“Lessons” Recap

For all of you who are drop in or first time readers of this BLOG, I would like to recap the nature of my “Lessons from the Low Countries” Project. Alyson actually suggested I do this. She is my career coach and has been instrumental in guiding me through the steps of posting cohesive ideas. The project is actually all summarized in the first couple of postings, but I will outline again once more just for clarity.

The fundamental plan is based on the Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art exhibit now showing at the Dayton Art Institute in Dayton, Ohio, www.daytonartinstitute.org  This exhibit will travel to Phoenix in January and Portland, Oregon in June, 2007. I began reading about this Dutch show many months ago and to fully take advantage of the master paintings I have developed the following plan:

1. Examine all ninety paintings from Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art  
2. Select 10 favorite paintings
3. Paint a body of work based on the palette of the selected pieces using only the pigments available during the 17th century
4. Exhibit the finished paintings at the Lawrence Gallery www.lawrencegallery.net
5. in conjunction with the opening of the Dutch Exhibit at the Portland Art Museum next June. www.pam.org

That in a nutshell is it! I am still in the “do this before I can do such and such” stage of my work. The second commission piece described in the previous post is nearly done now, so hopefully I will be able to dive into the “Lessons” project soon.