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the Art, is in the Process...



Art in Education applies to places where people come to learn about their society through the interpretation of images, symbols, and signs. On the other hand, as artists "Il n’y a pas d’ecoles, seulement les peintres." ("There are no schools of art, only artists" - Gustave Courbet)

I believe that "you are only a painter when you are painting" and that "an artist works with what he or she has". As a teacher I work to explain and review the most common points of understanding art; I also suggest ways that students can apply technique in their own way to their own personal and professional goals.

Graphic Artist par excellence Saul Bass said that "Good Design is Good Thinking" and the tools we use are the Elements and Principles of Art & Design:


The Elements of the Visual Arts are: LINE, SHAPE, FORM, VALUE, TEXTURE, and COLOR

The Principles of Art and Design are: BALANCE, EMPHASIS, UNITY, MOVEMENT, RHYTHM, PATTERN, and SPACE

and in the end...

like the philosopher Elfie Raymond warned us upon regarding the Altar of Verdunne, we should never confuse the signs for what they point to.

A stronger effort from our cultural institutions is required in order to maintain open lines of communication in respect to images and symbols - way too prevalent in our time - more so than in any other time in world history - the chatter is out of control and when we lose the abiliy to communicate and our speech is confounded, there is only misery and strife. A friend put this to me recently as if to imply that images were becoming separate from reality - as if images have anything to do with reality.

Everyone has a responsibility to gracefully engage, navigate, and communicate through the use and interpretation of images and symbols: "Give respect, get respect" its says above a metro stop in San Francisco. In this way, drawing is like writing - and those who say they cannot draw - imagine they cannot read and write.





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"Even with the highest technology - simplicity is best."

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