July 31, 2004

The Wittig Report - on the Interface Between Life and Art

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Welcome to the Wittig Report...

On the one hand there is 'Art,' and on the other hand, there is 'Life,'

...and somewhere in the middle, they meet.

The last couple months found me busy with a lot of essential non-painting
and non-writing tasks (cleaning, repairing, organising, etc.) that I
had been putting off for years, so I took a 'working vacation', and
got everything taken care of, and will hopefully be a little better
organised, now, as a result.

I added 31 new pieces to 'Spring 2004' since my last newsletter, so I
didn't give up painting entirely, while I was re-organinsing my home
and life.

I just can't leave that easel alone.



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Spring, 2004 - A total of 45 paintings:

For the sake of brevity, I point you to the thumbnail page:

http://www.robertwittig.com/2004spring.html

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Article: 'Modern American Realist'

 "A lot of people who don't know what 'America' is, very well
 (including a lot of Americans themselves) are fond of believing that
 America is a 'top down' deal, and that as go the leaders, and the
 pundits, and the media, and those at the 'top'... so will go the rest
 of the country. I don't believe this, any more than I believe the ads
 I see on TV, or the promises that politicians make. I think it's the
 'bums at the bottom'... like me... who wind up actually deciding
 which way the country and culture will go... simply by virtue of
 sheer numbers, and the incredible ability of the human psyche, to
 eventually figure out who is lying, and who is not.         

So the question I now have to answer for myself, is... what can I do
about myself, personally, in response to the demands of the new
Millennium, in order that I, 'wittig the painter', will not stagnate
in my own, personal corruption? Heh! Once I have even a decent partial
answer to such a question, I had better act fast... before enthusiasm
has a chance to wane."

To read the article, click here:
http://www.robertwittig.com/paper69.html

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Featured Website: Linda Jacobs

An unusual mixture... Linda raises sheep, makes things from their
wool, and paints Plein Air scenes of Missouri.

Don't take my word for it... check her work out at:

http://www.jacobsarts.com/

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