I draw and paint all the time – almost every day. I am trying to loosely connect memories to form new ideas. On this screen i can draw and paint in the car or at the doctor’s office. I then like to set these digital drawings to music. Lilliana asked…
All photos by Robert Chase Heishman ARTIST INTERVIEW NATHAN PECK: DREAM MACHINE As a teacher and a practicing artist, I think a lot about the feedback loop between teaching and creating. I asked Nathan Peck how teaching fits into his art practice. ___________________ I’ve taught full time at SXU…
Relics from “The Dream Machine” Sabbatical work by Nathan Peck After nearly twenty years at Saint Xavier University, I finally took a semester off for professional development and creative production. My sabbatical was scheduled for last spring. I guess it was lucky that everything was closed. I am easily distracted…
Some More Dream Machines These help you measure your impact. Network / Networth Physical Description These are Little 8 x 10 inch sculptural paintings. Latex on birch in a prefab frame. Poetic Description Network / Networth Who knows? How much? How much? How much? How much? How much? How much is…
The Great American Dream Machine will continue to pump gallons of greasy paintings, sculptures, videos and songs into your eyes and ears until you pull yourself up and earn that two-story self-fulfilling prophecy at the corner of Main Street and our collective subconscious. Component 1 Component 2
Using videos to teach painters is similar to using paintings to teach poets.
My favorite images of the VAC compiled while it was locked down. I was tasked with creating a recruiting video for our department while we were locked out of our studio and all of the students were at home. I dug through my hard drive for footage and compiled this…
Drawing 2 is the beginning of our students real art training. This class is designed to teach students how to transfer their craft work developed in Drawing 1 and their composition skills from 2D Design into the structure needed for their first conceptual works. This is where ART happens. This…
There is no higher impact practice for artists than to stand before your work in a public space and engage your audience. I work with students in all of my classes to prepare their work for exhibits. While many institutions reserve this for the final semester, I firmly believe that this…
I am not the Senior Seminar instructor, luckily, because getting students ready for these full department critiques are tough. Then there is the actual event – and every one of these critiques is a workout for everyone involved. We spending hours with the whole department in one room helping these students…