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ARTIST to LOVE: Alice Odilon

We have a new Artist to Love!

Join us in saying “Welcome” to photographer Alice Odilon, our newest Artist to Love

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Alice Odilon
Photography
Madone au Voile Blanc by Photographer Alice Odilon
Madone au Voile Blanc
Photography
ODILON was born in Paris and felt heavily influenced by classical music, ballet dancing and the Masters of painting. At the age of 16, Odilon suffered from anorexia. At 17 she began using a camera to make self portraits. It was simply a way to give her a glimpse inside herself to make sense of the pain with which she struggled to understand.

"Taking action is far better than thinking, for me. Photography saved my life."

FAVORITE FOOD:

Almonds & Carrot Cake

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ARTIST to LOVE: Darcy Meeker

We have a new Artist to Love!

Join us in saying “Welcome” to sculptor Darcy Meeker, our newest Artist to Love

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Darcy Meeker
Sculpture
Mineral Spirits, Italian Alabaster sculpture by Darcy Meeker
Mineral Spirits
Italian Alabaster sculpture
MEEKER tools copper, creates sculpture in stone, clay, silk, aluminum, and, well, pretty much anything she can get her hands on, and paints, collages and prints on a variety of materials with the same wide-ranging enthusiasm.

Meeker's work is all about flowing line, texture, opaque vs. translucent & figure-ground play. Whatever her medium at the moment, it asks to be touched. It's all about curves & texture, light & shadow. "I’m only interested in work that conveys that kind of sensuous pull."

FAVORITE FOOD: Sushi

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ARTIST to LOVE: Martha Carroll

We have a new Artist to Love!

Join us in saying “Welcome” to Martha Carroll, our newest Artist to Love

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Martha Carroll
Mixed Media
Beijing Wall, Mixed Media by Martha Carroll
Beijing Wall
Mixed Media
After earning both a BFA & a MS degree at UT Knoxville, CARROLL began her art career as an illustrator. Art direction led her into years of talent & production work. In her second career, Robbins has taught drawing, painting and photography for all levels in public schools.

Carroll's mixed media works demonstrates both her perspective of humanity and the stories associated with objects, people, or landscapes. Currently, she enjoys incorporating her original photography into her mixed media work.

FAVORITE FOOD: Potato Chips

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ARTIST to LOVE: Kris Rehring

We have a new Artist to Love!

Join us in saying “Welcome” to Kris Rehring, our newest Artist to Love

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Kris Rehring
Oil Painting
Kitchenette, Oil Painting by Kris Rehring
Kitchenette
Oil Painting
REHRING expresses moments & emotions in human existence that are real. In an ever-increasing digital presence, she strives to share authentic moments that will last beyond the click of a delete button. Her focus is the human figure in both representational & narrative settings--including still life & plein air. A Knoxville resident, she exhibits in nat'l juried shows, often in the southeast. Born in Chattanooga, she was raised in Florida & earned both a BS from The Univ. of Miami (awarded William Oberman Award, best drawing) & a MFA from The Univ. of TN (1990 Artist of the Year).

FAVORITE FOOD: Seafood

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ARTIST to LOVE: Gail R. Mitchell

We have a new Artist to Love!

Thanks for introducing us to Crystal Illumination Art!  Say “Hello” to our newest Artist to Love

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Gail R. Mitchell
Crystal Illumination Art
CIA15, Crystal Illumination by Gail R. Mitchell
CIA15
Crystal Illumination
MITCHELL created Crystal Illumination Art to bring the transformative quality of illumination, light & color to the human experience and celebrate its ability to inspire, heal and nourish our physical, mental, emotional & spiritual well being. The refractory & reflective light emanate through prisms of crystals stimulating the senses & evoking a visual dimension that captivates viewers. Art is a universal language. Mitchell aspires to continue lighting the way for people to experience this transformative sensory art experience.

