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Classes with Andrew Long

Aim for a Compelling, Unorthodox Originality

Painting by Matthew Ritchie "The Living Will" 2004 Oil and marker on canvas 88 x 99 inches

An idea that bears repeating - aim for a compelling, unorthodox originality...
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Why Do You Paint What You Paint?

Class notes from Reinventing Your Creative Process with Andrew Long, Fall 2007

I am so going to miss these classes with Andrew Long.  He said this would be a life-altering experience, and as grand a claim as that may sound, he wasn't kidding.

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Painting from Another Viewpoint

Painting by Julia Mehretu “Excerpt (Riot)” 2003 ink and acrylic on canvas 32 x 54”

Class notes from Reinventing Your Creative Process with Andrew Long, Fall 2007
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Are Your Objects Objects or Facsimiles?

"Rabbit" Jeff Koons 1986 Stainless Steel 41 x 19 x 12 inches

Class notes from Poetic Non-Representational Acrylic Painting with Andrew Long, Fall 2007

The object in the painting - is it being an object vs. being a facsimile of the object? Does it have a history, a great hook, and richness, a fullness, or is it empty?

What's the difference between this abstract piece of art and wallpaper?

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Why Do You Create the Art You Create?

Painting by Terry Winters, just because it's so frigging beautiful!

Thoughts and Quotes in response:

An artist needs to be able sustain their penetration to move past a simply available solution to one with greater depth.

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I am an abstract and representational painter. I paint primarily in oil, but I also work in a variety of other media. This is my blog; my art site is at Marilyn Fenn Studio, and you can purchase my art at Marilyn Fenn Shop.
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This painting is half way to abstraction, it's there in the flow of energy. But it must have been very time-consuming to do! So much detail! The eye focusing on the visual world, rendering a version of it in the painting. When I look at a painting, in any style, in any genre, if a poetry emerges, then it's like wow. Your work is infused with poetry, Marilyn.
-- concerning "Still Life with Porcelain Bowl"