Still life gave me the opportunity to tell stories with the interaction of objects. Whether poetic, or narrative, there is just so much that can be said.
Getting your art out of the studio and in front of an audience forces you to grow in ways you can’t imagine, especially if you’re procrastinating about exhibiting someday.
Being at the Met, to me, is similar to a day’s work in the studio – take on that which is unfamiliar and most daunting first, be open to unforeseen possibilities, then let the rest of your energy take you where it will.
The Met is an excellent venue for an intergenerational viewing experience because everyone, regardless of age, can find an object to look at in wonder within its vast collection.
What is it about certain works of art that affects us so strongly?
There is a school in New York City that is the very best art school one can find, and it’s not a school at all. The masters are all there to instruct you, though their voices are silent.
Richard Pantell on his five favorite paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art … this week.
When I visit the Metropolitan Museum, I am able to travel back in time to communicate with artists living centuries ago, and ask them, How did you do that? Why did you do that?
Most artists dread the thought that their life’s production will be annihilated.
Depending on what I was struggling with in class in the morning, I’d study how various artists solved that very problem during my evenings at the Metropolitan.