Sam Ivie ~ Artwork

CONTEM?ORARIES

2011-07-06T11:00:00.000-07:00

Twenty Ten, ink on paper, 11 inches X 14 inches, 2010

CONTEM?ORARIES:
A Survey of 21st Century American Artists

July 14th - October 14th, 2011
Opening Reception: July 14th, 6-8pm

Address:

Fort Worth Central Library

500 W. Third St.
Fort Worth, TX 76102-7305

Quote from the exhibition catalog:

We live in an Age that is unparalleled. Our understanding of history, and what has come before, is enormous. This becomes clear when we look at Contemporary Art.

We have been painting and drawing for thousands of years. These were the methods of the cavemen, and they are still used by artists today. At some point, artists discovered that the use of a preliminary “sketch” drawing could help perfect form and composition in their paintings. This shows the very beginnings of how different artistic techniques inform each other. A more modern example is Photography, which is much younger, and has since its birth been influenced by painting. Today this kind of confluence works in all directions; and can be seen throughout the Art World: Artists using the oldest techniques, things like painting and drawing, being influenced and inspired by the newest disciplines like Photography and Cinema. We have artists inspired by Mathematics and Literature, drawing things that exist only in the imagination. We have photographers capturing the magic of the overlooked and the everyday. And of course we have artists who are inspired by the Age itself.

Dan Blagg, Pat Gabriel, Jane Hansen, Sam Ivie, Jill Johnson, Bruce Jordan, Nancy Lamb, Leslie Lanzotti, James Lassen, Nathan Madrid, Daniel Scott, Eric Stevens, Justine Stevens, Clint Stone, and Elaine Taylor were chosen for the CONTEM?ORARIES Show because of the breadth of techniques and influences their Works represent, and for the interesting juxtapositions to be found bringing them together.

Contemporary Art sets no limits upon itself, but rather learns from its varied incarnations. Just as Artists use any of the tools at their disposal, and influence each other with what they create, in their pursuit of Beauty.

2009-05-24T16:38:00.000-07:00

Self-Portrait, acrylic on canvas, 7 x 7 inches, 2009

2008-08-06T18:18:00.000-07:00

Frontal view of the 44 x 30 stippled drawing.

2008-08-06T18:16:00.000-07:00

Detail of the head and shoulders.

2008-03-26T08:28:00.000-07:00

Almost done. Entire drawing on masonite board.

2008-01-22T15:21:00.000-08:00

Another detail of the ink drawing.

2007-09-18T06:44:00.000-07:00

Detail of a drawing in progress. Small section of a 44 x 30 inch image.

Painting in Art in the Metroplex

2007-08-06T20:57:00.000-07:00

I have a painting in this exhibit, which opens September 8th:

ART IN THE METROPLEX
25th Annual Exhibition

The show will run Saturday, September 8 through Wednesday, October 3 at the University Art Gallery – TCU. Art in the Metroplex is sponsored by TCU and the Templeton Art Center.

JUROR

Critic and independent curator Michael Duncan is a Corresponding Editor for Art in America. His writings have focused on maverick artists of the 20th century. West Coast modernism, twentieth century figuration, and contemporary California art. His curatorial projects include surveys and recontextualization of works by Pavel Tchelitchew, Sister Carita Kent, Kim MacConnel, Lorser Feitelson, Eugene Berman, Richard Petitbone and Wallace Berman.

For further information call (817) 257-7643 or (817) 478-5607, or write: Templeton Art Center P.O. Box 9074, Fort Worth, TX 76147-9074

(excerpt taken from TCU's website)

2007-07-02T12:14:00.000-07:00

Display of artwork in the Union Gallery. From the left: Avatar, Victor, Leighton's Athlete, Chris and Boston Commons. Click on the image to enlarge.

2007-06-05T05:51:00.000-07:00

2007-04-22T18:51:00.000-07:00

Spikes, Ink on paper, 8"x11", 2007

Union Gallery Exhibit

2007-04-15T18:10:00.000-07:00

Irena, Ink on paper, 14"x11", 2005

"DRAWINGS"
Union Gallery Exhibit
June 11th - July 6th, 2007
Opening Reception: 3-5 p.m. June 11th

University of North Texas
Union Gallery
1155 Union Circle
Denton, Texas 76203
940-565-3829

This exhibit consists of work created within the past few years, with a focus on black and white drawings. One painting will be exhibited with the drawings.

2007-04-14T13:06:00.000-07:00

Carpeaux's Centerpiece

Ink on paper

11"x8"

2005

2007-01-20T15:52:00.000-08:00

Katie, Ink on paper, "24x18", 2005

Many of the images I do are combinations of photography and invented imagery. The interplay of these two things in an image creates a kind of tension that I like to explore. Stippling, again, is the technique here, as it is in the majority of the ink drawings. At 24"x18", this is one of the largest of my drawings.

Window I

2007-01-20T15:28:00.000-08:00

Window I, Ink on paper, 10"x8", 2005

This was done a little over a year ago, but it's the first time the image has been posted online in large format. The dot rendering can be easily made out when the actual drawing is almost the same size as this online version. Click on the image to enlarge.

2006-12-18T09:38:00.000-08:00

Avatar, Ink on paper, 7"x7", 2006

2006-12-09T08:28:00.000-08:00

In the coming weeks, updates will be posted along with a series of miniature images.

Latest Painting

2006-12-04T17:00:00.000-08:00

Leighton's Athlete, oil on canvas, 60"x48", 2006

This was just completed about two months ago. It's one of the largest and most labor-intensive projects I've taken on so far. Total working time is somewhere around 300 hrs.

The background is all invented imagery and the figure was done using photo reference material. Frederick Leighton's sculpture, Athlete Wrestling A Python, is the center of interest. From there, I created a backdrop that behaves in a surreal manner. Another goal of this piece was to take something from the nineteenth century and make it look contemporary.

Any comments/feedback/input is welcome.

Sam

2006-12-04T15:31:00.000-08:00

A work-in-progress shot of the oil painting.

2006-12-04T15:29:00.000-08:00

A detail of Leighton's Athlete.

Blog

2006-12-04T10:01:00.000-08:00

News, updates and information about upcoming exhibitions, as well as works in progress will be posted here. Stay tuned.