Opening day! The event was wonderful. Thank you so much to everyone who came out for it! For any who missed the opening, I will be in and out of the gallery until the end of the week, and the exhibit runs through May 15.
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This little gem of a sketch is by Rosa Bonheur, an art history book stalwart if ever there was one. My ancient copies of Gardner’s Art through the Ages, or Janson’s History of Art seemed to have exactly two women artists before 1970: Artemisia Gentileschi and Rosa Bonheur. I’m sure there were perhaps one or two more, but you get the idea. When I saw this in the Mass Audubon’s Visual Arts Center collection, my jaw dropped, and into my exhibit it went (Ink, Internet, & Identification – Catherine Hamilton as Curator and Artist – opens Jan 16, 2011). Though not a bird, it embodies everything I love about sketching, and drawing. Just look at the movement in the head on the elk (?) on the right. Astonishing.
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My exhibit at the Massachusetts Audubon Visual Art Center is fast approaching! It will showcase the first segment of my year-long road trip and the drawings I have been making along the way, and also some amazing works from the collection! I have curated drawings from artists such as Louis Agassiz Fuertes, George Miksch Sutton, and Archibald Thorburn, to name a few – works that I find inspirational and educational. There is even an exquisite sketch by Rosa Bonheur included!!
If you would like me to mail you a hard copy of the invitation, please leave a comment or email me at [myfirstname]ATmydogoscar.com! Also, if you are actually able to attend the event (please come!), mention you are a friend of the artist and there will be no admission fee for the opening.
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