Personal 27 Oct 2006 03:39 pm
Great Blog: The Painting Journalist
This blog is best blog I’ve seen in awhile The Painting Journalist by Ashley Cecil. It’s like Hugh, but better!
A snippet from Ashley’s about page:
Welcome to the marriage of painting and social activism. I’ve been creating art ever since discovering that my mom’s Chanel lipstick made a great oil pastel. Through formal art education and years of professional experience, the adult version of this vocation has evolved into my own job title, “painting journalist.” I’m addressing philanthropic issues utilizing painting as my medium of communication. Much like a photojournalist, I travel to locations/events of cultural interest and capture them, only with my brush.
I can’t describe it any better than that.
The image on in this post is a painting for sale on Ashley’s site, which I particularly like. I once tried to paint a bronze nude statue. It was a total mess trying to handle all the light both bouncing off the statue and absorbed by the statue… Ugh, I’m frustrated just thinking about it. My past experience made me appreciate the choices she made in this painting. My online archive of work pales in comparison, but this is a good opportunity to link to it nonetheless.
Oh, and the icing on the cake is I found this blog via my MyBlogLog widget on my site. Apparently, Ashley has visited The Gong Show recently. MyBlogLog Rocks.
3 Responses to “Great Blog: The Painting Journalist”
on 23 Nov 2006 at 1:29 am 1.Portrait Artist said …
It’s not a mess actually. Your effort of trying to capture all the light that is being reflected and absorbed by your statue is a success. You have perfectly captured it. As an artist myself, light is something that makes me surrender most of the time. But in your case, you’re such a genius on this.
John
on 22 Jul 2007 at 1:45 pm 2.Hadi Susumu said …
Back in the U.S.S.R Hadi Susumu.
on 19 Sep 2007 at 9:24 am 3.Ruud Orlagh said …
damn all these beautiful gir. Ruud Orlagh.