tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68681799643971822372024-02-19T07:12:11.576-04:00HalifaxCBI have simply wished to base upon a thorough knowledge of tradition the reasoned and independent feeling of my own individuality - Gustave Courbet, 1855 <br>
You're an art Mormon! - David Lucas, 2012HalifaxCBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02443891200099565167noreply@blogger.comBlogger181125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868179964397182237.post-63362616330406337472018-01-10T14:51:00.000-04:002018-01-10T14:51:53.177-04:00Ruth was on Holidays #1So I had time to play around with materials....<br />
This one started with a pencil drawing on 18"x24" Canson 1557 drawing paper. I wasn't real happy with the drawing, so it seemed worth victimizing first :)<br />
I first glued the paper using Golden soft gel medium to a similar sized cradled & gessoed birch panel, and then experimented using Golden high flow acrylics, in some places using their airbrush medium as a sort of resist. The effects of that are pretty interesting and (I think) exploring more.<br />
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<br />HalifaxCBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02443891200099565167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868179964397182237.post-72613959814524513992017-09-05T18:24:00.002-03:002017-09-05T18:24:29.635-03:00Resonance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One of the more intriguing articles I read recently pertains to AI generated art. The whole article is <a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/rutgers-artificial-intelligence-art-1019066" target="_blank">here on artnet.com</a>; the tl;dr version boils down to the (apparent) fact that computer generated art comes across to many as more human than human generated art. At least the stuff one finds in Big Art expositions, like Art Basel, and AbEx.<br />
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I don't want to get into the pro's and con's of the work; after all, it basically is just a study of commercially driven art versus AI generated art as interpreted by Mechanical Turk users. Hardly a recipe for scientifically sound generalizations. But I think it does provide an interesting counterpoint to an aspect of art that very few people talk about these days.<br />
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That aspect is resonance. What do I mean by this? For a full development, I suggest one dash out and get Jan Zwicky's book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lyric-Philosophy-Jan-Zwicky/dp/1550595601/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1504633390&sr=8-1&keywords=lyric+philosophy" target="_blank">Lyric Philosophy</a> [Amazon.com] and read it. I know that's how many of the formal ideas crossed my path, after Hanna GZ recommended to me several years ago. It's a relatively novel presentation, but the ideas have permeated thought for a very long time. For example, look at Nietzche's <a href="http://halifaxcb.blogspot.ca/p/nietzsche-gay-science.html" target="_blank">The Gay Science, Section 373</a>, which I added to this site a few years ago.<br />
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Most are familiar with physical examples of resonance. If you have two similarly tuned violins, and pluck a string on one, the same string on the other will vibrate. When you push a person on swing in time with its natural oscillation, and the swing goes higher. Or for a little fun, jump in the bath, start sliding back and forth in a rhythm that makes the water eventually slosh out of the tub. Kind of like the Bay of Fundy, with you as the gravitational drivers.<br />
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So what is resonance in art? It occurs, or rather can occur, on many different levels. Start with everyday experience. Go to a beach or a hill or a park, where you can just let the quotidien world fall away. Or sit quietly with bit of music, or poetry, or a painting. It can take a little practice, but with a little luck you find yourself feeling more present, more attuned, more aware. And with a little more luck, imagination - timidly at first - begins to leave its cage. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Panther_(poem)" target="_blank">Rilke's panther</a> can go free, if we choose.<br />
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Imagination is the set of mental metaphors we create in response to the resonance between aspects of our inner and outer worlds, between our unconscious and conscious minds. The physical expression of those metaphors is what becomes art.<br />
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<br />HalifaxCBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02443891200099565167noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868179964397182237.post-72463632168872146552016-06-09T22:03:00.001-03:002016-06-09T22:03:47.250-03:00Finally!If you notice an improvement in the photos on this blog in the near future, thank Ruth. She's been doing a marvelous job getting photos up to date for work done over the last year. This in turn lets me produce much better prints, as well as much better pictures for posting. And it gives me much more time for drawing and painting.<br />
