tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70890964085611917602024-03-05T05:39:42.183-05:00News from Sean QuallsSean Quallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12630200217666046351noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089096408561191760.post-75466076199467047732017-06-25T00:31:00.000-04:002017-06-25T00:31:26.673-04:00NEW FROS & PAINTING UPDATE #11<!doctype html>
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It’s been awhile,</strong><br>
<strong>but I’m happy to be back. Good news! Recently, I completed </strong><strong id="docs-internal-guid-ca5cd36f-acbe-860b-6d44-490d625b98a3">a couple of larger pieces in my Afro series.<br>
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<strong id="docs-internal-guid-ca5cd36f-acbe-860b-6d44-490d625b98a3">I’m really happy to have finally finished this one. </strong><br>
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<img data-file-id="2717445" height="150" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f4210867c70015671f1ddaff9/images/8b9b9e0d-ad02-4426-8295-0a4cb4f15320.jpg" style="border: 0px;width: 112px;height: 150px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;" width="112"><img data-file-id="2717461" height="150" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f4210867c70015671f1ddaff9/_compresseds/fb0957f8-8309-479f-b557-8e91faafdcd0.jpg" style="border: 0px;width: 116px;height: 150px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;" width="116"><img data-file-id="2717557" height="150" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f4210867c70015671f1ddaff9/_compresseds/e57411f5-539d-4a41-8985-218ad7838799.jpg" style="border: 0px;width: 114px;height: 150px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;" width="114"><img data-file-id="2717561" height="150" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f4210867c70015671f1ddaff9/_compresseds/8122d813-3e41-444e-9b39-cfd7263a683a.jpg" style="border: 0px;width: 114px;height: 150px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;" width="114"><br>
<strong id="docs-internal-guid-ca5cd36f-acbe-860b-6d44-490d625b98a3">FRO 74 has gone through many different stages.</strong><strong> and I probably could have finished it awhile ago. </strong><strong id="docs-internal-guid-ca5cd36f-acbe-860b-6d44-490d625b98a3">At one point, I seriously considered abandoning it but I’m glad that I decided to push through. Sometimes, what creates a challenge to completing a piece, especially large ones, is changing my intentions midstream. <br>
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<img data-file-id="2717585" height="275" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f4210867c70015671f1ddaff9/_compresseds/c901fd63-0983-47da-8684-0b0f5bbc369d.jpg" style="border: 0px;width: 183px;height: 275px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;" width="183"><br>
Initially, I thought FRO 74 would be a larger version of FRO 79. And even though it was based on 79, I wanted it to be different. That shift in gears caused the piece to take longer than I expected. Somewhere in the process of painting FRO 74, I decided to tilt her head to the side which felt more natural and elegant than her pose in FRO 79.<br>
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<img data-file-id="2717569" height="150" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f4210867c70015671f1ddaff9/_compresseds/f493d5a1-8f25-4013-9bd5-1cbcc59df1e8.jpg" style="border: 0px;width: 131px;height: 150px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;" width="131"><img data-file-id="2717565" height="150" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f4210867c70015671f1ddaff9/images/3e39ea29-2237-4e9e-bdfa-51aa1b4c06f4.jpg" style="border: 0px;width: 116px;height: 150px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;" width="116"><img data-file-id="2717577" height="150" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f4210867c70015671f1ddaff9/_compresseds/9bd8d09a-f5d8-4f06-b117-ba58e1185188.jpg" style="border: 0px;width: 109px;height: 150px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;" width="109"><br>
I ended up blocking off her face so I could work on the background without having the face be a distraction and also to avoid the temptation to rework it.The background probably changed more than any other part of the painting. I also considered cutting it apart and re-configuring the whole thing as I’ve done with work in the past but decided against it when I caught a glimpse of light at the end of the tunnel. As I said earlier, I'm really happy that I stuck with it because the final piece exceeds my expectations.</strong><br>
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FRO 74 38x48", mixed media on paper<br>
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Next, New FRO started off a little different and it’s process to completion was more straightforward. I began with the idea of creating a portrait that engaged the viewer directly…</strong></p>
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more so than this smaller version.</strong><br>
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At each stage, I enjoyed changing the configuration of her facial features as each micro-movement gradually changed her appearance. Much more than AFRO 74, this piece evolved quickly. I believe I was driven forward by the knowledge of what did not work in it’s smaller, sister version above. Her gaze is meant to evoke the moment when one unexpectedly catches a glimpse of their reflection in a mirror, caught in between thoughts; a universal, perhaps soul catching moment. My hope is to have viewers see themselves in the painting even if they are of different gender, age, race or complexion. Also, working at this size allowed me to experiment with collage in the details of her eyes and mouth.</strong><br>
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Sean Quallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12630200217666046351noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089096408561191760.post-4905759229827068852016-09-16T16:23:00.000-04:002016-09-16T16:25:05.688-04:00ArtSlope***Opening Party TONIGHT*** Friday, Sept. 16,7pm-Midnight<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I'm excited to share a preview of this new piece that I collaborated on with friend and fellow artist Jonathan Blum!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Come check it out TONIGHT at the opening party for Brooklyn's Big Tent and the launch of ARTSLOPE a nine day art festival in Park Slope, Brooklyn. This piece will be on display with works from 30 other Park Slope artists. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">At Shapeshifter Lab-18 Whitwell Pl (near 1st St), Brooklyn, NY 11215, Gowanus. Friday, Sept. 16,7pm-Midnight</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I'll be spinning records throughout the night along with a few friends and fellow vinylheads.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Hope you can make it, if not, enjoy the preview!</span>Sean Quallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12630200217666046351noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089096408561191760.post-91511664909651264522016-08-08T23:04:00.000-04:002016-08-14T15:58:15.686-04:00WEEKLY PAINTING #10-Why I love Uncle Tom and Why You Should Too!<div dir="ltr">
<span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>There was a time, when next to the "n" word</strong></span><br /><br />Uncle Tom was the worst insult that could be hurled at a person of color. Case in point, on a 1988 airing of the<a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi8PTUa6oNk" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3Dzi8PTUa6oNk&source=gmail&ust=1468970443306000&usg=AFQjCNFzvWfoJ1Y5DxKoqJONwkXPjTVgZw" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi8PTUa6oNk" target="_blank"> Geraldo Show</a>, </span><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif;">politician and activist Roy Innis (who has found himself on the unfortunate side of several debates including the issue of gun control) was called an "Uncle Tom" by John Metzger of the Aryan Resistance. Insulted and affronted, Innis leaves his chair and grabs Metzger by the throat, just before the whole show descends into bedlam, becoming one of the early, eventful moments in shock television.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif;">At the time, I was old enough to know what the term meant and even though I don't remember ever being called an "Uncle Tom," (as so many similar slurs were freely used to hurt people in my childhood) I was often called "oreo" - meaning black on the outside and white on the inside. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif;">I began to wonder about the origin of the term "Uncle Tom" and decided that Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel </span><a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=uncle%20tom%27s%20cabin" href="https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=uncle%20tom%27s%20cabin" style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif;" target="_blank">UNCLE TOM'S CABIN</a><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif;"> was the best place to unearth some answers. To my surprise, the character of Uncle Tom was not the despicable traitor to his race, cavorting and conspiring with "old massa," that I had imagined. