Exhibition: Edgar Degas / About the Line

Some thoughts from the Degas show...

The Denver Art Museum is the only venue for this show and it is certainly worth the trip.

Edgar Degas, Passion for Perfection

Through May 20, 2018

 

While I was taking in this great exhibit, I began to notice the strength of Degas' lines and his use of darks to create more interesting works. He pushes those dark values to great effect. 

A great artist like Degas is notable for many things and it is typically the color that receives all the  attention. These works have a lot of presence when viewed in person and part of that success is his use of accenting lines and darker notes.

Degas' work has so many great qualities, but for now, here is a selection of works from the exhibit along that theme.

Also note that many of these works were completed over a span of years. Even for the great Degas, he didn't create the best possible artwork straight through every time.

Ken 

Female Nude Drying Her Hair
Charcoal on tracing paper, 1903 

Four Ballet Dancers
Pastel  1885-90 

Nude Standing Beside a Chair
Charcoal with touches of blue on tracing paper  1990

Standing Woman Fastening Her Corset,
Seen From the Front
Oil  1883

Degas' Studio replicated

The Conversation
Oil  1885-95

The Milliners
Oil  1898

Race Horses at Longchamp
Oil 1871-74

Race Horses at Longchamp  (close up)
Oil 1871-74

Exhibition: The Madden Museum of Art Oct-Nov 2012

I am honored to be in a group exhibit at the Madden Museum of Art, Denver that just opened. The six of us will have an Artist's Reception Thursday October 25, 5-7pm.  The public is invited and the admission is free.  I hope you can make it.

Artists: Ken Elliott, Victoria Eubanks, Janice McDonald, Karen Scharer, Carol Ann Waugh, and Mary Williams. Out exhibit runs from Oct 4 -Nov 25.

Description:
Group show "to expand." Six non-conventional Colorado artists respond to The Madden Museum space with an exhibition of important new works. I have 21 works on exhibit and available for sale there.   more info   View all of Ken's works in the exhibit

 Six oils in the main gallery.  The center square is 5 x 5 feet.  This is a really large exhibition space!

Side gallery room with a number of my pastels and some oils, collage and prints on display.

Selected works from the exhibit:

 All Over Sunset oil on canvas 48 x 60

 Bright Encounter oil on canvas 60 x 60

 Hayfield Palette                     pastel                                      16 x 16

Heat on Snow pastel 15 1/4 x 19 1/8

For fun: Costumes at the Denver Art Museum

Somewhere in the Denver Art Museum, there is a cabinet with costumes and hats.  We had a ball playing around with this as a break from our looking at some serious artworks.  Here is artist Lee McVey from Albuquerque, myself and Ed Ruotolo from NY putting our headgear together.

Find the cabinet - send me your dress-up photos.  We've set the bar pretty low here, so better poses are expected!