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Submit your Poetry to the Festival. Three Options: 1) To post. 2) To have performed by an actor 3) To be made into a film.

Painting over old sketches. Time to PLAY and WARM UP…. — My Life as an Artist (2)

I am often asked the question – When is a painting finished? This quote from Jidda Krishnamurti is my jumping off point for thoughts on this subject. ‘There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination and finish education. The whole of life, from the […]

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LIFE SKETCHES – PASTEL AND ACRYLIC — graham mcquade

The final life session finished last week, so here are my last live figurative paintings for a while. I have been alternating between pastel and acrylic of late rather than sticking to one medium and have ground to a halt developmentally. This imposed hiatus might give me time to work up some of these images. […]

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Azaleas and Daffodils / pastel sketches — The Plein Air Experience

What I’m really looking for is Redbud trees. I thought it’s too early, then I saw a couple on my way home starting to bloom. They’re hard to spot if they’re not blooming because they’re small twisty trees. I’ll keep looking for the Redbuds but if I can’t find them I’ll draw other flowers. This […]

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“Love people and use things because the opposite never works.” — Art of Quotation

“Love people and use things because the opposite never works.” Joshua Fields Millburn, author, movie quote from Minimalism – A Documentary About Important Things

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“I’m completely overwhelmed by the nature of our reality. We’ve been working on this version of man for a thousand years. He lives longer, he’s healthier, but…” — Art of Quotation

“I’m completely overwhelmed by the nature of our reality. We’ve been working on this version of man for a thousand years. He lives longer, he’s healthier, but he’s still an unproven product. Still the same greedy little bastard.” Duane Michaels, photographer

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“My artistic problem is not reality. It is what I call truth.” — Art of Quotation

“In the end, reality interests me less than truth. Reality is the social aspect. Newspapers and tv are full of it. My artistic problem is not reality. It is what I call truth. Something which is more unworldly” Catherine Breillat, Director, French

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“I hope with this mural people will realize we have to take care of the world.” — Art of Quotation

“I hope with this mural people will realize we have to take care of the world.” source Argentine muralist Andres Iglesias, who signs his art with the pseudonym Cobre, regarding his San Francisco mural of environmental activist Greta Thunberg

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In Memory: “The [art] work became how I knew I was a whole human being.” — Art of Quotation

“I think I always wondered if I did exist, ’cause everything that made me kind of rich died away, dropped away early in my life. The work became how I knew I was a whole human being.” “She hit upon one of her signature methods while living on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in […]

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