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Judith Musser has been involved with art all of her life. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Chatham College in Pittsburgh, PA, and a Master of Arts in Painting from East Carolina University. Postgraduate work was done at The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, and Seton Hill College in Greensburg, PA. She is an active member of Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Watercolor Society, Pittsburgh Society of Artists, The Boca Raton Museum Artist Guild, and National Association of Women Artists, Florida Chapter.
Artist’s Statement I start a work very intuitively, even though I am always aware of the formal elements that are integral to the finished work. I just make some marks and “jump in.” The fact that I work standing at an easel affects how the work progresses. I step back and forth a lot to view the work from a distance. This becomes a little dance I do with the canvas. As the composition develops, I discover some intellectual or emotional connection. This connection dictates the direction the work will move in toward completion. At this point, the formal elements (color, value, texture, etc) are considered more analytically. The purely sensual pleasure of painting is restrained a bit by careful thought and observation. The hope, always, is that the viewer will relate to the final image on some level of shared experience. |