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif;">Later, greater insight came to me, from all places, an episode of the<a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY-RSIvbEDA" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DtY-RSIvbEDA&source=gmail&ust=1468970443306000&usg=AFQjCNEFasruXkrsoCeQwp6HEimSy7Td_A" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY-RSIvbEDA" target="_blank"> Jeffersons</a>. In the show, George calls Louise's uncle, who's visiting from out of a town, an "Uncle Tom." Louise's uncle then gives George a brief history lesson about a man named <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=josiah%20henson" href="https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=josiah%20henson" target="_blank">Josiah Henson</a> whose autobiography "inspired" Harriett Beecher Stowe's UNCLE TOM'S CABIN and was the basis for the character. It turns out that not only did Josiah Henson escape slavery and write his autobiography, he was a minister, abolitionist (helping many to escape slavery) and founder of a settlement and school in Canada for those escaping slavery. In addition, it seems that Stowe may have been more than just inspired by his autobiography- - <a data-cke-saved-href="http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/abolitn/henson49hp.html" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/abolitn/henson49hp.html&source=gmail&ust=1468970443306000&usg=AFQjCNE21KtnX5qYtrDiD0c-28fxyLHkrQ" href="http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/abolitn/henson49hp.html" target="_blank">http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/abolitn/henson49hp.html</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif;">I was disturbed and irked that this man, <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=josiah%20henson" href="https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=josiah%20henson" target="_blank">Josiah Henson</a>, who made such a compelling contribution to American history, literature and the abolition of slavery has had his legacy so altered and corrupted. A mentor of mine once referred to a quote that he attributed to the novelist Flaubert, - "eat like the bourgeois, talk like the bourgeois and save your anger for your art." At the time I heard it, I'm not sure if it was an affirmation of what I was already doing or a call to action, but it's stuck with me and has become an animating force for my work. Sambo, Uncle Tom, and all the wrongs of history, especially those that personally troubled me have become fodder for my art.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif;">Still mystified as to how this man's name and character became an epithet and an object of derision, I continued my quest, all the while thinking about bringing his story to my work. This is the first painting....<img align="center" data-cke-saved-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f4210867c70015671f1ddaff9/images/0043fda2-cf4b-4f3d-a3b5-e2b4d76666f8.jpg" height="325" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f4210867c70015671f1ddaff9/images/0043fda2-cf4b-4f3d-a3b5-e2b4d76666f8.jpg" style="height: 325px; margin: 0px; width: 325px;" width="325" /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif;">Followed by this....<img align="center" data-cke-saved-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f4210867c70015671f1ddaff9/images/ab307d3c-d49b-47c1-8b91-38a0a7923eed.jpg" height="250" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f4210867c70015671f1ddaff9/images/ab307d3c-d49b-47c1-8b91-38a0a7923eed.jpg" style="height: 250px; margin: 0px; width: 246px;" width="246" /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif;">And sketchbook work...<img align="center" data-cke-saved-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f4210867c70015671f1ddaff9/images/175a0b4c-bd15-42b0-a4d8-34bdb48f2a31.jpg" height="250" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f4210867c70015671f1ddaff9/images/175a0b4c-bd15-42b0-a4d8-34bdb48f2a31.jpg" style="height: 250px; margin: 0px; width: 250px;" width="250" /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif;">I began to consider the divisive power of such a term, the negative consequences of such labeling and the parameters that determine if one is indeed an "Uncle Tom" or "sellout." Who or what jury determines such a thing? In a conversation with Cornell West and Tavis Smiley, musician Bill Withers questions the true meaning of the term "sellout." He makes the point that if an item in a store is 'sold out' it's a good thing but it becomes a negative when applied to a person. Questioning what it means when some successful rappers refer to themselves as"thugs" and inspired by <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=tupac+thug+life&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjet8XDx4LOAhWK1h4KHUOmDmwQ_AUICCgB&biw=1455&bih=650#imgrc=yebzQ9DOfwmUYM%3A" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=tupac+thug+life&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjet8XDx4LOAhWK1h4KHUOmDmwQ_AUICCgB&biw=1455&bih=650#imgrc=yebzQ9DOfwmUYM%3A" target="_blank">Tupac's "Thug Life" tattoo</a> I created this week's piece....<br /><img align="center" data-cke-saved-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f4210867c70015671f1ddaff9/images/063ce956-2710-4a58-93fe-fd1ab6b9c0f5.jpg" height="375" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f4210867c70015671f1ddaff9/images/063ce956-2710-4a58-93fe-fd1ab6b9c0f5.jpg" style="height: 375px; margin: 0px; width: 378px;" width="378" /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif;">My intention is to suggest that there's an amount of "tommin" or "selling out" involved with anyone who has achieved a certain degree of success especially at the level of a wealthy rapper, producer or musician (especially any who refer to themselves as a "thug" and/or has crossed over to film and television. I remember reading that Snoop Dogg are good friends. I don't know, perhaps there's a thug and Tom in all of us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif;">And, I also recently finished this larger piece....<img align="center" data-cke-saved-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f4210867c70015671f1ddaff9/images/e49b0f16-a572-4b50-bc54-0abb3c61b344.jpg" height="469" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f4210867c70015671f1ddaff9/images/e49b0f16-a572-4b50-bc54-0abb3c61b344.jpg" style="height: 469px; margin: 0px; width: 375px;" width="375" /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif;">paying homage to Josiah Henson and attempting to recontextualize the term "Uncle Tom".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif;">There are 10x10 prints available for $30 of these three.....<br /><img align="none" data-cke-saved-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f4210867c70015671f1ddaff9/images/0043fda2-cf4b-4f3d-a3b5-e2b4d76666f8.jpg" height="100" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f4210867c70015671f1ddaff9/images/0043fda2-cf4b-4f3d-a3b5-e2b4d76666f8.jpg" style="height: 100px; margin: 0px; width: 100px;" width="100" /><img align="none" data-cke-saved-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f4210867c70015671f1ddaff9/images/063ce956-2710-4a58-93fe-fd1ab6b9c0f5.jpg" height="100" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f4210867c70015671f1ddaff9/images/063ce956-2710-4a58-93fe-fd1ab6b9c0f5.jpg" style="height: 100px; margin: 0px; width: 100px;" width="100" /><img align="none" data-cke-saved-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f4210867c70015671f1ddaff9/images/ab307d3c-d49b-47c1-8b91-38a0a7923eed.jpg" height="100" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f4210867c70015671f1ddaff9/images/ab307d3c-d49b-47c1-8b91-38a0a7923eed.jpg" style="height: 100px; margin: 0px; width: 98px;" width="98" /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif;">And 10x13 prints also for $30 of these...<br /><img align="none" data-cke-saved-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f4210867c70015671f1ddaff9/images/e49b0f16-a572-4b50-bc54-0abb3c61b344.jpg" height="125" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f4210867c70015671f1ddaff9/images/e49b0f16-a572-4b50-bc54-0abb3c61b344.jpg" style="height: 125px; margin: 0px; width: 99px;" width="99" /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif;">These are 16x16 for $50<br /><img align="none" data-cke-saved-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f4210867c70015671f1ddaff9/images/0043fda2-cf4b-4f3d-a3b5-e2b4d76666f8.jpg" height="125" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f4210867c70015671f1ddaff9/images/0043fda2-cf4b-4f3d-a3b5-e2b4d76666f8.jpg" style="height: 125px; margin: 0px; width: 125px;" width="125" /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif;">And finally, I have large 28x36 prints of this one for $150<br /><img align="none" data-cke-saved-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f4210867c70015671f1ddaff9/images/e49b0f16-a572-4b50-bc54-0abb3c61b344.jpg" height="200" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f4210867c70015671f1ddaff9/images/e49b0f16-a572-4b50-bc54-0abb3c61b344.jpg" style="height: 200px; margin: 0px; width: 159px;" width="159" /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif;">All images are printed on high quality, heavy watercolor paper with archival inks, hand signed with 2" boarders on all sides.