The Messy Studio with Rebecca Crowell - Episodes Tagged with “Ireland”

Episode 270: Rebecca's Interview on Art Ladders Podcast

Rebecca Crowell — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 12:00:00 -0500

Today’s episode is thanks to Valerie Allen and Armin Mersmann, producers of the podcast, Art Ladders: the Creative Climb. In May, they interviewed Rebecca about her background as an artist, her process, development, teaching, and ideas. Their conversation also delves into the unique characteristics of cold wax medium, and why Rebecca was drawn to develop techniques for its use. Both Val and Armin are artists themselves, and their thoughtful questions led to the wide-ranging and insightful conversation that we are pleased to share with you on this episode. Rebecca’s exhibit that is mentioned in the interview, at Slate Gray Gallery in Telluride, CO. is currently on view through the end of this month. Art Ladders podcast is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify and Podbay, and via their facebook page and Instagram. So let’s listen now to the Art Ladders interview with Rebecca, recorded in May, 2024.

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What's new at Cold Wax Academy?
What's new at Cold Wax Academy? You can now join the membership program on a month-to-month basis with full streaming access to all the great features offered, including Rebecca and Jerry's full-length video workshop and Jerry's Mentoring Messages and 12 Essential Lessons. Monthly memberships mean lots more flexibility for you--you can try the program out for a short time, or take a break when you need it. Live sessions will continue twice a month--and along with favorites like painting clinics, critiques, and guests, and as always, everything is recorded and available in the Member Library.

And there's more exciting news! Rebecca and Jerry have just announced the first ever online international exhibit of work created with cold wax medium. All styles and formats are welcome. The juror for the show is Dan Addington, of Addington Gallery in Chicago. To learn more, go to www.coldwaxacademy.com-- and click on the Call for Art button. While you are on the website, check out all the information abut cold wax medium and how you can join the monthly membership.

Please visit http://www.coldwaxacademy.com for more information as well as basic information about using cold wax medium.

Here is what a member named Sandy has to say about her own experience with Cold Wax Academy:
"Rebecca and Jerry have presented the most professional, authentic and structured approach to a creative activity I have ever come across. Their selfless sharing of all their knowledge and encouragement is a gift in my life unsurpassed."

Also-- please visit https://www.espacioart.org to learn about Rebecca and Jerry's newest project, Espacio, dedicated to providing beautiful living and working spaces for artists and writers. Espacio's first offering is Casa Clavel, a modern, fully equipped house opening this September in the beautiful cultural city of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. A few booking openings are still available in 2023, so please incquire if you are interested.

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Episode 118: The Life and Work of Agnes Martin - Interview With Henry Martin

Rebecca Crowell — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 14:00:00 -0500

Rebecca interviews Irish writer Henry Martin about his book, Agnes Martin: Pioneer, Painter, Icon, discussing her life, character, and work. About this biography, museum curator Jina Brenneman wrote “No other book on Agnes Martin has been researched as thoroughly and honestly as Agnes Martin: Pioneer, Painter, Icon. Its sensitive and poetic nature makes it a must read for those truly interested in understanding the artist.”

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Special Guest: Henry Martin.

Episode 69: Interview with Keith Wilson: Seeing What's Around You

Rebecca Crowell — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 10:00:00 -0500

Rebecca talks to Keith Wilson, an artist from Northern Ireland, about his working process and his way of finding importance in his immediate surroundings.

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Special Guest: Keith Wilson.

Episode 68: Intuition

Rebecca Crowell — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 14:00:00 -0500

Rebecca discusses the role of intuition in abstract work with Nuala Clarke and Joanna Kidney at Ballinglen Arts Foundation in Ireland.

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Special Guests: Joanna Kidney and Nuala Clarke.

Episode 66: Contrast and Personal Voice

Rebecca Crowell — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 11:00:00 -0500

PODCAST—Contrast and Personal Voice
This week Rebecca is speaking with you from Ballinglen Arts Foundation in County Mayo,
Ireland, a place she returns to every year for teaching for her own time to paint. She shares some of the ideas that were the focus of her advanced cold wax workshop there, and we discuss how they relate to personal voice in your own work.

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My 7 th time here and the 2 nd or 3 rd time I have taught only more advanced students, those that have used cold wax for a time on their own or in other previous workshops

A little about the workshop—a full week, includes some day trips, lots of independent work time, review demos, PP presentations, discussions, individual meetings, very busy week. More advanced students benefit from some structured exercises rather than just trying to work with the techniques at intro level.

