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Two Candles, 1982, painting by Gerhard Richter<\/p><\/div>\n

Today, March 15, 2011, marks the second anniversary of the launching of Drawing Life<\/em>.\u00a0 I’ll celebrate the occasion with the above image from the German painter Gerhard Richter<\/a>, a fearless artist who sees no contradiction in\u00a0pursuing both pure abstraction and photorealism, as well as some of the territory in between.<\/p>\n

More fresh content is coming to this blog soon, I promise, but for today we’ll take a look back.<\/p>\n

On the first anniversary a year ago I posted a Top Ten Countdown<\/a>, featuring sample images and quotes from the most-read (or at least most-clicked-on – you can’t tell if people actually read them!) posts of the first year of Drawing Life<\/em>.\u00a0 This year’s countdown list, starting at #10 and ascending to first place, is as follows:<\/p>\n

10: Body Electric:\u00a0 Walt Whitman<\/a><\/p>\n

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Old man, seven photographs, c. 1885, photo by Thomas Eakins<\/p><\/div>\n

9:\u00a0 Textural Bodypaint<\/a><\/p>\n

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Marbled Belly, 1991, bodypaint and photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

8:\u00a0 Personal Painting<\/a><\/p>\n

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Green Moth, 2009, bodypaint and photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

7:\u00a0 Fire in the Belly<\/a><\/p>\n

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Bright Seed, 2000, bodypaint and photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

6:\u00a0 Reclining, Not Boring<\/a><\/p>\n

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Supine Arched (Madelyn), 2010, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

5:\u00a0 Pregnant Pose<\/a><\/p>\n

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SG and child pencil sketch 03, 2008, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

4:\u00a0 End-On:\u00a0 Extreme Foreshortening<\/a><\/p>\n

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Strata, 2002, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

3:\u00a0 Womb of Art:\u00a0 Paleolithic Masterpieces<\/a><\/p>\n

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Small paleolithic figurines, from left to right, vitreous rock from the Riviera, hematite from Moravia, mammoth ivory from Ukraine, and mammoth bone from Russia, figs. 121 thru 124 from The Way of the Animal Powers, by Joseph Campbell<\/p><\/div>\n

2:\u00a0 Drawing as Theater \/\u00a0Presence as Provocation:\u00a0 Kentridge and Abramovic at MoMA<\/a><\/p>\n

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William Kentridge, Drawing for II Sole 24 Ore (World Walking), 2007; Charcoal, gouache, pastel, and colored pencil on paper, Marian Goodman Gallery<\/p><\/div>\n

1:\u00a0 Rhythmic Line<\/a><\/p>\n

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Lounging Ryan, 2008, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

(You’ll notice that two posts, “Pregnant Pose” and “Fire in the Belly” appear in both this year’s and last year’s lists.)<\/p>\n

It’s clear that\u00a0the main determinants of high placement are 1)\u00a0links from external sites, and 2) correspondence with popular search terms.\u00a0 Perhaps re-promoting the posts that already get lots of hits is kind of pointless, like policies that help make the rich richer, but I’ve already done it, so I’ll just supplement it with a little affirmative action – a list of neglected posts, way down near the bottom of the rankings, that I still think might be worthy of your attention.<\/p>\n

13 Ways:\u00a0 Wallace Stevens<\/a><\/p>\n

My suite of paintings illustrating Wallace Stevens’ classic poem, “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird”.\u00a0 I painted this series in 1982, as a young artist just beginning to try to find an adult style.<\/p>\n

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Blackbird XII, 1982, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

Light and Stone<\/a><\/p>\n

Experiments in lighting, using as a model a stone sculpture by Thomas W. Brown.\u00a0 I learned about lighting as a film student, but an understanding of how light behaves and interacts with objects is a deep subject of study for any kind of visual artist.\u00a0 This post doesn’t go into all the complexities of light, but it seeks to show how changing the angle of light transforms how we see an object.<\/p>\n

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Thomas W. Brown, Alabaster, 2004, photo by Fred Hatt, 2009, merge channels version<\/p><\/div>\n

New Heads<\/a> and Empathic Portraits<\/a><\/p>\n

Two posts featuring my portrait work, including some of my favorite drawings.<\/p>\n

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Esteban, 2009, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

Shadows<\/a> and 3D or Not 3D<\/a><\/p>\n

Two posts featuring my shadow-screen performance videos.\u00a0 The key to my drawing and painting is its focus on energy and movement.\u00a0 Here you’ll find me working directly with movement.<\/p>\n

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Still from "Convergence", 2010, video by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

I hope maybe these examples will persuade a few of my readers to go spelunking in the archives!\u00a0 Happy birthday, Drawing Life<\/em> – and readers, stay tuned for more images and ideas to come!\u00a0 Thanks for reading, commenting, linking, sharing, “liking”, tweeting, and\/or subscribing to the email feed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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