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif;">Just respond here to buy any of these prints, or if you have questions about the originals or would like to arrange a studio visit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif;">Also,<br />WHERE TO FIND ME (this fall)<br /><br /><strong>The Picture Book Re-Imagined </strong>(group show):<br />Pratt & Bank Street College of Education Exhibit<br />Closing Reception Thursday, Sept. 15th, 2016,<br />Pratt Manhattan, 144 West 14th St. 6-8:30pm<br /><br /><strong>Under The Big Top</strong> (group show):<br />Opening Reception Friday, Sept. 16, 2016 (More info to come)<br /><br /><strong>Brooklyn Book Festival:</strong>-Panel discussion-Censorship of difficult subject matter in children's literature-Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016<br />(See Brooklyn Book Festival websites for exact time & location)<br /><br /><strong>Vegas Valley Book Festival: </strong>Signing & reading,<br />Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. 4th St.Las Vegas, NV<br />Saturday, Oct. 15th, 2016 10am-4pm,<br />(to be confirmed)<br /><br /><strong>Gowanus Open Studios:</strong><br />MadArts 255 18th St, Studio #30 Brooklyn, NY<br />Sunday, Oct. 16th 12-6pm<br /><br /><strong>Brooklyn Botanic Gardens Ghouls & Gourds: </strong><br />Brooklyn Botanic Gardens<strong> </strong><br />Saturday, Oct. 29th, 12-4pm (to be confirmed)<br /><br /><strong>Brooklyn Museum's 10th Annual Book Fair:</strong><br />Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway<br />Saturday Nov. 12th, 12pm-4pm</span><br />
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<strong style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif;">Brooklyn Public Library Grand Army Plaza</strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif;">10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif;">Solo Exhibit, Youth Wing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif;">November 16, 2016 through the end of January 2017</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif;">Sean<br />..............................<br />Instagram.com/Sean_Qualls</span></div>
Sean Quallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12630200217666046351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089096408561191760.post-45265220331144511062016-05-13T15:20:00.000-04:002016-05-13T18:01:49.821-04:00WEEKLY PAINTING #9<br />
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<pre style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #484848; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.28571em; max-width: 635px; padding: 12px 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">as a kid, got me interested in my own family's ancestry. Although, it wasn't until about 10 years ago, around the time my son was born, that I finally started digging on my mother's side of the family tree. If you've ever done any digging yourself you know how exciting and time consuming it can be, but in a short amount of time I made decent progress.
Then a couple of years ago, my aunt gave me these two portraits of my great-grandparents.</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.28571em;">I'm guessing the photos are about 100 years old. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Part of what fuels my art (and illustration) is the desire to shine a light on those who have been forgotten by history, underrepresented or misrepresented. My goal is not to merely tell their stories but to reframe them and their lives. By reframing, I mean looking at people and events from a different vantage point and thereby changing the way we perceive them, reminding us that identity is perception and therefore malleable, not static. The first piece of work where I consciously used reframing was A Brief History of Sambo.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For me, the portraits of my great-grandparents suggest that they were people that mattered, even though their names may only be a small piece of a larger historical record. Often times African-American history is linked to the history of oppression, poverty, brutality and blight, as though they are all synonymous. In terms of success, names like CJ Walker, George Washington Carver and Frederick Douglas are important and familiar but by no means the whole story. There are countless people who we learn about during the 28 days of February, many who were part of the Civil-Rights Movement but still that's just a portion of the picture. Industries such as law, medicine, art, invention, publishing, hospitality, real estate and apparel are all areas where numerous African-Americans made a name for themselves. People like Arthur Gaston, Jeremiah G. Hamilton, John Coburn and Chloe Spear are just a few names but their success defies the perceived norm and that success was not confined
to just one era but was a truth, for some, throughout the history of Blacks in America. Given the circumstances of how we arrived here, our presence in America today conveys a success that pervades all of American history.
Back to this week's piece. In the spirit of those industrious people who's stories remain untold (and the portraits of my great-grandparents), I created this week's piece-"Black Business 1890."</span></pre>
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<pre style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #484848; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.28571em; max-width: 635px; padding: 12px 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The portrait is of no one in particular and the date arbitrary but the objective of the piece is to emphasize my previous points. The print is 10x10" including 2" borders on all sides. Printed on heavyweight, ph-neutral, cold-press watercolor paper with archival inks. Just respond here or email me SeanQuallsStudio@gmail.com with Weekly Painting #9 in the subject if you would like one.
I apologize to anyone who has been waiting for these updates. It's been awhile, I know. I have more to share so stay tuned!
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<span style="line-height: 1.28571em;">This Sunday, May 15th in Brooklyn, </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEBG9CC3589p3GJi9cvnBJIxIyKrz1KWDYBgnj_qefvTuckFO0dNj7C5u31Q-dH6TJonUzpRUsjK3erxeyLzPQ6IrycRF6t6lpVIdFd_UBCpl-gEFCl9zSkvhwgPq8J0DnsySTGdCM6l-l/s1600/Sean+At+Street+Fair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEBG9CC3589p3GJi9cvnBJIxIyKrz1KWDYBgnj_qefvTuckFO0dNj7C5u31Q-dH6TJonUzpRUsjK3erxeyLzPQ6IrycRF6t6lpVIdFd_UBCpl-gEFCl9zSkvhwgPq8J0DnsySTGdCM6l-l/s320/Sean+At+Street+Fair.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.28571em;">I will be at the 5th Ave Street Fair, 5th Ave between 1st and 2nd Street in the artist area. I may have one or two proofs left of the Black Business 1890 and a Brief History of Sambo. </span><span style="line-height: 1.28571em;">Hope to see you!</span></div>
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Sean Quallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12630200217666046351noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089096408561191760.post-39808023179384379152016-01-08T04:41:00.000-05:002016-05-13T15:25:18.078-04:00SEAN QUALLS - DAILY/WEEKLY PAINTINGS #8 <h2>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />Part of the joy and challenge of being an artist for me,</span></h2>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />is not knowing exactly how a work a will evolve or look when finished. And although I usually have something of a vision of what I want, rarely does a painting turn out exactly how I imagined - sometimes it's close and I'm satisfied and sometimes I'm <br />happily surprised by the results.<br />Much of my personal work has been inspired and influenced by vintage advertising graphics, more specifically products featuring African-Americans or those geared to <br />African-Americans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A few years back, I created this piece based on the idea of a fictitious line of hair products called New Age Hair Grease.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #484848; line-height: 1.28571em; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On the same theme, later I did this piece but with no hand lettering.</span></pre>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fast forward to 2015, I wanted to do more with the NAHG theme. I didn't have a really strong vision of what I wanted the piece to look like but knew that I wanted it to be a step forward from the previous ones.</span></pre>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Especially with my daily/weekly paintings, I try to keep things simple (and small) so </span></pre>
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I decided to move onto other paintings but eventually came back to it and decided to strip away most parts, the hand lettering most of all. </span></pre>
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<pre style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 635px; padding: 12px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I also wanted to base the face on a woman from a previous piece (above) that I was happier with.</span></pre>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I added more overall contrast.
