Category Archives: Soap_Box

>The Art of Photography

Posted on May 12, 2008 by jeanevogelart

> Find Me a Good Seat, (c) 2008 Jeane VogelFrom the So Mama Don’t Take My Kodachrome Away series of Abstract PhotographsPigment Print, 22×30 inches, $350 framed It happened again a couple of weeks ago. It’s been brewing since. A … Continue reading →

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>Matching Your Soul – How to Buy Art

Posted on May 8, 2008 by jeanevogelart

> Bring Me My Kitty Treats… Now, © 2008 by Jeane Vogel22×22, $300See it at the Soulard Art Market Photography Invitational, opening May 15 It happens every once in a while. A woman will walk into my booth or my … Continue reading →

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>A Different Direction

Posted on April 21, 2008 by jeanevogelart

> Summer Storm, image extended onto mat in pastel painting, 11×11 inches,© 2008 by Jeane Vogel The biggest complaint heard at art fairs is “there’s nothing new. It’s all the same old stuff.” Sometimes that’s legitimate. There are artists who … Continue reading →

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>A Play of Art

Posted on March 24, 2008 by jeanevogelart

> “Peace Offering,” (c) 2008 Jeane Vogel Photography, Hand Altered Polaroid Sometimes I will engage a person looking at my work and it’s suddenly clear I have misunderstood. I thought they were looking at my work in awe, but apparently … Continue reading →

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>You Can’t Do THAT!

Posted on March 3, 2008 by jeanevogelart

>What do people need so many rules? Especially artists? Are we supposed to be the ones who are allowed to think beyond convention? Ok, sure. Don’t poke your studio mate with an Exacto knife. That’s a good one. Don’t drink … Continue reading →

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>Your Artist Statement is WRONG!

Posted on February 19, 2008 by jeanevogelart

> Sand Castle, (c) 2007 by Jeane Vogel, Infrared Photograph Excuse me? He repeated it: Your artist statement is wrong! Wrong? It’s an artist statement! It’s my interpretation of my own work. It’s my opinion! The only way it could … Continue reading →

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>Neil Young is Feeling Bad

Posted on February 11, 2008 by jeanevogelart

>Neil Young is in a funk. Last week he announced that music can’t change the world and we were silly to think it could. Here’s what he said: “I think that the time when music could change the world is … Continue reading →

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>Exposure

Posted on January 22, 2008 by jeanevogelart

>People die from that, don’t they? That’s the joke in the art world. A well meaning charity worker approaches an artist. We’re raising money, she says, and we’d like you donate some of your wonderful artwork to the auction. It … Continue reading →

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>Picking Up a Pencil

Posted on December 4, 2007 by jeanevogelart

>Do photographers need to know how to draw? Well, yeah! If they want to be artists they do. That was just part of the conversation last night among a few Women’s Caucus for Art board members. A watercolorist and a … Continue reading →

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>A Civil Rights Protest — at an Art Fair!

Posted on October 31, 2007 by jeanevogelart

>Politics and art mix all the time at art fairs — but generally it’s about who knows the director and gets the best spot. Civil rights don’t come up very often, unless you’re honest enough to notice that they’re aren’t … Continue reading →

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