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All art is contemporary now

By dave dorsey, 875 contributed posts
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About the author: A good friend of Ashland artist Sarah F. Burns, David Dorsey is an author and freelance writer who has been painting longer than he’s been writing. He decided, in 2006, to focus primarily on visual art and begin exploring the nature of painting, by both doing it and writing about it. He’s the author of The Force (Random House) and The Cost of Living (Viking), and numerous articles for national magazines. His award-winning paintings have been exhibited at museums, galleries and universities in the United States and Europe. We've syndicated David's excellent blog at Sarah's request so we can all enjoy his well written insights on the world of art.

During my tour of the L.A. Art Show in January, a glimpse of Elise Ansel’s work from a distance reeled me into the Ellsworth booth about as quickly and effectively as anything I spotted in my tour of the entire fair. It was a small study based on a Poussin painting, reducing the original image […]

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March 2nd, 2017 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Art Matters..., Art Matters...to Everyone!, Contributed Posts, Musings, represent, by Dave Dorsey | Comments are closed

Doctors use their hands for more than healing

By Southern Oregon Artists Resource, 1762 contributed posts
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About the author: SOAR: The Southern Oregon Artist's Resource is a directory of Southern Oregon artists, artisans and those who serve them and calendar of their art events, and Art Matters!, our blog posting Southern Oregon art events and matters of interest to artists, enthusiasts and patrons of the arts near and far. SOAR was created and is maintained by art advocate and web designer Hannah West in Jacksonville, Oregon to promote our diverse and talented arts community to our visitors and the rest of the world.
This painting shows surgeons at work on a patient. It will be on display at the Albany Museum of Art until December 30th. This painting shows surgeons at work on a patient. It will be on display at the Albany Museum of Art until December 30th.

“The hands that heal can also be the hands that create.” Medicine is one of the most rigorous areas of study that a person can take up. And it would seem to have nothing to do with art. But medicine deals with the human body, and so it has often been the subject of artists. “In the Renaissance, physicians and artists started working together to really do a scientific study of the human body.” says Nick Nelson, Director of the Albany Museum of Art.

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October 15th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Art Benefiting Community, Art for Healing, Art From the Heart, Art Matters... | Comments are closed

Guess The Artist

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The vanitas painting below was created by this Dutch Golden Age artist. Guess the answer in the poll below and come back tomorrow for the…

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August 11th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Art Forms, Art Matters...to Everyone!, Art World News, Huffington Post Art News, in Oil, Masters and Masterworks, Painting, Reviews, to Artists, to Collectors, to Residents | Comments are closed