This was definitely a case where I did not have a strong vision for the final art, but I </span></pre>
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<span style="line-height: 1.28571em;">I have a few prints of some of the above images available ranging from $30-$50 plus shipping.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Star Power is 9x9", image size 5x5" with 2" boarders on all sides - $30 (currently sold-out, back in stock soon.)</span></pre>
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<pre style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 635px; padding: 12px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Afro Psyche #1 is 10 x 13", image size is 6x9" with 2" boarders on all sides - $45 (currently sold out-order now, back in stock soon)</span><pre style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 635px; padding: 12px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglHDVBhUENKpK6VpQjeeDCkFPGT5Vfv-4MedmyqJ2pF0H5Am_OVCrEE2dV6ScBwPRK5Zr_UVFcLtUlE41DA9p4mV0GufQ7Z1LzT6bzhN967ho_qXUuEjREbWH_P0_9BfMsJ_gHhHbxIeF4/s1600/PSYCHE+79_1.jpg"></a>Red Psyche is also 10 x 13", image size is 6x9" with 2" boarders on all sides - $45 </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fro is also available 10x10", image size is 6x6" with 2" boarders on all sides - $40</span></pre>
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I have a limited number of prints, first come, first serve. Each one is printed on 300lbs.ph-neutral,
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Again, stay tuned. If you know anyone you think may be interested please direct them here to my blog or have them contact me and I’ll add them to my list.</div>
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Sean Quallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12630200217666046351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089096408561191760.post-3614187080238944792015-11-07T01:02:00.000-05:002016-05-13T15:26:49.896-04:00DAILY/WEEKLY PAINTING #7<h2 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #484848; line-height: 1.28571em; max-width: 635px; padding: 12px 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">I don't remember exactly when </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.28571em;"><span style="font-size: small;">I first heard the story of Sara Baartman,</span><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></span></h2>
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<pre style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #484848; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.28571em; max-width: 635px; padding: 12px 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.28571em;">Right now, I'm in Columbus, OH about to speak on a panel: “The Power of Picture Books: Illustrators Who Use Pictures to Speak” for the 17th Annual Conference for American Association of School Librarians, <a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1975425170">AASL</a></span><span style="font-family: "source code pro" , "consolas" , "lucida console" , "courier" , monospace; line-height: 1.28571em;"><a href="http://national.aasl.org/">.</a> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.28571em;">Also,next weekend, Selina and I will be at the <a href="https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/calendar/event/ninth_annual_childrens_book_fair">Brooklyn Museum's Ninth Annual Children's Book Fair</a> on Saturday Nov. 14 from 12-4pm.</span></pre>
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Sean Quallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12630200217666046351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089096408561191760.post-23726612123553016362015-10-31T01:47:00.000-04:002016-05-13T15:27:03.938-04:00DAILY/WEEKLY PAINTING #6<pre style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #484848; font-family: 'Source Code Pro', Consolas, 'Lucida Console', Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.28571em; max-width: 635px; padding: 12px 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the first picture book I illustrated,
The Baby on the Way, I was required to alternate between scenes of the rural south and an urban rooftop garden. This was back in 2004 when I first began using hand-painted paper as collage for grass and other foliage.</pre>
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Soon after, I was offered the opportunity to illustrate The Poet Slave of Cuba While I did use some collage for the art, I mostly painted the foliage.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="line-height: 1.28571em;">Around the same time I was creating art for the book Dizzy, about the life of jazz icon Dizzy Gillespie. I used the same stylization for flames as I had been for grass.</span></div>
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By the time I illustrated Lullaby , I wanted to take a different approach to these elements and began including magazine collage along with my hand-painted collage papers and the foliage took on a greater prominence.</span></pre>
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<span style="line-height: 1.28571em;">From time to time, I like to return to my earlier art to see what I was doing at the time. Often, I'll find elements in the work that I want to explore further. I like to think of it as finding forgotten conversations.</span></div>
These are both mixed media on 6x6" on masonite.</span></pre>
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Next week I'll be in Columbus, OH speaking on a panel: “The Power of Picture Books: Illustrators Who Use Pictures to Speak” for the 17th Annual Conference for American Association of School Librarians, AASL (http://national.aasl.org/) . Also, Selina and I will be at theBrooklyn Museum's Ninth Annual Children's Book Fair (https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/calendar/event/ninth_annual_childrens_book_fair) on Nov. 14 from 12-4pm.
Thanks!
