This is the official Blog for the EBSQ Self-Representing Artists Community, where you'll find news, reviews, site announcements, and of course, a generous helping of art!
I think Spring has come to EBSQ. Here’s a peek at some of the fantastic, fresh art from the EBSQ front page.
Fantastic art, fresh from our front page!
Fantastic art, fresh from our front page!
Fantastic art, fresh from our front page!
New art straight from our home page. Take a look and see what’s new today.
1. Art Seen: Lunga pausa di silenzio (Long Silence) is a beautiful, dream-like watercolor by Alessandro Andreuccetti. The contrasting colors pulled me in!
2. Artist Guide: PACT published an excellent article this week by Armand Carbrera on copyright – Protecting Copyright.
3. How To: “How to Video Your Art” Part 1: Camera Guide – I know some of you have been wondering!
4. In the News: The Case Against Art Show Entry Fees – Let me know what you think in the comments below!
5. Exhibits: We have two exhibits this month, Naked Trees and Airships. Don’t miss out!
This week’s Friday Five features five recent artworks from various galleries in our community. They are a taste of the diverse and amazing talent of our artists. I hope you enjoy them and have a wonderful weekend!
Please take a moment to check out the artist’s portfolios on EBSQ: Allesandro Andreuccetti, Sherry Key, Torrie Smiley, Martha Di Giovanni, and Janet M. Graham.
Today’s post is a celebration of art created in November by EBSQ artists who are also dedicated bloggers. Mind you, this is only a sample of the amazing art I’ve seen. I invite you to explore more from our gifted artists:
http://www.ebsqart.com/Artists/
Artist Featured: Kimberly Vanlandingham, Sherry Key, Gretchen Del Rio, Diane Whitehead, Patience, Marcia Baldwin, Karen Winters, Mark Satchwill, Sandra Willard, Torrie Smiley, Christine Striemer, Dia Spriggs, Carmen Medlin, Michele Lynch, Carol DeMumbrum.
Today’s Friday Five is for those of you like me, who need an extra cuppa.
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Have a great weekend!
This month’s featured gallery is Abstract: Geometric. It’s geometry as art – angles and geometric shapes used to convey feeling and mood. Assembled in a manner that often appears random but have been deliberately placed by the artist with purpose. It is a form of communication that may escape some, but to others, speaks volumes. Throughout the month of September, we are going to take a few moments to catch up with some of our artists that create abstract art with geometric shapes.
Creating abstract art is an attempt to understand what we normally do not understand, and adding geometric shapes to it, is a story telling or communication process to achieve that. Main attraction, motivation and challenges are how successfully an artist can configure a story or message just by playing with geometric shapes and colors. And I try to incorporate all that into my work. – Moshiur Rahman
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This month’s featured gallery is Abstract: Geometric. It’s geometry as art – angles and geometric shapes used to convey feeling and mood. Assembled in a manner that often appears random but have been deliberately placed by the artist with purpose. It is a form of communication that may escape some, but to others, speaks volumes. Throughout the month of September, we are going to take a few moments to catch up with some of our artists that create abstract art with geometric shapes.
Representational work provides the artist with “preset” spatial relationships. I am drawn to the abstract, as it requires me to create the space within the work. My geometrical abstract paintings contemplate space using flat shapes, color, and marks. They force me to constantly observe and consider what is happening within the piece. Using flat shapes is a further challenge as it eliminates devices, such as foreshortening. I create the worlds on my canvases, but I allow them to grow as they see fit. That is why I often refer to my canvases as “petri dishes”. Geometry is as alive as any flower!
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This month’s featured gallery is Abstract: Geometric. It’s geometry as art – angles and geometric shapes used to convey feeling and mood. Assembled in a manner that often appears random but have been deliberately placed by the artist with purpose. It is a form of communication that may escape some, but to others, speaks volumes. Throughout the month of September, we are going to take a few moments to catch up with some of our artists that create abstract art with geometric shapes.
My attraction to geometric shapes was fostered or rather ‘shaped’ in early school life by drawing designs on squared paper, by constructing drawings with a compass, and by assembling pictures using small flat wood shapes. Later as a teacher I loved the maths lessons I taught in shape and its attributes, and enjoyed seeing what the kids produced from assembling shapes, drawing around shapes, or making pictures from paper shapes. I still love using shape. My abstract shape paintings are either random compositions that please my eye, or building representations. I have a particular and life-long interest in architecture, and pare down buildings I have seen or imagined to their basic shape, while sometimes adding more shaped detail, such as window and door ornamentation, brickwork and roof tiles. I’ll use colours of reality or colours the buildings were not, with often a limited colour theme. My aim, with either totally abstract works, or architectural ones, is to show shapes and colours interacting with or against each other, and to produce atmosphere and mood. – Maeve Wright
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