tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45785790279564809822024-03-21T03:31:06.738-07:00Ian Factor's New York Academy Of Art ExperienceIan Factorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12078941810491841808noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578579027956480982.post-71809891200652048152013-05-01T17:27:00.000-07:002013-05-01T17:27:59.372-07:00Final weeks and Final Crits, 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's the final week for many students, the 2nd year's final crits are this coming weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday and many of us are working around the clock getting our work together for the end of the year presentations, first and second years alike. Though some classes will be held after this weekend, most of the work needs to be done in the next 10 days or so.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Students working on large paintings in room 201.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before I get into the photos, here's a brief quote from Robert Henri, the great American painter and teacher, one of the founders of the "Ashcan School" and the author of "The Art Spirit" one of the most important books about art and living the life of an artist ever written. He's always a good source of insight and perspective, especially in times when the artist's emotional mind is at battle with the rational mind...which is so often.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is for all the students at the NYAA and specifically the second year students getting ready for your FINAL CRITS this weekend. Kick ass!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>"If you want to know how to do a thing you must</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>first have a complete desire to do that thing. Then</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>go to kindred spirits—others who have wanted to</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>do that thing—and study their ways and means,</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>learn from their successes and failures and add your</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>quota. Thus you may acquire from the experience</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>of the race. And with this technical knowledge you</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>may go forward, expressing through the play of</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>forms the music that is in you and which is very</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>personal to you."</i></span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-ROBERT HENRI</i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="text-align: left;">My studio during the MFA open studios.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sleep and exercise are taking the back seat as I see the impossible task ahead of getting all my pieces done in this limited time. It's strangely like the final push before a solo show, but much different in so many ways. Different pressure and different expectations. Trying to let go of any expectations at all, it's still difficult and every day is an emotional roller coaster. I'll just do the best I can knowing that most of my pieces will have to be "finished" this summer. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">More progress on my history painting, "Seppuku", 80" x 96".</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">In Progress detail of main figure, "Seppuku".</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">People's nerves are running thin and the intensity is as dense as the morning fog over the lake in Maine that I'm longing to be relaxing at right now. But even with the stress there is still a smile and a friendly, helpful and enlightening conversation to share with a fellow student going through similar experiences.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The community here at the Academy is beyond special and unique.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Tatiana Ortiz Rubio with her newest painting.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's interesting that in the midst of all this stress, anxiety and self doubt I had a bit of a break through in my drawing, which has been an on going challenge this year. Once the semester is over I'll be posting more explicit details on some of the learning and realizations I've had this semester...I'll need some time away from school to digest and process it all before I try to put it to words. In the meantime, here are a few more pics of new work and scenes at the school...hope to see you soon!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Graphite sketch for my drawing class with Harvey Citron.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Maria Teicher at work.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Roberto Osti teaching Anatomical Drawing with his great in class demo work.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Wade Schuman with his color charts...<br />
and my samurai sword...<br />
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Ian Factorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12078941810491841808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578579027956480982.post-42244248213271587582013-04-30T08:57:00.000-07:002013-04-30T08:57:39.847-07:00Post Ball / Pre Open Studios and Some New Work...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tribeca Ball was last week, MFA Open Studios this week so the activities never end here at the NYAA. This blog is a little assemblage of photos taken in and around the school over the last two weeks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Only about a month left of class before the summer break and I'm scrambling to get everything done...seems like an impossibility at this point, five paintings and two presentations to do on top of everything else. The push is on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm JUST getting into the sketches and studies which I plan to develop this summer and into next year as my Thesis work. In addition to all the class work I need to get done, I'll be trying to get a grasp on this new direction as well. So in my next blog I'll have more to report on that. I have one charcoal sketch below that represents the beginning of the beginning in this direction.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the meantime, I hope to see everyone at the Open Studios this Friday the 19th from 6-9pm!!!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">One of my newer pieces, in progress:<br />
"Crow Pose" 48" x 60" Oil.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Here's a working charcoal drawing of mine,<br />
beginning the "movement" series.<br />
30" x 22" Charcoal on Tan Canson Paper.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="text-align: left;">Alfred Rosenbluth, MFA 2013 </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Zoe Suenson Taylor, MFA 2013</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Wade Schuman and his Band, Hazmat Modine at Terra Blues.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="text-align: left;">John Jacobsmeyer lectures during our Composition class.<br /> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Ilsa Brittain, MFA 2014 with some casts.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Wade Schuman's "Man and Beast" Class.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Roberto Osti Drawing during the Tribeca Ball.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="text-align: left;">My studio prepped for the Ball. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Models getting ready for the Ball</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="text-align: left;">The night of the Ball, music and art. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Zoe Suenson Taylor, MFA 2013 at the Ball.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Cast and the stars.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Students working on Anatomy on a Sunday evening.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Katie Fogg, MFA 2014 working on Anatomy.</td></tr>