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Sean Quallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12630200217666046351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089096408561191760.post-26713311552596265142015-10-16T19:41:00.001-04:002016-05-13T15:33:00.982-04:00DAILY/WEEKLY PAINTING #5<h1 style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 32px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
Hair as a crown.</h1>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In a previous post, I wrote about my childhood<a href="http://seanqualls.blogspot.com/2015/09/as-kidgrowing-afro-was-one-of-my.html" style="color: #2baadf;" target="_blank"> afro-envy</a>. Because hair adorns one's, head</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> it can be likened to a crown. Personally, I see hair as an outward extension of one's consciousness, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">one's inner personality and not just a fashion statement, although it can be</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The sixties were a perfect example. Long haired hippies made a statement about how </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">they were different than their parents' generation and about their desires to be free from </span><br />
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<span style="color: #484848; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.28571em; white-space: pre-wrap;">Similarly, in the 60's, the afro became a statement for African-Americans about being comfortable with themselves, defining their own values and replacing the conk</span></div>
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<span style="color: #484848; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.28571em; white-space: pre-wrap;">Similarly, in the 60's, the afro became a statement for African-Americans about being comfortable with themselves, defining their own values and replacing the conk</span></div>
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<span style="color: #484848; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.28571em; white-space: pre-wrap;">and other previous straightened hair styles with their natural hair texture. Even James Brown stopped straightening his hair and proclaimed - "Say it loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #484848; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.28571em; white-space: pre-wrap;">And of course there were the the Black Panthers. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #484848; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.28571em; white-space: pre-wrap;">Finally, this week's piece was inspired by these two women:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">& Kathleen Cleaver</span></div>
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<span style="color: #484848; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.28571em; white-space: pre-wrap;">Afro Psyche #1 is 6x9" (slightly larger than my usual 6x6" pieces) mixed media on 1/2" plywood.</span></div>
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Sean Quallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12630200217666046351noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089096408561191760.post-12351448059497658142015-10-03T14:05:00.000-04:002016-05-13T15:28:10.824-04:00DAILY/WEEKLY PAINTING #4<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Going to the movies</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">isn't always fun for me. I find myself fighting not to surrender to the messages they intentionally or unintentionally feed us. Are films (and television) only entertainment or do they suggest how we see ourselves and the rest of the world?<br /><br />In considering this question, I started to think about how much (or how little) the role of African-Americans has changed in Hollywood. At the most elemental level, I asked myself, "Are there more leading and supporting black characters in Hollywood now than there were 100 years ago?" This led to thoughts of who were the first black actors in Hollywood?" I thought of <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=stepin+fetchit&oq=ste&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i60l2j69i61j69i57j0.1899j0j9&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8">Stepin Fetchit</a>, Amos & Andy, <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=mantan+moreland&newwindow=1&safe=off&es_sm=122&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAkQ_AUoA2oVChMI1tP4g4uYyAIVQ9g-Ch1ozA2D&biw=1280&bih=570">Mantan Moreland</a> and, of course,<a href="http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-the-birth-of-a-nation-1915">D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation</a> which did employ some black actors but also featured white men in "black face."</span></div>
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I asked myself, "who were these men (and women) and how did they see themselves compared to the one-dimensional stereotypes they portrayed?"<br /><br />I began doing sketches for paintings on the subject.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That lead to these two smaller pieces I did for my daily/weekly painting. They are not about the characters the actors played but more of a contemplation of the inner lives' of the actors.</span><br />
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Sean Quallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12630200217666046351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089096408561191760.post-40404695491065500192015-09-28T13:26:00.002-04:002016-05-13T15:30:32.370-04:00DAILY/WEEKLY PAINTING #3<pre style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #484848; font-family: 'Source Code Pro', Consolas, 'Lucida Console', Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.28571em; max-width: 635px; padding: 12px 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Before coming to Brooklyn
In the early 90’s, I didn’t know a thing about jazz. I considered it the soundtrack to the affairs of old folks.</pre>
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Sean Quallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12630200217666046351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089096408561191760.post-82071356050478034222015-09-18T01:30:00.001-04:002016-05-13T15:31:09.106-04:00DAILY PAINTING #2<div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #484848; line-height: 1.28571em; max-width: 635px; padding: 12px 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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Growing an afro was one of my greatest ambitions and frustrations. All of my attempts resulted in a lumpy, uneven, grease packed mess! Still, ads for afro-sheen and other black hair products gave me hope. In the end, they never seemed to deliver what they promised - my hair was left unchanged, sometimes worse off. Eventually, I gave up.</pre>
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<span style="line-height: 1.28571em;">If you missed my first daily painting you can check it out here</span><span style="line-height: 1.28571em;">http://seanqualls.blogspot.com/2015/09/daily-painting-1.html</span>
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myself to painting daily. You may be asking yourself, "Don't most artists
paint everyday anyway?" Well, I can only speak for myself and the truth is
I wasn't. I allowed other things to take over my day instead of making time to
do personal work i.e. painting for me. Even if I was doing commissioned work
like illustrating a book, I could spend most of my work day gathering reference
material or responding to emails but not painting or drawing let alone doing it
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<span style="color: #484848; font-size: 12.0pt;">By personal work
I mean art that speaks to me about how I see myself, the world, race, identity
and the media, I've been inspired by the Daily Painting Movement which is a
growing number of artists who have dedicated themselves to painting everyday,
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverend_Ike" target="_blank">Reverend Ike</a> was a minister my mom listened to
and watched on television in the 1970's. Recently, I found a link to one of his
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB1kyiqvhek" target="_blank">interviews on youtube.</a> I was
instantly brought back to my childhood and my mother's $ contributions to his
ministry watching this flamboyant televangelist. Ever since hearing about the
minister Jim Jones when I was a kid, I've been fascinated by extreme religious
personalities and their lives. I'm sure Reverend Ike is only one of many
off-beat religious characters that I will paint. This one is 6x6", ( a
little larger than a cd case but slightly smaller than a 45rpm record) mixed
media (acrylic paint, pencil) and collage on 1/8" hardboard.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">#reverend ike, #rev ike, #</span>Frederick Eikerenkoetter, #preacher, #seanQualls, #dailypainting, #mydailypainting, </div>
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<o:p></o:p>Sean Quallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12630200217666046351noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089096408561191760.post-55356466912524316302013-05-19T02:15:00.000-04:002013-10-10T21:23:26.833-04:00What Ever Happened to Sean Qualls's Blog?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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it's because I've moved things over to my artist page on facebook. If you're into the social media thing (I'm not so much, I really only do fb and instagram), browse my artist page <a href="http://facebook.com/seanquallsartist" target="_blank">facebook.com/seanquallsartist</a> Remember to click the "like" button. While I'll still post stuff here once in a blue, I've been updating my artist page about once a week. You can read about my new book LULLABY (by Langston Hughes) and also get details on things like the 5th Ave. Street Fair in Brooklyn where I'll be selling and signing copies of LULLABY, some of my other books and prints too, today!</div>
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Sean Quallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12630200217666046351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089096408561191760.post-78509335171548995082012-06-01T12:47:00.002-04:002012-06-01T12:47:50.160-04:00<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
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</xml><![endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Way back in the day before I knew anything about
making picture books, a friend introduced me to the work of Leo & Diane
Dillon. Just a few months ago, my wife Selina Alko and I had the honor to meet
with them in their home and discuss art, race, and the world of picture books.
Sadly, Leo just passed on Saturday, the 26th. I’m forever grateful to them both
for many years of inspiration.</span></div>
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The Dillons on the Dillions</h1>
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<span class="date published time" title="1977-08-01T15:02:29+00:00">August 1, 1977</span> By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn"><a class="fn n" href="http://www.hbook.com/author/hornbook/" rel="author" title="Horn Book">Horn Book</a></span></span> <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://www.hbook.com/1977/08/authors-illustrators/the-dillons-on-the-dillions/#comments">Leave a Comment</a></span> </div>
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The Dillons in 1976. Photograph by Terry Langendeon.</div>
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<h3>
Diane Dillon</h3>
by Leo Dillon<br />
DIANE DILLON is one of the finest artists I’ve ever known, and I
realized it even before I met her. I was at Parsons School of Design in
New York City when one day I noticed a painting hanging on the wall at a
student exhibition. It was a painting of a chair—an Eames chair—and I
knew it had to be by a new student because nobody in our class at the
time could paint like that. I looked at the painting, and I thought,
”I’m in trouble now!” This artist could draw. That was all right—I could
draw too. This artist knew perspective, which is one of the most
difficult things a beginner has to learn. And most important—this artist
had the patience to render! This artist was a whole lot better than I. I
figured I’d better find out who he was. <em>He</em> was Diane.<br />
I hadn’t spoken to her yet—in fact, I wasn’t sure I was going to—when
she came over to me and said, “You are very good.” “Hah!” I thought.
