by Julia Rymer | Sep 24, 2019 | Creative Process, Creativity, Inspiration, Projects
I leave in a few days for the U.K. and Wales specifically. I am getting nervous in a way I don’t remember being nervous about travel in some time. Perhaps never, in fact. This time, I am traveling alone; I am leaving my family; I am going somewhere completely...
by Julia Rymer | Sep 7, 2019 | Creative Process, Creativity, Inspiration, Projects
In a few short weeks, I will be traveling to the far reaches of Wales in the United Kingdom to take part in an artist residency at Createspace Wales. To say I cannot wait is a bit of an exaggeration; truly, I cannot contain myself with excitement. It will be two weeks...
by Julia Rymer | Aug 27, 2019 | Creative Process, Creativity, Inspiration, Painting
At its core, art is about leaving a mark. This ranges from the conceptual work that leaves a thought in a viewer’s mind, to a three-dimensional sculpture carving out space, to the ubiquitous gestural mark in painting and drawing. The last is the mark that most...
by Julia Rymer | Aug 27, 2019 | Creative Process, Creativity, Inspiration, Painting, Projects
Painting is slow. It requires time, and attention, and engagement. Painting is without algorithm or artificial intelligence; rather, it is the most human of intelligence. It is the oldest intelligence, begat from the hands of ancient peoples, tens of thousands of...
by Jessica Loving-Campos | Nov 5, 2018 | Art Exhibition, Creative Process, Creativity, Inspiration, Painting, Projects, Uncategorized
In 2018, I was commissioned by a client in California to create a large oil painting. It was a piece in reference to one I had completed earlier that year. Here is the process from start to finish.Before the start of a project, I ask the client a series of questions...
by Julia Rymer | Sep 29, 2018 | Creative Process, Creativity, Inspiration, Painting
A personal essay exploring the intersection of art, science and the transcendent experience.by Julia RymerWhen I look at the sky, I feel as if I live in it. It is a subsuming force, one I observe constantly throughout the day. I am caught in the interactions of cloud...
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