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Ian Factorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12078941810491841808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578579027956480982.post-62698760127764237152013-04-14T19:59:00.000-07:002013-04-14T19:59:54.474-07:00Michael Grimaldi Master Class<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This week's Blog will focus on a weekend Master Class with Michael Grimaldi.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I attended the class in the midst of trying to get caught up with all my homework, which seems to be a never ending state here at the Academy, so when the opportunity to spend an entire weekend away from my studio, the weekends being the only solid time of the week I have to actually spend on my class assignments, it's a difficult decision This was no exception, as with the Tribeca Ball coming up and MFA Open Studios two weeks later, coupled with the intense amount of work I have to get done by end of semester, it was not a perfect weekend to spend doing something other than my own projects...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Master Class proved to be totally worth the two days away from studio, Michael's teaching methods and communication skills are strong and clear and his easy going approach makes it a pleasure of a learning experience. He did two demos, one graphite drawing demo and one oil on canvas demo, and he also presented us with a powerpoint presentation of his work and some of his process.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Overall a great weekend, especially after the incredible stress of the previous week and my lack of energy after that Friday. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Academy continues to be a roller coaster of emotion and mental challenge, and though the weekend with Grimaldi wasn't exactly a vacation, (we were there working from 10-6 on Saturday and 12-6 on Sunday and then I got back to my studio for the rest of the night till school closed) it was a positive and energizing reprise from the escalating intensity of the daily training at the NYAA.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Below are some photos from the weekend. Hope you enjoy!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Michael's Drawing Demo - Day 1.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">My value sketches on day 1.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Michael working with students.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Getting focused on the first day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Measuring it up.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Day 2</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Day 2</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Michael teaching through doing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="text-align: left;">My value sketches at the end of day 1.<br /> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Starting out day 2 with a larger design.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Some highlights from the last two weeks at the Academy! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hilary Harkness Master Class, Vincent Desiderio Master Class, more gallery openings, visits with some second year students in studio, and the start of a large, 80" x 96" History Painting based on the ritualistic Samurai tradition of Seppuku. </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seppuku)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The schedule is intense and getting more so by the day, so I hope you enjoy this blog and gain some insight into the amount of amazing stuff going on this semester...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Hilary Harkness at her solo show with the students from the Master Class.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Hilary Harkness Master Class -Hilary on the left with white sweater.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"> Vincent Desiderio Master Class</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="text-align: left;">Gallery Walk with Steve Mumford's History Painting Class.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Last one to leave the classroom - My painting all alone from Painting II.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">My painting from Painting II - In Progress - 40" x 30"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Anatomical Drawing Class with Roberto Osti.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Steve Mumford's History Painting Class looking at<br />some of Steve's Drawings and Sketches.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Working Charcoal Sketch in studio for History Painting Class.<br />
This piece is based on the Samurai Ritual of "Seppuku", Hara-Kiri, or<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Stretching the canvas for History Painting.<br />
80" x 96" oil Primed Canvas.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Sketching in the underpainting for "Seppuku" using the Dead Color Palette. 80" x 96" - Night #1.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Working on the underpainting for "Seppuku" using the Dead Color Palette. 80" x 96" - Night #2.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Detail of main character, "Seppuku".<br />
In Progress.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This week's blog is focused on an interview I did last week with John Jacobsmeyer, my instructor for Theory and Practice of Composition II and the chair of the Printmaking Department here at the NYAA.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll be interviewing some of my instructors going forward to give a better idea of who I'm learning from and the principles I'm being exposed to. These interviews will be relatively brief, 10-20 minutes, and will focus on their educational backgrounds, their work and their teaching philosophies and methods.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Below I also have included a few preliminary sketches for my class with John, working towards my Thesis ideas for next year. As my ideas and concepts solidify I'll be posting more progress work and final pieces.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hope you enjoy, and don't forget to follow me on Instagram for a more day-to-day update of new works and events from the Academy:</span><br />
