Direct Perception 2013
Back home after four exhilarating, exhausting and productive days as one of three teachers at the Direct Perception Workshop in...
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Jun 3, 20131 min read
In my mind
IMG_3331, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Over the past few weeks, I’ve written lots of brilliant blog entries. In my head, that is....
May 21, 20131 min read
Sitting it out
Usually I’m not much for working sitting down, especially when I have some big paintings on the go. But for the past few days, it has...
May 8, 20131 min read
Raw intentions
It’s been a marathon of painting for weeks recently. Now I can relax a little (for a day or so). Finally, yesterday, I had photos taken...
Apr 6, 20131 min read
Direct Perception next Saturday, April 13!
English: Gestalt psychology – perception Magyar: Gestalt-pszichológia alapelvei (Photo credit: Wikipedia) If you are in the area...
Mar 16, 20131 min read
When I close my eyes
The ice breaking up on the lake, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. All I see is paint. Big slashes of paint. In all the colors I’ve been...
Feb 27, 20131 min read
What’s in a name
This week I decided to give my students a new twist on making an abstract painting. First, I had them write their name on paper in paint....
Feb 25, 20131 min read
The moon on ice
Full moon over the lake, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Did you ever try to brush your teeth with your non-dominant hand? Try it!...
Feb 24, 20132 min read
Details: getting them in a line
P1040252, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. A little bit ago, a friend suggested I start teaching in my house. I had been looking around...
Jan 27, 20131 min read
What’s going on here
So, my driveway has been plowed four times since I’ve been back from NYC. Three times in three days, in fact. It’s been cold, very cold,...
Dec 31, 20122 min read
The year before, the year after
Thinking about thinking back on the year that was and thinking ahead to the year to be, I received an email this morning from someone who...
Dec 7, 20122 min read
Foggy thoughts
Foggy morning on Five Island Lake, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. This morning, while painting, I kept asking myself: who am I...
Nov 26, 20123 min read
Celebrating: three-quarters of a century
Rainbow over Five Island Lake, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. A few weeks ago, I had some friends visiting, staying overnight. We...
Nov 22, 20121 min read
Details that matter
Secord Gallery Nov 2012 detail, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. After two weeks of purposely keeping myself out of my studio I began...
Nov 21, 20121 min read
Diverse Changes
There has been a lot of talk on the radio the last couple of days about, basically, the importance of stupidity. Stupid meaning, in this...
Nov 16, 20121 min read
How to do nothing
Last Saturday morning I woke up thinking I wouldn’t paint, or even go into my studio, for at least a week. My arm is sore from the...
Nov 11, 20121 min read
At the Secord Gallery
Secord Gallery Nov 2012, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Usually, of course, my paintings look very different outside my studio, when...
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