“Talented Miss Wasp is now going to condescend to tell one of the
menials he’s good. I know better. I said, “I see that one of your pieces
is very nice too.” And that pretty much set the tone of our
relationship for the next several years.<br />
One of the things about Di’s work that is so incredible is her use of
color. She can do things with color I can hardly believe—make reds look
cool and blues look warm, things like that because she really
understands color. Once, after we were married, we were working on a
piece and she mentioned very casually that we should do the color in
pink and orange. “If we do it in pink and orange,” I said, “that will be
the end! I can’t live with someone who’d do anything in pink and
orange. We’ll have to get a divorce!” We did it in pink and orange, of
course, and a couple of years later everywhere I turned I was seeing
things in pink and orange. It’s a common combination now.<br />
People wonder a lot about how we work together. But I don’t think
people ever realize how hard it was for us to learn how to blend our
styles. It was years and years before we could pass a piece of work back
and forth between us and not get into a fight. One time we were working
on an illustration, and we just couldn’t agree about the approach. It
was a book jacket, I think, something about medieval knights. I thought
the style should be rough and strong; Di thought it should be fine and
delicate. We fought about it, but neither of us could convince the
other, and neither was willing to compromise. We ended up using both
styles – the bottom half showing the horses was done in woodcuts, or
anyway, something that was rough and crude, and the top half, which
showed the knights, was done finely and delicately. As I recall, it
worked out all right, but I know how!<br />
Things are good now, though. It used to be that one of us would do
the actual drawing and the other would make comments or draw a change on
a tissue overlay. But now one of us can just pass the piece of art to
the other, and he or she can erase what’s wrong and redraw right on the
original. Our egos aren’t at stake anymore.<br />
As a matter of fact, everything’s going well now. It’s really one of
the nicest times in my life. The art is good, and our son Lee, now
twelve, is old enough to work with. I love working on things with him
-like on the house. Once I was putting in a floor and Lee was helping
me. I’d measured everything and<br />
shown him what to do, and we were both working away. In about ten
minutes he came over to me and said, “I think your measurements are
wrong.” Very quietly. Very modestly. Very correctly. I let him measure
the whole floor, and it’s a beautiful job. He’s wonderful. Having three
artists in the house—or maybe it’s four, since Di and I do so much work
together— is better than anything I ever dreamed of.<br />
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Leo Dillon</h3>
by Diane Dillon<br />
WHEN I THINK about Leo, the first thing that comes to mind is his
strength. Obviously he’s strong physically, but that’s not what I mean,
although one strength is symbolic of the other. It’s more a matter of
endurance and remarkable patience – although he’s terribly impatient
waiting for rubber cement to dry! Leo is really a study in
opposites.He’s patient with the big things, impatient with the small. He
has incredible conviction, and yet he is able to admit mistakes, to
change his mind and his direction if he feels he has been wrong.<br />
The most wonderful thing about Leo’s strength, though, is his ability
to transmit it to other people, to energize them, to act as motivator.
He does this to many people, and he certainly does it to me. When we
were first married, Leo had a job as an art director at a magazine. I
was determined to be the model 1950s housewife, and that didn’t include
drawing or painting. Leo took this for a while, then he casually began
bringing work home, encouraging me to work with him on design problems,
easing me back into art. That was really the beginning of our working
together as one artist, I think. Finally there was a blowup and I got
back to work!<br />
Leo has incredible energy. I don’t think he’s ever quite understood
that I need sleep occasionally; he feels sleep is a form of death—time
spent not doing anything. In fact, until a few years ago he slept with
his clothes on, so he’d be ready to go at a moment’s notice.<br />
Leo is, I think, the kindest man I’ve ever known—and really that’s
part of his strength and his ability to motivate people. He doesn’t like
crowds, big parties— things like—that but he truly loves people, and
love radiates from him. He’s concerned about how people feel, about what
they think—of themselves more than of him— and he’ll go out of his way
not to hurt someone.<br />
He can be tricky, though: “You’re so much better at such-and-such,”
he’ll tell me, implying, “Why don’t you do it?” He had me balancing the
checkbook for years before he sat down and explained to me a faster way
to add! Obviously I wasn’t better at it at all—but I’m still balancing
the checkbook.<br />
Someone asked us recently who was the perfectionist, and I’d say it
was Leo, but sometimes it’s hard to tell when you work so closely
together. I do know, though, that our real feeling about aiming for
perfection began with <em>Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears</em>.
Suddenly it seemed that neither of us could tolerate even a tiny flaw, a
minute speck on the black night sky, and we strove for artistic
perfection on that book more than on any other except <em>Ashanti to Zulu</em> (both Dial). In a way, when <em>Mosquitoes</em>
won the Caldecott Medal, it was as much a reward for us as an award. We
had worked harder to achieve perfection—although, of course, we didn’t
achieve it—than we ever had before, and people somehow knew it.<br />
I don’t want to end a biography of Leo without saying something about
Lee, for he is so much our pride. Lee has always been a sweet spirit
and very much a part of us, never against us in any way. Other babies
may have been fussy and colicky, but not Lee—he even seemed to know when
we had a deadline to meet. And now that he’s growing up, he probably
understands us better than anyone, puts up with our quirks, and stands
now on his own in a beautiful way.<br />
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<h3>
Leo and Diane Dillon</h3>
by Lee Dillon<br />
WHAT I REALLY LIKE about my parents is that I can work with them. I
can work with my father on the house, and we can talk a lot of things
out without blowing up. I make jewelry, and I really enjoy going to the
jewelry district with my mother and talking about jewelry designs with
her. And we all have fun teasing back and forth, too.<br />
What I don’t like is that they’re always working. Since they won the
Caldecott Medal the first time, things have been lots happier around
here, but there’s been a lot more work too, and I don’t like that so
much. They’re really nice people, my parents, and I’d like to have more
time with them when they’re not working.<br />
My favorite book my parents have done is <em>Ashanti to Zulu</em>. I like realism more than abstract designs. I like the way <em>Ashanti to Zulu</em>
shows how civilized and advanced the African peoples are, too. Too many
people think Africa is primitive and uncivilized, and I hope <em>Ashanti to Zulu</em> will show them that this is not true. The research was murder, though, and I’m glad it’s over.<br />
<em>Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears</em> is a nice book, too, but as I said, I’m more into realism. The animals were okay, I thought, but the guy got a little weird.<br />
I’ve had a lot of hobbies. I’ve been making jewelry for a couple of
months. Before that I was studying Arthur Rackham’s illustrations.
Before that I collected comic books and original comic-book art. Before
that I grew bonsai plants. Before that I collected stamps. And before
that I collected coins. I think what I’ll be someday, though, is an
artist. I haven’t decided what kind of art work yet, but I probably will
not limit it to just one thing.<br />
Since I’m living with my parents, I learn a lot of things about art,
and I can do some specific kinds of things now, but I wouldn’t call
myself an artist yet. I guess what I mainly want to do is to live
nicely, but in the background. I don’t think I want to be famous. For
instance, at ALA last summer, I liked rolling posters at the Dial booth.
