Artist Information:
Paula Glaser
Carson City, NV
United States
Member Since: Apr 2009
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Artist Statement:
Paula D Glaser
I remember looking
through my children's
adventure books and the family
bible and being very impressed
by the pictures and paintings
that illustrated the story and
the religious text. the
illustrations in the stories,
most of them by Wyeth as I
learned later, and the old
master paintings were
treasures that it didn't seem
possible to recreate.
They were their own existence
and my first inspiration,
though not the last.
I admire not only the
illustrations of Wyeth and the
classic painters but the use
of color and light by the
early impressionists and the
work done in the early years
of the 20th century by the
Hudson River painters,
particularly the latter, Their
use of light and color make
the the flat world of the
canvas show great depth. They
seem to shimmer with light and
color as if they were living
worlds. There is a realism
that is beyond reality in
these paintings.
I started drawing with
graphite on paper and
progressed first to charcoal
and then to ink. From drawing
I moved on to painting. My
paintings are done on gessoed
cardboard or paper with a few
on canvas board. I used ...
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Paula D Glaser
I remember looking through my children's adventure books and the family bible and being very impressed by the pictures and paintings that illustrated the story and the religious text. the illustrations in the stories, most of them by Wyeth as I learned later, and the old master paintings were treasures that it didn't seem possible to recreate.
They were their own existence and my first inspiration, though not the last.
I admire not only the illustrations of Wyeth and the classic painters but the use of color and light by the early impressionists and the work done in the early years of the 20th century by the Hudson River painters, particularly the latter, Their use of light and color make the the flat world of the canvas show great depth. They seem to shimmer with light and color as if they were living worlds. There is a realism that is beyond reality in these paintings.
I started drawing with graphite on paper and progressed first to charcoal and then to ink. From drawing I moved on to painting. My paintings are done on gessoed cardboard or paper with a few on canvas board. I used ... |
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