The Eye of the Artist – Art Notes
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Studio Notes – New landscape started
I spent some time in the studio this afternoon, stretching canvas and beginning a new painting in my “paysages planétaires” series. A big inspiration for this series is the work of Swiss symbolist and proto-expressionist (my designation) Ferdinand Hodler. (Occasionally I reblog Hodler images on my tumblr.) I believe I came across the term “paysage
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2014: A year in review
2014 has been a good year, although I pretty much felt like I was shot out of a cannon right from the beginning. Even before I’ve started to put up the window dressing and what-not in this shiny new blog space, I want to give you an overview of the very exciting year that just
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Hello world! (and welcome to the Eye of the Artist)
Welcome to my new blog, “Eye of the Artist | John Azelvandre Art Notes“. This blog succeeds and essentially replaces my old blogger blog “Hominy Grits,” which had served me so well for over 11 years. There were certain limitations with that blog and the best solution for me is a new start for a