I taught for Rutgers in the first and third summer sessions, first Art Appreciation online for non-majors, and most recently, Drawing Fundamentals. Both classes were a lot of fun to teach but kept me busy between weekly essays on the one hand and drawing exercises from 2-point perspective to figure drawing on the other! Now I’m preparing to co-teach the BFA Thesis Exhibition with Gerry Beegan, and it promises to be exciting with the BFA Annual (Water themed), and then in the spring, the BFA Thesis exhibitions. I’m also preparing for the school year myself, and will report on the classes I’ll be taking in the next post.
If you’re in the area, I hope you have a chance to see either or both of the following shows!
WLCM BCK at Mason Gross Galleries is an exhibition that I’m in and helped to organize. Here’s the info:
an exhibition featuring work by
Mason Gross School of the Arts Visual Arts Department Faculty,
Staff, and returning second-year M.F.A. students.
September 1-17
reception Sept. 1, 4-6 p.m.
gallery hours:
Monday-Friday: 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.
extended hours on Wednesdays until 6 p.m.
Saturdays: noon - 4 p.m.
participants:
Liv Aanrud / John Almelchenko / Eileen Behnke / Caetlynn Booth / Anna Bushman / Damian Catera / Katherine DeGaetani / Erin Dunn / Megan Flaherty / Gabbe Grodin / Chris Guerra / Catherine Haggarty / Annie Hogan / Suzanne Joelson / Marketa Klicova / Gary Kuehn / Julie Langsam / Allison Lindblom / Ardele Lister / Toby MacLennan / Barb Madsen / Tony Masso / Anne McKeown / Traci Molloy / Diane Neumaier / Raphael Ortiz / Kate Pollard / Alan Prazniak / Tom Raggio / Martha Rosler / Erik Schoonebeek / Patrick Strzelec / Richard Tuttle / Betsy VanLangen / Timothy Warner / Tyson Washburn / Stephen Westfall / Shane Whilden / Wendy White / Bryan Whitney / John Yau
And the other show I’m currently in, juried by Mary Birmingham, Curator of the Hunterdon Museum. Here’s the info for this exhibition:
Featured painting, Porch Dynamics 2009
SICA’s 7th Annual Juried Exhibition
Exhibition: September 4 - November 13, 2010
Reception: September 12, 3 - 6 PM
Location: SICA, 20 Third Avenue, Long Branch, NJ 07740
It’s been a while since my last update, so I have several new works to show you. I’m continuing with a night palette, and have been exploring working with chromatic blacks. I’ve also been digging deeper into my subjects to hone my focus. Maintaining the immediacy of the material quality is also a current goal, so almost all of the following paintings were made while the paint was continuously wet.
Temple, Oil on linen, 30" x 90"
Checkpoint, Oil on linen on panel, 16" x 48"
Reflection before Projection, Oil on paper, 24" x 45"
Family of Verticals, Oil on wood panel, 16" x 12"
In Bloom (at night), Oil on wood panel, 12" x 16"
Climb, Oil on wood panel, 12" x 12"
Point of Entry, Oil on linen, 18" x 18"
Dark Gel, Oil on paper, 45" x 12"
Midnight in Marfa, before
Midnight in Marfa, after (stretched onto several smaller canvases)
Current studio shot.
In between everything else, Tyson and moved at the beginning of August to an awesome apartment. Here are some pics of our new home. We love it!
New orchid.
New kitchen.
New second floor deck!
Earlier this summer, I made a trip to CA to reunite with Tyson at the close of his residency at the Headlands, and to get some good time in with fam & friends. Here are some awesome times recorded “on film.”
Hotel Mirabelle where we stayed in The Mission, our old neighborhood.
Tyson pointing to his room at the Headlands while he was staying there as a resident artist.
View from the Headlands.
Another view from the Headlands. (that's the Pacific out there!)
Headlands hillside.
After staying in San Francisco for four days, we headed to visit our dear friends Amber & Teejay in Davis (near Sacramento).
Inspiring.
Evidence of inspiration.
Hanging out at their awesome cottage.
Yeah!
We also headed down to Santa Cruz to visit with Tyson's relatives.
Look what I found on Tyson's grandma-Nona's sofa.
And then on to Napa to visit my family! Here we are at Mumm, where my bro's girlfriend Emily works.
Very nice weather.
There's Emily!
And some wine-tasting at James Cole, where our good friend Ben works.
Ben!
Ben, Tyson, and my bro Alan in the barrel room at James Cole.
And taking a look at the vintage vehicle in the tank room...
We also had the privilege of joining Amy & Peter at their West Coast wedding celebration! Here we are at Gargiulo Winery.
Amy & Peter's peeps.
Speeches about the happy couple!
Amy & Peter...
Beautiful!
At the celebration.
Lovely Io and Ann.
Summer has been amazing, delightful, challenging, inspiring, productive, and so much more. Thanks to my friends and family for all the good times!!!
And now, my primary objective is to finish up my Fulbright application (to Berlin for 2011-12), and start the semester right!
Best wishes to Everyone near & far,
XO Caetlynn
