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Sunday Morning (2018)

Artists Narratives is about the conversations I have had with mid-life successful artists working in various genres of art, music and writing; conversations about their creative process and how they live a creative life.

I hope that as you explore Artists Narratives you will be as inspired as I have been by the insights I have garnered from my interviews with artists from all over the United States; who while working in different mediums share a commonality in their view of living life passionately. Who better to learn from than those who make art and influence our culture? While on occasion I may indulge in my own musings, I will leave it mostly to the artists I have interviewed here and have met along the way to inspire, teach and excite us.

Excerpt from Interview with Pat Lasch, July 2019

Pat Lasch

On a beautiful desert morning, as I drove into a wonderfully quirky mobile home park in Rancho Mirage, California, I knew I was going to affirmatively scratch my creative itch.  I was about to interview the extremely talented American conceptual artist, painter and sculptor, Pat Lasch (b. 1944)

Lasch was part of the first generation of feminist artists whose work gained prominence in the United States.  Her sculptures depict ordinary objects created in unusual ways, often using dried acrylic paint made in pieces and stitched together.  The daughter of a pastry chef, many of her works are of intricate wedding cakes and dresses, all made with polymer acrylic paint that she either pours, extrudes or presses into molds.

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Excerpt from Interview with Diane Morgan, February 2019

Diane Morgan

Award winning desert artist and photographer, Diane Morgan, may be soft-spoken, but her paintings, whether watercolor, oils or acrylic, pack a powerful punch.  Using lighting effects, reflected surfaces, exaggerated contrasts and unusual compositions, Morgan transforms the simple into the “un-ordinary, not-so-still life”. Her work has been featured in numerous art magazines, she has won many prestigious painting awards and her audience includes museums, galleries and private collections.

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EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENT

My mixed media painting, "Surprise", has been accepted into the Brand 47 Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper. It will be on view at Brand Library & Art Center in Glendale, California from September 7 through October 25, 2019. Alma Ruiz, curator and best known as former longtime senior curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA juried the exhibition. Reception open to the public Saturday, September 7 from 7:00-9:30 p.m.

Upcoming Embracing a Creative Life Workshops

Morning Rituals: The Journal and the Journey

  • Sat. 11/9/19 CSUSB (Palm Desert Campus)

Who Me?

  • Sat. 11/16/19 CSUSB (Palm Desert Campus)

Art In Nature

  • Sat. 11/30/19 Desert Yoga Therapy, Rancho Mirage
  • Sat. 2/29/20 Desert Yoga Therapy, Rancho Mirage

Finding Joy in a Simple Flower

  • Sat. 12/14/19 Desert Yoga Therapy, Ramcho Mirage
  • Sat. 3/14/20 Desert Yoga Therapy, Rancho Mirage

More details including address and time are available on each workshop page or please contact Judy Nemer Sklar for more information at (760) 902-5467.

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