classwork

 I've been taking art history classes with Leigh Culver for a couple of years (you can look for her classes at Winslow art center). The classes always give me a lot to think about but some weeks the lesson just dovetails with where I am.

Last week was like that.

One of the artists Leigh looked at was Joseph Stella.

I'd never seen these works of his before: he would stack or otherwise strange various natural objects.

I happened to notice, after Leigh's lecture, that I had put a little shell on a leaf I'd picked up. And I saw it as a subject for painting

Which I may not have before.