The Art Of Landscape
Trees paintings & prints, How to paint stones, Scorched earth project, Art jobs & Ethan Hawke on creativity
“Purple Trees” by Christiane Steinicke 2014. Photo print, £170 (60 x 60cm).
Tree Paintings & Prints
Wildfires burning across the American west are yet another reminder of how climate change impacts everything. “A Deadly Tinderbox” from the NY Times tells the human stories behind the images.
These paintings and prints of forests and trees show our enduring creative connection to the land we live in. Best served listening to How To Save A Planet’s “20 Million Trees” where young people use creativity (via Youtube) for good.
“The Arrival Of Spring in Woldgate” by David Hockney, £35 print (52 x 128cm)
Artist Interviews with tree loving artists Claire Leach & Thomas Lamb.
Scorched Earth Project
Simon Butler, founder of Migrate Art, visited refugee camps in Kurdistan where tens of thousands of acres of arable land had been deliberately burned by militia groups. Simon’s team collected ashes from the burnt fields and approached Jackson’s Art to produce artist paints using the ash as a pigment. The result is limited edition Scorched Earth oil and acrylic paints. Tubes were sent to 15 leading contemporary artists to for a charity auction & exhibition at Cork Street Galleries, London - (19 -27 Sep)
Painting on Stones
5 minute video on everything you need for stone painting with Natasha Newton who’s also great on Instagram, Youtube & Creative Catchup Podcast.
Materials: Galeria acrylics, white ink for details, matt UV varnish for protection, small round brushes and, if you don’t have any, beach pebbles.
Arts Jobs & Opportunities
New arts jobs this week in England, Scotland, Wales, NI & Ireland.
Art opportunities Worldwide from Art Deadline.
New listings from Artist Open Calls.
UK Art Competitions - 4 closing this month.
Ethan Hawke on Creativity
“What do you love? If you get close to what you love who you are is revealed to you, and it expands… Human creativity is nature manifest within us."
Good stuff from the Before Trilogy king squeezed into 10 minutes.
“Tough negotiations” by Ayala Fishaimer - Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards.
Volume up for the wee moo…
See you next week,
Grant