Left Brain Artists
Mind filler story Where are we marching towards – as individuals and society? What awaits us at the end of the path we travel, intentionally or accidentally, the path so difficult to divert from? The question is both existential and philosophical. We all carry the burden of that path, as well as its joys. Do […]
Mixed media art One of our fellow studio artists, speaking of her art process, said once: ‘..I start by splashing some inks onto the paper to see what happens…’ ..and then, a background, a serendipity, inspires the rest… How many incredible artworks have emerged from a splashed-on backgrounds? A foundation, beginning, an insinuation, a subtle […]
Irresistible attraction Curiously, most of us are cat lovers. Animal lovers, rather. Living with cats, it is impossible not to rejoice in their elegance, posture, curiosity, playfulness, hunting instincts. Cats, often depicted in art pieces, as a sole subject, as a companion of people, women (revisit here some of woman/cat companion paintings), participants in domestic […]
Monoprints of original drawings Sometimes, triggered by an impulse or a detail on an emerging work, I get overwhelmed with an urge to go back to my old paintings or sketches – there must be some kind of a continuity of thought, a thread linking past and present despite the evolution of the artistic style or […]
Gel plate image transfer Things are not always as we see them. Every image has layers – surface, underneath-background, and invisible. Gel plate image transfers allow us to rearrange these layers into something utterly unexpected. The invisible emerges, secrets of the image revealed. A transformation. We do not fully control this transformation – we are just […]
Rice paper monotype prints Line in art comprises one of the seven most known elements (the other six being form, shape, value, color, texture, and space). These are formal art tools that are applied to create a visual art composition and span across all fine arts, photography, architecture… In a very simple classification, lines (in […]
Left Brain Artists