Here's a few, all of which Ruth modeled for:<br />
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<i>Moonrise</i>: Acrylic and Conte on pastel paper, 65x50 cm.<br />
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<i>Finn, Ruth, and KC</i>: Pastel and Conte on pastel paper, 50x65 cm.</div>
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<i>Ruth Asleep</i>: Conte on pastel paper, 70x50 cm:</div>
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<i>Art has Its Own Reasons</i>: Acrylic on Birch Panel, 24"x48"</div>
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<br />HalifaxCBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02443891200099565167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868179964397182237.post-70428719990263053982016-05-13T13:36:00.000-03:002016-05-13T13:38:42.025-03:00Catching up....<i>Art has its own reasons</i>:<br />
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We are slowly catching up on photographing work - it's kind of hard to focus on that when the weather is so spectacular (it's not snowing!), and I would much rather be drawing or painting - but I guess it has to be done. <br />
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Some 25 minute poses, Conte on Fabriano/Canson Mi-Teintes<br />
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After spending a couple of hours photographing and framing, we headed out to Shubie Park for some plein air work. Last time we went out I brought too much clobber, so this time it was (for me) just pad and pencil; Ruth worked in watercolour.</div>
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I think the last is my favourite, just because I was finally sitting on a bench, and not on a rock or the damp ground.</div>
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<br />HalifaxCBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02443891200099565167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868179964397182237.post-57144393690133486352016-05-09T18:16:00.000-03:002016-05-09T18:16:05.879-03:00RuthWhoa, it's been awhile. Not that I haven't been busy, though probably a little too distracted by reading. Want some suggestions? I've got lots, from Schopenhauer to my most recent find, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Singing-Neanderthals-Origins-Music-Language/dp/0674025598/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1462826540&sr=8-1&keywords=singing+neanderthals" target="_blank">The Singing Neanderthals</a>.<br />
Or <a href="http://www.aldaily.com/" target="_blank">Arts and Letters Daily</a> (how much time do I waste there?!). Or (especially) <a href="https://bornonatuesday.com/" target="_blank">b.o.a.t scribbles</a>, thank goodness Avalon Moore only does one page a week, or I'd never get anything done....<br />
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Anyway, I've been working with The Artist Known as Ruth for on a prett5y regular basis since last fall. She's a good figurative artist in her own right, which means she brings a lot of artistic experience and background to modeling. I'm going to start putting up more work as I get caught up with the more boring aspects of studio practice - there's a rather large pile of drawings collected over the last while, ready to be edited and either tossed or photographed, as well as a couple of paintings. So I hope to get these up as soon as I can.<br />
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But in the meantime, some from last week. All are Conte on either Canson Mi-Teintes, or Fabriano Pastel paper; 50x65cm.<br />
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Ruth is very good at rather difficult poses:<br />
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And finally, this one. Ruth generally creates the poses, but this time I came back into the studio after a short break, and she was relaxing with her phone I asked her if she would mind holding that for a bit; she agreed, and this resulted.</div>
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HalifaxCBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02443891200099565167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868179964397182237.post-76824697661529026182015-05-29T17:52:00.000-03:002015-05-29T17:58:30.930-03:00Will and RepresentationReading Schopenhauer - such a delightful crank! - brought this about. Blame him.<br />
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This is <i>Freyja and the Wanderer</i>. 24"x48", acrylic on panel.</div>
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It will be hanging at the Permafrost show at the Craig Gallery, from January 13th to March 1st. The official opening is Wednesday, January 14th, 7-9 PM.</div>
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<br />HalifaxCBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02443891200099565167noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868179964397182237.post-85669795154371963542014-11-07T13:14:00.000-04:002014-11-07T13:14:15.249-04:00Winter Is Coming....I'm blaming the title of this one on Anita; after all she's the one who got Arlene and me addicted to Game of Thrones :)<br />