FAVORITE FOOD: Just cannot decide

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FEATURED ARTIST: Jennie Traill Schaeffer

Learn more about Featured Artist Jennie Traill Schaeffer!i choose CHEESE

With the arrival of January, I finally been able to concentrate on comfort –and yearly nesting maintenance of both my literal home and second home, this blog.  My own art is still in flux and the reduction of my belongings in in full swing.  As I prepare to purposefully downsize once again, I am happy to be liberating my belongings into the hands of others who are more interested than I in owning stuff.  As you might imagine, I seem to be divesting myself of kitchen wares the slowest.  I let go of the ice cream maker this week.  But, between you and me, I did add a digital thermometer for cheese making.  I mean really, doesn’t everyone need 6 sizes of melon ballers?  Of course.

This month’s artist both celebrates and laments our kitchen icons.  Her work explores our connection to the tools of domesticity and the roles they play in defining our roles in life–real and imagine, chosen and not.  Separating me from my mixer just got harder.

Learn more about Featured Artist Jennie Traill Schaeffer!AAAD is proud to feature the work of Jennie Traill Schaeffer.  This work calls attention to how what we own speaks to who we are.  It isn’t all pots and percolators...

FEATURED ARTIST:
Jennie Traill Schaeffer

 

Contemporary artist Jennie Traill Schaeffer holds a BFA in Painting and Art Education from Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts.  She studied with painters Jerome Witkin, Gary Trento, and John Thompson while studying abroad in Florence, Italy.   Jennie received the “Hiram Gee Award,” given each year to a graduating senior painting major.

Jennie grew up in Easton, Pennsylvania, and comes from a lineage of happy artists (visual, musical, and performing).  She and her husband, Lee Goldberg, are happy to now call New Jersey home along with their adorable sons, Joel & Auggie–and exuberant dog, Ringo.

Perker Maestá by Featured Artist Jennie Traill SchaefferTell me about your art education–both the self-taught and the formal instruction.  “I hold a BFA in painting and art education from Syracuse University.  The technical foundations of painting I developed while in art school, but in order to continue painting in oils safely in my home while pregnant, I researched and taught myself to paint without solvents.  Over the past decade, I’ve experimented with direct painting using both brushes and knives, adjusting my style.”

How has your technique developed over the years? Does your substrate determine the texture of the final work? Do the works on paper have the same topography as the work on panel?  “A mixture of indirect and direct painting stuck with me from art school, but due to my need to remove solvents from my studio, my paint application thickened.  Now because of both time constraints in the studio due to caring for children, as well as painting mostly without a vehicle, my painting process if very direct.  However, I’ve always been attracted to the play of thick paint moving around a surface.  That visceral feeling of applying paint is one of my first memories of learning to paint.  It’s usually in the end layers when the paint is still wet and I’m able to lay in other colors, brushing in texture, when I’m happiest at the easel.  When I shift to works on paper it’s usually to switch to a drawing or printmaking medium, so that will dictate the texture of my work.”

Stainless Steel Cooker of Eggs by Featured Artist Jennie Traill SchaefferIt would seem you have a significant relationship with the kitchen. With such a prolific portfolio of cutlery, aprons, appliances & more, it has to more than just a matter of kitchen convenience.  Yes?  ‘An argument between my, then, fiancée, now husband and I.  We both love to cook, and when we were first living together and engaged, we both shared the responsibility.  He was in graduate school and I was working at an art store and setting up a studio at home.  I was trying to figure out what to paint.  After having a huge disagreement over how and when to wash our pots and pans, I painted my dishwasher, which was in view of my dining room studio.  We registered for wedding gifts, many of which were domestic kitchen appliances.  I began painting them as portraits, not sure of the meaning at the time, but attracted to their design, reflective qualities, and color.  Along the way, I realized the import of what I was painting –Icons of the Kitchen.  They are heavily marketed tools that many in my generation don’t use, but desire to have as a status symbol.  Once I was aware of this, I began donning the appliances with halos and seating them on thrones evoking references to religious paintings from the Early Renaissance.”

