Ways of Seeing
“If people could see properly, and see whole, they would all be painters. And it’s because people have no idea how to look that they hardly ever understand.” Pierre Bonnard.
I love this quote, so true today. Visual Art, in all its multifarious forms is about “seeing” something that is beneath the surface: “We do not see with our eyes, but through them” said Ken Danby and according to Paul Klee: “One eye sees, the other feels.” Paul Gauguin even remarked “I shut my eyes in order to see”.
And from Emily Carr: “Indian Art broadened my seeing, loosened the formal tightness I had learned in England’s schools. Its bigness and stark reality baffled my white man’s understanding… I had been schooled to see outsides only, not struggle to pierce.”
Fall Courses – already Open for Registration!!!
A few years ago the program was announced barely a month before commencement of term. Now we’re already available for booking. Looking forward to a full and exciting fall teaching program: downtown, in Orleans and on-line!
Direct links to each of the the Course Registration pages are on our website at: https://www.davidkearn.com/workshops/
Plein-air outings continue through July
Our plein-air sessions started in June with two outings – Bate Island and Wendy Wharton’s garden (thanks again Wendy!).
We’re planning a few sessions throughout July and details for our upcoming outing is:
Rockcliffe Park 09:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Friday 4th July
Map location: https://goo.gl/maps/
Meet at the pavilion, on the map shown as “Rockcliffe Park and the Rockeries”, accessed off of the parkway. Note this is in the park proper and not the outlook that is directly on the parkway.
Hope to see you there!
Optional coaching program: on-site instruction and follow-up review by email $25.00/session
We have a list of interested painters from last year, and should you like to be added to the email list for weekly details, just send us an email david@davidkearn.com
Ottawa Paints Competition and Exhibition – Vernissage tomorrow!
and in the wide world of art
Who knew taking photos could be such a problem for galleries:
A 300-year-old painting at the Uffizi was damaged by a visitor taking a selfie: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jun/24/300-year-old-painting-in-the-uffizi-damaged-after-visitor-trips-while-trying-to-make-a-meme-ntwnfb?CMP=artweekly_email
Tourists damage crystal-covered chair in Italian museum by sitting on it for a photo: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/16/palazzo-maffei-verona-italian-museum-police-tourists-van-gogh-chair?utm_term=68557e7d2371aea30cf56c92e3fc2d10&utm_campaign=ArtWeekly&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=artweekly_email
“Painting is poetry which is seen and not heard and poetry is a painting which is heard and not seen.” Leonardo da Vinci
Break-a-Brush!
David & France