The only clear path is the one the artist looks back on. I’m saying this because if you think art making feels confusing, or frustrating, or even impossible, we get it. We’ve been there. The journey toward mastering an artistic … read more
The Drawing Studio (TDS) is pleased to announce it has established an organization endowment fund with the Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona (JCFSA). The Drawing Studio Endowment is a self-sustaining source of funding that will support TDS’s mission, programs, and … read more
I am always intrigued by those artists of the past who, through drawing from observation, invented a unique place for themselves in their own time. For example, I have written about Beatrix Potter, who actually created the category of books … read more
Welcome to Studio View, a blog for people seeking a deeper connection to The Drawing Studio and Tucson’s visual arts community. Studio View is designed to be a go-to place for those who are interested in art, whether as a … read more
As a young artist studying in Florence, Italy in 1958, I happened one day into a gallery that was showing some small modest paintings of bottles and other little table objects by an artist from Bologna. As I contemplated each … read more
Regular readers of Andy’s Window may have noted that my essays have recently focused upon some of my Tucson artist-friends. At my age of 84, I realize that our flow of work and ideas has been constantly interweaving with each … read more
At TDS we are all mourning the recent and sudden death from complications of cancer of one of our most charismatic and valuable teachers, Sherry Bryant.* Sherry began her relationship with The Drawing Studio as many people do, as an … read more
In my own art career I have explored many media, including ‘bas-relief’, which is a branch of sculpture. But I am by no means a sculptor in the sense of someone whose medium is an encounter with three-dimensional space. Meaning … read more
In my last Andy’s Window essay about the sculptures of Imo Baird, I mentioned his art teacher Charles Littler who in the 80s introduced Imo to ‘mixing media’ as a new way of making art. The small sculpture (Figure 1) … read more