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Ian Factorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12078941810491841808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578579027956480982.post-34243692964505404172013-02-09T09:16:00.001-08:002013-02-09T09:16:44.680-08:00Second Semester Begins At The NYAA! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The second semester started two weeks ago and already the energy is high, passion is flowing and countless ideas are flooding my brain. I have an incredible list of classes and teachers this spring, 18 credits, dozens of sketches, drawings and and a couple of large paintings already underway. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last sunday, during the first week of class, I started, yet another self portrait, this one is just about life size, 10" x 8", oil on watercolor paper. It's for my Painting II class, Indirect Painting with JP Roy. The technique was to complete, from life, the quick drawing in charcoal on paper, (I chose Arches 300lb Rough), shellack over the top of the drawing and then using the Dead Palette of three colors (cold black, flesh ochre and yellow ochre) start painting in with thin layers using optical blending for the transitions from warm to cool in the turnings of form from light planes into the core shadows and back out into the reflected light areas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Below is a small animated sequence of the portrait thus far: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My classes and teachers this semester are:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-Artistic Anatomy II - Anatomical Drawing with Roberto Osti</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-Painting II - Direct Painting Techniques with JP Roy</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-Drawing II with Harvey Citron</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-Theory and Practice of Composition II with John Jacobsmeyer</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-Long Pose Painting with Ted Schmidt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-History Painting with Steve Mumford</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's already proving to be another intense semester, a mind boggling amount of information has already been passed and it's only the second week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have started a 60" x 48" nude figure painting from life in my Long Pose class and a second larger (48" x 36") figure piece in Painting II, sketches, research and concept art for what will be a very large canvas (approximately 8 x 10 feet) for History Painting, several anatomical studies, charts and drawings for Artistic Anatomy, dozens of life drawings for Drawing II already and about a dozen sketches for the semester long "Pre-Thesis" project for Comp & Design. The details and subject matter for my Thesis Projects are still being worked out and my bext blog I'll have some images and a clearer idea of the direction I'll plan to head into the summer and my second year. Yes, we are already working towards our Thesis concepts and building momentum for 2014.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I took another quick and inspiring trip to the Hispanic Society uptown to see the Sorolla paintings, most specifically his immense and gorgeous murals. Jessica Benjamin and Kerry Roy Thompson, both in my class took the trip with me. Here they are, in awe:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here are a couple of the pieces I'm submitting the Single Fare. These pieces are painted in oil on NYC Metro Cards, measuring about 2.5" x 3", the size of a business card. The show will be hundreds of these metro card paintings by dozens of amazing artists. It's incredible what I've seen so far from artists like Alyssa Monks and Jean-Pierre Roy:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lots to do and lots more to report on next time when more work is under way and further along. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In the meantime, below are some more shots from the last two weeks at the NYAA.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Enjoy and come on by for a visit!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Adam Carnes, MFA 2013</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Alfred Rosenbluth, MFA 2013</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Ecorche by Randy McIver, Anatomy Instructor.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Another Day at the Academy!<br />
Still life setup for Wade Schuman's Painting II .</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Ted Schmidt during his Long Pose Painting Class.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Sketching in the Figure, underpainting in Earth Red, 60' x 48".<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">About 2 hours into the sketch in, using the Dead Palette, 3 colors.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tomorrow is New Years Eve, 2013...We're Still Here...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hard to believe the first semester at the New York Academy Of Art has come and gone already. It's been a wild ride, and a while since my last post with this month being a superhuman push to get everything done, scrambling to catch up after the week away from school due to Hurricane Sandy. Since it's been a while, I'm including almost 60 images here from the last part of the semester, which is still just a tiny fraction of all the experiences in the last few weeks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I spent about 14-16 hours a day, 7 days a week at the Academy, about half that time in class and the other half in studio. Here's a shot of my studio by the end of November:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was told by many current second year students as well as many graduates of the NYAA that "It's incredible how fast the time goes here, soak up every second." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's true. I can't believe how fast it all went.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Another thing commonly mentioned has been, "It's an unbelievable amount of work and the first semester is the toughest and most demanding." I thought I was prepared for anything thrown at me...I can now say without hesitation that it has been one of the most intense and challenging experiences I have ever had. The sheer amount of information passed has been overwhelming, frankly impossible to absorb all of it, it'll take years to fully digest even a small fraction. In the first month of class I felt I had learned more than I had in the last 12 years of my own personal studies, research and painting full time. Towards the end of the semester, just the classroom information alone was so dense and deep that I literally felt that my brain would explode.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Aside from the immense growth from class-time and homework, the experiences and knowledge gained during the countless conversations with other students has been just as enlightening, educational and inspiring. The community here constantly amazes me and never ceases to energize and motivate. It is an honor to be a part of this magical and surreal place. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Now, a week into winter break, getting a bit caught up on my sleep, I can't wait to be back. I miss the energy, passion, stimulation and constant push of creativity and ideas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Before I get into the main body of this blog, first thing I'd like to do is to </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">send out a <b><span style="font-size: large;">HUGE THANK YOU </span></b>to all my Teachers and Teacher's Assistants (TAs) for everything that you've imparted to me this semester. I have so much gratitude for the time, energy and passion you put into your work and in turn your students. With the almost impossible expectations I had coming into the program, though I tried not to have any, it's easy to say without a doubt that I never expected it to be this good, this fulfilling, this humbling, this intense and this immediately life altering. I am moved beyond description by what I've learned in such a short time. Only time will tell how I'm able to manifest it into my work and life. I am thrilled to have 3 more semesters to dig deeper and go farther...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Il Maestro Wade Schuman Critiquing our 4th Self Portraits, Painting I.