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Painting from Scratch: Nora Kapfer

Looking from a distance at Untitled (2022), a compact portray on wood that does not appear to demonstrate anything but scribbles in white paint mixed with some traces of black, orange, and yellow, you could visualize Robert Ryman’s never ever-ending endgame of painting in all variants of white. But if you arrive nearer, this association proves to be inappropriate. Instead of Ryman’s allover color application in pure gestures, one discovers in the arbitrary squiggles and scribbles a bouquet of flowers, and, sprinkled above them like pollen, good particles of aluminum glitter that also do not rather suit into a neo-avant-garde-like position. Upon even closer inspection of the small image, the size of a sheet of paper, it is unveiled that the traces of fluorescent orange and yellow are not used to the floor but rather emerging from the floor of the portray, in the locations exactly where the scribbles erode …

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Julie Karpodini: Painting Instinct – Jackson’s Art Blog

Julie Karpodini won the Animal Award in the Jackson’s Painting Prize this year with her work Elvira’s Dogs. In this interview, Julie discusses her well developed processes, sketchbook practice, and communication with her paintings.

Above image: Julie working in her studio in rural Spain.

 

Lisa: What is your process for starting a painting, and is it always the same approach?

Julie: I usually begin with very fast sketches, generally in oil. I have sketchbooks lying around with pages primed in a particular clear acrylic primer I like, so that if the sketch becomes more than a sketch the work is somewhat archival. When I am working on a commission the start tends to be a lot clearer, as I have limitations to work within and am often provided with photos from the client. I use the photos for a visual spark or idea that I like and then make

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THIS WEEK IN THE ARTS | Cars, live music, painting and more | Area

Downtown Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

Third and Leavenworth streets.

Yard Art Classics Car Club Car Show, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Join the club for the 30th annual event with antique, sports and classic cars, as well as trucks and motorcycles.

Enter at 12th and Fremont streets.

Car auction, 9 a.m.-noon.

Mike’s Wrecker Service, 161 McDowell Creek Road.

Meet the doctors, hear a brief health talk and walk around Anneberg Park with them. Pets welcome.

Stonecreek Family Physicians, 4101 Anderson Ave.

Cars and Coffee, 9-11 a.m.

Bring your car and look around with a cup of complimentary coffee and a donut.

Also Tread Talk: 1970 Plymouth Superbird at 11 a.m. Brain Strouts will discuss the racer for approximately 30 minutes. All ages welcome, regular museum admission applies.

Midwest Dream Car Collection, 3007 Anderson Ave.

Back-to-School Bash, 9:30 a.m.

Also Saturday Pick Your Project workshop at 6:30 p.m.; DIY Bench Workshop at

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