Carole Gray-Weihman

1. Art is not a competition
2. Sentimentality is not art
3. The camera removed the goal of art being realistic looking & set it free
4. Art is honest authentic emotion - that’s why a great Rembrandt & your child’s drawing, for you, are equally important.
5. Art lifts us out of ourselves

Guernica (1937) knocks Korea into a cocked hat! Why? Well his Korea is cerebral & draws on Picasso’s anti-war Communist politics. Guernica is his native Spain, his people, his homeland attacked. It’s authentic emotion - not logical exposition.

Art is not censorship, BlueSky!

FFS!

Love this. [At the heart of the distinction is the recognition that those fruits are offered to the world not as a service or a transaction but as a gift — “the gift we long for, the gift that, when it comes, speaks commandingly to the soul and irresistibly moves us.”]

The Coast of Bellangenay, 1890 #paulgauguin #gauguin

"One fancies a heart like our own must be beating in every crystal and cell, and we feel like stopping to speak to the plants and animals as friendly fellow mountaineers."

Lovely, Marti!

We are in! Economic blackout on Friday.

Monochrome photograph of a group of six women and three men sitting on the edge of a field with long grass dressed in Victorian/Edwardian style fashions including the women in large hats, most are facing forwards, a woman at the back holds her arms outstretched

Radical students from the Glasgow School of Art who dubbed themselves 'The Immortals' (c.1894) including artists (back :) Frances MacDonald, (middle L-R :) Margaret Macdonald, Katharine Cameron, Janet Aitken, Agnes Raeburn and Jessie Keppie #womensart

❤️ "When we approach one another with curiosity and care without the expectation of curing each other, something paradoxical and miraculous may happen — the care may become the cure."

I completely agree.

I love this scene. It feels grounding and peaceful. Just the right amount of drama in that sky.

Lovely textures captured here! I'm so long overdue for a visit to the Cape. A magical place.

Impact. Drama. Less is more. Just love this.

Diane Ackerman on What Working at a Suicide Prevention Hotline Taught Her About Loneliness and Resilience “So often loneliness comes from being out of touch with parts of oneself.”

Poet Diane Ackerman on what working at a suicide prevention hotline taught her about loneliness and resilience

I've long admired Wegmann's work. She was a force in her time.

Woman sewing in an interior (1891)
Bertha Wegmann (1847-1926)
#art #quote #painting #arts #finearts
#luizsantosarts

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Working solo on our craft, we can too often get tunnel vision even if we feel we're on the right path. At #PACE25 , we have the chance to experiment and consider other directions that could propel our vision further than if we didn't venture out of our comfort zone of what's familiar. #pleinair

I hope those who are on the fence about going to #PACE25 make the leap today before the price goes up. I'm honored to be on faculty again this year. I hope to see some familiar faces and meet other plein air painters on the same path.

Lovely color harmony.

So great to see you here, Ned. And such a beauty of a painting.

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Thank you, Marcy. 🙏 Good to see your recent works too, btw. It's been a very long time since we've connected. ❤️

A painting from Washington Square Park! @katerado.bsky.social have a class on gouache painting coming up with Sketchboard. First day is inside learning about gouache and observation, and the second day is Plein air painting in Washington Square Park! There are very few spots left.

APEXART OPEN CALLS
International Deadline: March 1, 2025 – New York's Apexart offers exhibition opportunities for anyone, anywhere, to turn their idea into an exhibition. Creative exhibition ideas sought, $10,000+ budget, honorariums… Visit artdeadline.com/ops/apexart-2/

FEBRUARY PLEINAIR SALON ONLINE ART COMPETITION
International Deadline: February 28, 2025 – PleinAir Magazine Salon Online Art Competition. 23 monthly winners with $50,000 in prizes, exhibition, publication. Paintings need not be completed in plein air… Visit pleinairsalon.com/deadline for details

Awakening—not just of the body, but of the self. ☕

A landscape oil painting hanging on a wall above a leather couch in a white and tan interior with built-in shelves and rustic decor. The painting on the wall is titled "Reflections". It's 16 by 20 inches, framed by a custom arched Masterworks Frame, and there's an announcement stating that it will be exhibited at the Salmagundi Club New Members Invitational Exhibition Feb 18-Mar 14, 2025. And that the opening reception is Feb 27. The address for Rockwell Gallery is posted at the bottom and the address reads: 47 Fifth Avenue @ 12th Street | New York, NY

Hi all! My painting, "Reflections", will be exhibited at the Salmagundi Club New Members Invitational Exhibition Feb 18-Mar 14, 2025. Opening reception is Feb 27. salmagundi.org/2025-scny-ne... to RSVP. I'm not attending, but hope some of my #EastCoastKin are able to. #salmagundi #art #painting

You nailed it! 😂