Written by Rachel Winchester on September 14, 2017
Family Photos
QuestionsDo you like to take corny family photos? What do you think of them?
Written by Rachel Winchester on September 14, 2017
Doodles
QuestionsDo you doodle in the margins of your notebooks? What do you doodle? Why do you doodle? Is it something that keeps your hands busy, helps you concentrate, capture artistic inspiration, or another reason?
Written by Rachel Winchester on September 13, 2017
Anonymous
Quotes“‘I don’t know anything about art, but I know what I like,’ really means, ‘I don’t know anything about art, but I like what I know.’”
Written by Rachel Winchester on September 10, 2017
Marcel Duchamp
Quotes“I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.”
Written by Rachel Winchester on September 10, 2017
Genesis
QuestionsWhat first got you interested in art? A friend or family member, art class at school, a specific artist or artwork, a visit to a museum… how did it all start for you?
Written by Rachel Winchester on September 10, 2017
Sol LeWitt
Quotes“Artists teach critics what to think. Critics repeat what the artists teach them.”
Written by Rachel Winchester on September 9, 2017
Mandatory Art Class
QuestionsDo you think a studio art class or an art history class should be required of college students? What about high school students? What kind of art class should be mandatory?
Written by Rachel Winchester on September 9, 2017
Whats up with unlabeled artworks?
QuestionsI know a lot of times that when people display art in their homes, they might not need a high quality label like in an art museum, if they decide to use a label at all. But what I don’t understand completely is why public works are often missing labels. Is there a reason for
Written by Rachel Winchester on September 7, 2017
Jackson Pollock
Quotes“Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.”
Written by Rachel Winchester on September 6, 2017
Artists Online
QuestionsHow do you advertise your artwork online? What advice do you have for artists looking to make a website, Facebook page, or Instagram account?
Written by Rachel Winchester on September 6, 2017
Plutarch
Quotes“Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.”
Written by Rachel Winchester on September 4, 2017
Abstract Art
QuestionsHow do you approach abstract art? What advice do you have for those who don’t “get it” or don’t like it?
Written by Rachel Winchester on September 4, 2017
Irony of a Negro Policeman by Jean-Michel Basquiat
InterpretationsI came across this painting while reading about Post-Soul Aesthetics, Black art after the Civil Rights movement. It’s interesting how the white paint borders, but sometimes overlaps the black paint in this painting. It begs the question: is the black figure forming itself, or is the black figure being formed by the white paint around
Written by Rachel Winchester on September 4, 2017
Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy
Quotes“The artist is not a special kind of person; rather each person is a special kind of artist.”
Written by Rachel Winchester on September 4, 2017
Marcel Duchamp
Quotes“This Neo-Dada, which they call New Realism, Pop Art, Assemblage, etc., is an easy way out, and lives on what Dada did. When I discovered the Readymades I sought to discourage aesthetics. In Neo-Dada they have taken my Readymades and found aesthetic beauty in them, I threw the bottle-rack and the urinal into their faces
Written by Rachel Winchester on September 4, 2017
Vincent van Gogh
Quotes“I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of stars makes me dream.”
Written by Rachel Winchester on September 3, 2017
Maya Angelou
Quotes“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”