Judith Skillman paints expressionist works in oil on canvas. She is interested in feelings engendered by the natural world. Her art has appeared in Windmill, Artemis, Still Point Art Gallery Quarterly, The Penn Review, and other journals. Skillman has studied at McDaniel College, Pratt Fine Arts Center and Seattle Artist League. Shows include The Pratt and Galvanize.

 

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What happened to you, John? I have not seen any posts by you for a year and I miss them!

Hi everyone,

Does anyone know what happened to John Crowther? I miss him.

And yes, this is cool.

Judith

I love the composition and colors! Amazing what you do with acrylic. Good idea to continue the color around and have it redy to hang. I can learn alot from you though I work in oil.

Kristen--this IS beautiful!! I am hoping to take another private lesson with you soon.

I quite simply love this, and congratulations on Crowther's critique--so apt: "Olson achieves what makes a landscape painting great: the ability to transcend the static nature of the medium and bring motion out of motionlessness."

Thank you! I admire your work so this means al ot to me.

Eerie and very Hopperesque. Love the colors and that streetlamp really pulls me in to the alley!

I love the term "painterly anarchy," John. And truly appreciate your insightful review!

Oh, this helps. Yes, they should definitely fix that. Let them know?

Yes, I love this piece. Is it encaustic and a photograph? I don't know enough about both mediums to understand this. Also, for me these are waves but hills or waves it succeeds!

Thanks! I kind of messed this up with some dark lines but am going back in with more texture in Payne's gray and Red Oxide next time I paint (in the 'kitchen' studio).

I love your blending; this reminds me of calming waters and seas. These are my favorite subject--the sea in all its moods.

A very articulate take on this problem! I like your observation here: "Not since the dominant artistic method was carving and painting hieroglyphics onto cave walls have so many people been able to use and afford (more often than not, barely afford) paint, canvas, and brush." The comparison between early mankind and our era is interesting. We are artists in numbers, yet our methods are not lasting and certainly will not be excavated. Looking forward to Part 2.

Thank you for this articulate review, Alicia! I truly appreciate it.

I love "calls to mind the way they scuttle off at double-speed when necessary"--sandpipers are so adorable. My daughter, a fine artist, is the one who suggested that I paint over the flock and leave these four in the foreground.

Nice! The hard edges and varied scale of those rectangles nails it for me. Probably also the rule of thirds, and the colors, of course, as John says in his critique.

I like this--reminds me of the vacancies in Edward Hoppers work.

Oh--and I am already following you!

Thank you, Natalie! I did this one in 2019!

Am I following you? Let me do that.

All best,

Judith

Yes--for some reason my work is showing up upside down and sideways on Altamira. They can't seem to help me...I will ask them again. Thanks for you kind words though!

Gee thanks, John. Very honored by your comments, as always!

For some reason this piece and the one I previously posted are showing upside down, although when I try to edit them they are right side up. I wonder how you viewed it...will check with Altamira tech support.

Thanks so much John, for your critique! I am honored by your words. I especially love "...it is mundane to the point of surreal." I really wasn't sure this was working so I had a jaw-dropping moment upon reading this.

Thanks:)

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