It was sort of like a race, to see if I could roll posters as fast as
my parents could sign them. And I met a lot of nice people too, which I
enjoyed. But once somebody asked me to sign one of the posters, and that
really embarrassed me. Maybe I wouldn’t have felt embarrassed if I’d
done something, but I’m not sure. I think I’d just rather be in the
background anyway.<br />
<em>From the August 1977 issue of </em>The Horn Book Magazine<em>.</em><br />
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<br /></div>Sean Quallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12630200217666046351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089096408561191760.post-90579491908824430022012-05-19T13:16:00.001-04:002012-05-19T13:16:45.521-04:00Fifth Ave St Fair - Sunday, May 20th, 12-6pm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This Sunday, May 20, 12-6pm, I'll be selling art, prints, books and
things. My space will be at 285 5th Ave between 1st and 2nd St.</div>
<br />Sean Quallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12630200217666046351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089096408561191760.post-62572420945042008412012-03-18T23:35:00.000-04:002012-03-18T23:35:16.048-04:00This Sunday!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitpEVObl6daAQzny8gkx_dMueBBo8c5oXaOgZdxeb5s3KVqY9AF43LU2Vd0DQH8MTC4xstq9bPVb9jvbE5BZF_uerYTCHoehOu7N0Xcm_7DfeqB7mV_Wi9oDuurCgzoWO_M8Yravna6kjc/s1600/womenskids.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitpEVObl6daAQzny8gkx_dMueBBo8c5oXaOgZdxeb5s3KVqY9AF43LU2Vd0DQH8MTC4xstq9bPVb9jvbE5BZF_uerYTCHoehOu7N0Xcm_7DfeqB7mV_Wi9oDuurCgzoWO_M8Yravna6kjc/s320/womenskids.jpg" width="260" /><span class="caption"> </span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #0b5394; text-align: center;"><span class="caption">Sunday, March 25 at 3pm</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="goog_116003133"></span><span id="goog_116003134"></span></div>Sean Quallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12630200217666046351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089096408561191760.post-80479405981670547942012-03-09T17:06:00.000-05:002012-03-09T17:06:49.607-05:00Dizzy EnvyI just found this reading of DIZZY. I think Jonah Winter would approve. It has a long (and funny) intro but you may want to skip ahead to about 1:20 where the reading begins. Be sure to catch the kung fu moves at the end.<br />
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A book/album to support the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and Young Survival Coalitions (with work from various illustrators and Broadway singers and composers),</div><br />
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</div>Sean Quallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12630200217666046351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089096408561191760.post-21618122469590861172012-03-05T01:16:00.001-05:002012-03-05T01:29:57.072-05:00Another *Starred Review (BCCB) for Freedom Song<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUWCGVSohdQZ4ER0yDQrHaqJxsZO6RYYzVAQZbGDL7LMeIQOqGt23sBso5F5Pb0LK60amqBIe51if5lLVgCqv-5G8pMvv8JhKbYtb4Ch9Vh66VE-irtknKQ6sd7toyDCGPMSIVhBeiZdr7/s1600/hbb-freedom+song+02+sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUWCGVSohdQZ4ER0yDQrHaqJxsZO6RYYzVAQZbGDL7LMeIQOqGt23sBso5F5Pb0LK60amqBIe51if5lLVgCqv-5G8pMvv8JhKbYtb4Ch9Vh66VE-irtknKQ6sd7toyDCGPMSIVhBeiZdr7/s400/hbb-freedom+song+02+sm.jpg" width="400" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #eeeeee; clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #009999;">The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books - </span></span></b>Freedom Song: The Story of Henry “Box” Brown; illus. by Sean Qualls. Harper/HarperCollins, 2012 32p ISBN 978-0-06-058310-1 $17.99 R* 5-8yrs Ellen Levine and Kadir Nelson’s Henry’s Freedom Box (BCCB 4/07) sets the bar high for picture books about the Virginia slave who endured pummeling confinement in a crate as he had himself shipped to New York and freedom. Walker, inspired by the discovery that Henry Brown sang for many years in a church choir, takes a more poetic but equally successful tack, imagining that rhythm and song sustained Brown throughout his years of enslaved labor and inspired him to seek his freedom when his wife and children were sold away from Virginia. Walker infuses her text and Brown’s thoughts with patterned phrasing, from the “twist, snap, pick-a-pea” work songs he sang in the fields, to the “freedom-land, family, stay-together words” that comforted him as a child, to the “stay-still, don’t move, wait-to-be-sure words” that kept him silent as he waited for release from his shipping crate. Qualls’ mixed-media illustrations, far more dreamy and stylized than Nelson’s near-photorealistic renderings, are nonetheless an excellent match for Walker’s text. Even his signature aquas and pinks, embellished with free-floating bubbles, are tempered with more sober grays, browns, and deep blues, and weighted with heavily textured brushwork. An author’s note touches on Walker’s research and what little is known of Brown’s subsequent history; also appended is the fascinating text of a letter from Brown’s accomplice in 1849, detailing Brown’s escape and cautioning the recipient, “for Heaven’s sake don’t publish this affai or allow it to be published. It would . . . prevent all others from escaping in the same way.” EB</div>Sean Quallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12630200217666046351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089096408561191760.post-50137166121341180852011-07-29T12:26:00.002-04:002011-07-29T12:33:53.592-04:00Code Magazine Interview - Blacks in the Age of Obama<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY5f-zAJIWYY6v7e7_zX7a0LSye57PoUnWNL9OpqrHkVbJinWTML8I2ZVah3Cg9gL8rSA_m-ycPZV975qaxk4K1XO3nBfO7WO6LmCzJqYDzYew89kqM9GawkW9Pz9bt8CbQCjfhwKLsdhD/s1600/sean+qualls+blacks+obama02for+Web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY5f-zAJIWYY6v7e7_zX7a0LSye57PoUnWNL9OpqrHkVbJinWTML8I2ZVah3Cg9gL8rSA_m-ycPZV975qaxk4K1XO3nBfO7WO6LmCzJqYDzYew89kqM9GawkW9Pz9bt8CbQCjfhwKLsdhD/s320/sean+qualls+blacks+obama02for+Web.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUAKDQZqApK5uuGrPH-dgj7-76A7NCvwhYg12V7PLlZndzbDdIHw7dAA4ttXAoDnVbVXzC2-7_x3Tci2nD3aFwea-GJ-ONf6_bfx-l6yNa8hANX8ruYKyLj3UIwB0Ra3ZxWRSt83-qVZXs/s1600/sean+qualls+blacks+obama.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUAKDQZqApK5uuGrPH-dgj7-76A7NCvwhYg12V7PLlZndzbDdIHw7dAA4ttXAoDnVbVXzC2-7_x3Tci2nD3aFwea-GJ-ONf6_bfx-l6yNa8hANX8ruYKyLj3UIwB0Ra3ZxWRSt83-qVZXs/s320/sean+qualls+blacks+obama.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Photographers <a href="http://www.tribblemancenido.com/pages/11951-blog">Tribble & Mancenido</a> photographed nine artists for <a href="http://www.wearecode.com/">CODE</a> Magazine. Check out the other eight artists <a href="http://blackartistnews.blogspot.com/2011/07/pose-black-americans-pictorial-code.html">here.