Archive for February 9, 2015

Artist of the moment………..Francis Horne Senior

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Francis Horne Sr. is a self taught first nations artist renown for his work with masks and totem poles. Francis Horne was born in Mount Vernon, Washington in the year 1954.

Horne represents is a member of the First Nations family the Coast Salish.

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The artist began carving in 1973.

Horne, in a similar manner of the Inuit people, sometimes uses items in his work that cannot be removed from Canada such as whalebone. Make sure to review your mask or totem from this artist to make sure it can be shipped to your house!

I enjoy the animated qualities and sense of life that comes through the masks and totem poles of this artist.

The artist is now based out of Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada.

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Artist of the moment…………Michael Glier

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Michael Glier is an American artist renown for his work with the figure. Glier was born in the year 1953. The artist attended Williams College located Williamstown, Massachusetts earning a B.A.. The artist went on to earn a M.F.A. from Hunter College located in New York City. In addition the artist took classes at the Whitney Museum and also the Rhode Island School of Design.

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A link to the website of the artist:

http://mikeglier.net/

Glier is also a wonderful teacher of anatomy and drawing the human figure. In this clip Glier talks about teaching:

Glier enjoys working with mixed media including charcoal and acrylics using non-traditional backgrounds such as fiberglass. Glier began working en plein air in 2009. He has traveled to locations around the globe to paint fantastic landscapes that show the climate differences between Canada, the Virgin Islands, and New York City.

I enjoy Glier’s use of shape to build solid forms on a flat surface. Glier also has a keen sense of design in his landscapes that keep the eyes of the viewer constantly shifting about the picture. His landscapes are a great mix of realism and abstraction.

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