Artful Excavations by Cathrene Gehue

What follows is a shameless plug for a new social group geared toward visual artists who are members of the Facebook community. The group is called “The Marksmen”, and yes, I’m a member, because I can make some pretty crazy marks.

The go to person for this forum is fine artist & illustrator Sean Chappell. Posted in the article is a sample of his most recent work. He has this to say about the intentions for creating the group:

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After dabbling in drawing, pencil crayon, water colour and acrylic painting, and some sculpture, answering the question What is art? still seems impossible.

The definitions are endless. I won’t even bother to go into them here or create yet another to add to the ongoing debate, discussion, or argument. Instead, what follows are some thoughts, musings and observations on the nature of art.

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