{"id":1547,"date":"2011-12-08T11:59:04","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T18:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/?p=1547"},"modified":"2011-12-08T11:59:04","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T18:59:04","slug":"the-race-not-to-the-swift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/2011\/12\/08\/the-race-not-to-the-swift\/","title":{"rendered":"The Race Not to the Swift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This issue we&#8217;re sharing six pieces that didn&#8217;t pass muster in a local competition. That&#8217;s the annual Laguna Festival of Arts, a show that runs all summer and in which Anne has been a part for the last four years. I never have, but not for not trying. It&#8217;s highly competitive, drawing from a pool of hundreds of artists to fill a limited number of openings. The judges are different each year. The irony (and life always has lots of irony) is that two summers ago Anne&#8217;s work was deemed among the 25 best; this year, with the same quality of work, she&#8217;s not invited back. \u00a0Such are the twists of life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/painting\/Beauty_and_Shoe\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1548\" title=\"Beauty-and-Shoe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Beauty-and-Shoe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"985\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/painting\/Beauty_and_Shoe\">Beauty and Shoe, oil on wood, 47&#215;31.5<\/a><br \/>\nA friend had given me a number of large bamboo panels, which took the paint wonderfully, and I made this set.<\/h6>\n<p>As it happens, the day the news came I was musing in one of my favorite books, Ecclesiastes. Among it&#8217;s many nuggets, this one appeared pertinent: &#8220;The race is not to the swift, or the battle to the strong&#8230;but time and chance happens to them all.&#8221; It&#8217;s a consoling truth, though never an excuse. Here&#8217;s another: &#8220;Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might.&#8221; \u00a0So there it is: we do our best but we don&#8217;t always succeed. There are too many other factors over which we have no control. We barely have control over ourselves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/painting\/Rainbow_Child\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1549\" title=\"Rainbow-Child\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Rainbow-Child.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"969\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/painting\/Rainbow_Child\">Rainbow Child, oil on wood, 47&#215;31.5<\/a><br \/>\nThe background patterns and the brushwork style supply the harmony.<\/h6>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also been reading again through the history of the impressionists, including a biography of Cezanne. Not to put myself in the company of these pioneers, but to see again how being refused year after year in the common settings is not a statement about the work itself, but something else. Happily, they struggled on and our world is better for it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/painting\/Hula_Rhythms\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1550\" title=\"Hula-Rhythms\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Hula-Rhythms.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"972\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/painting\/Hula_Rhythms\">Hula Rhythms, oil on wood, 47&#215;31.5<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>As for what to do next, there are always ideas. Almost too many, really. And a closed door is just as much guidance as an open one. It helps narrow the field.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.annesprints.com\/print\/Chronicles\/large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1561\" title=\"Chronicles-650\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Chronicles-650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"343\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/www.annesprints.com\/print\/Chronicles\/large\"><em>Chronicles,<\/em> handmade monotype print, 10&#215;20<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>If you ask me, Anne&#8217;s work gets better year after year. \u00a0But she keeps striving (maybe that&#8217;s not right right word), keeps working, keeping her eyes open to new approaches, new design elements to incorporate, and what other masters in the field are doing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.annesprints.com\/print\/Agreeing_to_Differ\/large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1562\" title=\"Agreeing-to-Differ-650\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Agreeing-to-Differ-650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"535\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/www.annesprints.com\/print\/Agreeing_to_Differ\/large\"><em>Agreeing to Differ<\/em>, handmade monotype print, 17&#215;8<\/a><br \/>\nPieces shown are not to scale.<\/h6>\n<p>Speaking of that, a month ago we attended a seminar in San Diego among a group of like-minded artists on the subject of incorporating handwriting, calligraphy, or text of any kind (and language) as design element in the art. Anne&#8217;s been doing this for some time, but is inspired to take it to a new level as time goes by.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.annesprints.com\/print\/Consuming_Purpose\/large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1563\" title=\"Consuming-Purpose-650\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Consuming-Purpose-650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"1408\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/www.annesprints.com\/print\/Consuming_Purpose\/large\"><em>Consuming Purpose<\/em>, handmade monotype print, 17&#215;8<\/a><br \/>\nNote dimensions of these pieces for actual scale.<\/h6>\n<p>Also, just last week we were in Cornwall, England&#8230;an art mecca since the days of WWII when many European artists fled the\u00a0tyranny and set up shops in a more tranquil world off to the westernmost tip of England. There we\u00a0visited the studio of Peter Wray, a master printmaker and painter, and received lots of stimulation for yet new approaches. So it goes, and always will, regardless of the\u00a0vagaries\u00a0of\u00a0competitions\u00a0and their outcomes. The race may not be to the swift, but that doesn&#8217;t mean don&#8217;t be swift.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ongoing and Upcoming Events<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2>Coming soon: a new blog, &#8220;Blank Slate&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;Blank Slate&#8221; will feature on musings and meanderings, insights and entertainments, and will use words rather than brushes to create the art. Watch for it starting in the new year.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2>In the Image of God<\/h2>\n<p>Looking for a Christmas gift? A coffee table book of art and brief meditations might be the perfect thing. Copies can be sent to you or directly to the recipient. Personalized inscriptions can be added on request. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/book\/In_the_Image_of_God_by_Hyatt_Moore\">here <\/a>to order.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2>Moore &amp; Moore Art Gallery in Dana Point<\/h2>\n<p>Open by Appointment<br \/>\n949-240-4642<\/p>\n<h2>Semi-Private Coaching for Painters<\/h2>\n<p>Offering 2-hour sessions on Mondays and Wednesday and Saturday mornings<br \/>\nin the Hyatt Moore Studio, Dana Point.<br \/>\nFor more info click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Art-Coaching-Flyer.pdf\">Art Coaching Flyer<\/a>.<br \/>\nOr call\u00a0 949-240-4642<\/p>\n<h2>Printmaking Classes<\/h2>\n<p>In the Anne Moore studio, Dana Point<br \/>\nTo see more of Anne&#8217;s, work go to:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.annesprints.com\/\">www.annesprints.com<\/a><br \/>\nCall 949-240-4642<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This issue we&#8217;re sharing six works that didn&#8217;t pass muster in a local competition and some thoughts about doing well anyhow. 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