Hello everyone,
Please click the link below to see a brief interview introducing you to new TFAC artist Brandy Antonio.
https://thebank.colart.com/embed/106762

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Black History Month bonus edition courtesy of Duane Romanell: Today in honor of Black History Month, the DEI council showcases Richard Mayhew (born April 3, 1924). I was unaware of Mayhew until Duane wrote to me saying that he was enjoying the Black History Month posts and was learning about some artists that were unknown to him. Then he shared Mayhew’s work and I was in immediately in love with his use of color. Mayhew is a landscape painter, illustrator, and arts educator. His abstract, brightly colored landscapes are informed by his experiences as an African American/Native American and his interest in Jazz and the performing arts.
Mayhew studied at the Art Students League of New York and later attended the Brooklyn Museum Art School in 1948 to 1959. He was a Jazz singer in the 1950’s, performing in small clubs in New York City and in the Borscht Belt in the Catskill Mountains. In 1955 he had his first solo exhibition in Brooklyn, and he ended his singing work.
Mayhew’s work is featured in various permanent collections including: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, De Young Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Smithsonian Institution, among others.

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Today, in Honor of Black History Month, the DEI council showcases Jacob Armstead Lawrence (September 7, 1917 – June 9, 2000) Lawrence was an American painter known for his portrayal of African-American historical subjects and contemporary life. Lawrence referred to his style as “dynamic cubism”, although by his own account the primary influence was not so much French art as the shapes and colors of Harlem. He brought the African American experience to life using blacks and browns juxtaposed with vivid colors. He also taught and spent 16 years as a professor at the University of Washington.

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Technically, on somebody else’s wall Wednesday…

Here’s an interesting little piece on color/textile design sent to me by a friend, of a factory in Uxbridge, Middlesex (circa 1968). For those not in the know, it was produced by British Pathé, who created newsreels and documentaries between 1910-1970.

My favorite line – “Here’s where modernity pokes its ugly but useful head…”

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