On Wednesday I went to a couple of exhibitions in Brisbane; 'Look! the art of Australian picture books today' at the State Library, and 'Matisse, Drawing Life' at the Gallery of Modern Art. Both brilliant; I love to see imagination in children's books and especially cartoony characters that I can relate too, but it is also great to see such realism portrayed too - it amazes me how much variety there is in children's picture books; and of course the brilliant Matisse whose line work is definitely one to aspire to as I take my sketch book everywhere I go trying to master the lines of life that I see all around me. It was also great to view sketch books from the picture book artists to see insights into their developing ideas - I sometimes find these more exciting then the final pieces of artwork!
Being a French artist, Matisse's artwork had French names, which I thought added to the artwork in itself, which gave it almost a cute personal touch, for example portraits of his loved ones may simply be called 'Mademoiselle Matisse'
I wanted to give my picture book reading picture a French title, but I do not think my French teachers from school would be very happy with that translation!! Haha
As always when visiting exhibitions, I always leave them with inspiration at my side..
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| Inspiration at my side |
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