Artist's Magazine - USA (2020-05)

ArtistsNetwork.com 39 “I WOULDN’T HAVE EXPECTED THAT USING SUCH A TOOL WOULD IMPROVE MY PAINTINGS, BUT SOMEHOW IT DOES.” —PAUL B ...

40 Richard Schmid, the master artist who wrote definitive books on direct painting, captures not only the world he sees but also ...

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42 Artists Magazine May 2020 Richard Schmid, widely regarded as one of America’s preeminent painters and a great advocate of imp ...

ArtistsNetwork.com 43 Sketch of Helga THE IMPORTANCE OF SHAPES 1969; oil on panel, 10x12 I painted Sketch of Helga quickly with ...

44 Artists Magazine May 2020 Louise B. Hafesh (LBH): Who had the greatest influence on you as an artist? Richard Schmid (RS): Wh ...

ArtistsNetwork.com 45 WORKINGS OF IMAGINATION In the image at left, Schmid sits in front of his partially painted still life, Or ...

46 Artists Magazine May 2020 methods along with the support- ing technology was in many cases methodically phased out of school ...

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48 Artists Magazine May 2020 SCHMID’S MATERIALS Surface:Schmidsays, “Ilikea fairlynonabsorbent surfaceandprefertoprep myowncanva ...

ArtistsNetwork.com 49 ABOUT THE ARTIST Richard Schmid, who holds a doctorate in fine art, has been the focus of 50 one-man shows ...

50 Artists Magazine May 2020 In response to consumerism, Anselmo Swan imbues drawings and paintings of common objects with uncom ...

ArtistsNetwork.com 51 “Creative expression can be very rewarding in spite of how challenging art-making can be,” says Anselmo Sw ...

52 Artists Magazine May 2020 AN ADVOCATE FOR FORMALISM The fascinating paradox manifested in Swan’s subjects—objects of immediat ...

ArtistsNetwork.com 53 one has to give a painting a chance. Especially at the start, I find that I just have to develop it more t ...

54 Artists Magazine May 2020 “These experiences are where inspi- ration to create one’s own work is most felt. I have had wonder ...

ArtistsNetwork.com 55 ABOVE Tinfoil No. 2 graphite and white Conté on toned paper, 15x22 TOP Tinfoil No. 1 graphite and white Co ...

56 Artists Magazine May 2020 He says, “I don’t buy premade browns, grays or blacks. I feel I’d be missing out on the richness an ...

ArtistsNetwork.com 57 MEETANSELMOSWAN BornandraisedinBritishColumbia,AnselmoSwan(anselmoswan.com) isa graduateofEmilyCarrUnivers ...

58 Artists Magazine May 2020 “I’d been working on making a purely abstract piece, but it wasn’t coming together,” says Wright of ...