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Steven Assael, Master Draftsman pointing out the<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm just at the very beginning of the process, the treasure hunt, still wandering though a forrest, I have a map but can't quite read it all, or understand it all, but I know treasure awaits, and as I struggle to understand the directions and work my way through the heavy undergrowth to break free (from my own ego?), I am acutely aware of every step, every scent, every sound and every beautiful moment of light streaming between the tall trees, dappled against the wet leaves through the steam rising from the softly wet mossy forrest floor. I am not lost, I am wide awake, and I know that the true treasure lies not in some buried cave but within the process, the way and experience unfolds into truth and growth. This is the real gold.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Below are some moments, memories from the last month of the </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">NYAA Fall Semester 2012. Some images have captions, some are grouped into similar events with the <span style="color: #cc0000;"><u>titles and descriptions</u></span> above. For those reading this who are not now, or have not ever been a student at the New York Academy Of Art, feel free to contact me with any questions about my experiences thus far, there's only so much I can put here in the blog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Spring semester starts January 21st. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Come visit the Academy!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the meantime, wishing everyone a healthy, happy, creative and successful 2013!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Stage One</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Aleah Chapin, my studio neighbor!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Edge Resolution" assignment - 6"x6" Monochromatic study, oil on panel.<br />Copy of Ruben's "Study of a Head" from the MET.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Detail of imprimatura stage from a Baroque Modality<br />assignment, final piece is 18" x 24" Oil (Still in progress).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Here's my final Self Portrait Assignment, Painting I.<br />
We had to do a self portrait without a literal<br />
physical representation of our current selves.<br />
This is me as an old chess player in<br />
Washington Square Park, NYC.<br />
48" x 36" Oil on Canvas (Still In Progress).</td></tr>
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For those who know the area, this is right in front of the NYAA,<br />
looking West on Franklin St, the Academy flag flying overhead.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">...and last but not least, studying for my Anatomy Final Exam,<br />
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Ian Factorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12078941810491841808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578579027956480982.post-13036871003927361082012-12-29T11:42:00.001-08:002012-12-29T11:42:22.218-08:00Post-Script Blog on Hurricane Sandy, Jenny Saville and Will Cotton Master Class Workshops and other assorted highlights from the fall at NYAA!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Well here we are coming through the first weeks after Hurricane Sandy. The good news is that the Academy was untouched and is fine, but is still, at this moment, without power, as is most of the rest of NYC below 39th street. Classes have been cancelled all week and we hope to get back in there Monday, depending on when the power goes back on in lower Manhattan.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">(At the time of publishing this Blog, the power was back on after a week away and classes are back in session at the Academy, business as usual!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">I'll avoid sounding like the news stations and try to focus on the last couple weeks at the Academy BEFORE we evacuated for the storm Sunday during the Jenny Saville Weekend Master Class. Yes, the weekend with Jenny was cut short by a day and a half, but I was able to get some great shots of the setup and the start of what was turning out to be some incredibly interesting exercises.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">This past weekend was the Master Class with Will Cotton, which was very different from the Jenny Saville Class, equally amazing and mind opening. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Will is an incredibly approachable artist full of knowledge and more than willing to share it all with the group. His demo was inspiring and the workshop was a once in a lifetime opportunity to work along side this master while having his wonderful and insightful critiques and observations for two full days. Here are a few images of the workshop:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">It's been quite a few weeks here! Mind boggling how much has happened since my last entry, so much experience, so much wisdom being passed down from such incredible artists and teachers. B</span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">elow are some random photos from gallery visits, studio and classroom times, sketching the Sorolla masterpieces at the Hispanic Society and a few other great moments...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I hope these images give you a glimpse of the intense density and amount of information and inspiration here at the NYAA from 8:30 am till midnight 7 days a week.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: left;">Students at the Forum Gallery's "Self Portrait Show". </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: left;">Wade Schuman and students at the Forum Gallery's "Self Portrait Show". </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: left;">Randy McIver teaching anatomy, pelvis in hand.<br /><br /> </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Arm Study, Sculpture Studios.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sculpting from Life in the Sculpture Classrooms.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Coffee Break on the 4th Floor.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: left;">Painting I - Still Life in the 5th Floor Classrooms.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: left;">Painting I - Still Life in the 5th Floor Classrooms, pig foot.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sketching the Sorolla Masterpieces at the Hispanic Society.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Steven Assael Torso Demo in Charcoal.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: left;">Painting I - Still Life in the 5th Floor Classrooms, fish parts.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: left;">Painting I - Still Life in the 5th Floor Classrooms, fish steak.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Self Portrait work in Studio, 3rd Floor.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Now, back to the studio.<br /><br />Till next time...<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://ianfactor.com/">Ian Factor (MFA 2014) </a>will be blogging here throughout the year about his first year at the Academy and moving to New York City. You can also follow more of Ian's experiences on his blog: <a href="http://ianfactor.blogspot.com/"><i>Ian Factor's New York Academy of Art Experience.</i></a> </span><br />
