Art Talk w/ Eric J. Drummond - Graduating from Student to Artist
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Dear Patrons,
Thank you for your continued support! This week we are very excited to present you with an Art Talk with Eric J Drummond, a Canadian artist and recent graduate of The Florence Academy of Art. After completing training at The FAA in Spring of 2019, he returned to Canada where he has an artist residency in London, Ontario. Earlier this year Eric briefly visited Florence and kindly sat down with us to talk about his journey.
As an artist, Eric is mainly inspired by people and their behavior and expresses himself through portraiture and multi figural compositions. In this talk Eric shares his early influences and discusses how after developing a passion for figurative art at a young age and some higher level studies he came to the Florence Academy of Art to train. Interspersed with footage of him at work, Eric touches on the philosophies that drive his recent projects, why he feels drawn to the human figure, and some of his favorite artists and artworks. We are given insight into some of his goals for the future including some hints on upcoming works and Eric relays how his experience of teaching at the academy affected him. Additionally, we are guided through some of the technical approaches he uses to create his works, the reverence he holds for the quality of his materials and his craft, and the importance of ‘drawing’ in paintings.
We hope you thoroughly enjoy this talk with a working artist and FAA graduate!
About the artist:
Eric Jordan Drummond (b. 1992 in Ottawa, Ontario)
Eric began drawing at a very early age. Born to parents from Madeira, Portugal and Le Marche, Italy; he was constantly inspired by western art specifically from the Italian Renaissance. Some of the artists most influential to Eric over the years include: Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Pontormo, Cellini, Bernini, Rembrandt, Ribera, Ramon Casas, Velazquez, Carpeaux, Repin, Solomon J Solomon, John Singer Sargent, Bonnat and Bouguereau. After studying Art History at the University of Guelph, he was accepted and enrolled at The Florence Academy of Art in 2016. There he was taught to draw and paint the figure from life and compose portraits and still lifes, using the traditional methods and practices developed by the old masters from which he was so inspired by as a child.
Eric works under natural light and only from life. Staying true to the sight size method developed by the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France in the 1800s, he largely crafts his own materials, and hand preps his own canvases to ensure quality in each work. Working from life allows Eric total creative control and interpretation of his subjects.
Eric’s work has been awarded and featured by The Art Renewal Center, The MEAM Museum of Barcelona, and The Florence Academy of Art. He is an alumni of and has worked as an instructor of drawing at The Florence Academy of Art, and has exhibited internationally in Italy, Spain, The United States and Canada.
To view the work of Eric Drummond please visit:
https://www.instagram.com/eric.j.drummond/
https://www.facebook.com/Eric.J.DrummondArtist
Comments
Thank you sooo much Eric! I truly loved to hear this short video with your ideas, concepts, meanings of how you experience Art. From a very tender age i had a fascination for art, my tendency to it and skills were evident but I was never surrounded by adults who had the same interest that would push me or guide me into it. I end up studying another form of art, health sciences. End up focusing on these studies and a young family, being a parent. The last dozen of years of my life, a glimmer, a light kept coming within my soul to pick up my pencils and brushes. Where i am now is with much dedication and sacrifices along the way, pushing myself o lean more and more. I love with passion Renaissance period and its masters. When i cam across Florence Academy of ARTS via instagram I was delighted, an inner happiness i could not describe. Through it I came to know artists like yourself, with amazing skills, such beautiful pieces. Its my dream to one day, somehow, engage in proper studies of learning the techniques of the old masters. I know how much potential I have. What you can see via my instagram profile - @lenaartsilva its nowhere near what i know I can give. I guess there is a fear of allowing to really let go and disappoint myself, as in being such a perfectionist.
2021-05-22 13:46:59 +0000 UTCWow. Absolutely gorgeous paintings. Would love to hear about the commercial aspect of these paintings and artists too. Do they feel they can earn a decent living aspiring and paining what they love. How does it work. Not many people appreciate such brilliance and effort.
Kamlika Chandla
2020-05-17 15:01:13 +0000 UTC
