TUESDAY NIGHTS: MEET THE ILLUSTRATOR SERIES
Tuesdays at 5:30pm in July & August 2021
PRICES:
In Person: included with admission
Online: Members Free, Non-members: $5
Meet the international illustrators featured in the Fantasy Art exhibition on view at the Museum this summer. Join us in person, or online to hear from these world class illustrators. Learn about what inspires them, their current work, and future aspirations, followed by a Q&A.
The illustrators will stream in from their studios far and wide. Join in person, via a large digital screen, on the Museum’s scenic terrace; now offering beer, wine and a specialty cocktail, and ala carte menu; bring your friends! Enjoy online with our NRM global community; we’ll share a fantastical cocktail recipe to make.
Thomas Blackshear
Intimacy
“Intimacy is all about revealing one’s inner self to others. The mask represents the face most people show the world. I lightly colored this mask to further allude to the fact that this is really a ‘made up’ version of who this person really is. Her robe represents the outer shell most people show as their public self. I use flat colors and geometric shapes on the robe to symbolize the removing of the staid self. The warm skin and the curved shapes of the jewelry reflect the organic and fluid self.
“The decorative flower motifs in the background are very reminiscent of the work of Gustav Klimt and symbolize the hidden garden of emotion that is inside us all. My intention was to create an ‘everybeauty,’ so I deliberately painted her with golden skin and green eyes. I wanted to make sure she was not clearly of one race or background.”