Jun

5

Art of the Now – a video essay of ephemeral art

June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment

[video essay, ephemeral art] by Nancy S.M. Waldman Ephemeral art is everywhere. Often it isn’t thought of as art with a capital “A.” By its nature, it can’t be bought, sold, collected, moved about easily, and it is impermanent. However, with photography and video we now can and do capture and make relatively permanent even [...]

Jan

25

Winter Lights on Second Life

January 25, 2008 | 1 Comment

[art, virtual worlds] Winter Lights, an art and photography exhibit, has just opened in the Gallerie Octaviana. The show features work from Mad Swiss Cow, Marcel Moré, Sume, Marjie Kennedy, Pirate Johnny, Smiling da Vinci, and Nancy Waldman on the first floor of the expansive gallery space. Upstairs are two new installations of a Circleworks [...]

Sep

28

Legitimate Distractions

September 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment

“Mount Desert Dragons” acrylic on canvas 16″ x 20″ © 2007 Tyler Darvintyne; all rights reserved It’s wonderful to think that The PCQ has enough history and pure BULK to it that I can be distracted for so many weeks and still have new and renewable readers drop by everyday. Welcome to you all! Over [...]

Aug

15

“The world looks after artists”

August 15, 2007 | 2 Comments

[-painting, process, interview-] Interview with artist, Donna Marsh by Nancy Waldman let’s get lost; oil on canvas, 24 x 36 inches; © 2007 donna marsh, all rights reserved Do you paint from photos? what’s in front of you? memory? imagination? I paint from photos and from what’s in front of me. I’m interested in painting [...]

Aug

1

c-ART-egories

August 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-warm-up, drawing-] Here’s a creative warm-up exercise that uses categories. Choose a category each day to draw in your journal. Divide your paper into 8 – 12 small sections. Decide on the length of time you want to devote to this. My suggestion is to start with no more than ten minutes. Quicker sketches will [...]

Jun

30

Paper Artists

June 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-art, handmade paper-] My own beginner’s interest in the possibilities of handmade paper led me to start looking at artist’s who work with this medium. Below are works from three who take the raw material of handmade paper and make it into much more. The variety is indeed inspiring. © 2007 elaine kerr, all rights [...]

Jun

18

Heritage Art

June 18, 2007 | 1 Comment

[-fiber art, alterations-] mormors syskrin grandmothers sewingbox Originally uploaded by gunnels. This morning’s inspiration comes from Gunnel Svensson of Sweden. She posted this lovely sampler to the flickr Practically Creative pool. It’s made of things from her grandmother’s sewing box. What treasures! What a wonderful idea! Most of us who love fabrics, also love collecting [...]

May

31

Woman in Art Video

May 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-video, art-] This is a first for me to post a youtube video, but I was so delighted with this one that I thought I’d try bringing it to The PCQ. It’s from Eggman Films and it’s 2 minutes and 52 seconds. Enjoy! Here’s a link to all eggman’s videos Thanks to Laurie for bringing [...]

May

27

Cross-pollination

May 27, 2007 | 3 Comments

[process, inspiration] Book box Originally uploaded by cramzy. A Good Sunday Morning in May to you all! The photo to the right is one from The Practically Creative Group on flickr. It’s posted by ‘cramzy,’ a wonderful fibre artist whose work has impressed me continually. Cramzy, also known as Emmy Schoonbeek, does all kinds of [...]

May

18

contour drawings

May 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-r-mindfulness, exercise-] by Nancy Waldman Before beginning your creative work for the day, try this as a warm-up. It is an excellent way to access your R-mind and to lift your awareness from everyday mode into a heightened realm. This warm-up is a drawing exercise but it’s not just for visual artists. It will help [...]

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