Cecilia:
Every artist needs to know Brian's story to help them succeed in there art career.
Canada on Feb 07, 2023
Christie:
He is a fantastic artist and the the most inspiring teacher. I love his perspective and point of view. His success has made him generous of spirit. He has inspired me immensely. I love him, his books and the U-Tube videos. His work is stunningly beautiful.
United States on Jan 21, 2023
Penny:
An excellent book - forthright and searingly honest, written with all the passion and intelligence to be found in his paintings
United Kingdom on Jan 01, 2023
B. Jones:
Brian Rutenberg is a genius! I am loving his book. It's perfect for any artist, but especially painters.
Italy on Sep 22, 2021
Stephen Carpenter:
“Clear Seeing Place”, for artist and viewer alike, is instantly likable, approachable, conversational. Brian shares his memorable experiences, his vision. processes, and acquired knowledge of the central aspect of painting, freely and openly.
“Clear Seeing Place” is the verbal equivalent of a Brian Rutenberg painting.
His phrases are brushstrokes. Each one is loaded with the richness of information the way his brush is loaded with rich, precise color.
In the first paragraphs of the introduction, Brian states, “Humidity made me a painter.” The shape and content of his phrase comes from a depth of soul as does the brushstrokes loaded with shape, color and content. You are unmistakably invited into his world.
“Clear Seeing Place” is unabashedly forthright.
Whether he is talking about Cadmium Red, Keats, Bach, art school, or how one should think about painting, his statements are carefully thought out with the reader’s ear in mind. One gets the immediate sense of how he is as an artist is never far from who he is as a person. Where he comes from holds the most intense, personal colors.
Whether or not you are an artist, you...
United States on Aug 29, 2020
Sandra von Siebenthal:
Humorvoll und eingänglich geschrieben, ein wunderbarer Einblick, was es heisst, Künstler zu sein. Ein Buch voller Menschlichkeit, Offenheit und inspirierenden Tips.
Germany on Mar 16, 2020
brainhoney:
Better late than never. I’m a senior artist. This book and the accompanying video series on YouTube are everything I never learned in art classes. I am on my second pass through the videos (about 74) and will begin reading “Clear Seeing Place” again, as soon as I hit the last page. This book is an absolute treasure of information about creating “abstract”art, successful artist work and personal ethics, showing and selling. What I learned from the book and the videos reignited my passion for sketching and painting. Brian Rutenberg is not just a powerful painter but an excellent and down to earth explainer of all things related to being a painter. My work improved immediately. My passion for painting has returned. My inner (and outer) critics were silenced ... okay, okay ... the volume dropped to near nothing. Why? Because I learned how to keep plugging away and how to put trash in the trash. I can’t say enough good things about this book (and his videos). In the vast majority of art classes I’ve taken, the teacher was not painting or explaining their process. They were giving and assignment, a critique, and a grade. This book and the videos are the...
United States on Oct 07, 2019
sylvano:
pas de reproductions de peinture ??? que du blabla enorme arnaque!
France on Jul 15, 2019
Serafina Mezzanotte:
I really liked this book. I grew up in the South, not in the low country of south Carolina, but I "got" his descriptions of the heat, the humidity, the flowers, and the mud. I also appreciate his affection and need for solitude. Being creative is a very internal feeling but Rutenberg described the sensations of inward reflection very well.
The book brings together his observations and techniques on being a painter in South Carolina. He makes videos of his studio that he shares with people in YouTube, and this book is like those studio visits in written form. But I believe it shows us way more about the author's internal state than those videos could. We get a little bit about how he grew up, his first memories. There are chapters like "Paying Attention," which is about how he came to accept himself as an abstract painter after being against that for many years. Other chapters are "When I Knew", about how he knew he would be an artist and his experiences upon moving to New York City.
If you're wondering what the creative process feels like on the inside, or you want to know more about how other artists live and work, and how they bring their...
United States on Dec 02, 2016
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| Total Reviews | 24 reviews | 69 reviews | 55 reviews |
| Paperback | 322 pages | 216 pages | |
| Best Sellers Rank | #11 in Individual Artist Essays #35 in Business of Art Reference #98 in Artist & Architect Biographies | #21 in Professional Photography #58 in Business of Art Reference #16,830 in Reference | #18 in Hospitality, Travel & Tourism |
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| ISBN-10 | 0997442301 | 1838662421 | 9887710970 |
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| Item Weight | 1.05 pounds | 2.31 pounds | 2.31 pounds |
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| ISBN-13 | 978-0997442304 | 978-1838662424 | 978-9887710974 |
| Publisher | Permanent Green | Phaidon Press | FASHIONARY |
United States on Jun 23, 2023