At Work on The Innocents
by Betty Pieper
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At Work on The Innocents
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Betty Pieper
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Painting - Photo
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For those interested in my painting process, this is the longest running oil! I did the preliminary that you see here in a life class (the first and only time I used a live nude) circa 1964. In the spirit of painting quickly as in the class I finished the work in about two hours a half century later. August 25, 2014.
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August 27th, 2014
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Betty Pieper
Well, that's one reason why I find your profile icon so intriguing....It is YOU at work. I've been cutting original stencils to use on my red and green walls...philodendrons ...and wondered if I had a camera to record the process would anyone be interested. Maybe they would...and maybe I should get a camera?! Thanks for your support.
Theresa Campbell
It fills me with wonder to see an artist at work! Thank you for sharing! Love your work! LFPTG
Betty Pieper
Charlotte...Yes,you have hit your stride AGAIN. It is interesting that both of us feel uniquely connected to our younger selves and trust in our continuing productivity. Nice to be so self confident even in the midst of evolution.
Charlotte Madison
Read about you, so interesting. We may have driven past each other in the Southwest. I enjoyed seeing photos of you and began to scrutinize your free spirited work. Fascinating. That is a load you carry so glad you have always had painting. I can't imagine being old and not having it to play with. I may have suddenly hit an island style at last and it works with the tremor in my hand. I may put the gradual evolving style up just to watch it change. I am stacking them but definitely will photograph each stage. I stacked most of first 1000 while I was studying but wish I had photographed them. Now I feel the same way I want to destroy them until I can be somewhat with them. I will enjoy seeing all your galleries. Oh and The Innocents fascinating but you must be stunned.
Studio Tolere
I meant previously unknown, never shown before artists.
Betty Pieper replied:
The photo was taken just a couple of days ago, but the canvas was in its original state from the early 60s; wish I could say the same for me!
Studio Tolere
I'm so glad you had this photo to post. One sees where it began. It was already good. Now it's great,I don't feel real artist grow old, and I believe wise collectors as well as gallery owners know that, even in NYC.There was a renaissance of showing fine abstract expressionist pieces of really old artists in 2010 in Manhattan.
Betty Pieper
Thank you, Ryan. I love your optimism as well as your support. I'm thinking Saatchi and most other galleries actively avoid old women not matter how they paint. They look for young and "emerging" and promote the belief that such an "investment" will turn into big cash. The truth is more likely that buying what one loves will be the best investment over the long run. I've found great pleasure in what I collect and see every day and don't care if the creators are alive or dead.