http://paintingperceptions.com commentary on perceptual painting Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:19:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en William Coldstream, Window in Hampstead 1981   Painting Perceptions is again fortunate to have a guest article from Neil Plotkin who has been living in London for the summer. This first post is an brief overview where he looks at a few significant painters coming out of the The Slade School ... http://paintingperceptions.com/?p=1749 Judith Green, Mulberry | Oil & Graphite on Linen laid on Panel | 25 x 40cm   Painting Perceptions is again very fortunate to have a guest interview from Neil Plotkin who has been living in London for the summer. In this first of a few articles about perceptual ... http://paintingperceptions.com/?p=1726 Critique with Stuart Shils at the Certosa   I'd like to offer a glimpse into my recent trip to Rome for a couple of weeks as well as my 4 weeks at the Certosa Jerusalem Studio School Summer Art Program in Siena, Italy. Hopefully I will avoid boring anyone by having this post ... http://paintingperceptions.com/?p=1697 Painting urban views is hard enough but I can't imagine the added frustration of "crowd control" while painting! Being famous clearly has its down sides... Thanks to Dean Fisher who just emailed this link to this new video of Antonio Lopez Garcia painting this month on the street in Madrid. http://paintingperceptions.com/?p=1690 For anyone wondering what might be going on from the lack of activity on this blog for the past few weeks. I just got back from six weeks in Italy, I initially planned on writing articles from Italy but there were technical issues that made that impossible and was also ... http://paintingperceptions.com/?p=1685 Cherry Pile 2c 42 x 54 inches Oil on mylar 2008 Neil Plotkin's still lifes are a fresh take of a familiar theme, fruit and vegetables on a table. The emphasis is more on pictorial organization and expression than simply making an inventory of visual components that make fruit look ... http://paintingperceptions.com/?p=1677 Still life with birdhouse oil on board 2010 24 x 24 inches   Erin Raedeke's still lifes of domestic detritus bring to mind the cliche of when life hands you lemons, make lemonade. Of course, having a child is an event to be celebrated but all too often it can slow or ... http://paintingperceptions.com/?p=1658 Elizabeth O'Reilly, Rock Crusher and Canal 2009 Watercolor and Collage, 11½ x 15½ inches Elizabeth O'Reilly is an Irish-American painter making watercolor and collage paintings of industrial areas such as the Gowanus Canal area of Brooklyn. She cuts out shapes with an x-acto knife from her palette of ... http://paintingperceptions.com/?p=1643 David Kassan, Self Portrait in Motion Oil/Panel, 40 x 28 inches David Jon Kassan (Born 1977) is a contemporary realist painter best known for his life-size realist portraits. The paintings combine figurative subjects with abstract background textures he says are inspired by such painters as Franz Kline and Robert Rauschenberg. ... http://paintingperceptions.com/?p=1611 Constance LaPalombara is a New Haven, Connecticut based painter making urban landscapes, landscapes and still-life. A Sept 2009 Artist's Magazine article about Constance LaPalombara urban landscapes titled "Everytown, USA" by Tamera Lenz Muentei said: "While she paints scenes of New Haven, Connecticut, the absence of anecdotal details and the ... http://paintingperceptions.com/?p=1589