Blue Moon Fire Spiral (The Fire Snake), watercolor pencil on distressed paper with burned edges, 17″ x 13 1/8″ ©2018 Amy Funderburk, All Rights Reserved. First work in The Meditative Labyrinth Elemental Suite Blue Moon […]
Category Archives: General art discussion and philosophy
Here There Be Dragons: Utilizing Pareidolia in My Art Process
What do you see in the clouds above? I see a giant moose. Or someone with a tiny head, sitting back on his heels while flexing his muscles. And a pyramid in the distance. The […]
New Work: How Does an Artist Know When a Piece is Finished?
Blue Moon Fire Spiral. A question that artists hear a lot is, “How do you know when you are finished with a piece?” My college painting professor had the best answer: “When he or she […]
How To Paint Like a Woman…
…(or Sculpt, or Photograph, or Perform, or….) Have you seen The Object, that iconic surrealist sculpture in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York? This fur-covered cup, saucer, and spoon […]
That Time When Someone Told Me That I Paint Like a Man
During the reception for the 2013 exhibition in which I debuted the painting above, South Tawton Ceiling Boss: The Green Man (Simhasana — Lion’s Breath), I caught the eye of a visitor. She repeatedly looked […]
Liberty Leading the People: Art Reflects History
As the world watched, there certainly seemed to be no room for a grey area reaction to this November?s US presidential election. It is no secret that this nation finds itself tremendously polarized, resulting in […]
The Skies Have It
On October 2nd, we were very fortunate to attend a lecture by renowned surreal photographer Jerry Uelsmann at the Nasher Museum of Art in Durham, NC.1?Uelsmann delivered an insightful, sincere talk. His lecture was the […]
Complementary, My Dear Watson!
In this Still Life, what colors do you see? If you aren?t familiar with the Color Wheel, in essence, it is a system of organizing the colors of the rainbow by placing them in a […]
Art Requires Courage
My painting professor once called me fearless. I have since come to realize that this is the highest complement I have ever been paid as an artist. “I’m frightened all the time. But I never […]
Art’s Purpose
?The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.? ? Aristotle I often engage in fruitful philosophical discussions about art with my sister, poet Julie Funderburk. During […]
