I am so blessed. Friends from the Wellesley Women Artisans planned an excursion to see a Jessica Stockholder lecture at Mass Art the other night. While Stockholder's current work has reached the urban scale – she recently transformed an intersection in Chicago by painting the pavement and adjacent building facades with bold swathes of color – it is the sense of color and composition that truly inspires.
Much of her other work is about the juxtaposition of color, doodle, and materiality in the gallery environment. I love it all!
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| Jessica Stockholder / Chicago Intersection |
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| Jessica Stockhold |
After the lecture I had a great conversation with Julia Blake and Julie Vari-Nikolewski about a book Julia had just read called
Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon. Julia loaned me the book, which I consumed in about an hour yesterday – lets just say its a quick read!
The message was layered, but essentially granted permission to take chances, steal ideas, work to my strengths, but most importantly, work! The book was exactly what I needed. It inspired me to start keeping a
Pinterest Inspiration Board and also to resume my painting efforts. So, I have loaded up my board with familiar images from Amy Sillman, Georgia O'Keefe, Tadao Ando, and some new images that I have just discovered!
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| Amy Sillman |
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| Jennifer Sanchez |
Check out my new
Pinterest Inspiration Board! Thanks again WWA!!
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