I don't know if it's finished; maybe there's something in me that doesn't want to finish it? Anita and I worked together a lot during the last two years, and it was always a delight. But now she's headed out to greener pastures (I need a better metaphor, where she's headed is our frozen north) in pursuit of her professional career...But I'll leave it as is for now,<br />
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<br />HalifaxCBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02443891200099565167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868179964397182237.post-12077403545814196552014-09-30T23:53:00.000-03:002014-10-01T00:17:17.556-03:00Bayesian Anita (another update)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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OK, I changed the name again. I'm nothing if not flexible :).<br />
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Anyway, I had procrastinated over the statement for the work, but finally (after a lot of grief), here it is:<br />
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Art is a proposition, both about and to the world; the rest of the Wittgenstein quote is pretty much in tune with what happens when one draws so much from another.<br />
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The painting is currently at the <a href="http://thedartgallery.com/" target="_blank">Dart Gallery</a> , though not yet on display. But you should pay them a visit anyway, they are just finishing up a great show of street art, and will be hanging a new one soon on dance.<br />
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<br />HalifaxCBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02443891200099565167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868179964397182237.post-73044494560788494312014-09-10T16:08:00.001-03:002014-09-10T19:52:52.670-03:00Anita of Bayes (was Anitium)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Because it was the biggest canvas I could fit in my car.<br />
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I originally called this <i>Anitium</i>, but I think <i>Anita of Bayes</i> is a better fit. So that stays for now. Maybe I'll write something up later on why - re. Bayesian theories of perception - but I'm off to dinner and a bit of Game of Thrones.</div>
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The title of this work is drawn from two disparate sources: George Gamow’s popular science book, “1,2,3,...,Infinity” (1961), which influenced me greatly as a youngster; and an anecdote recently related to me by an old friend. Apparently he was trying to explain some abstract point of Vedic philosophy to his partner, who responded, “Dennis, I am just a simple man: 1,2,3,...”. That simple act of counting which (for me) captures the sense of order that we try and place on a chaotic universe – where does it lead? What does it mean?<br />
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The painting itself is based on two of the (several hundred) gesture/figure drawings done in collaboration with Anita over the last year. As Degas pointed out over a hundred years ago, people are made for looking at one another. Yet in our post-modern era direct “slow” interaction is being replaced by a near-instantaneous technologically mediated experience of one another. But without the patient attention and attunement to one another, we lose the nuances that give life its depth.<br />
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The first reason to read it is to become familiar with the sort of abuse that one can encounter in a studio without proper safeguards; the other is the extent to which the art establishment will go to protect the abuser and blame the abused. If you are a model and are reading this I hope it brings home the fact that if you encounter these kinds of situations, you may well be left to hang and dry on your own.<br />
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Certainly the primary defence against this sort of abuse is to know your rights and enforce them. But that's very easy to say, but hard to put into practice, particularly as predators by nature tend to be very good at figuring out who, and who is not, vulnerable, and using that to their advantage.<br />
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Now I have currently an Artist/Model agreement that covers a good deal of this, but it's rather <i>ad hoc</i>; it was drawn up in discussions with the models I have worked with, and I am certainly no lawyer. I am currently working with a lawyer to make something more formal. If anyone reading this would like a copy of the former, or the latter when it is completed, just get in touch with me via this blog, or via email at caldwell.brobeck@gmail.com .<br />
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HalifaxCBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02443891200099565167noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868179964397182237.post-41848307496004951502014-05-14T10:25:00.001-03:002014-05-25T09:42:34.297-03:00Anne Marie at Richard'sWell, I finally decided to bite the bullet re. acrylics; I needed something for studies that would allow me to work as quickly as with pastel, but was more portable. So I bought a bunch, and Saturday morning took them, brushes, and one 20"x30" canvas to Richard's Saturday morning life drawing session to see what would happen. The sessions tend to go along 8 three minute gestural poses followed by a single long pose of 2 1/2 hours. So everything went onto one canvas. Then I took the result home and tarted it up....<br />
