Alchemy and Paint…what could be a better combination than these two things together!? This week’s Book Club discusses James Elkins- “What Painting Is” and how it inspired me to make a MASSIVE experiential landscape painting packed with big gestures and juicy paintbrush marks! Which I show you a little later in the video!

He writes: “Science has closed off almost every unsystematic encounter with the world. Alchemy and painting are two of the last remaining paths into the deliriously beautiful world of unnamed substances.”

James Elkins, a former painter, is a Professor of Art History, Theory and Criticism at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He knows his stuff! So really recommend this book if you, like me, are fascinated by ALL things paint…[ Ссылка ]
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A few reviews of the book if you do fancy a nice holiday read:

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