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Artist of the moment……….Amy Sillman

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Amy Sillman is an American painter who is renown for her portraits which are psychological studies of people in addition to her abstract paintings. Amy Sillman was born in Detroit, Michigan in the year 1966.

Sillman attended the School of Visual Arts located in New York City earning a B.F.A. The artist went on to earn a M.F.A. from Bard College also located in New York City.

Sillman is based out of New York City.

Over her career the artist has won many awards including fellowships from the National Endowment of the Arts, the Pollack- Krasner Foundations, and the Guggenheim.

Price range information: Sillman works in many mediums including etching, watercolor, gouache, and oils. Works range from $5,000 to $150,000.

Below a link to the website of the artist:

http://www.amysillman.com/pages/index.php

In this clip a brief interview with Amy Sillman:

Here we catch up with the great James Kalm to view a show featuring Sillman and Anna Sew Hoy:

The range of style of painting of Amy Sillman is amazing. Sillman’s portraits remind of Lucien Freud’s etchings. Sillman is also a fantastic abstract painter great at producing interesting shapes alongside her bold color choices.

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Awesome Acrylic Artist series…..John Bowdren….

{ February 10, 2012 @ 2:36 pm } · { Uncategorized }
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this artist not only paints wonderful acrylics, but oils and watercolors as well. He is known for painting boats.  His paintings of the sea inspire me  as an artist. So many different textures that the artists paints. The skin of the human figure, the reflections of the water, the old sea faring boats, even rocks all painted so the viewer can easily imagine touching them.

Below is a link to the artist’s website. The website is great because the artist’s gives a brief description about the piece, sometimes where it is painted and why he likes the piece or what inspired him to paint it.

The artist attended the school of visual arts in New York City. Has lived in many coastal areas like Seattle and Connecticut but his favorite place to live is in Maine. The artist is most excited by the quality of light that exists in Maine.

The artist even works in wood and sculpture to make prints. What a master of many mediums!

Hopefully seeing some works by this artist extraordinaire will cause you to try a new medium to express yourself. Acrylics are great to help you improve your oils as you can paint faster since they dry quickly. So if you are studying on various methods of painting grass, say a tightly rendered Andy Wyeth painting if you were to use egg tempera it would take a few days, with acrylics it would take only a few hours. Plus no smell and easy cleanup!

Happy painting!

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