I like to take creative field trips whenever I can. These were some of my fave finds from an antique mall. One if them lives in my studio now. :)
An inspiring trip to MOMA
Had such a great day in the city recently. Met up with friends to see the new Matisse exhibit at MOMA “The Red Studio”. Here is the description from the museum website:
For many years after its creation, Henri Matisse’s The Red Studio (1911)—which depicts the artist’s work space in the Parisian suburb of Issy-les-Moulineaux—was met with bafflement or indifference. Today it is known as a foundational work of modern art and a landmark in the centuries-long tradition of studio painting. Matisse: The Red Studio will reunite this work with the surviving six paintings, three sculptures, and one ceramic by Matisse depicted on its six-foot-tall-by-seven-foot-wide canvas. This will be the first reunion of these objects since they were together in Matisse’s studio at the time The Red Studio was made. They range from groundbreaking paintings, such as Le Luxe II (1907–08), to lesser-known works, such as Corsica, The Old Mill (1898), to objects which have only recently been rediscovered.
I was so inspired by his vivid color and line and couldn’t wait to get back home and paint. This was my sketchbook page the next day. I had so much fun!
Creative Field Trips
It was Julia Cameron of “The Artist’s Way” who planted the idea in my head about taking creative field trips. When I feel creatively stalled, a trip into the city always proves her theory. I get caught up in the energy of NYC. Yesterday it was only 26 degrees but I took a brisk walk up to MOMA and enjoyed seeing the new wing.
They now have a “peoples studio” there where you can sit down and collage or weave on a loom. Great way to introduce art making to the public.
I hit my favorite Japanese bookstore on the way down 6th, then Muji and then back home where my work was calling me. But those 4 hours were GREAT!
