Monday, November 23, 2020

Ronit Joy Holtz

Ronit Joy Holtz:  Israeli artist, former AP artist, AIS alum, and SCAD graduate.

An exploration of a wide range of media with very personal themes.

'6 Hills of Rome' 2018

"Inked in for a Spatial Prophecy" 2018
Acrylic, gauche, ink, oil pastel, crayon, spray paint, collage, fabric, Shabbat candle wax, anointing oil, wooden posts on canvas

"The Doorbell that rings the Middle East" Zaatar, Dead Sea Salt, Kiddush cup, light socket, teeth, door knob, soil, collage, enamel, acrylic, spray paint, and ink on panel, 60 x 40"
 

Note her practice, experimentation, and revision of her ideas, processes, and materials in her drawings and sketchbooks



A short documentary about Ronit. It gives very good insight into the meaning behind her work as well as provides a window into her studio and process.

link to her Exhibit HERE

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

The AIS Art Studio

 The AIS art studio. The students have been very quiet since returning from the lockdown. 

Sunday, November 15, 2020

Drawing Artists: Part II

Approaching the subject with a varied range of mark making with mixed media (Click Here for part I)

Cy Twombly 'Leda and the Swan'

Leonardo Da Vinci, study of a woman's hands

Dryden Goodwin 'Cradle' detail, 2008, scratched photograph

Richard Busk, 2001


Willem De Kooning, "Attic" 1949

Charles Avery, view from the port of Onomatopoeia, detail, 2009


Adele Underwood, "The Dalliance" 

R B Kitaj, 'Ashmolean Drawing' 1958

Anita Taylor,  "Resigned" 2004

Mick Maslen, Dehydrated Bird

Dale Berning, Ossia II, 2008


David Parr, Sketchbook, 2008

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Drawing Artists

With drawing, there is a heavy focus on variety of line and mark making. (Click Here for drawing artists Part II)

Jake and Dinos Chapman  TV Drawing, 2002

Franziska Furter Internal Friction, 2009

Keith Tyson MC 4 Molecular Compound, 1999

William Kentridge, Flute Drawing

Shahzia Sikander, Monks and Novices, Novice Phouvanh, 2006

12th Grade Student Ariana,  Figure drawing with a blow dryer

Dryden Goodwin, Head Studies

Kate Atkin, Head, 2010


Alberto Giacometti, Portrait of Annette

Martin Wilner, Making History

Claude Heath, Ben Nevis

"Loop (B. Lozano, Bolsonaro eve) 2020, Ink and Acrylic on Canvas



Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Projection Art and Artists

Artists using a variety of images and subject matter projected in both galleries an in urban landscapes. (Link to Center For Projection Art)

Artist Yandell Walton

Uprise

Traces

Connecting Systems

Shifting Surrounds Exhibit by Yandell Walton

Highlights from the 2019 Gertrude Street Projection Festival 


Alta Media Sun World Art Chamber