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James May Gallery
- Jul 13, 2020
- 5 min
12 Questions: Lisa Bergant Koi
#artistblog #creativelife #artistwisdom #abstractpainting #galleryblog #artistlife #jamesmaygallery #artcollector #artkeepsgoing #12questions #creativewisdom #artmatters #supportartists 1. What are 1-3 books that have influenced your life? What are you reading or watching right now? Physics for Poets by Robert H. March has me captivated, and I’m keeping up with my subscription to The New Yorker. I also belong to an artist reading group. We get together every few months to c
James May Gallery
- May 11, 2020
- 5 min
12 Questions: Katherine Duclos
#12questions #artistblog #creativewisdom #galleryblog #jamesmaygallery #rockcollection #artcollector #abstractpainting #minimalism #katherineduclosrosenbaum #supportthearts #smallworksexhibition #artkeepsgoing #artsy We are excited about our new partnership with Katherine! She is currently residing in Vancouver, BC and I was immediately drawn to her work. I hope you enjoy learning more about her through our blog and if you would like more information such as a more formal sta
James May Gallery
- Feb 14, 2020
- 3 min
12 Questions: Melissa Dorn
#contemporaryart #painter #sculptor #artistlife #artistblog #jamesmaygallery #melissadorn 1. What are 1-3 books that have influenced your life? Daybook by Anne Truitt Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer 2. What are you currently working on? I’m working on a series of Mop Portraits using acrylic, mop strands and industrial felt. This is a continuation of a larger series based on industrial mops and my fascination with them. 3. How has failure set you up for later suc
James May Gallery
- Feb 4, 2020
- 4 min
12 Questions: Karla Lauden
#womenpaintingwomen #creativewisdom #figurativepainter #artistblog #karlalauden #jamesmaygallery #wisconsinartist #midwestartist #lifeexperience 1. What are 1-3 books that have influenced your life?
The Velveteen Rabbit, a book given to me by my late sister that she gave to me on my graduation (with her inscription), Love Letters from my husband, and my Grandpa Hilmer Halverson's Norwegian Hymnal (leather bound, name scripted, and written in Norwegian). 2. What are you curre
James May Gallery
- Jan 19, 2020
- 3 min
12 Questions: Heather Macali
#contemporarytextiles #jacquardweaving #midwestartist #artistlife #artistblog #creativewisdom #heathermacali #jamesmaygallery 1) What are 1-3 books that have influenced your life? Miss Frizzle series, Rainbow Brite, and The 5 Love Languages. 2) What are you currently working on? I am working on a couple projects. 1 - Tetromino - A Tetris and Litebright inspired interactive installation. 2 - I am researching soft sculpture with the technique of jacquard weaving. The textiles w
James May Gallery
- Jan 17, 2020
- 4 min
12 Questions: Nichole Gronvold Roller
#abstract #abstractpaintings #contemporarypainting #painter #jamesmaygallery #nicholegronvoldroller 1. What are 1-3 books that have influenced your life? One of the first books that influenced my life was The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen. I remember reading this book as a child and was horrified by the illustrations and the story. It was my first introduction that life could be sad and unfair, even for children. Another book that stuck with me beyond the in
James May Gallery
- Nov 1, 2019
- 2 min
12 Questions: Reni Gower
#textiles #pattern #paper #stencils #contemporaryart #jamesmaygallery #renigower 1. What are 1-3 books that have influenced your life? I love reading fiction, the more complex the story line - the better. A good example is John Fowles, The Magus. 2. What are you currently working on?
While it is still warm outside (so I can have the doors and windows open) I am working on new encaustic pieces that use similar stencils as my papercuts.
