by Scott | Feb 22, 2019 | Art Critique
ART CRITIQUE #31 MARY-LOU BOULANGER ABSTRACTING THE TRADITIONAL (Suggested for Stage Three; Learning) Acrylic and multi-media artist Mary-Lou Boulanger is wanting to take her more traditional floral paintings to a more abstract and looser direction. To simplify, she...
by Scott | Jan 16, 2019 | Art Critique
ART CRITIQUE #30 ANDREA WILLOW GROUPING VALUES FOR SIMPLICITY (Suggested for Stage Three; Learning) Andrea Willow paints wonderful intuitive paintings full of color, shapes and narrative. Lately she has been desiring some simplicity in her work. She understands the...
by Scott | Dec 21, 2018 | Art Critique
ART CRITIQUE #29 REBECCA JANES LEARNING FROM YOUR SERIES (Suggested for Stage Three; Learning) Rebecca Janes is beginning a new series of paintings, inspired by one successful piece that seemed to “just happen.” Listen in to this art critique with Susan, and learn how...
by Scott | Nov 26, 2018 | Art Critique
ART CRITIQUE #28 LOUISE FLETCHER FORGING AN AUTHENTIC VOICE (Suggested for Stage Five; Flow) For this month’s art critique we have the pleasure of speaking with Louise Fletcher. Having started off largely painting abstracted landscapes, since becoming part of the...
by Scott | Oct 16, 2018 | Art Critique
ART CRITIQUE #27 SUSAN HART BRINGING BIG SPACE TO YOUR WORK (Suggested for Stage Three; Learning) In this month’s Art Critique, Susan Hart came to Nick in search of a cure for small shape-itis. Her desire has been to bring space to her paintings, giving room to the...
by Scott | Sep 21, 2018 | Art Critique
ART CRITIQUE #26 KAREN STAMPER STRENGTHENING DESIGN, WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE IS WORKING (Suggested for Stage Three; Learning) In this month’s Art Critique, Karen Stamper was wanting her paintings to feel bigger, but with a tendency to get hung up on certain areas, her...
by Scott | Aug 21, 2018 | Art Critique
ART CRITIQUE #25 PENNY FORREST ONLY YOU CAN PAINT LIKE YOU! (Suggested for Stage Three; Learning) Working from memory, representational artist, Penny Forrest seeks beauty in the everyday and the ordinary. In this Art Critique with Nicholas, she simply wanted to know...
by Scott | Jun 6, 2018 | Art Critique
ART CRITIQUE #24 EILEEN HARWOOD BALANCING THE LEFT AND RIGHT BRAIN (Suggested for Stage Three, Learning) Eileen Harwood is inspired by various materials and techniques, wanting to bring something out in a piece. She feels comfortable with her grasp of the principles,...
by Scott | Jun 5, 2018 | Art Critique
ART CRITIQUE #23 MARJORIE CLAUS CHOOSING A DIRECTION (Suggested for Stage Three; Learning) In this month’s Art Critique, Marjorie Claus shares two different directions she was going in her work. She found herself stuck by not being quite sure which of these directions...
by Scott | May 14, 2018 | Art Critique
ART CRITIQUE #22 ELIZABETH NEEDHAM ORGANIZING VALUES (Suggested for Stage Three; Learning) Elizabeth Needham wanted to keep the feeling of her softer paintings, but also have enough loud conversation to draw people in. See how Nicholas delivers exactly this by...