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Ian Factorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12078941810491841808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578579027956480982.post-52213629169998914242012-10-06T18:22:00.001-07:002012-10-06T18:22:33.753-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I've been trying to come up with catchy and witty metaphores and analogies to describe my first week here at the NYAA, and for a week I haven't come up with anything that comes close to describing this immense experience. Perhaps beginning a novel would be the only way to aptly describe everything that's transpired since Orientation on September 10th...but that won't happen at this late hour with more painting to complete for tomorrow, so...</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I'll try here to briefly describe and express the my overall impressions over the last 10 days or so,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">doing my best to keep from exagerating and sounding too cliche or romantic.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Remember the first time you fell in love...REALLY in love?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Time stopped when you were with that person, together all day, staying up all night, night after night, eagerly and passionately anticipating the next day, re-energized by the newness, the amazement, the total absorption in the experience, you were learning, sharing, laughing, maybe crying, you coudn't stop thinking of this person, all day long, you fell asleep with them in your mind (if not your arms) and woke to the same, night after night, day after day, you ignored your freinds, your family didn't hear from you, you were lost in bliss, exhausting yourself as if you were a starving castaway on a deserted island suddenly plopped in front of an all-you-can-eat buffet...trying to devour and savor every moment, and every moment was like a thousand years of experience, you felt so alive, so connected, so empowered so impassioned. Drained and full at the same time.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This is sort of what this week has been like.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Then it's also like the first time I traveled to Italy, I thought I knew good deal of the Italian language but when I arrived I realized I was basically iliterate, didn't speak a word of the "real" language, was mostly just making it up as I went along, "Street Italian" as they called it. I was not an infant but felt like one in many ways. My eyes were wide open, sensing everything as if it was for the first time, incredible beauty everwhere I looked, magic, power, grace, demonstrations of the intense potential of human creativity and willpower, every conversation tore open my mind and launched me into a new realm of thinking and understanding, it was as if I was seeing the world brand new again, as a child. The inspiration rushed through me, pulsed in my veins and physically dropped me to my knees in awe more than one time.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This is also sort of what this week has been like.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The first week convinced me that the New York Academy Of Art is the most important, magical and powerful institutions and communities in the world for the study of contemporary figurative painting, drawing, sculpture, and printmaking...there is no equal.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I am surrounded by and studying with just over 100 of the most dedicated, talented, disciplined, focused and driven figurative artists I have ever known. Every one of my instructors is so brilliant, knowledgeable and passionate about what they do that it's almost surreal.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Considering the intense level of talent, drive and desire to do and make greatness, the overall community here is like a giant family. There is naturally competition amongst all of us, but it's focused, healthy and channeled in positive, productive and supportive ways.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I'm am beyond honored to be a part of this incredible place.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I'll be putting together some more specifics of what the first week was like, composing an example of a typical (14 hour) day here at the Academy, and will be posting it next, but this is just a primer.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">My next blog will have some more photos too.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In the meantime, here's a quick and dirty sketch from Steven Assael's Drawing Class, pictured above.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Now, back to the studio.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Till next time...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*(I'll be posting a new blog every other week on the Academy's Blog site, then it'll be posted here on my own blog. To see it first, and for other Academy Blogs, news and updates, check it out: </span><a href="http://newyorkacademyofart.blogspot.com/">http://newyorkacademyofart.blogspot.com</a> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">)</span><br />
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Ian Factorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12078941810491841808noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578579027956480982.post-10896744052033028842012-09-09T17:40:00.000-07:002012-09-09T17:40:32.598-07:00<h2>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The arrival in NYC about a week ago was interesting to say the least...when I finally found the apartment I had rented and went to open the door with the keys I had been given, none of them worked...locked out with a full bladder, double parked with a full truck. Good start, but the positive news was that my truck made it in one piece.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">About 2 hours later and 3 generations of family members coming to let the "new tenant" in, they finally got the key thing straightened out, and I entered. I unloaded (the truck and my bladder) and at 10pm got in the Q-train and headed for Manhattan.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I stayed with a good friend who has a gorgeous apartment just behind the World Trade Center with great private rooftop terrace overlooking the Hudson River and NJ. (See photos below):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For a few days while I searched for a bed and some basic furnishings my host of hosts allowed me to stay in his extra bedroom overlooking Battery Park City and the Promenade there. Here's a quick sketch from day one:</span><br />
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<br /><br /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Here's a good, and disturbing story; On my LAST visit to the sleazy's (I mean sleepy's) while I was getting the heavy handed bait-and-switch, I literally saw a bedbug crawling over the top of one of the "New" mattresses! (FYI, this was at the Sleepy's in Sheapshead Brooklyn). I naturally and immediately pointed it out to the salesman and he quickly slapped the mattress next to the bug as it went flying into the air to land most likely on another unsuspecting sample bed. His slick and frighteningly nonchalant comment was, "It's not like it's the first time I've seen that..."</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The difficulty in finding a bed in the city, without getting ripped off or having to drive out to some suburb of New Jersey, was profound. I was still exhausted from packing up everything in Boston and moving here, and the fatigue continued while I drove around from one end of Brooklyn to the other and took the train in and out of Manhattan, dealing with the sleaziest of sleazy bed salesmen at more than one "Sleepy's" (Dont EVER shop there!!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I left without saying a word. True story.