Soon I will be turning my attention back
James May Gallery
- Aug 28, 2019
- 5 min
12 Questions: Peter Morgan
#ceramicsculpture #birding #orinthology #contemporaryceramics #biosphere #jamesmaygallery #petermorganceramics #snowyowl 1. What are 1-3 books that have influenced your life? The Crosley ID Guide, which is a bird reference book created by David Crossley and published in 2011. The book features photo shopped vignettes depicting birds in their “natural setting” showing close up, far away, and obscured views of the birds, mimicking the experience of seeing them in the field. V
James May Gallery
- Aug 16, 2019
- 3 min
12 Questions: Dave Watkins
#abstractart #abstract #abstractpainting #abstractexpressionism #graffuturism #markmaking #contemporaryart #painting #davewatkins #jamesmaygallery 1. What are 1-3 books that have influenced your life? Listed in no particular order: Netflix, Hulu and Prime Video. 2. What are you currently working on? Just finished moving into a new art studio in the Walker's Point neighborhood of Milwaukee. Hoping to get a more regular practice going and create a whole new body of work. Stay t
James May Gallery
- Aug 13, 2019
- 4 min
12 Questions: Matteo Neivert
#creativelife #artistblog #12questions #painter #newrealism #surrealism #matteoneivert #biosphere #jamesmaygallery #botanyofdesire 1. What are 1-3 books that have influenced your life? Hmmmm. This is a very hard question. 'Atlantis’ by Mark Dotty ‘The Lives of the Artists’ by Giorgio Vasari ‘When You Are Engulfed in Flames’ by David Sedaris 2. What are you currently working on? Art-wise, I am working on paintings that illustrate the strength and delicacy of our current natura
James May Gallery
- Aug 5, 2019
- 3 min
12 Questions: Martin Kahnle
#artistblog #creativelife #inspiration #martinkahnle #jamesmaygallery #artistlife #landscapepaitning 1. What are 1-3 books that have influenced your life? [1] A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney by Martin Gayford, [2] The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley and Malcolm X, and [3] Crazy from the Heat by David Lee Roth. 2. What are you currently working on? Later this year I plan to continue my landscape work but on a much bigger scale. This summer I am test
James May Gallery
- Jun 22, 2019
- 3 min
12 Questions: Emmett Johns
#12questions #artistblog #creativelife #creativewisdom #jamesmaygallery #emmettjohns #doorcounty #artistlife 1. What are 1-3 books that have influenced your life? In my first semester ( January 1960 ) at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, the life drawing instructor recommended to me that I read the ART SPIRIT by Robert Henri. That book was like a bible to me all through the 60's and 70's. In the late 60's I discovered J. Krishnamurti, along with Will Durant's the STORY
James May Gallery
- May 19, 2019
- 4 min
12 Questions Kara Shaw
#artblog #artistmother #artofwater #artofwateriii #karashaw #creativelife #everydayinspiration #jamesmaygallery 1.What are 1-3 books that have influenced your life? My grandmother’s journal from 1943. She documents in her experience in WACS (Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps). The pages are incredibly delicate, and I can’t help but feel so much pride as I carefully thumb through the pages. I’m sharing her last entry. Written in cursive next to a carefully placed photo of her in he
James May Gallery
- May 1, 2019
- 5 min
12 Questions: Lynn Gilchrist
#artistlife #painter #artistblog #lynngilchrist #artofwater #jamesmaygallery #creativelife 1. What are 1-3 books that have influenced your life? I read "The Second Sex," by Simone de Beauvoir, as a young adult in the late 60's. It helped confirm and inform my feminist outlook "The New Art," a late-60's anthology of essays about contemporary art, was an eye-opening introduction to artists and critical thinking that I read right before entering college. It gave me a new vocabul
James May Gallery
- Apr 9, 2019
- 1 min
Best Practices
Jimmy Eddings, our studio manager shares how best to pack 2-D & 3-D work for an exhibition and how to wire 2-D work so that it is ready to hang. #gallery #bestpractices #howtovideo #packagingworkforgallery #gallerylife #artistlife #howtobeagoodartist #readytohang #arthandling #artshipping #jamesmaygallery #workingpots #artofwater How to pack 3-D work How to pack 2-D work How to wire a painting for exhibition
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