TODAY'S FEATURED POST
Fear of Photos
Working from photos comes up every semester I teach. The students are always concerned that it’s cheating. Ridiculous. If you know how to train yourself to draw, then photography is not an issue. It can help you see. Here’s why… The camera does not capture the reality we experience. A photograph is a representation of reality, not a copy of it. A painting doesn’t copy reality either. It doesn’t come close. It is a representation,…
YESTERDAY’S POST
Fischer Paints: Breathing in the Stardust
January 14, 2025 - Ahhh Ziggy... You know of all of Bowie's personas, he is perhaps the most iconic. The music, the hair, the outfits, that lightning bolt. Heh, my father saw this piece in process. Dad is 80 years old and I don't think I've ever heard the man mention Bowie, or Ziggy, or hum one of the tunes the Spiders from Mars created. But when he saw this he said... "David." He didn't say "David?" But "David." with a period. I took that as a thumbs up. Though truth be told, I was chasing more of an essence than a likeness. (We took some liberties with that hair!) Once upon a time I was writing a book called "Being Bowie" about a kid in junior high who took inspiration from Bowie. In the story the kid had…
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