This work is another in a series where i have been using a technique developed by the co-founder and co-principal of the Opus School of Textile Arts, Julia Caprara. (Since Julia’s death the school is known as the Julia Caprara School of Textile Arts, of which I am a student).Julia published a series of articles […]
Read More...Julia’s idea of the perfect place to be while working in her sketchbooks was to be warm while sitting beside water. So here are some perfect spots for Julia.Cuba Torbay, New Zealand Vancouver Island, Canada Just before Julia got sick, she and Alex planned to travel across Canada giving workshops then finshing with a few […]
Read More...I am filling my blog space with colour today to remember Julia Caprara who passed away on Friday. Julia was one of the doyennes of the art world. People all around the planet will be feeling a sense of loss. Many will be wondering how they will cope without her. But no one more than […]
Read More...During one of my earlier Opus BA modules I was exploring wrapping the environment. I wrapped a fabric covered cotton cord around a tree stump and left it. Periodically, I have been photographing it to see how it has changed while out in the elements.Yesterday I looked out of the window and saw the cord […]
Read More...Kwele initiation mask, Congo With my Opus BA studies I have been looking at how African art… …inspired Picasso. This is a detail from Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907), a painting so daring it even shocked the other avant-garde artists hanging out in Paris at the time.
Read More...Today, for my Opus studies, I compared these 2 works of art in my answer to the question… Is the body in art always eroticised, if so why? To answer the question I have done lots of reading on the history of psychoanalysis, gender issues and ‘the gaze’. All very interesting stuff.
Read More...I have been studying images of nude women all week for my new Opus module. It is very interesting to read different people’s opinions as to why nude women were featured so often in art. Two of the most interesting views are in the book ‘Women and Art contested Territory’ by Judy Chicago & Edward […]
Read More...I have been so busy these past 2 weeks finishing up the summer module of work for the Opus BA course I am doing. This afternoon I put everything in a box and sent it on its way to the UK to be assessed. What a relief. It was a challenging module, all about learning […]
Read More...The Opus BA module I am doing this semester is Visual Studies where the whole focus is on drawing the human form. We are advised to take a figure drawing class which I did for an intensive week at Red Deer Collage during Series. It is also recommended we study a real human skeleton. I […]
Read More...This summer I am working on the Visual Studies module of the Opus BA(Hons) programme I am enrolled in. It is highly recommened one takes a figure drawing class. My drawing skills are poorly developed, to say the least, so I attended a 5 day long open drawing studio session at Red Deer College’s summer […]
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