Inspiration – James Coignard

A French artist born in 1925 whose paintings and etchings I admire is James Coignard. He dealt with extremely tactile surfaces and the use of some graffiti. The structure of his 1980’s paintings in which he used squares or rectangles to draw the viewer into the artwork had much influence on the structure of my […]

March 25th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Arborglyphs, Artists, Inspiration, Printmaking | Leave a comment

Inspiration – Antonio Tapies

Artists are often asked what other artists inspire them. Yesterday I was interviewed on www.blogtalkradio.com/annette-coleman in the Artist name names, what artists inspire their work episode. I thought I’d share my thoughts about inspiration in my blog also.

One of my favorite art books is The Language of Antonio Tapies: Surface and Symbol. Both surface […]

March 19th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Arborglyphs, Artists, Books, Inspiration, Nature | One comment

Fox

In my last blog I mentioned that Zorro means ‘Fox’ in Spanish.

DAM (Denver Art Musuem) has an the intriguing exhibit of Sandy Skoglund’s 1989 installation … Fox Games, which has 28 gray fox in various poses in a totally red restaurant. The fox scampering over the floor, tables and chairs; even hanging off the […]

September 1st, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Arborglyphs, Artists, Exhibits, Nature | Leave a comment

Arbor Day, Arborglyphs…

Arbor Day was celebrated recently and it makes me think of my father! He was always planting trees and bushes, and I remember neighbors saying that if he planted a broom, it would also grow. Arbor Day, which is usually celebrated on the last Friday in April, encourages the planting of trees.

I too have […]

May 3rd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Arborglyphs, Inspiration, Nature | One comment