Master of Drink Mixing by Featured Artist Jennie Traill SchaefferSpeaking of appliance portraiture, how is it that even the spoons feel as though they are sitting for portraits?  “I love to paint portraits, but have a fear of having people sit for me and prefer to paint from life when possible.  I think the appliances fill that need for me and feel like portraits due to their scale and positioning.  They are not arranged in a typical still life grouping, but are situated on non-descript surfaces with cords and handles that have seem to suggest hands on hips. Of course the appliances seated on chairs is obvious.  In many cases, though not all, they are larger than life.”

Producing vintage-inspired work that isn’t sentimental takes a careful hand.  Both your color palate and your composition speak to a vintage perspective. Was that your intention?  “I am drawn to, have been fascinated, and sometimes disgusted by the era my parents group up in.  For the most part, I would not have wanted to be a woman during the earlier 20th century, but I appreciate the work women did in the home.  The color palette comes from the objects themselves, many of which are vintage-inspired in their design. The composition is vintage in that I am referencing older works of art.  But removing the sentimentality wasn’t intentional, and the pieces do evoke an emotional response from viewers.  I think the removal of the objects from their environment, along with the historical references maybe tames the sentimentality.”

St Perker by Featured Artist Jennie Traill SchaefferWhat style or school of art do you think work fits into? I’ve always found it difficult to pigeon-hole my work into a particular style.  “The subject matter is Pop Art, but the intent is more a blend of Realism, Conceptualism, and a bit of Expressionism.  I want the objects to be readily understood,  and I enjoy depicting things realistically.”

But, I am striving to convey meaning or a better understanding of who I am, who wives are, who mothers are through my work.

 

What is your favorite food addiction?  “Pasta is my ultimate love. I grew up with a half-Italian father who has perfected an amazing spaghetti sauce chocked full of garlic, onions, a terrific balance of herbs and sausage and meatballs.”

What if your favorite snack food obsession?  “I am definitely torn between chocolate and cheese.  It’s trite, but when I’m itching for a snack and the “clean” or “healthy” option just won’t satisfy me, I look for a bag of chocolate chips in the baking cabinet or aged, extra sharp cheddar.”  Chocolate vs. cheese is a question for the ages.  And I would argue if both are high quality, they are both clean and healthy.  Eat them both.

Oh Slicer of Cheese by Featured Artist Jennie Traill SchaefferWhat’s coming up next for you?  “I have a lot of ideas that I’ve jotted down, but none fully formed yet. Thoughts of kitchen icons or relics, creating more large maestás, incorporating more collaged egg shells into paintings, making a large piece painted on a bed headboard similar to an altarpiece.”

“I’m considering attempting a small lunchtime work each day featuring lunch ingredients.” 

 

“Since I had my second child, 19 months ago, motherhood and art has been on my mind a lot.  This may somehow creep into my subject matter.  At the end of 2014 I created a linocut called St. Mixer of the Bags, which I printed on reusable bags.  I would like to print a limited edition on paper, and then pursue more linocuts of my work.”

Thank you, Jennie, for reminding us that we CHOOSE
both our treasures and our trammels.

Learn more about Featured Artist Jennie Traill Schaeffer!

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FEATURED ARTIST of the YEAR: Emily Mitchell

Fig Newtons by Artist of the Year Emily Mitchell!HAPPY NEW YEAR!
food & art

It is January again, and we can’t believe it is 2015 already.  I am joyfully looking forward to a new year. 2014 was a year of growth for my family, my art, and for AAAD.  There were wonderful food highlights including a renewed interest in baking and continuing to fight the appearance of processed, fake foods.   I appreciate that some of you are tackling the same issues–like fig newtons.  The fig newtons, at left, are a self-proclaimed fail by painter Emily Mitchell.  And AAAD covered some fantastic opportunities in 2014 and even more fantastic artists.

Today, we name the
2014 Artist of the Year!

 

Get Close by 2014 Featured Artist of the Year Painter Emily Mitchell!When AAAD began in 2009, (YES, we are starting year SIX!) I was determined to cover art deadlines, and more importantly, artists producing really good ART.  And, after I chose a few artists, I quickly realized that the Featured Artist program needed structure, or it would never really get done on any sort of regular basis. That is how the Featured Artist Contest was born.

