tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post7003516709153802200..comments2023-08-29T08:48:55.919-04:00Comments on Carol Diehl's Art Vent: Alaska Women Reject PalinCarol Diehlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023589628710711343noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-64492738787129653012008-09-19T22:44:00.000-04:002008-09-19T22:44:00.000-04:00Thanks, James! The decision to use cheap materials...Thanks, James! The decision to use cheap materials should always be a decision, not a cop-out. <BR/><BR/>At one school where I guest-taught senior undergrads, I was the first teacher they'd had who insisted they learn how to stretch their own canvases. "You'll never know what you can do until you use professional materials," I said--to which they responded, "But we're not professionals, we're students." And don't get me started on Winton oil paint.Carol Diehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023589628710711343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-41995177368025096392008-09-18T11:24:00.000-04:002008-09-18T11:24:00.000-04:00Carol,After seeing you at the”Bloggers Conference”...Carol,<BR/>After seeing you at the”Bloggers Conference” I googled your painting. Out of the different series on line, I was especially attracted to the “Journal” pieces. I’m a big fan of people like Alfred Jensen and John J. O’Conner who, like you, encode space with color and language, so keep it up.<BR/><BR/>Your situation regarding the cheep canvases is very timely. Crappy, pathetic and abject materials are all the rage now. Examples of this were spread throughout the recent Biennial and the “Unmonumental” show at the New. Seems they embody some aspect of our current cultural state. Patch ‘em with ducktape.kalm jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12332427203855310614noreply@blogger.com