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The Art Tools of David Bailin

Selection from Interview

February 29, 2016 Filed in: Process |Interview |Observation |Studio written by: Judy,Bailin

In February 2016, I was interviewed on the Parka Blogs by a columnist named Judy. The questions brought out some interesting specifics about my process I have talked about but never put into writing. I’ve picked out two highlights from the interview.

For All Students of Art

Fundamentals

May 05, 2015 Filed in: Workshop |Process |Teaching written by: Bailin

A short and simple guide to students starting to work in a studio.

The Studio Is Not My Friend

October 21, 2014 Filed in: Studio |Process written by: Bailin

The Studio is not my friend. I open the door to my studio like Kafka's K opens doors in The Trial.

A Fragment of Nabokov's last manuscript

August 19, 2014 Filed in: Process |Observation written by: Nabokov,Bailin

My process of erasing and wiping out passages of my work, as well as my artistic sensibility, is beautifully summarized by this fragment of a page from Nabokov's last manuscript.

The Anxiety of Style

February 12, 2014 Filed in: Studio |Process |Observation written by: Bailin

I just found some photographs of paintings I created in college. It reminded me of how artists come to develop a style.

On Process

September 03, 2012 Filed in: Process written by: Bailin

I don't finish drawings, I exhaust the possibilities in each rendering. I revise and rework and more than likely destroy drawings. The last couple of years, only three drawings survived.