Comments on: Using Art To Respond To Social Crisis https://www.howtopastel.com/2020/06/using-art-to-respond-to-social-crisis/ Info, opinion, and training on how to pastel with artist Gail Sibley BFA, MA Sun, 11 Sep 2022 15:50:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 By: Silja Salmistu - Tackling The Darkness In The Nursery - How to Pastel https://www.howtopastel.com/2020/06/using-art-to-respond-to-social-crisis/#comment-30579 Fri, 18 Jun 2021 18:12:03 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=12075#comment-30579 […] of War series (referenced by Silja in her piece above), John Singer Sargent’s Gassed. I too have reacted to horrific events (and lost many subscribers from doing […]

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By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2020/06/using-art-to-respond-to-social-crisis/#comment-27046 Wed, 16 Dec 2020 05:59:58 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=12075#comment-27046 In reply to Marie Gamalski.

Hi Marie,
Thank you so much for your very kind and appreciative comment 🙂

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By: Marie Gamalski https://www.howtopastel.com/2020/06/using-art-to-respond-to-social-crisis/#comment-26886 Tue, 08 Dec 2020 02:04:16 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=12075#comment-26886 In reply to Gail Sibley.

You are an extremely talented, thoughtful artist. Thank you for sharing your work and your process.

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By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2020/06/using-art-to-respond-to-social-crisis/#comment-24602 Sun, 12 Jul 2020 00:12:17 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=12075#comment-24602 In reply to Deb Chase.

Never too late Deb 🙂
I thank you for your positive response to my idea, process, and work. I really do appreciate it.

And by the way, I had a look at Oregon Shadow Theatre and I want to say WOW!! Magic.

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By: Deb Chase https://www.howtopastel.com/2020/06/using-art-to-respond-to-social-crisis/#comment-24600 Sat, 11 Jul 2020 23:03:37 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=12075#comment-24600 I am a little late, but I wanted to thank you for sharing your strong and well done artistic response to the
horrendous killing of George Floyd.
I admire you so much for doing this.

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By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2020/06/using-art-to-respond-to-social-crisis/#comment-24173 Sat, 20 Jun 2020 05:28:19 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=12075#comment-24173 In reply to Heidi.

Heidi, I’m so glad you found me and this blog!! Thank you so much for your extensive and interesting comment. I love your descriptions of the four dimensions and seeing how my painting fit into that thought. I do appreciate your response to my piece.
And you did a brave thing, surrendering yourself into that moment that George Floyd may have felt at his moment of dying. It’s extraordinary that we have a script of his last words that create a poem of sorts. And that you took all of this upon your own psyche to create a painting reflecting this moment in time. Truly a brave endeavour.
Thank you too for your understanding and trying to understand more deeply.

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By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2020/06/using-art-to-respond-to-social-crisis/#comment-24172 Sat, 20 Jun 2020 05:21:15 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=12075#comment-24172 In reply to Susan M. Story.

Thanks so much Susan. I was always surprised at each new being of the piece!

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By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2020/06/using-art-to-respond-to-social-crisis/#comment-24171 Sat, 20 Jun 2020 05:20:36 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=12075#comment-24171 In reply to Maria Romero.

Thanks so much Maria for your support of this piece and for your encouragement to do work like this – that reflects my views on the world. It is what we can do as artists!!

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By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2020/06/using-art-to-respond-to-social-crisis/#comment-24170 Sat, 20 Jun 2020 05:19:02 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=12075#comment-24170 In reply to KAREN J WILL-DIAMOND.

Thank you so much Karen. I look forward to hearing about your experiments. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain!

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By: Susan M. Story https://www.howtopastel.com/2020/06/using-art-to-respond-to-social-crisis/#comment-24124 Wed, 17 Jun 2020 20:49:57 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=12075#comment-24124 In reply to Clarence Porter.

Well done! I liked all the variations along the way.

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