Needless to say in our fast paced world we have become accustomed to looking at images and videos on phones and tablets, often coming through quickly on a social media feed…it can all become a blur. A book can slow it all down.
Whether you are looking for inspiration, a little art history or some technical advice there is no shortage of art books. Thank goodness for the second hand book market, the quest of finding a copy of a highly coveted book no longer in print can be thrilling too. There are lots of books out there, old and new, some have endured decades while others are new with up to date information about materials, inviting new ideas. So what better source of book recommendations than from fellow artists…
Want to add your book suggestions, email them to wsaartists@gmail.com
Robert Savage:
A Studio of Her Own, Women Artists in Boston 1870-1940 Erica Hirshler
Edward Hopper: An Intimate Biography, By Gail Levin
Yale Nicholls:
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
“Splash” books, edited by Rachel Wolf, North Light Books….. there are over 20 of them! Best modern watercolors in the world!
Also——“Weatherbeaten-Winslow Homer in Maine”, Yale University Press, Thomas A. Denenberg, editor.
Donna Ticchi:
Art as Therapy (2013) Alain de Botton and John Armstrong
The Art of Rivalry: Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art (2017), Sebastian Smee
Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X (2004) , Deborah Davis
Jess Caruso:
The Art Spirit, Robert Henri
Nancy Treves
Color and Light- A Guide for the Realist Painter, James Gurney
Kathe Kollwitz – A Survey of Her Works 1867-1945
Art and Fear – David Bayles and Ted Orland
Art of the Still Life – Todd Casey