Some excerpts from my final critique at the Musuem School, final meaning not only end of the semester but end of my time here completely. I"ll be graduating in a couple weeks, moving back to my parents house, and turning my mom's gardening shed into a studio.
"I was concerned about her statement of not feeling like most of her work was finished, and not feeling like part of a community. Also about the possibility of not continuing to paint."
"I feel good about her prospects, her painting has grown a lot this year even though there is more progress to make."
"Use your doubts about art as a metaphor for a more generalized investigation of doubt."
"The underlying content is very rich- something about toxicity and the natural world, something about breath (life and death) something about above the surface and below the surface."
"Be ready for a probably rough transition."
It looks like I've been rejected from two art administration internships, and rejected from one residency in Long island, but luckily accepted to a different residency in Vermont for the month of October.
I expect Deviantart will be the sole audience for the work I'll hopefully make within the next 5 months, if I manage to keep it going. Expect different subject matter and something new completely, don't know what yet...
"Art tells us nothing about the world that we cannot find elsewhere and more reliably." -Morse Peckham
ShopDreamUp AI ArtDreamUp
Portland, OR
Have been living in Portland, OR for the past 6 months, pretty much painting full-time. I have my first ever "solo show" coming up next week, at Mag-Big, a retail shop with a gallery space in the back room. Very excited!
Of Land and Sea: New Paintings by Johanna Robinson
December 16th through January 14th
Opening Reception: Saturday, December 18th 6pm - 9pm
Mag-Big
3279 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR
Brooklyn Art Library
Check out my sketchbook at the Brooklyn Art Library!
201 Richards St #16
Brooklyn, NY 11231
It's part of a permanent collection so you can go anytime. Check the website for hours:
http://www.arthousecoop.com/library
Paula's Garden
Here's a book I published for my mom's birthday of photographs that I've taken of her garden:
http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1062677
You can click on the book preview to see all the pictures. I hope to publish some art books soon too!
Figure Drawing is my Savior
There are many things I don't know; Why I'm making artwork, what I'm making artwork about, whether or not I should even continue trying to make a career for myself as an artist. The one thing I do know: I love figure drawing, always have and always will, and that gives me hope. I can't think of any other activity that I know with such certainty that I enjoy, and every time without fail. That I can just do without thinking for hours on end until I lose track of the time. No questions about "why" or "what for" - the purpose is always very clear, just draw what you see. The past few months I've been going to an open session once a week. In unde
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giving free body work at the SMFA health fairs is high on my list of things I will miss about leaving boston.
Congrats on your graduation and your residency in Vermont.
Congrats on your graduation and your residency in Vermont.