Just let go!

Referring to Kristin’s posting (Do not fear! April 20th), this class exercise came to me during Studio Italia of October 2006. I have painted a small painting in Cortona while the participants were working on their canvases.  The painting was unsuccessful since all my...

The arrival of Surrealism in Canada

A review of the March 10, 2010 conference on ‘The Arrival of  Surrealism in Canada’ given by Prof. Yves M. Larocque at the National Art Gallery by Nancy Brandsma (March 24, 2010) Jock Macdonald, Untitled (1946), watercolor, priv. coll. As an accomplished public...

Do not fear!

Destruction is also good! Kristin Willemsen (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) In painting class a few months ago, Prof. Yves Larocque encouraged us ”let go” with our art work by destroying and rebuilding our paintings we had just completed. This exercise taught us to not be...
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