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Alice White
100 / Female
Chicago, Illinois, US
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Latest Blog Entries

Jun 26, 2009 3:58 PM "3 Graces" (3 Groupies) triptych
Jun 9, 2009 2:53 PM Whitman and Psyche
May 28, 2009 1:57 PM Small work: "Le Papillon"
May 13, 2009 2:44 PM "Pearl"
Apr 30, 2009 2:55 PM "Mesmerized" the Lana portrait

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About me:

Website: Alice McMahon White Studio www.amwhitestudio.com

My studio is at the Fine Arts Building in downtown Chicago, the public is welcome to visit FAB and my studio every second Friday evening http://www.myspace.com/fineartsbuildingstudios

I'm now represented by 33 Collective Gallery at Zhou B Art Center, Chicago http://www.33collective.com/

I’m passionate about the act of making art, about capturing the deep meaning expressed in a single glance, or the effects of atmosphere that can color emotions.

All my life I have been fortunate to live with musicians. Music and what I listen to while I paint have a significant power over my process, in what inspires me, in the rhythmic motion of the strokes, in the feelings incorporated into a piece, and is even reflected in the popular song titles of the finished works. I’m also influenced by the paradox of tragic joy that is my Irish heritage.

I enjoy being in touch with the work, and use my fingers to push the pure pigments of pastels or graphite over the paper surface. I choose to depict contemporary places and people, but my goal is to use skill and imagination to produce works that portray the more enduring qualities of the world and of the human condition...

Who I'd like to meet:

“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!” ~ Jack Kerouac

Interests

General

Love, peace, hugging trees, pastel painting, drawing, looking at art, art openings, long walks on the lakefront, live music, dance, Bodhran (Irish drum - I play, a little), travel, photography, poetry, spirituality, chocolate, butterflies, Angel body lotion, fine wine and dining, baking, coffee, candles, turf fires, hanging out with my friends and family. Ireland. Guinness!
Music
The Blues, John Lennon, the Beatles, traditional Irish sessions, Van Morrison, The Frames, Bell X1, Tom Waits, older jazz, Rufus Wainwright, Bob Dylan, Clapton, Cocker, Decemberists, Plain White T's, Lifehouse, Amy Lee, Cole Porter, Dido, Peter Gabriel, the Chieftains, Seal, Waterboys, Snow Patrol, Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Santana, John Coltrane, Stevie Wonder...
Movies
Anything with Jimmy Stewart, Across the Universe, Once, Wristcutters: a love story, Juno, Artemesia, The U.S. vs. John Lennon, Waking Ned Devine, The Jacket, Stay, Beautiful Mind, Amelie, V for Vendetta, Let the Right One In, anything that's artistically shot and makes you think.
Television
I prefer YouTube.

Alice Loves Art!
Books
Pictures and Tears, about why art can make you cry, McCarthy's Bar, Anam Cara: a Book of Celtic Wisdom, by John O'Donohue, Shakespeare's sonnets, Last Temptation of Christ, 'Round Ireland with a Fridge, Irish poetry, especially Seamus Heaney, The Gift of Peace.
Heroes
My husband Steve, my Mom, my kids.

Art Heroes: Caravaggio, John Singer Sargent, Andrew Wyeth, James McNeil Whistler