights were on, i realized they were oil paintings that were painted exquisitely. I love the fact that the painter, Michael Gregory went to CCSF and SFAI.
From there, we went to Gallery Paule Anglim http://www.gallerypauleanglim.com/where there was a Clare Rojas show. I like the folksy quality and particularly liked the painted rocks and banjos.
Then it was off to 49 Geary and to one of my favorite galleries Elins Eagles-Smith where my friend was rather interested in purchasing one of the paintings by Ricardo Mazal http://www.eesgallery.com/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=9 - a really beautiful painting. We went through all the galleries and peered at the Love Parade from windows. Anoth
er artist i wanted to mention was the work being shown at the Rena Bransten Gallery. Miron Schmuckle created amazingly intricate, well thought out, beautifully executed water based paintings. Sometimes, i feel like i have to apologize or at least keep quiet my love and respect for beautifully executed paintings but i won't this time. His work is incredible and an inspiration and afterwards, i went to Utrecht to buy 4 colors of Indian ink (his medium) to play with. It was a full day, somewhat tiring ...made so after a very large prickly pear margarita i had with lunch.
And a 4ft X 5 ft painting and a 16 in X 20 in painting finished last week.
*Find a sanctuary where you can comfortably work.
*Dedicate at least two hours a day to your art.
*Have more than enough equipment and supplies.
*Set short- and long-term goals and keep track of progress.
*Think of your work as exercise, not championship play.
*Explore series development and exhaust personal themes.
*Work alone with the benefit of books and perhaps tapes.
*Replace passive consumption with creative production.
*Use your own intuition and master your technology.
*Feel the joy of personal, self-generated sweat.
*Fall in love with your own working processes.
*Be forever on the lookout for the advent of style.
*Try to be your own person and claim your rights.
*Don't bother setting yourself up for rejection.
*Don't swing too wildly and damage the well-being of others.
*Don't jump into the ring until you're feeling fit.
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Today was a gallery day with a friend. I stopped in the John Berggruen Gallery before meeting my friend and when i ente
red the gallery, it was dark. I looked around while the attendent turned the lights on and i thought, "oh great...another show of photos from a large format camera". But once the lights were on, i realized they were oil paintings that were painted exquisitely. I love the fact that the painter, Michael Gregory went to CCSF and SFAI.From there, we went to Gallery Paule Anglim http://www.gallerypauleanglim.com/where there was a Clare Rojas show. I like the folksy quality and particularly liked the painted rocks and banjos.
Then it was off to 49 Geary and to one of my favorite galleries Elins Eagles-Smith where my friend was rather interested in purchasing one of the paintings by Ricardo Mazal http://www.eesgallery.com/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=9 - a really beautiful painting. We went through all the galleries and peered at the Love Parade from windows. Anoth
er artist i wanted to mention was the work being shown at the Rena Bransten Gallery. Miron Schmuckle created amazingly intricate, well thought out, beautifully executed water based paintings. Sometimes, i feel like i have to apologize or at least keep quiet my love and respect for beautifully executed paintings but i won't this time. His work is incredible and an inspiration and afterwards, i went to Utrecht to buy 4 colors of Indian ink (his medium) to play with. It was a full day, somewhat tiring ...made so after a very large prickly pear margarita i had with lunch.
And a 4ft X 5 ft painting and a 16 in X 20 in painting finished last week.
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