HARVEST OF PAINTINGS

Elsha Bohnert, 2011

"Healing Mirrors"

Acrylic on paper

26" x 36"

Elsha Bohnert, 2011

"Pull Me In"

Acrylic on paper

26" x 36"

Elsha Bohnert, 2011

"Story Shiva"

Acrylic on paper

26" x 36"

Elsha Bohnert, 2011

"Laxity Dog"

Collage, acrylic on paper

26" x 36"

The paintings above came out of the recent workshops with Timothy Ojile.  Most of them have been reworked afterwards.  For instance, "Laxity Dog" is a collage added to the painting I did on the word Laxity.  (Timothy gave everyone a different word to paint)  Some of the other assignments were: 

- Think of a story and paint it

- Discover another planet and paint it 

In Open Studio today, Jahn-Peter and I played with the idea of giving ourselves assignments.  Neither of us was terribly serious about it, but still, it's a fun thought. 

SUBVERSIVE PAINTING WITH TIMOTHY OJILE

The assignment was to paint ourselves as both baby and old person.  Here Timothy is holding up Kristen's strangely evocative painting.  Kristen was actually quite shocked at what had come from her brush.  That's exactly what I like about Timothy's classes.  You never know what you're going to come up with.  It may be something lovely or something weirdly alien.  I blame the discordant music Timothy plays during class for inciting us to come up with the latter. 

I wish I had taken pictures of all the work that was done in the three sessions to show the amazing expressive talents of everyone in the class, but I only have the following photos.

Self portraits:

 

Portraits of self as baby and old woman:

 

Just painting...

 

Tamara's gorgeous painting of herself in the future

This is a team portrait of Timothy as Angel and Devil:

Maria and I painted Angelic Timothy on the left. 

Notice his halo, his sweetly-pulsing heart, and the flowery words flowing out of his mouth!

Cynthia and Mae did Timothy's dark side: fangs, pitch fork, and stinger tail.

Hey, nothing like making fun of the teacher!

Look for more pictures of my work in my next post.

TIMOTHY OJILE WORKSHOP #1

Self Portrait as Phil sees me.

Any time Timothy Ojile offers a workshop it is a treat for me.  I cannot even remember what the title of the current series is.  The moment I heard about it, I signed up.  No questions asked.  Three Sundays in November from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM at Linekona.  Wheeeee!!!!

A painting depicting my muteness and powerlessness growing up in the war.

My alien creature

 

Self portrait of me as Baby (barely visible) and Crone

Shared painting depicting our Inner Bully