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Onto IKEA, the weekend of Labor Day, probably the busiest bed and furniture shoping day of the year for students and proud (and exhausted) parents of new students heading off to school.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Chaos doesn't describe the scene at the Brooklyn Store, the lines at checkout reminding me of my first visit to Disney World as an 8 year old...minus the rides and Micky Mouse. IKEA Brooklyn, which is the main warehouse, the size of most large city's airports, is daunting and overwhelming, regardless of the packs of frantic shoppers. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Needless to say, I could write a novel about the few days spent there. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Instead, heres a sketch of a sleeping man on the Q-Train that sums up how the shopping left me feeling:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Finally, as of two days ago I have a new bed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So today, Sunday I woke early, rode my bike down to Manhattan Beach, about a 7 minute ride from my apartment, just on the other side of Sheapshead Bay, and then rode over to Brighton Beach and down the length of the Coney Island Boardwalk, along the beach to the far end, actually the end closer to NYC. It was my first time there, Coney Island...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">like another country. It was a beautiful, perfect sunny day with large gorgeous cumulus and cumulonimbus clouds after yesterday's double tornado touching down in Brooklyn and Queens. The language I most commonly heard was Russian, with a smattering of Spanish and a few random English words thrown in. There's a huge Russian population here in this part of Brooklyn, a language I love to hear and not understand. Just the sound and intonation is intriguing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And then on my way home I stopped here at Brighton Beach to take this one more shot:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now sitting in Starbucks, for the free internet and not-so-free cup of tea, I enter this Blog...and watch the middle school kids violently threaten the other middle school kids. Maybe we should be giving them Vodka to drink at that age instead of Coffee drinks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Orientation at the Academy is tomorrow, studio move in is 8:30am. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Time for a good meal and a good night sleep. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Ian Factorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12078941810491841808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578579027956480982.post-21341435111607326932012-08-24T15:38:00.000-07:002012-08-24T15:38:07.465-07:00Days away from the move back to NYC!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well after an incredibly exhausting and draining month of organizing, packing and storing not only all the stuff in my 1200sf loft but more than 30 years of stuff in my folk's house (they will be selling their house this year as well) I am about 98% ready to drive to NYC for the start of the semester. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last night after feeling like I was about to collapse I drove up to Maine to spend a couple of days just relaxing and floating in the lake, to rest my body and mind and to re-energize for next week's move.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'll be heading out of Maine Monday, then leaving for NYC from Boston on Wednesday or Thursday after one last organizational push to get as much crammed into my 4Runner as possible. Whatever doesn't fit in, or on the truck will go into storage, though my storage unit is about maxed out at this point as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Once I get to the city and settled in I'll be posting a more complete blog with info on my schedule for the semester, and some images of the city and the Academy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I received my class schedule for the semester and am thrilled with the instructors I've gotten. It'll be an amazing, and as I've been told, intense and non-stop semester. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hope all your summers go well, and I'll hope to hear from you all soon via phone, email, Facebook, Twitter or even an old fashioned paper letter. I'll send out my physical address from the city.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the meantime, below are a couple of photos from the packing chaos of this month. It hurts my back just to see them on screen again!</span><br />
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<br />Ian Factorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12078941810491841808noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578579027956480982.post-37538786160369907872012-07-17T20:15:00.001-07:002012-07-17T20:26:26.437-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Summer Prep For the Move to NYC...</b></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Less than two months away 'till the start of the fall semester at the NYAA. It's been an interesting and busy month to say the least, last blog entry was two weeks ago, and in that time I've been setting the schedule for the upcoming few weeks of packing, prepping and storing all my stuff before I take off.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I've grown more familiarized and comfortable with Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and the like, so when I get to the Academy it'll be as seamless as possible to continue the updates and news.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Today the fall class options for the Academy were emailed so I'll be picking all my courses for the 1st semester and registering next week. The idea of setting up my schedule brings excitement for the prospect of putting everything aside for the next two years to just study and produce.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I can't wait...it seems surreal at this point.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In other news, I'll be having an </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Open Studio</span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> this coming weekend, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Saturday July 21st from 11am - 5pm</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. Below is a link to my last newsletter with all the information. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There'll be great music, nice <i>COLD</i> beverages and of course, lots of paintings, drawings and prints for your purchasing pleasure! </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=19abc095733aaedce65668e3c&id=c31a283a28" target="_blank">Click HERE for the newsletter:</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As soon as the open studio is over, I'll be packing almost everything up into storage. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Then I'll be heading to NYC during the first week of August to look for an apartment / room to rent, I'll be there for just a couple of days, then back to Boston to take care of the rest of the packing and to transfer my studio here over to the new occupant. I'll then spend a couple of days in Maine to relax in the woods and by the lake, paint and set my mind for the transition. I plan to move to NYC in the 3rd week of August. Orientation at the Academy is September 10th.