Allen Caucutt Critique at AC Art Association Monday 2/16/09

Allen Caucutt critiqued in a very informative, positive, humorous way. He also urged us to share our art with school students as art education is being cut back and eliminated in schools. He has a show coming up in December at the Cedarburg Cultural Center, http://cedarburgculturalcenter.org/

Here's some links with information about him:

• http://www.weac.org/professional_resources/great_schools/news_and_articles/2006-2007/caucutt_allen.aspx
  
• http://www.weac.org/professional_resources/great_schools/news_and_articles/2005-2006/caucutt.aspx
  
• http://www.cedarburgartistsguild.com/07DIRECTORY.html .

Some topics he mentioned while critiquing:

• We see things 2 ways: haptic & visual, one is the overall view to detail, the other is detail to overall.
• Types of painting: realism, impressionism, abstract & nonobjective (space, texture, shape & form)
• There are no lines in nature, nature has dimension. Lines are manmade.
  
• The need to nurture art in young people to help them become creative people. Visit the schools on vocation day with 3 of your best paintings on varied subjects and talk about what you do.
  
• Enjoy the act of painting
• Experiment with painting with various values of one color
• Experiment with a controlled palette; 1 color + black and white
  

Several painters & paintings mentioned during critique:

• William Turner http://www.j-m-w-turner.co.uk/
• Michael Casey: http://www.mcaseyart.com/
• Gathering Faggots by Thomas Gainsborough http://www.artofeurope.com/gainsborough/gai5.htm
• Picasso's Rooster http://www.globalgallery.com/enlarge/007-14456/
• Barbizon French landscapes artists http://wwar.com/masters/movements/barbizon_school.html
• Seurat's Sunday in the Park http://www.artchive.com/artchive/S/seurat/jatte.jpg.html
• Winslow Homer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winslow_Homer
• Michael Santini http://www.msantini.com/