DRAWING CHALLENGE XXIII
We would like to congratulate Sally Apfelbaum, Elizabeth Gilfilen, Joan Grubin, Monroe Hodder, Blinn Jacobs, Liz Jaff, Nancy Manter, Esther Podemski, and Andra Samelson for being the featured contestants of our Drawing Challenge XXIV, which was inspired by the following words by Paul Eluard (1895 - 1952) and published in his 1929 collection "L'Amour, La Poésie". Thank you to the artist Karen Abada for submitting these lines.
"The earth is blue like an orange.
(La terre est bleue comme une orange)"
We are pleased to present a larger selection of submissions in the accompanying virtual exhibition
The earth is blue like an orange
November 10 - December 15, 2021
Sam Marroquin, A Location Near You, 2014, Encaustic, oil paint, globe, paper and push pins collage on wood, 24 x 48 inches
www.smarroquin.com
Liz Jaff, Study: Blue Tease, 2021, hand cut paper on board, 18 x 10 x 1 3/8 inches
Sally Apfelbaum, Odd Flowers, 10 Reds, 2021, acrylic on canvas, 39 x 36 inches
Blinn Jacobs, Erebus, Casein, oil pastel, graphite on incised gatorboard, 2017, 32 1/2 x 31 inches
Monroe Hodder, Both Sides Now, 2021, oil over acrylic on canvas, 36 x 34 inches
Nancy Manter, Slide On #1 (Diptych), Flashe Paint on Yupo, 52 x 40 inches
Joan Grubin, Weather, 2019, acrylic on paper 15 x 23 inches
“This quote causes a kind of Zen snap in the brain, as it conflates color with shape. A more logical statement would be “The earth is round like an orange”, but instead of saying “round” it says “blue” to describe an object whose name is also a color. Art is full of these contradictions and disjunctions, and they can lend energy to an otherwise static or flat statement, whether verbal or visual.
This work I call “Weather” has this kind of dissonance. To me it gives a feeling of moving air, sky, and clouds, but it’s not expressed in any literal way. I don’t really understand how it came about – I know I wanted to make a pattern with little strips of paper bowing out from the picture plane and casting shadows that become part of the pattern, and then add an element that interrupts that pattern here and there, like a break in the weave. Sometimes good things happen when there’s no purpose in mind, just playing around.”
-Joan Grubin, 2021
http://joangrubin.com/wp/
Elizabeth Gilfilen, Winter #48, 2020, oil on arches paper, 30 x 22 inches
Andra Samelson, Calling Earth, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36 inches
Esther Podemski, Draft of a Landscape, oil paint and silkscreen on wood panel, 14 x 19 Inches
“In recent paintings, I have created abstract works from representational images which are themselves abstract. In “Draft of a Landscape” the predominantly blue and green palette evokes a landscape and yet there is a figure in the scene. The reclining figure and the landscape are inseparable. Is the sleeping figure dreaming, contemplating the state of the iceberg behind her?”
- Esther Podemski, 2021
www.estherpodemski.com
Eric Banks, Kardia, 2020, Acrylic and paper fusion on paper, 18 x 24 inches
erictbanksart.com
Don Lewallen, Echoes of Fragile Refuge, 2021, colored pencil on paper, 20 x 14 inches
Amy Bassin, Blue?, Photography, Archival ink jet print, 11 x 14 inches
www.amybassin.com
Alice Zinnes, Despite The Power of Evil, pen & ink on paper, 2 1/3 x 4 inches
www.AliceZinnes.com
”I felt the distribution of darks to light in this drawing looked like the earth’s blue masses against its green as seen from space, reminding me of Eluard’s quote. The drawing actually was inspired by Ovid’s Metamorphoses.”
