Posted: April 16, 2012, Last Updated: April 16, 2012
| John R. Math
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces a call for entries with the theme “Figurative” for a juried art competition for the month of May 2012. The gallery would like for all 2D artists (including photography) to send us your best interpretation of the theme “Figurative” by depicting the human form or human features. “Figurative” is considered to be figures, forms and faces for inclusion into the gallery’s June 2012 online Group Art Exhibition. We will accept art on this subject that is either representational or abstract, but please, do not submit any erotic ...
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Posted: May 16, 2011, Last Updated: May 19, 2011
| Robin Wethe Altman
It took me many years to find a better sense of security. Not just years, but pain. Pain is a good thing. It tells you that something isn’t right. I did all sorts of things to avoid the pain, but until I stepped forward and claimed myself, I didn’t get my release. On a spiritual level it’s about “self-realization”. I love that term because it signifies that what transformation is about is the realization! The realization of who you really are. It’s not about becoming something “else”. It’s about peeling off a skin that doesn’t fit you anymore. What’s underneath has always been there. One ...
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figurative,
contemporary,
woman,
woman sleeping,
couch,
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San Francisco,
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contemporary art,
folk art,
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Posted: May 16, 2011, Last Updated: May 19, 2011
| Robin Wethe Altman
I was in Barnes and Noble one day and found a book about Alphonse Mucha. I didn't know much about this artist before finding and reading the book. Although I did take art appreciation and art history classes in college, I was far more interested in my own self discovery than I was in other artists. I think a lot of us artists are self absorbed. But anyway, I am impressed by his sense of design and line work. I also love the way he portrays women. Alphones's women are classy women though feminine as well. I decided to allow myself to experiment with a little of his flavor in my painting, "She ...
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woman,
vineyard,
sepia,
monochromatic,
romantic,
American art,
art nouveau - art deco,
contemporary art,
other (or all categories),
Alphonse Mucha
