Category Archives: NewWork

Who Steals Art?

Posted on July 19, 2013 by jeanevogelart

I understand stealing food when you’re hungry. I understand stealing money when you are desperate. I understand stealing a pretty bauble when you are young and thoughtless. I do not understand stealing art. A couple of Sundays ago I walked … Continue reading →

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New Work Demystified

Posted on July 10, 2013 by jeanevogelart

Mixed media painting, my newest body of work, is inspired by a need to expand the photograph beyond what we can see into what we can imagine. In fact, when I think about it, that’s the basis of every piece … Continue reading →

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Hiatus Over

Posted on April 12, 2013 by jeanevogelart

Red Gerber, ©2013 Jeane Vogel Studios Mixed Media, 14×19, $175 Life gets in the way. One minute you’re blogging along, and the next… whoa! It’s been two years! Not that I’ve been lying around smoking unfiltered Lucky Strikes and eating … Continue reading →

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>Film Purists! Feh!

Posted on April 16, 2011 by jeanevogelart

> Being an art fair artist means that I talk to a lot of people about art. A LOT of people. Literally thousands of people. Some are knowlegable about art. Most are not. All deserve my attention. I believe we … Continue reading →

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>Working in Series

Posted on February 21, 2011 by jeanevogelart

>Whenever I teach a photography workshop to more advanced students, I encourage them to work in series — to create works with a common theme or subject matter. Most think this is easy and silly. So what? Who wants to … Continue reading →

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>Using Art to Change the World

Posted on October 4, 2010 by jeanevogelart

>Is there a more versatile method of communication than art? Art can tell a story, retrieve a memory, provoke an argument, inspire a movement. Art saves lives. Art can change the world. http://www.youtube.com/get_playerMy dear friend and conception artist/sculptor Ilene Berman … Continue reading →

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>Oh Sure! Anyone Can Do This!

Posted on July 3, 2010 by jeanevogelart

>Some art collectors like to denigrate photography. “Anybody can take a picture,” I’m told. You cannot image how many times I’ve heard this. It’s said to my face because the patron thinks I’m being paid a compliment! It’s said as … Continue reading →

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>If They Gave Awards for Art Fairs…

Posted on May 19, 2010 by jeanevogelart

>If they gave awards for art fairs, then Marion Art Festival and Deb Bailey would win one. What are we waiting for? Let’s create one. Let’s call it the Nancy Saturn Memorial Award and give it those art fair directors … Continue reading →

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>What If My Work is Boring?

Posted on April 7, 2010 by jeanevogelart

>I had two fears heading to a recent trip to Costa Rica. One, was a fear of heights. I’ll write about that later. The second was that the work I would do there would be boring. I traveled as a … Continue reading →

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>Art is Great, But Is it a Profession?

Posted on January 13, 2010 by jeanevogelart

>I was supposed to be something important when I grew up… a constitutional lawyer, actually. That was my dad’s plan for me. He starting educating me and grooming me for a career as a civil rights defender when I was … Continue reading →

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