The Studio at Firnew Farm

Before there was art, there was painting. ... I remember a conversation I once had with an elder painter who was a particular proponent of abstraction, insisting on the absolute importance of painting's independence from any demand it illustrate a predetermined meaning. "Well, how do you feel when you look at a painting by Caravaggio?"
Everyday Painting" by Barry Schwabsky

Tuesday, January 04, 2011

"Piedmont Stories" by John Mitchell

"As I go about our part of the Virginia Piedmont, I keep my eyes open for the little dramas that raise as many questions as they answer.  I like for there to be an element of the unexplained.  Why is a dress hanging from a crepe myrtle in the middle of Stanardsville?  (And how did it find its way to San Franscisco?) ...  People do not often appear in these phtographs, but their presence is evident."

John Mitchell, photographer
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Emma Papenfus

Emma Papenfus
Carroll University, Waukesha, Wisconsin art student

There we are in the Vatican!

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Ann Dye, photo

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