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">These old oil (gas?) tanks seem to be in the midst of being dismantled, and one of the caps with the #7 lays in the foreground. It almost looks like the wing or tail of an old downed fighter plane, perhaps one of the fighters from my earliest drawing memories in second grade. (see earlier post with "Statement Of Purpose" for NYAA). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The barbed wire fence trying to keep me in...or out, but not for long. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The coloring of the clouds and reflection off the buildings on the far side of the river look, ironically, like the result of a burning city. <i>(</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>On April 12, 1908, nearly half the city was destroyed in the First Great Chelsea Fire. In 1973, the Second Great Chelsea Fire burned 18 city blocks.)</i></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And beyond the steel wire barbed, the fallen fighter wing and monstrous silver-gold fuel tanks, beyond the fire red reflections on the buildings along the river banks Chelsea, past the burning clouds at sunset and into the clear cerulean sky lies New York City.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Gearing up for the move back to NYC and the initiation into the New York Academy, I'm prepping, packing and planning. In the midst of all the changes, I still make time for a few minutes a day of cafe sketching...sometimes more than just a few minutes.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Below is a 5 minute pen & ink sketch from an air conditioned cafe in Harvard Square today, a nice respite from the 98 degree heat and humidity. The lighting wasn't great but the Ginger Lemonade was amazing and the subjects seemed to intrigue me enough to pull out the sketchbook.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Generally these ink sketches are done in 1-5 minutes using an antique fountain pen with a 14 karat gold flexible nib made by Waterman. A couple of minutes is just enough time to make the clear statement I wish to make about a given subject. Once I start the drawing and the person inevitably moves, changes position completely or gets up and leaves, I wait for them to shift back or re-express whatever it was that first struck me...I then attempt to stay true to the memory of the first thing that caught my attention. If they get up and leave, someone sits in the way or they just change position too much, the sketch is done. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sometimes it's just a fleeting expression that moves me, sometimes it's the way the light falls on the brow or the upper lip, sometimes it's a body posture or an interesting angle...sometimes when everything aligns, it's all of the above. Once the energy of the moment is passed, I cease working on that sketch...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">only then do I feel I have captured an accurate record of that particular moment. If I lose sight of the original inspiration and / or the actual subject leaves but I continue to work on the sketch, 99% of the time it loses whatever "truth" was there to begin with, if at all.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So it's an exercise in awareness, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">precision, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">speed, sensitivity, patience and unobtrusive observation,</span><br />
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</div>Ian Factorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12078941810491841808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578579027956480982.post-61609535219967167682012-06-12T21:12:00.001-07:002012-06-12T21:55:40.683-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Today, another piece of amazing news...</b></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">With the initiation of this blog, my twitter account, (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/IanFactor">https://twitter.com/#!/IanFactor</a>)</span><br />
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</div>Ian Factorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12078941810491841808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578579027956480982.post-39507007623547702042012-06-11T06:53:00.003-07:002012-06-11T06:53:55.306-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Here's a Great video from the New York Academy Of Art which I also just posted on my Facebook page. It's a brief view of some of the class of 2012's work and some wonderful words and thoughts by David Kratz, the President of the Academy.</span><br />
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It pretty much started back in December, after speaking with a good friend and incredible abstract painter, Sarah Dineen, </span><a href="http://sarahdineen.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://sarahdineen.com/</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> about the ideas of Graduate School, and my strong opinion that there were no programs or schools that interested me at this point in my life, I was none-the-less intrigued.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The open house was amazing, inspiring and completely shocking for how good the student work was, how open and welcoming everyone was and what the overall facilities looked like. I had the opportunity to show my portfolio to Peter Drake, the Dean Of Academic Affairs, who was positive and supportive with the work he saw of mine. His earlier presentation to the group moved me almost to the point of tears...which was strange but telling, and from that moment on I knew I had to be a part of that community. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was that night that Dave first urged me to start a Blog and a Twitter account to document the entire process, and here we are 6 months later.</span></div>
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<br /></div>Ian Factorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12078941810491841808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578579027956480982.post-23135200831505733562012-06-05T16:00:00.000-07:002012-06-06T07:05:37.337-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I thought I'd include here the "Statement Of Purpose" I submitted to the Academy for acceptance, as well as a few of the images in my portfolio. The statement is personal, yes, but describes clearly my intentions and goals for applying to this program...and </span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">only this particular program</span></i></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></i><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sketch was of a battle scene. Soldiers strewn over the field, tanks rolling through the hills, fighter planes firing lines of "exclamation marks" from their wings and explosions scattered everywhere. I remember it vividly, it was one of the major turning points in my artistic career. I was in second grade and the rest of the class was busy struggling with their handwriting skills, mastering the upper and lower case letters on the lined sheets of paper. I was busy struggling with making my hand create the circular shape of the tank wheels as accurately as I pictured in my head. The realization that this pursuit I was </span></span></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">obsessed</span></span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> with had actual purpose and meaning, and even brought recognition, came at the next moment.</span></span></span></div>
