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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 Glaser Biography:
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Age
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55
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| Gender |
Female
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
99
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| Religion |
not provided |
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| Education |
High School |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
reading, art |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Drawing Pencil
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Post-Impressionism - (1885 - 1905)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Van Gogh
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| Favorite Work of Art |
many
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
not provided |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
An artist has a vision of some thing, from life, from emotion, from imagination, from experience that they want to create. To be able to create a vision that speaks to someone is a small bit of immortality. My goal is to be able to speak to others in this way, to create what someone else can hear.
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| Your Personal Biography |
Paula Glaser was born in Kansas in 1953 and was deeply impressed by the illustrations she saw in children's books and in the old master paintings in the family bible. The realization that actual people drew these pictures was astounding to her and to her sister. They began to draw but due to her sister's undoubted talent in drawing then painting, Paula didn't feel she had the talent for art, She would occasionally try to learn how to draw realistically but always felt frustrated in her attempts.
In 2002 she found encouragement from her husband and from a book, " Drawing On the Right Side of the Brain" by Dr Betty Edwards. This book explained how to draw in ways that were easy to understand and showed how to correct the common mistakes that beginning artist usually make. Paula began to practice constantly and began to show marked improvement.
Due to a move to Oregon for health reasons, she was unable to attend art classes until she and her husband moved to Oregon City, OR. She began to attend Clackamas Community College, taking drawing and painting. she also supplemented these courses with a summer course and a correspondence course from Penn Foster.
She and her husband returned to Nevada and settled in Carson City where she is now attending class at Western Nevada College. Her goal is to continue her education in the fine arts, getting her AA then her bachelors degree.
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