An Art Journey: Potted Plant

Friday, October 19, 2007

Potted Plant

Hurray! I finally made it to art class tonight! It's actually the 4th week of class, but the first week I had to work, the second week I had a stomach virus, the third week I was on vacation. But finally tonight I made it there. My sweet teacher Alex knew, from my grumblings, that I was sick of drawing the figure and wished we could do something else sometimes - so he added a plant to the composition just with me in mind. So what else could I do but try to do the plant, - though it sure did have a lot of leaves!

But he was so busy getting ready for an upcoming student show that it took forever for him to finally get the model in position so we could start, so I only had a tad over an hour to work on this!

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ABOUT ME

: Name:Debbie Cusick; Location:NE Florida, United States

Debbie has loved nature and drawing since early childhood, and spent a lot of time drawing and coloring - mostly animals, and visiting art museums, encouraged by an artistic and nature-loving mother. At age 11 she won an art scholarship of a year’s free lessons at the Montclair Art Museum.

But Debbie veered away from art in her teen years. Her interests lay in more classical drawing, and more representational interpretations, all of which were totally out of vogue, and totally untaught, in those teen years. In her 20s she turned to quilting, and spent many years making quilts, primarily her own original designs.

But she still missed drawing, painting, and the fine arts, and in 2005 began to pursue this passion again. She discovered pastels and finally found an art medium she could love.

From 2005-2011 she continued to take lessons with Master Pastelists – first Alex Piccarillo at the Montclair Art Museum (Life drawing, figurative art) and later with Christina Debarry (still lifes and landscapes) at her home studio. Debbie owes a huge debt of gratitude to both Alex and Christina, to their fine teaching skills and warm personalities.

Debbie is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of New Jersey, and served as their 2^nd Vice President and Exhibitions Chair. In 2011 Debbie moved to northeast Florida where she just completed a 2-year term as President of the Art Guild of Orange Park, is a member of the First Coast Plein Air Painters, and also currently serves as the Webmaster of the First Coast Pastel Society , as well as a board member of the St. Johns Audubon chapter.

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