Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Rembrandt to Marc and Back Again


 REMBRANDT

You can begin with a drawing (one of your own or maybe if you have a Rembrandt around) slowly erasing the image until you have found your resting place.

When I named-dropped Rembrandt in History of Drawing Lesson Plan: Lesson Eleven I was using him as the prime example, the definition of a masterpiece, his artwork so valuable that it would be unthinkable to erase. Certain with the possibility that you have a Rembrandt at home!!!

The next day while delivering several of our beach plastic artworks to Cubberley Artist Studio Program in Palo Alto to be included in Eco Echo: Art and Environmental Lab, I spied an array of frames set out, free for the taking. Always on the lookout for anything that has potential reuse I took a closer look. Low and behold — there in the free-pile was my Rembrandt — his iconic self-portrait. Yes, indeed!!! I tucked it under my arm and away it went.

Praise be to serendipity.




Back in my studio, on the search to discover a new constellation (Mickey Mouse), a new meaning (Marc's moustache), I set about to erase with an electric eraser.


Along with rooms full of many masterworks you can visit Rembrandt’s Self Portrait at The Frick Collection in NYC or from the comfort of your home you can watch this short video.





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