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Artist Statement:
Artist's Statement
I'm a self-taught figurative
artist. I love drawing from
both professional models and
people who just want their
portrait done. I love pure
line. I love shadow. I love
pencil and charcoal and
monochrome. I love the
potential which lies between
the lines and between a
drawing and the viewer. It's
that last where magic and
meaning happen in any art.
Pure and powerful
draftsmanship always moves me
and influences span continents
and centuries: from
individuals such as Kathe
Kollwitz and Otto Dix, to the
great and largely anonymous
19th century First Nations
carvers of the West Coast of
Canada, to classical
Renaissance and Baroque
artists, to Rembrandt, to the
American Abstract
Expressionists Robert
Motherwell and Franz Kline in
the 20th century.
I learned to draw the human
form by looking and drawing,
and then drawing some more.
Drawing for most of 35 years,
with a few too-long breaks
here and there. Constant
drop-in life drawing, two,
three, four sessions during
the week, maybe a couple of
times on a weekend.
I modelled for many years so I
know first hand exactly what
hurts and how damned much, and
what's going ...
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Barbara Macdougall Biography:
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Age
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57
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| Gender |
Female
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| Status |
Single
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| Children |
99
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| Religion |
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| Education |
Undergraduate Degree |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
learning to use silver as a (wearable) sculptural medium |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Drawing Other
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Expressionism - (1905 - 1945)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Kathe Kollwitz
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| Favorite Work of Art |
not provided
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
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| Your Personal Biography |
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