Sean Scully on Henri Matisse

Moroccan Paintings by Henri Matisse at The State Hermitage Museum, Russia.
Photo: Casey Klahn.

Moroccan Cafe. 1912-13.

o/c, 176x210 cm
Henri Matisse
Four Dimensions

This older, 40 minute video of Sean Scully's commentary on Henri Matisse is well worth seeing. His particular understanding of Matisse's time in Morocco provided brilliant insights for me. I have always been challenged by the paintings done in the North African country, such as Moroccan Café, which Scully takes apart in this video. Remember that Matisse's Blue Nudes were all generated by his North African experiences. Enjoy.

ARTISTS' JOURNEYS: SEAN SCULLY ON HENRI MATISSE

More Workshop Photos - Washington State

Casey Klahn - lecture on the Artist's Ideas. I appreciated the attentive artists who were eager to learn.

Demonstration of landscape painting - Skagit Valley area, Washington State.

Floral demo.

Casey Klahn

La Conner, Washington area. 
Dakota Art Center Workshops.
Dakota Pastels.

All Photos: Evelyn Brody.

Workshop Washington State

Casey demonstrating landscape painting at the Dakota Workshop Center, Mt Vernon, WA.

Photo: Coizie Bettinger.

18 artists and I enjoyed painting with respect to one's individual voice and ideas in the historic La Conner, Washington area last week. I painted 4 demos and 1 or 2 resolutions of student works. The class was attentive and eager to learn, and I am grateful to Dakota for this first opportunity to teach at a national workshop center located right here in my home state.

My workshop schedule updates. I am dreaming of teaching in Provence, Germany and Italy in upcoming years, as well as NYC and many venues throughout the USA. Dates for those TBA.

Dakota Pastels / Workshop Center.

Timid Barn on the Slough Shore Road. 2015 9.5" x 16.75." Pastel and Oil. Casey Klahn.

Balsamroot

Mountain Sunflowers. 2015. Pastel & Compressed Charcoal. 14" x 14.25." Casey Klahn.

Plastic Flowers

Plastic Flowers Electric Boogaloo. 2015. 20" x 12.25." Pastel, Oil & Compressed Charcoal. Casey Klahn.

Crown of Thorns

Christ with Crown of Thorns (1450~)
55×39 cm / Tempera on Wood.
Fra Angelico (@1395-1455)
Location: the dome in Leghorn, It.

Scene in the Studio / An Excuse for a Composition

The Still Life Studio. 2015. 15.25" x 11.25." Pastel & Graphite. Casey Klahn.

The Moonlit Forest

If Moonlight Touched the Forest, Would That Perfect It? 2015.
11.3" x 7"
Pastel & Graphite
Casey Klahn

Saint Petersburg

Meeting The Master, with Odd Nerdrum.

The writer Torgrim Eggen interviews Odd Nerdrum at the cultural heart of Russia, visiting the Hermitage Museum, the State Russian Museum, St. Isaac's cathedral and the Repin Academy.

I toured the same museum and sights in Russia last August. In this video, Norwegian artist Odd Nerdrum is paying hommage to Rembrandt, in the same manner that I paid hommage to Matisse when I went to St Petersburg. Read I Ascended Alone, where I recount my own life-changing trip.

Red Dirt Twilight

Red Dirt Intimidation, Intimacy and Insouciance. Twilight. 2015. 15.25" x 11.75." Pastel, Oil, Vine Charcoal, and Graphite. Casey Klahn. Demo painted in South Carolina this week.

Daisy

1 Piece in the Shape of a Daisy. 6.75" x 12.5" Pastel. Casey Klahn.

Sixth Sense Series

s/6 Interior with Woman. 2015. 9.75" x 6.5." Pastel. Casey Klahn.

Red Interior with Figures

Interior with Mother and Child. Red Motif. 2015. Pastel, Oil & Graphite. 12.25" x 9." Casey Klahn.

Yellow Foils Turquoise

A Modernist Sensitivity with Yellow. 2015. Pastel, Oil, Graphite on Canson. 12" x 9." Casey Klahn.

Coin Woman

Woman. 1 Coin. 2014-15. Pastel, Oil, Compressed Charcoal. 22" x 15." Casey Klahn.

The Whole Picture

Vase of Roses. 2015. Pastel & Graphite. 15" x 10.75." Casey Klahn.

Ceramics Life

Counting Vessels. 2014-15. 13.5" x 9.5." Pastel, Oil, Compressed Charcoal & Graphite. Casey Klahn. 


I am invariably taken in by texture in paintings I see. But, there has to be something more to keep my interest. In the end, no technical trick can ever please me. Ideas. Expression. Space. These make me rest on an image.

Luv Bo

Love Bouquet with Red Violet & Yellow. 2015. 23" x 17." Pastel & Other Media. Casey Klahn. Image cropped.

Drinking Again

The Romantic. The Green Faerie. 2015. 14 1/8th" x 10." Pastel & Compressed Charcoal. Casey Klahn.

If I Gave Sunflowers

Vincent with Yellow and Blue. 2015. 9.25" x 13.9." Pastel, Oil & Graphite. Casey Klahn.