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Fact #2: I have a fascination with Greece that is beyond my comprehension. Blogged at drawingonnature.blogspot.com
A graphite pencil pet portrait of a Collie cross, donated as a prize for the best in show in a pet dog show.
another one of my Sophia series: graphite pencil on heavy acid-free Strathmore vellum, measures 9"x12" (23cm x 30.5cm)
Charcoal on paper
Although Hopper later discounted his illustrations as "potboilers," he thrived as a commercial artist. He produced hundreds of drawings, and occasionally oil sketches, for magazines and advertisements between 1906 and 1925.
[Whitney Museum of American Art]
Taken in the exhibition
Edward Hopper’s New York
(October 2022 – March 2023)
For Edward Hopper, New York was a city that existed in the mind as well as on the map, a place that took shape through lived experience, memory, and the collective imagination. It was, he reflected late in life, “the American city that I know best and like most.”
The city of New York was Hopper’s home for nearly six decades (1908–67), a period that spans his entire mature career. Hopper’s New York was not an exacting portrait of the twentieth-century metropolis. During his lifetime, the city underwent tremendous development—skyscrapers reached record-breaking heights, construction sites roared across the five boroughs, and an increasingly diverse population boomed—yet his depictions of New York remained human-scale and largely unpopulated. Eschewing the city’s iconic skyline and picturesque landmarks, such as the Brooklyn Bridge and the Empire State Building, Hopper instead turned his attention to its unsung utilitarian structures and out-of-the-way corners, drawn to the awkward collisions of new and old, civic and residential, public and private that captured the paradoxes of the changing city. Edward Hopper’s New York charts the artist’s enduring fascination with the city, revealing a vision of New York that is as much a manifestation of Hopper himself as it is a record of the city around him.
Edward Hopper’s New York takes a comprehensive look at Hopper’s life and work, from his early impressions of New York in sketches, prints, and illustrations, to his late paintings, in which the city served as a backdrop for his evocative distillations of urban experience. Drawing from the Whitney’s extensive holdings and amplified by key loans, the exhibition brings together many of Hopper’s iconic city pictures as well as several lesser-known yet critically important examples. The presentation is significantly informed by a variety of materials from the Museum’s recently acquired Sanborn Hopper Archive—printed ephemera, correspondence, photographs, and journals that together inspire new insights into Hopper’s life in the city. By exploring the artist’s work through the lens of New York, the exhibition offers a fresh take on this formidable figure and considers the city itself as a lead actor.
[Whitney Museum of American Art]
Taken in Manhattan
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Admittedly and embarassingly, I usually carry my sketch supplies in a ziploc bag. Of course, I run the risk of looking like an art nerd ... a ziploc bag is sort of the equivalent to pocket protectors, don't you think? Since I knew I would be out in public this afternoon, I stuffed my things in a cloth bag, which served its purpose very well. Blogged at drawingonnature.blogspot.com/
cover for an imaginary magazine : graphite & watercolour pencils (my fourth participation in my own moleskine)
gerald goldilocks is a poor, homeless guy forced to survive by scrounging in dumpsters. he finds some strange porridge in one and transforms into bearman. this momentary distraction causes him to lose his hand as the dumpster lid comes crashing down - some of these old dumpsters have really sharp edges...
Yay! I finally got some of the tech up and running here at home! Oh, and yes, I did find 6 USB cords, ha ha ha....
Ok so I kinda promised myself that I wouldn't flat iron my hair for a month and I held fast to that promise! However, the islander fro makes its debut everyday and it seriously annoys me sometimes. The only remedy is a bun or pomade of sorts. I've been tryin to be low maintenance seeing how I don't have a job or anything and so far so good.
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This is my goblin friend moOrghan...
He comes from a far away land. I met him on my travels through Scotland this year : ) he's a gentle soul.
He's always trying to look smart, and sweeps his hair to one side. But I told him beauty lies within : )
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