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Artist Statement:
My work has revolved
primarily around people for
the last six years. I'm a
teacher and always observing
and studying people in real
life and this helps me greatly
intuitively when I am painting
portraits.
June 2005 : As far as painting
goes, I tend to agree with
those that...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Crescent City, California
Town Center Gallery
1988
LE KIOSK
Villers Côtterets
France
May 2001
Permanent Exhibition
L'Auberge
Les Chapelles Bourbon
Seine et Marne 77
France
June 19,2005
Terroir et Jazz Festival
Les Chapelles Bourbon
Seine et Marne
France
EXHIBITION : September 6-20
2005
MAYAN PORTRAITS and FLOWERS
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Artist Galleries:
Galèrie ARTMONTI
10-12 rue Budé
75004 ISLE ST LOUIS PARIS
FRANCE...
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Norah Joy Clydesdale Biography:
| Biographical information for Norah Joy Clydesdale can be found below. The artist may choose what information to display. Sometimes the artist chooses not to display personal information to the general public. |
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| Gender |
Female
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| Status |
Committed
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| Children |
3
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| Education |
Self Taught |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
teaching and reaching people through music and art. |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Oil
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Renaissance - (1400 - 1600)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Carvaggio
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
My greatest inspiration over the last few years has been the ancient sculpture of China and India. These "archetypes" speak to me in a language of their own and thus, are drawn to the canvas in their own particular way in my mind's eye. |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
May 2007
Why did I become an artist? I think we are all artists. The question is whether or not someone shows us that there is a way to tranform what we experience and live each day into something else, and that in the process of this transformation process, we are able to transcend joys and sorrows and intellectual ideas into something others can relate to. Of course, it goes without saying that one main impetus is to create and re-create beauty as we see it but art is and has always been a transformational process for me. Teaching others to reach this part of themselves, the artist "child" has also helped me to develop my own vision and techniques.It is amazing to see what a person is able to do once they get in contact with the part of themselves that desires to create.
My work has revolved primarily around people for the last six years. I'm a teacher and always observing and studying people in real life and this helps me greatly intuitively when I am painting portraits. The portraits of the Indians painted in 2002 were painted on wood in oils with a laqué paint base to coat the wood before I started. The Indian portraits are on permanent exhibition in L'Auberge des Chapelles Bourbon, Seine et Marne, France. There were quite a few Hopi Indians, but I didn't do that on purpose. I am just naturally attracted to these Indians, especially the women and the medicine men-healers and warriors. I was also attracted to different parts of Asia, especially the Mongolian, Tibetan and Chinese personalities. Color and form are of course very important and sometimes, as is the case of the Indian woman draped in a many-colored blanket, the subject becomes more abstract. There is also a universal or global idea behind these portraits seeing bits and pieces of parts of ourselves when we paint portraits of others. I had an exposition of this group of paintings in March 2001 just outside of Paris.
June 2005 : As far as painting goes, I tend to agree with those that say little, and prefer to let the paintings speak for themselves, however I do think it is important to talk about what happens on the” inside” and particularly when we are propelled into another dimension through paint, colours and forms and when this propulsion becomes so intense that it becomes an every day occurrence and need, not a “sometime” or a “one time, from time to time” occurrence. I want to talk about what happens when we are on this particular path,( I see it within myself as well as in my students who have also chosen to use painting as a tool and a path.)
What seems to be important on this path is when there are “breakthroughs”… when all of sudden the “pieces” of what we have been working on for a short or a long time seem to coagulate into a mainstream idea within our own imagination.. This is an exciting feeling ! Like discovering a new land or a new space to explore.
Things also seem to “bottleneck” just before the breakthrough,meaning we have the impression of being in a space that is just too small and no longer comfortable..so of course the feeling of discovery is even greater. This is what has just happened with the “Collage” works on the Overdreamscapes gallery.
All of sudden I started seeing how different paintings actually fit together into a whole in terms of colors, ideas and forms . Repeating the motif (in the form of the painting ) also help to increase the effect when you see the paintings re-united together. It is as though we were able to start painting the “pieces” of the master plan and then were able to see at last how these pieces all fit together. I know this is going to have an effect on future paintings. I don’t think it can be any other way as there has been a sort of altered vision now when I sit down in front of the canvas.
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May 2007
A new life and a new vision of things. Tara in the fields was done in September before I left for Italy. The most recent painting is Madonna in the fields. These two paintings have been done with a different approach, not only in my mind's eye ( a consolidation of sorts of the the major themes of the last five years) but also a change in technique which has happened gradually and as a consequence. Teaching has had an effect on this change in my way of painting as well. My students have taught me as much or more than I ever taught them, that is a fact. All stems from one's "vision" and perception of things and the technique follows in line as the vision changes. To be continued. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
I am American living in Paris for about 20 years. Now I have moved to Italy and a new life here. I have always painted because it was natural to do but that has not been my main occupation so far as I was trained as a professional musician and then became a teacher in Paris but still kept on painting. The paintings on this site are of course the most recent ones for many were done and left in the US. Faces have always been a major interest but lately (this year) I have started to let go a little and paint directly from dreams and inspiration. Drawing is a separate activity in itself for me in another place and time.Usually there are many 'sittings' as it gains in depth layer after layer until the effect I wish to create is there on the canvas.Sometimes the image or images just come out like that.
I am autodidact as I spent most of my time studying music, however painting is becoming and has become now a major focus of my time and energy.
Italy 2006-2007:
A new life in Italy! It's true what they say about the beauty of Italy. Every day I have proof of that, but what is really special is the rose-colored light you can see towards the end of the day. You can see the fields and the mountains bathed in this special light and it will definitely have an influence on future work and I'm back to painting again after a lull of seven months getting 'settled in' and learning to speak Italian. |
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