Class structure based on several related ideas: importance of contrast both in visual elements and in the duality of concept. And the relationship of form and content in getting all of this to work together.

Complex so let’s break it down in the way that I presented the material to the class.

Starting with visual elements—asked to focus on 3 (imp. of limited elements in abstraction)

Explored these as studies, in a number of small paintings on paper. Emphasis on CONTRAST.nContrasts of color, value, kinds of mark-making, types of textures.

Then introduced idea of dualities—working with CONTRAST in terms of ideas. Dualities=opposites yet dependent on one another such as growth and decay, light and shadow, organic and human made, anxiety and release.

Dualities provide more interesting ideas in an abstract work than single ideas alone.

Students did some more studies using the contrasting aspects of visual elements but now
bringing in ideas and meaning from a chosen duality.

Accompanied by discussion of the alignment of form and content—the form = objective
aspects of the work, what can be factually described--how do the way you use the visual
elements, the medium, the principles of design
Content= meaning, idea, mood

How does the form you are using support the content/they should be interdependent and
aligned. For example in a painting meant to express anxiety and release, there could be
contrasting aspects of color and line that would relate to each emotion.

many of us operate with awareness of dualities in the back of our minds. This can be very intuitive work. But bringing the process to light also seemed helpful in providing ideas and a clearer sense of direction.

How does this relate to personal voice?
We covered the basic idea of personal voice in episode 20

We’ve also touched on the idea in various other episodes that most forms of artistic expression such as music and writing have a rise and fall, times when the action is high energy and other times calm, some kind of conflict and resolution –provides both structure and energy

Consider how to approach your current ideas and work with the idea of dualities and contrast.

Can be very energizing and open up new ideas.

Also in describing/presenting your work it brings in more interest and focus. More conceptual.

Example you may do beautiful ethereal abstractions—hard to describe and may be so subtle
that they fail to attract much notice when presented in a juried situation or to a gallery.

You can find yourself backed into a corner of "this is what I do"

Could you bring in a contrasting aspect to the work? Perhaps consider the concrete world in relation to the ephemeral--this does not deny your interest in the ephemeral but gives it
additional depth and meaning. Part of the painting more solid, or maybe diptychs of contrasting panels? Or simply exploring the duality in completely separate works.

Idea of chaos/order—many artists fall into one aspect or the other but what about finding a
way to include both sides of the duality in your work? Ordered chaos, or broken order?

Episode 22: Nuala Clarke Interview - Ideas Tiny & Immense

Rebecca Crowell — Sat, 19 May 2018 13:00:00 -0500

Rebecca interviews Nuala Clarke while in Ireland. They discuss the conceptual aspects of her work which is fed by imagination, memory, what she reads, and the natural world of northern County Mayo, Ireland.

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Special Guest: Nuala Clarke.

Episode 21: Michael Geddis Interview, Science Meets Art

Rebecca Crowell — Sat, 12 May 2018 15:00:00 -0500

Rebecca interviews Michael Geddis, an Irish artist who produces extremely intricate drawings based on microscopic observations. He discusses the specialized equipment he uses, his methods, and what inspires his work.

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Special Guest: Michael Geddis.

Episode 18: Surviving Travel Hell

Rebecca Crowell — Sat, 21 Apr 2018 16:00:00 -0500

Rebecca's return trip from Ireland did not go quite as planned. She discusses her travel troubles with Ross and shares what she learned as a result.

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Episode 5: Ballinglen Round Table

Rebecca Crowell — Sat, 20 Jan 2018 12:00:00 -0600

Rebecca hosts a round table discussion with Úna Forde and Randall Exon at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation in County Mayo, Ireland. Topics covered include the Ballinglen experience and thoughts on teaching workshops.

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Special Guests: Randall Exon and Úna Forde.

Episode 4: Joanna Kidney

Rebecca Crowell — Sat, 13 Jan 2018 08:45:00 -0600

Rebecca sits down with Joanna Kidney at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation where both were attending a residency. They discuss the ideas behind Joanna's work, her techniques, and some of her large scale installations. This episode was recorded in October 2017.

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Special Guest: Joanna Kidney.

Episode 3: Leaving for Ireland

Rebecca Crowell — Sat, 06 Jan 2018 19:30:00 -0600

Ross interrupts Rebecca's preparations for her trip to Ireland to discuss creating art while traveling! Topics discussed include the TSA and how best to pack the art essentials. Rebecca also discusses networking in the art world, getting into a gallery, and selling work outside of the gallery system.