The Featured Artist Page was getting crowded and each post was lessening the impact of being Featured. I had to start archiving artists yearly.  And, the Artist of the Year was born.  I now give all of our Featured Artists each year notice that at the end of the year, the Artist of the Year will be determined by the number of comments on their individual Featured Artist blog posts.

Congratulations to
Emily Mitchell,
AAAD’s 2014 Artist of the Year

The Dragonfly Gift by 2014 Featured Artist of the Year Painter Emily Mitchell!I followed up with Emily to find out what’s new:  “I’m hoping to start a new series with insects.  I’d like to do about 20-25 of them in a similar approach to my work but probably with some more mixed media-colored pencils, papers, perhaps. Oh!  And I’d like to do a few give a ways this year! I’m also doing a few workshops for some teachers and art associations. “

And new foods? Are there any new tasty morsels inspiring you? “So, since going GF, I really really miss Fig Newtons. I love/loved them, and they were my daily coffee accompaniment each morning.  They also made great training food when I did triathlons. But the ones I have found that are on the shelf are not stupendous.  So I have begun making my own. It’s laborious, and they are ugly!  Like, really ugly.  But so far they taste good. And much fresher than the original.” Editor’s note:  The food pic above ARE Emily’s figgy fail.  I think they look yummy.  All hail the ugly food!

I have enjoyed getting to know you, Emily. I am inspired by your sense of yourself. I love you adapt in life and how that carries over to your work.   I appreciate that your fans and peers loved you enough to make you the Artist of the Year even though your feature was the last one of the year.  Thank you, Emily, for ending 2014 with a bang!  If you missed her original Feature, check it out and get to know Emily Mitchell yourself.

Learn more about 2014 Artist of the Year, Painter Emily Mitchell!

Do you want to be the 2015 Artist of the Year?
It all starts with the Featured Artist Contest.

ARTIST to LOVE: Laura Mabbutt

We found another great artist to celebrate!

This time it is a feltmaker! Say “Hello” to our newest Artist to Love

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Laura Mabbutt
Designer/Maker of Felt Objects
Necklaces made from Merino wool & copper piping by Laura Mabbutt
Necklaces
Merino wool & copper piping
MABBUTT has been making felt for 10 years specializing in sculptural wet felt techniques & creating fashion & home accessories & sculptural forms from undyed wools & natural fibers. Her aim is to raise awareness of the material & its natural properties, creating unique, contemporary & desirable objects. Mabbutt's work has been exhibited in many venues including the Mall Galleries, London & The National Centre for Craft & Design. Laura also takes satisfaction in teaching the craft of feltmaking to others & is available for demos & workshops.

FAVORITE FOOD: Veggie Roast Dinner

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ARTIST to LOVE: Dan McCormack

We found another
great artist to celebrate!

This time it is a photographer! Say “Hello” to our newest Artist to Love

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Dan McCormack
Photography
Vera by Photographer Dan McCormack
Vera
Pinhole Photography
McCORMACK used a round oatmeal box pinhole camera to create a series of visceral images. Through successive pulling of curves in Photoshop, B&W values are replaced with color. The “Nude at Home” series, began about five years ago.

McCormack photographs the model nude in her home, apartment or studio. With the model in her space, all the objects in the image are a part of the life of the model. Then the pose, the furniture and the long, two minute exposures reveal an intimate portrait of the subject.

FAVORITE FOOD: Blueberries

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ARTIST to LOVE: Ansley Adams

WE found ANOTHER great one!

  This fantastic artist is from Rock Hill, SC!  Say “Hello” to our newest Artist to Love

Ansley Adams
Painting
The Red Horse, Oil Painting by Ansley Adams
The Red Horse
Oil Painting
ADAMS was born in the rural outskirts of Pittsburgh, PA, where she lived before settling in Charlotte, NC. Adams obtained a BA in Art & Education from Wingate University & a MFA in Painting at the University of SC. Her research on objects and the interior is drawn from the emotional memory of solitude and longing that the memory of place or thing holds for her. She is inspired by the desire to express, through ideas of shared experience, the emotional memory that these locations or 'special objects' hold.

FAVORITE FOOD: Mashed Potatoes

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