Marcel Duchamp spoke about the lighting in his studio in 1910-1911 …”You know that gaslight from the old Aver jet is green; I wanted to see what the changing of colors would do. When you paint in green light and then, the next day, you look at it in daylight, its a lot more mauve, gray, and more like what the Cubists were painting at the time.” An experiment in how the environment affects the finished painting. Perception is tricky … This should be fun !
Posts Tagged ‘Studio Space’
Marcel Duchamp on Studios
Posted in Marcel Duchamp, Studio, tagged Marcelt Duchamp, Studio lighting, Studio Space, UTPA MFA on September 1, 2011| 1 Comment »
First Day
Posted in Birding, Studio, tagged Studio Space, UTPA MFA, Yellow Fronted Woodpecker on August 31, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Outside my window sits the Golden-Fronted Woodpecker demolishing half a grapefruit … it is not time for the grapefruits to get big and ripen so he is delighted with my store-purchased fruit which I stuck to the tree 2 feet from The Winter Palace. The hummingbird feeder is also receiving a steady stream of visitors. Now to drive to class …
Drawing 3 with Prof. Jerry Lyles ! It sounds exciting as he plans on outside excursions all semester … we will draw some of the hidden places on this campus. Later I am to meet with Prof. Karen Sanders and get a studio key and have a room of my own! However … it develops that her plane from the east is delayed by Hurricane Irene and Prof. Donna Sweigert meets us and tells us we all have to share a studio. Disappointment! My share-mate is Adrianna Salecedo and she has been using the studio all summer. She is not present tonight … can’t meet her. I open the door hesitantly and … it is SMALL … and filled with her pottery equipment already … I must squeeze in somehow …. Guess I will paint her ceramic sculpture … which is curious and may make a unique painting! Tomorrow !!