by urban-acupuncture | Jun 7, 2016 | Acupuncture Columbus, Art, Community
As a life-long resident of Champaign County, Ohio, I have become more aware in recent years of the beauty that surrounds me. The gently rolling hills and well-maintained farmland offer pastoral vistas. The interplay of organic and ever-changing cloud formations contrasting with the geometric forms of barns, silos, and fields provide subject matter for my paintings. These landscapes are often located within a few miles of my home, scenes I encounter daily.
My paintings have the look of being painted Plein Air, but are studio creations. Three years ago I started painting on our screened-in porch. It offered plenty of natural light, and at the time was not often used.
I believe people still want to look at beautiful things. These are the landscapes, the rural vistas, I find most appealing. My paintings reveal the simple, honest, direct beauty of our local landscape.
Leigh Ann Inskeep-Simpson received her B.A. in Art Education from Otterbein College. She received her M.F.A. in Painting from Miami University. She teaches Art, Art History, and Photography at Urbana High School. She can be reached through her website at www.LeighAnnInskeep-Simpson.com.
by urban-acupuncture | Apr 6, 2016 | Art, Community
5th grade artists at Liberty Tree Elementary School, in the Olentangy Local School District, looked at the strong compositions of flower paintings by artist Georgia O’Keeffe. Students then set to work simplifying a flower into simple shapes and lines with an emphasis on the composition itself. Their goal was to reach all 4 sides of the paper and abstract the flower to take on a new life all its own. These images were rendered in water-soluble oil pastels, with attention to thoughtful color selections and pairings. The work will be on display at the Clintonville location until early May.
by urban-acupuncture | Jan 29, 2016 | Art, Community, What we sell at our clinic..
This series of paintings has been evolving for almost 10 years now. I enjoy making small paintings because I want people to get up close to really look at them. I want them to see all of the wonderful brush strokes and colors that arise while I paint.
And I enjoy painting this simple subject matter. I find it fascinating. Even though they are common objects, there is always something new to discover; it is still interesting even after so many years. It is also very convenient for me to make art on this scale, as it encourages me to keep working even when life gets busy.
by urban-acupuncture | Dec 10, 2015 | Art
My photography is a visual exploration of relationships between shapes, forms,
textures and light as found in trees, plants, water and landscape. These
ever-changing patterns of natural design are further changed by the process used in
making the print.
My Photo Transfer Print technique is similar to the Monotype printmaking process. A
traditional Monotype print is an image drawn or painted on a metal or glass plate,
then covered with a sheet of paper and passed through a press. In a Photo Transfer
Print a digital image is printed on a sheet of acetate where the ink remains wet on
the surface. Placing a sheet of paper over the acetate and applying pressure
transfers the ink to the paper. The resulting image possesses a combination of
highly textured and smooth tonal areas determined by the density of the ink. The
Japanese Silk Tissue paper on which the images are printed creates delicate fine
detail and a warm luminosity.
Photography is an adventure in seeing – of perceiving the familiar with fresh eyes,
and seeing new possibilities for printing and presenting the image.
by urban-acupuncture | Apr 7, 2015 | Art, Community
Ryan Agnew is an artist whose sincere investment in the present reflects itself in the art he produces, the questions he raises and the community he fosters with others. Born 1978 in Alexandria, Virginia, Agnew exhibits regularly and has been the recipient of several awards including a fellowship for emerging artists from The Ohio State University’s Arts Initiative in 2010 and an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award in 2009. During the summer of 2010, he completed a residency with the Nonstop Institute in Yellow Springs, Ohio; the work he developed during this period reflects his interest in familial oral histories and their relationship to local stories and cycles in nature. Since 2009 Agnew has collaborated with others to run It Looks Like It’s Open, a shared studio space in Clintonville and a testing ground for experimental projects and events. Agnew’s oil and watercolor paintings use color and pattern to construct form and often represent light in the natural landscape. These paintings incorporate soft details and quiet restraint, inviting viewers to draw closer, to slow down, look deeply and connect to the world around us. Agnew also currently works with the Columbus Metropolitan Library’s Ready to Read Corps and is father of twins, Tree and Lake.