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I hope Anne Marie forgives me for this :)<br />
<br />HalifaxCBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02443891200099565167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868179964397182237.post-164002003930382402014-04-29T18:21:00.000-03:002014-04-29T18:21:43.359-03:00Off the MapThe <a href="http://halifaxartmap.com/index.php" target="_blank">Halifax Art Map</a> is holding their annual show this month at the <a href="http://www.artgalleryofnovascotia.ca/en/AGNS_Halifax/shop_rent/artrentals/default.aspx" target="_blank">Art Sales and Rental Gallery</a> at the <a href="http://www.artgalleryofnovascotia.ca/en/AGNS_Halifax/default.aspx" target="_blank">Art Gallery of Nova Scotia</a>. The opening reception is Thursday, May 1st, from 6:30-8:30. Lots of fun, and good work to look at! Bring your cheque books :)<br />
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Anita Reading Breugel:<br />
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<br />HalifaxCBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02443891200099565167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868179964397182237.post-29368730721892011682013-09-17T17:45:00.000-03:002013-09-17T17:45:43.153-03:00Anita and KafkaI was reading about Walter Benjamin recently, and one of the things he says about Kafka is that "...he divests human gesture of its traditional supports, and then has a subject for reflection without end." My world is hardly Kafkaesque, and Anita is certainly not a Kafka protagonist, but I love the sentiment.<br />
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<br />HalifaxCBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02443891200099565167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868179964397182237.post-3447675557755880262013-08-30T14:37:00.000-03:002013-08-30T18:37:19.229-03:00RuthlessThis ought to be my theme song:<br />
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<i>After they've seen <s>Paree</s> Montreal....</i></div>
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Alas, I've been left Ruthless as of last Friday. And since I've been tied up with a bunch of boring stuff since then, and since I have a pile of more finished stuff to work on, I thought I would spend a bit of time doing a little capriccio to remind myself what delightful summer it was working with Ruth.</div>
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This is based on several quick charcoal drawings I did of Ruth towards the end of the summer. It's smallish (10"x30", approximately), pastel and conte on Rives BFK.<br />
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If I take it to something more formal I'll have to find a way to work Billy (who has also taken off to greener pastures, but in B.C.) and Shorty into it....</div>
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<br />HalifaxCBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02443891200099565167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868179964397182237.post-23774163842655656782013-08-03T13:56:00.003-03:002013-08-03T13:57:15.906-03:00Ruth, ContinuedA lovely day to continue on with previous work, like <a href="http://halifaxcb.blogspot.ca/2013/08/ruth.html">this one (at the bottom of the page)</a> from Wednesday.<br />
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Wednesday was a delightful day here in Halifax - proper summer weather! And to top it off, Ruth was wearing a delightful orange sundress (is that what they're called? My fashion sense is abysmal). My only regret is that I chose to start off in charcoal. Well maybe there's another, my drawing was quite stiff to start off with. Anyway, I love the ways these things hang on her.</div>
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And as usual she struck some graceful poses.</div>
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As well as some difficult ones - some hard for me:</div>
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And some much harder for her. This one I'd really like to turn into a painting...</div>
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But first I have to finish this one. In particular I want to bring out what Ruth is doing with her feet, what with her left tucked over her right thigh and into the back of her right ankle...<br />
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The book she's reading is Victoria Finlay's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Color-A-Natural-History-Palette/dp/0812971426">Color: A Natural History of the Palette</a>.</div>
<br />HalifaxCBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02443891200099565167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868179964397182237.post-81654813093997681342013-07-27T17:42:00.000-03:002013-07-27T17:42:51.323-03:00AnitaI guess I don't exactly provide the best working conditions here. Thanks goodness Anita is a trooper!<br />
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