This Old Palette: October 2011

The Restless Model

Last Sunday's model had difficulty holding the pose,
and some artists were quite frustrated.

But I think her discomfort actually helped Bo Zhang make a memorable painting.

Perhaps Gauguin's model also had a problem holding still.

Plein Air Painters of Chicago - 2011

Stephanie Weidner
Bar at the Palmer House

Stehanie Weidner
The Double Door

Stephanie Weidner

Nancie King Mertz

Mort Luby

Martha Stevens

Leslie Outten

Lee Radtke

Kevin Haller

Kathy Hirsh

Jill Zylke

Ginny Pitre-Hay

Errol Jacobson

Don Yang

Barbara Herring

Tim Leeming

Steve Slaske

Jeffrey Baumgartner

Panel Discussion

Just found this this Youtube video shot during a panel discussion at last year's edition of Weekend with the Masters

Moderated by Richard Schmid , they addressed the following question:

Are all these wonderful new digital tools going to help us or present a danger to the spiritual growth of this movement (realism)

Panelists included (left to right) :

Carolyn Anderson

Daniel Gerhartz

Rose Frantzen

Scott Burdick

Richard Schmid

Quang Ho

Sherrie McGraw

Jeremy Lipking

These are all exceptionally bright, successful, handsome, creative people, and if you watch all seven segments, you'll find the Palette and Chisel mentioned at least twice.

It's fun to watch them speak and then look at their paintings, although, usually, for me, there's a disconnect and as one internet curmudgeon has written:

"Panel discussions aren't a means to any real end, they are just a PR ploy --another opportunity to find new students and sell DVD's ---This panel was also conspicuously inbred. They forgot to invite any real opposition ---They had started out as classicists or idealists of some sort, and had tried to define themselves in opposition to the main line of current thought in art. But Modernism got them anyway."

More of my own comments are found here .

Art For Misericordia

Zhiwei Tu

"The Mission of Misericordia/Heart of Mercy is to support individuals with developmental disabilities in maximizing their level of independence and self-determination within an environment that fosters spirituality, dignity, respect and enhancement of quality of life."

Mary Qian has organized another edition of her "East-West" show as a fund-raiser for this institution. The show also includes pieces done by students of Misericordia art therapy programs as well.

More information about the show can be found on its own website