George Baldessin: Allure and Estrangement

May 06, 2010 in drawing, education, reflection

I like it when the forms of our human engagement and experience are both beautiful and unsettling. It is a wonderful instinct to tap into when painting because it counteracts...

Painting and Drawing | Marking Time

April 29, 2010 in drawing, painting

Painting is slow going - it can take me weeks and months to release a work through my gallery - but I have accepted this as part of my working method now. It's better to understand rather than fight against this, however tempting it may be to turn paintings over in the hope of rapid sales.

For the love of marks

Here is a recent drawing that required considerable revisions over time. I rarely share drawings with others (much less exhibit them), but I include a few development shots here for those of you curious to see what happens as time and experience moves through a work.. Admittedly, there were a few things lost I wish I could've retrieved but I believe in the need to accept certain losses in art making.

2010 Momentum: April News

April 06, 2010 in analysis, drawing, events

Places for this Saturday's workshop at Nyora Studio gallery filled very quickly and I was asked to conduct a second session the following week. Both workshops have sold out too which is great as I get to meet new artists...

Subjects Inexhaustible

December 19, 2009 in drawing

As for many artists, it is not unusual to find yourself up against a wall of your own making, accosted by your own doubts, insecurities and anxieties about art and life...