Suejin Jo, Breathing in the Time of Covid, 2021, oil and acrylic on canvas, 37 x 29 inches
www.suejinjo.com
Tony Moore, Guide, 2020, wood-fired ceramic, 22 x 21 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches
www.TonyMooreArt.com
John McDevitt King, Outside In, 2021, graphite on paper, 26 x 22 1/2 inches
www.johnmcdevittking.com
Deanna Sirlin, Ladder, 2021, mixed media on panel, 10 x 8 inches
www.deannasirlin.com
Tina Feingold, Earth Remembered, oil on canvas, 40 x 30 inches
Yolanda Fernandez Shebeko, acrylic on canvas, 16 x 20 inches
Dane Goodman, azul, azul, azul, acrylic on paper, 18 x 24 inches
www.estradafineart.com
Dane Goodman, forth & back, 2017, ink and colored pencil on paper, 8 1/2 x 11 inches
www.estradafineart.com
Arleen Joseph, LOST WORLD, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches
www.ArleenJoseph.com
Carol Diamond, Blues for Arielle, 2021, found materials: springs, metal, beads, fabric, 9 x 9 x 9 inches
www.caroldiamond.com
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_North Country, 2020, pigment, acrylic on clay board panel, 10 x 8 inches
www.ehfaganstudio.com
Dee Shapiro, Complementary Situation, mixed media on Arches paper, 22 x 30 inches
https://deeshapiro.art/
Gloria Fiero, Jazz Riff: Orange Blues, 2021, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 26 inches
“In Roland Penrose's biography Picasso: His Life and Work, he reports, ‘the poetry of Eluard, lyrical, passionate and rich in images was of the kind Picasso admired most in surrealist literature.’”
Merle Temkin, Warrior Queen, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches
merletemkin.com
Yvette Cohen, Up the Stairs and Beyond-Persimmon, 2011, oil paint and dowels on shaped canvas, 38 1/2 x 38 1/2 inches
www.yvettecohen.com
Francine Tint, Shimmy, 2021, acrylic on canvas, 53 x 57 inches
Jennifer Viola, Locked Out, 2021, mixed media on paper, 30 x 22 inches
www.jenniferviola.com
Cody Jones, Tidal Pool, 2021, oil on canvas, 20 x 20 inches
www.codyjonesart.com
Lorraine Tady, Octagon Vibration Series/ Event Horizon (after Monks Mound, Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, IL), 2017, acrylic and archival ink on canvas, 48 x 36 inches
https://linktr.ee/Lorraine_Tady
Tom Csaszar, Orange and the World, 2021, oil pastel on Arches paper, 30 x 22 inches
Jamie Ballay, Lake Scape Abstraction, 2020, oil on Panel, 14 x 11 inches
jamieballay.com
Emilia Dubicki, East End Weekend, 2021, oil on canvas, 66 x 60 inches
www.emiliadubicki.com
Nancy Berlin, Changing forms, 2021, mixed media on found paper, 13 x 20 inches
nancyberlinart.com
Susan M. Gibbons, Stirring 20, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 24 x 48 x 1 1/2 inches
Alicia Rothman, Dunes, 2021, oil on gessoed wood with handcut stencils, 8 x10 inches
www.aliciarothman.com
Marsha Nouritza Odabashian, Blue Iris Petals, 2021, onionskin dye and acrylic paint on canvas, 12 x 12 inches
www.marshaodabashian.com
Julie Shapiro, Rise, oil on panel, 20 x 16 inches
www.julieshapiroart.com
David King, Elysium #5, acrylic pen and collage on paper, 22 x 30 inches
www.DavidKingCollage.com
Jeffrey Collins, 05-06-2021, acrylic on nylon on painted wood chassis, 72 x 52 inches
https://www.instagram.com/jeffreymcollins/
Leslie Kerby, Center City, 2021, watercolor, graphite, acrylic on vellum, 10 x 10 inches
“I've returned to a project I started pre-pandemic thinking about public spaces and the many public/private spaces in New York. This particular space with its ambient lighting, reminded me of the drawing challenge quote. The possibility of sharing space with others has changed. I'm wondering where we will land between being intimate and remote.”
https://www.lesliekerby.com/
Barbara Slitkin, World is Turned, 2021, acylic on canvas, 18 x 24 inches
https://www.barbaraslitkin.com
Cara London, 2021, oil on canvas, 8 x 10 inches
Sasha Silverstein, Galinhos Harbor, Brasil, Acrylic on Plexiglas, 15 x 30 inches
www.sashasilverstein.com
Matthew Bliss, not whether the blue is infinite, watercolor, pencil, scraping out, hot press paper, cold press matte