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IDENTITY Insight

Unfolding the Visual Narrative

January 07, 2017 Filed in: Process |Studio |Interview

L-R: Bailin: Lake, 2016 • New House, 2016 • Raking Leaves, 2016

This show features the work of ten Koplin Del Rio artists and completes the series of three IDENTITY exhibitions introducing the gallery’s artists to a Seattle audience. Curator Eleana Del Rio grouped these artists together because they share a common interest in pictorial narrative. They all invite the viewer to interact with the imagery and engage with the work in a manner that allows two narratives—both the artist’s and the viewer’s—to play out over time.

The Art Tools of David Bailin

Selection from Interview

February 29, 2016 Filed in: Process |Interview |Observations |Studio

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: Teaching |Process |Observations

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

In Memoriam Kafka

A perfect studio dog

January 23, 2015 Filed in: Observations |Studio

When I had to put my studio dog, Kafka, to sleep after 14 years of companionship, my friend, Warren Criswell, responded, "How did you put him down?" as if there was a choice. He had, as I had, misinterpreted the other's remark.