</a> Many thanks to Tracey and James for including me and Peter Duhon for the interview.</div>Sean Quallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12630200217666046351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089096408561191760.post-10680278366350082011-05-10T11:05:00.003-04:002011-05-10T11:30:45.021-04:00Read Every Day, Lead a Better Life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjTly_YJfh4VnpXn6IHn2eHc0_we1Urv9mf4aXu-j9RNm2pl-98pE-dlAzKiuvr5fKd7zvIa_qCoOS_QeN8Vj-D0190OELZe_Q5ctXST5z5mVMpRypHPmIuXAJabm1yBg2qDwOaFuN8GFE/s320/Sean-Steve-Jon.jpg" width="320" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Recently, I had the privilege of joining 11 other artists to help Scholastic launch a month long global literacy campaign, <a href="http://www.scholastic.com/readeveryday/">"Read Every Day, Lead a Better Life." </a>All 12 of us created art that is being used for posters to promote the campaign. And now for the month of May, the original art is being <a href="http://www.charitybuzz.com/auctions/scholastic/catalog_items/265206">auctioned online</a>. The auction benefits two great organizations, <a href="http://www.rif.org/">Reading is Fundamental</a> and <a href="http://www.reachoutandread.org/">Reach Out and Read</a>. I'm not saying you should bid on my piece, after all there are 11 other artists who's work I'm sure you would love to win. A bid for anyone's art would be a fantastic thing! Here's my art .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRPOSCxkaTYw0GvAwHYXJR80P1rRrZI_MztjunqPEqj3T4EfJcsxGXr_g57_RH0r5h8w0aiHyIcLjsxqnSnjS1UKI717UfHwfCiQHr3cM5mUNIQ3bgZZmnUvqw7w5yf1kyvvP2fiKawYDO/s320/SeanQualls+poster.jpg" width="247" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And who are the other 11 artists? Check out the picture below. On Thursday, Scholastic invited us all to their headquarters for a day long launch party. It was an honor to meet all of the illustrators, especially <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Norman Bridwell (the creator of Clifford the Big Red Dog) who was there with his lovely wife, Norma.</span>The picture up top is of me with <a href="http://www.stephensavage.net/">Stephen Savage</a> and <a href="http://www.allenspiegelfinearts.com/muth.html">Jon J.</a> Muth. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWAC_0eyeXREGK_Ue6aXc5GdkxAmyWeJZkh65BUsdFYCYjz3Uy9t22G49oxha5AJz-cLVE_RCdIVWzc5StpOsnadXB1RxxVYQuPtLUmslfavgzn8EO6B7Lt8R2BuRAL1POt2jN8wixi7AY/s320/the+group_2.jpg" width="320" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">L to R: Jon J. Muth (Zen Shorts), Mary GranPré (Harry Potter), Norman Bridwell (Clifford the Big Red Dog), Raina Telgemeier (Smile), Bruce Degan (The Magic School Bus), Barbara McClintock (Our Abe Lincoln), Ed Fotheringham (Tony Baloney), David Shannon (No, David), Jeff Smith (Bone), Sean Qualls (Dizzy), Mark Teague (LaRue), Stephen Savage (Where's Walrus?). Photo credit: Stuart Ramson.</span></div>Sean Quallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12630200217666046351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089096408561191760.post-3085315079666465302011-04-12T10:20:00.002-04:002012-03-02T09:19:32.355-05:00An Earth Day Book Celebration!<b> <span style="letter-spacing: 2px;"> <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"> </span> </span> <span style="letter-spacing: 1px;"> <span style="color: #f78e19; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"> CELEBRATE EARTH DAY!</span><span style="color: #f78e19; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17pt;"> </span><span style="color: #f78e19; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17pt;"> </span> </span><i><span style="color: #ffab21; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 2px;"><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">I'll be signing copies of GIANT STEPS TO CHANGE THE WORLD at <a href="http://www.booksofwonder.com/events041711.asp%20">Books of Wonder</a> this Sunday. Joining will be </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Monica Wellington, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Patrick McDonnell, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Brian Yanish</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> and </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Peter Brown</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">signing their books</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> as well. Come join!</span></b><br />
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http://www.booksofwonder.com/events041711.aspSean Quallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12630200217666046351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089096408561191760.post-22351067991352417322011-03-04T00:20:00.000-05:002011-03-04T00:20:12.876-05:00Opening Reception! THE ART OF THE PICTURE BOOK<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF6C-UoB8MxElHYcNMKIxnPgLdLU5hOpXZK1qDErKzlmu9IddOPOz9hMMCL_7K0iG2JkWYLcF4JAu2iyQQ4ayQAgHwKfijs87Dwm6v2N0aAIZPSZvYUqW9D9a2m4M1J1Ih2EJAD3fDwMES/s1600/powerhouse.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF6C-UoB8MxElHYcNMKIxnPgLdLU5hOpXZK1qDErKzlmu9IddOPOz9hMMCL_7K0iG2JkWYLcF4JAu2iyQQ4ayQAgHwKfijs87Dwm6v2N0aAIZPSZvYUqW9D9a2m4M1J1Ih2EJAD3fDwMES/s320/powerhouse.jpeg" width="248" /></a></div>Art and wine always make for a good combination! Original art this time. Details below.<br />
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Featuring work by<br />
Selina Alko<br />
Sean Qualls<br />
Brian Floca <br />
<span class="text_exposed_hide"></span><span class="text_exposed_show">Brett Helquist</span><br />
Peter Brown <br />
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Aileen Leijten<br />
Dan Yaccarino<br />
Boris Kulikov<br />
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John Rocco<br />
David Gordon<br />
Sophie Blackall<br />
John Bemelmans Marciano<br />
Sergio Ruzzier <br />
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</div><div>Friday, March 4th</div><div>6 - 8 PM</div><div>Powerhouse Arena</div><div>37 Main Street, DUMBO</div>Sean Quallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12630200217666046351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089096408561191760.post-29328452302000275912011-02-28T14:02:00.000-05:002011-02-28T14:02:45.983-05:00Marian Anderson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgzvSKKMKlHSDMJ0A6I083DbtNQcVDh3fjmm9r3z5RK9KleEc003qKP0FwQ8PPWDgX4wRRBYX3sPfCH-P8f6VpOLsPTCh7DKE-DX5W_BFr66IFu50l0JKkg1_6db87DJocttfdkqgNPHQO/s1600/marian+anderson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgzvSKKMKlHSDMJ0A6I083DbtNQcVDh3fjmm9r3z5RK9KleEc003qKP0FwQ8PPWDgX4wRRBYX3sPfCH-P8f6VpOLsPTCh7DKE-DX5W_BFr66IFu50l0JKkg1_6db87DJocttfdkqgNPHQO/s320/marian+anderson.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Day 28 of Black History Month.Sean Quallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12630200217666046351noreply@blogger.com0