Douglas Witmer
Thursday, January 08, 2009
news : "joseph's coat" exhibition
(Evite...click to enlarge)
I'm happy to announce this upcoming project, which is opening very soon right here in my West Philadelphia neighborhood:
The details:
Joseph's Coat
February 5-28, 2009
Opening Reception: Thursday, Feb 5, 6-8pm
Artist's talk: Sunday, Feb 8, 11:30am
The exhibition is open M-F, 10-2, also directly following Sunday services, and by appointment.
The Philadelphia Cathedral
3723 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
215-386-0234
www.philadelphiacathedral.org
"Joseph's Coat" is a group of new large paintings intended for the Cathedral, to be installed unstretched and flowing. The project takes its title from the Biblical story of Jacob, who gave a fabulous multicolor tunic to Joseph, his youngest and most-favored son (Genesis, chapter 37). Witmer's series does not attempt to follow or in any way illustrate the narrative of the tragic family story that ensues. Rather, he uses his early childhood memories of the story of the coat and the idea of a gift as beginning points for a new exploration of color.
Labels: exhibitions, my work, news, sketchbooks
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Friday, March 28, 2008
sktchbk : cage match
More of Juan looking over my shoulder...me looking over Juan's shoulder...
Labels: children, children's art, drawing, juan, sketchbooks
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Monday, October 01, 2007
sktchbk : 30 sept 2007
...call me crazy...
Labels: baseball, Phillies, sketchbooks
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Friday, September 21, 2007
master and student
[click to enlarge each]
Juan (aka "kindergarten boy") was in the zone the other day. Of late he has been working more figuratively--people with faces, sunshines, houses, etc. But here's a group that seems to focus on line and color (note, too, that a few of these incorporate his name, a la Robert Ryman). Juan has a distinct skill compared to other children for keeping his color clear and relatively unmixed (could it be the brush washing lessons I give him?)
The question is, in regard to color, who is influencing whom?
Labels: children, children's art, drawing, juan, sketchbooks
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Tuesday, January 23, 2007
sktchbk : may 2002
I'm re-arranging and cleaning out the studio. As always, I have to open every box and go through every sketchbook, just by way of review. I don't "sketch" much anymore. But when I do, I generally go very quickly, filling up a book in a matter of a sitting or two. The image above is taken from one that has a few dates in May 2002.
For fun, I thought it would be interesting to see the whole book in a slideshow format. It turns out I can make that happen quite easily for you. Click here for a Quicktime slideshow of the whole sketchbook from beginning to end (it's 1MB...might take a minute to load...also, I tried to get some of my music in there, but to no avail this time).
Stay tuned for......figure drawings! What?
Labels: drawing, sketchbooks
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