http://attentiveequations.com/2009/09/22/the-acuity-of-memory/ ...thoughts on the practice of oil painting from artist Judith Reeve Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:24:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://attentiveequations.com/2009/09/22/the-acuity-of-memory/#comment-37 Whit Prentice Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:29:25 +0000 http://attentiveequations.com/?p=515#comment-37 What beautiful paintings. They are clearly of particular places beautiful examples of representational work yet there is also something other worldly and mysterious about them. I get a feeling similar to one I had while at the Medici Tombs by Michelangelo .A sense of being in touch with an other realm an unknown place perhaps a source. Something to do with the mystery of existence. It is hard to describe this experience it is a profound and rare one for me and one of the most powerful things a work of art can do in my experience. Your painting of Plattekill Falls especially evokes this feeling . You have a very personal style ( as did Michelangelo ) .Perhaps because of the way you use memory so well. There is a lot to think about in this post you really get to the "heart of the matter" in your writings Judith and I will be reminding myself each time I start a new drawing or painting to keep in my memory what moved me to start it as the work progresses. What beautiful paintings. They are clearly of particular places beautiful examples of representational work yet there is also something other worldly and mysterious about them. I get a feeling similar to one I had while at the Medici Tombs by Michelangelo .A sense of being in touch with an other realm an unknown place perhaps a source. Something to do with the mystery of existence. It is hard to describe this experience it is a profound and rare one for me and one of the most powerful things a work of art can do in my experience. Your painting of Plattekill Falls especially evokes this feeling . You have a very personal style ( as did Michelangelo ) .Perhaps because of the way you use memory so well. There is a lot to think about in this post you really get to the “heart of the matter” in your writings Judith and I will be reminding myself each time I start a new drawing or painting to keep in my memory what moved me to start it as the work progresses.

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