Three Things: The Open Door Edition, II
This week, let’s revisit some open doors. An inviting (or perhaps ominous?) threshold of some kind is presented to your character. What next?
Hollie Chastain, Awaits. Collage on panel. www.holliechastain.com
Rodney Smith, The Door. Photograph. www.rodneysmith.com
Andrew Wyeth, Cooling Shed, 1953. Tempera on panel. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA.
Three Things: The Gathering Edition
As we all gather for our respective Thanksgiving celebrations, let’s keep our pen and paper at the ready. This week I’m interested in a gathering of people, in whatever form that takes. (Happy Thanksgiving!)
Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Something Split and New, 2013. Acrylic, pastel, color pencils, charcoal, marble dust, collage and transfers on paper. www.njidekaakunyili.com
Eugene de Salignac, Painters on the Brooklyn Bridge Suspender Cables, 1914. Photograph. Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA.
Dead Paper, summer: boiled hotter than hell, 2011. Collage. Via flickr.
Three Things: The Surreal Family Edition
Today I’m in a surreal mood. Let’s narrow that down a smidge, though, and focus our attention on surreal families this week. Have some real-life family strange-ness from which to draw? Even better!
Sammy Slabbinck, Seafood, 2013. Collage on paper. www.sammyslabbinck.tumblr.com
Pablo Picasso, Family of Saltimbanques, 1905. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Slinkachu, Wonderland, 2009. www.slinkachu.com
Three Things: The Reclining Conversation Edition
This week, I’m focusing on two characters, in conversation. Specifically: two reclining characters in conversation. In a physically relaxed state. But that doesn’t necessarily mean the conversation itself has to be relaxed; that’s for you to decide and conjure up yourself.
Hope Gangloff, Clothes Swap / Brooklyn, 2008. Acrylic on canvas. www.hopegangloff.com
Heinrich Kühn, Mary Warner and Lotte in the Meadow, ca. 1908. Photograph (autochrome). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York.
Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Nwantinti, 2012. Acrylic, charcoal, colored pencil, collage and Xerox transfers on paper. www.njidekaakunyili.com
