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Christmas Eve 4 – Follow-up

Rich Brimer — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:56:22 +0000

So, painting for 5 Christmas Eve services was not as hard as I psyc’ed myself out for. It actually got much easier each service. The thing that I was not figuring on was that there were three pastors preaching three different sermons at these five services. Each used the painting to illustrate the sermon [...]

When did you forget how to draw…?

Rich Brimer — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:16:20 +0000

On another website that I often read, the question was asked… “When did you forget how to draw? – How can we reconnect with our playful, creative, expressive element of our humanity?” I stopped actually drawing twenty years ago, when I got married. Life changes and new priorities caused me to leave behind a [...]

Life Drawing

Rich Brimer — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:10:26 +0000

So at the start of this year, I decided to find a local life drawing group. I did find a couple of them but they were in the mornings. I have a day job, so it would not be possible to attend the weekday one, the other is on Saturdays, which [...]

Painting Imago Dei

Rich Brimer — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:38:46 +0000

A few months ago, I started this figure painting group that meets at a local Community Gallery. Our figure model came to be our muse for the evening and we started some chit-chat while setting-up for the session. She took off her robe and set her pose – lying on her back with her [...]

Art is a Rorschach test

Rich Brimer — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:58:23 +0000

By Kathrin Raab-Questenberg Tuesday, June 17, 2008 Re: your June 14 article, “Nude art up, down, back up on a T.O. public wall: Officials deal with complaint plus the issue of censorship”:

I am responding to comments concerning some pieces of art in the new Hillcrest Center of the Arts show, which some viewers [...]

Upcoming Events

Rich Brimer — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:00:09 +0000

Current & upcoming shows:

California Landscapes

High Studio Gallery, May 10 through July 25th, 2008.

Reception with the artists on May 10th, 6-8 pm. Check website for directions … http://www.highstudio.net

Although it is mainly a figurative painting (33 figures [...]

More on Beauty

Rich Brimer — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:39:10 +0000

Here is a quote from a pastor named Chris Seay from Ecclesia in Houston, TX. I love what he says here about Art & Beauty…

“Some people’s idea if great art is what looks nice, something nice to hang on a wall. What I hope for in a sermon… in a photograph… a painting, [...]

Thousand Oaks Figure Drawing Meetup

Rich Brimer — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:58:11 +0000

Click here to check out The Thousand Oaks Figure Drawing Meetup!