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following this path. Anyone or anything supporting me and pushing me towards and along this path is sacred as well. Alternatively, anything keeping </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me from pursuing this path is in conflict with my deepest sense of self. The single minded intensity that drives me can lead to desperation and resis</span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">tance when I'm expected to sacrifice my integrity or ideals. This drive and conviction, when in balance, is positive and productive, but can be negative when in the extreme state. I am constantly working on how to balance and channel this intensity in my art and in my teaching.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When Peter Drake asked during my portfolio review at the open house why I am interested in attending the NYAA, I told him of the recent plateau I've hit in my work. After that day at the school, I'm convinced that by having the opportunity to train there, surrounding myself with such incredibly driven and talented artists, all with similar passions, learning and collaborating at such a high level, focusing solely on my work for such an intense period of time I will undoubtedly break free from this plateau and discover a deeper sense of confidence, purpose and clarity. This all adds up to greater balance, which in turn manifests greater work. I feel I am at the perfect time in my life to do the most with such an opportunity. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have selected the particular images for my portfolio to show my full commitment to pushing and refining my craft with an open yet focused mind. Some pieces were done all from life, others were built from combinations of sketches, oil studies and photos. I wanted to show a range of methods and approaches I've been exploring, while also showing some consistency. I feel that I have occasionally tapped into some sense of "humanity" with my images, but I still have so far to go. By studying at the NYAA I intend to push further than I ever have, to rediscover an honesty and depth in my work that I may have lost sight of, and bring it to a completely new level, technically and conceptually.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Human beings, mentally and physically, have always been the main passion and interest in my art. As I look to some of the giants of figurative<br />
painting and some of my greatest influences, past and present, many of whom teach at the NYAA (Jenny Saville, Will Cotton, Eric Fischl...and the past masters Joaquin Sorolla, John Singer Sargent, Anders Zorn, Ilya Repin, etc.), I'm constantly reminded of what I'm searching for with my work: To tap into the potential of human connection, the 'truth' we are all part of, and to better develop the tools to communicate this experience. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My main goals while studying at the NYAA are to deepen my understanding of anatomy and paint application while also sculpting the human form in 3 dimensions to gain a more complete knowledge of our physical bodies. The Anatomy Track will be my focus. I intend to work from life, as often as possible, on large scale life-sized single and multi figure canvases. I am intent on understanding more intimately the techniques of indirect painting and applying this to the direct panting approach I have been focusing on recently. I value the 19th century Naturalist's process and philosophy, and as they did, see the benefit in utilizing photography without becoming its slave. The subjects I'm most drawn to and which I will continue to explore while at the school are real people in real environments interacting and expressing profound, but often subtle human emotions. I also plan to further explore my fascination with the movement and functionality of the human body, especially when pushed to its limit, </span></span></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as my more than 30 years of training</span></span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and teaching traditional healing and martial arts have perpetuated an even broader interest in these mechanisms. Though I don't intend to make overtly political statements, the concept behind my work is of the utmost importance. I will work with subjects that inevitably speak of our humanity, the human condition and some of the contemporary issues we all face, from ideas of beauty and freedom to fear and loss.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My career goals are to continue to live my life as a full time painter and teacher. The knowledge and experience I will attain at the NYAA will give me the fuel and abilities to do so, but at a much higher level in every area...to paint better, teach better and ultimately communicate through both mediums more clearly, convincingly and meaningfully to a wider audience with a more universal and direct language.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After heavily researching the different MFA schools and programs available, I have decided to apply to only one. I am fully committed to attending The New York Academy Of Art at this crucial turning point in my life and career. I would be honored and thrilled to have this opportunity.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><br /></span></div>Ian Factorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12078941810491841808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578579027956480982.post-79672669001809269792012-06-05T14:30:00.000-07:002012-06-06T07:05:21.974-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, it's official.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is my first ever Blog entry. Fitting, as it's my official entry into the 2 year full time MFA program at the New York Academy Of Art for Figurative Painting, Drawing and Sculpture in NYC.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was notified a couple of months ago of my acceptance, and today I found out that my Federal loans have gone though, so it's actually happening. So much to do, such little time.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll be using this blog in conjunction with my Facebook page, </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/ian.factor.7" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.facebook.com/ian.factor.7</span></a><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and website, </span><a href="http://www.ianfactor.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.ianfactor.com/</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to keep everyone updated as to the experiences I'm about to embark on in this new stage of my life and career as a painter, teacher and student.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since I'm just getting into this whole Blog thing, please hang with me as I figure it all out and get comfortable with this new format of communication for me.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The plan is to write a little update occasionally, post some photos, videos and dates of open studios, shows and events to keep you all in the loop of what's happening at the Academy and what my own personal experiences will be there.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's an exciting time and I'm eager to get started this September 10th at orientation. I'll be trying to rent my studio / loft here in Boston while I'm in NYC and plan to get to to Manhattan late August.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll close this first blog entry with a quote from Robert Henri's "The Art Spirit", perhaps the most important book on art ever written.</span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"What we need is more sense of the wonder of life and less of the business of making a picture" </span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">~Robert Henri</span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">See you all soon!</span><br />
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