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I
chose theater as a major focus of my life, having pursued and earned a
Master of Fine Arts Degree in Theater Directing, largely because I felt
theater was the art that encompassed all of the other arts. Self-expression
is the underlying goal of almost everything I enjoy doing. The arts offer
me a chance to investigate my inner feelings and to share them with others,
which I find to be extremely satisfying. One of the things I enjoy doing
is to take something that is considered mundane or insignificant, and
using it to craft a piece of art that may bring some kind of pleasure
to someone or to make them reflect in some way about life and where they
fit in. My father and I once took a piece of a wooden crate and made it
into a Jewish Star, which I still have and which gives me a certain amount
of pleasure each time I notice it. |
| Painting |
When
my wife and I visited Paris a few years ago, we enjoyed the wonderful
museums. The paintings we saw served as an inspiration to me. I used to
draw and paint as a youngster and often resorted to sketching out what
I thought the set for a show I was directing should look like so my designers
could incorporate my expectations into their efforts. So, I was not completely
strange to working with colors and shapes when, on our return home from
our vacation, that I decided to use the graphic arts as way to provide
myself with some of the good feeling I used to get from working in the
theatre. But, I realized the results of my efforts using pictures to express
myself were going to be rather primitive since my familiarity with the
various brushes, paints and painting surfaces were very limited. I hoped
that in time I would develop control of these elements and a certain amount
of technique to allow my feeling about my subjects to come through. In
September of 2006, I tried my hand at portrait painting in an 8 session
course with Victoria
Carlin at the Art
League of Long Island in Huntington, NY. I continued through the Spring
in another 8 session series. I saw that the need for basic skills was
a must and was privilaged to be able to study with Attila Hejja during
the Summer of 2007 at the Stevenson
Academy of Fine Arts in Oyster Bay, NY., before his untimely death
in late August. In the fall of 2007, I took another 8 session series in
portaiture with Victoria Carlin followed by the Intermediate level of
the beginners series with a focus on portraiture at the Stevensin Academy
of Fine Arts. |
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Architectural
Paintings by Drew Kopf |
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Landscapes by Drew Kopf |
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Nautical Related Paintings
by Drew Kopf |
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Prints
by Drew Kopf |
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Portraits
by Drew Kopf |
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Still Life Paintings by Drew Kopf |
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Paintings with a Jewish Theme by Drew Kopf |
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| Title:
Backyard Bathrobes |
| Medium:
Oil on Canvas |
| Size:24"
x 18" |
| Framed |
| Created:
July 23, 2000 |
| Signed:
Drew Geoffrey Kopf 2000 LL |
| Private
Collection |
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| Medium:
Water Color on paper |
| Size:
8-1/2" x 11" |
| Unframed |
| Created:
Memorial Day Weekend, 2004 during the dedication of the
National
World War II Memorial |
| Signed:
Drew Kopf 2005 LR |
| Private
Collection |
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The
Willard Hotel, 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington,
DC. Photo from the corporate website. |
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| Title:
New Jersey Shore - Grandpa Dave and Matthew |
| Medium:
Water Color on paper |
| Size:
9"x11-1/4" |
| Unramed |
| Created:
Summer 2004 |
| Signed:
Drew Kopf 2005 LR |
| Private
Collection |
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| Medium:
Markers on paper |
| Size:
7-1/2" x 9-3/4" |
| Unframed |
| Created:
March, 2005 |
| Signed:
Drew Kopf 2005 LR |
| Private
Collection |
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| Medium:
Water Color on Paper |
| Size:
17"x28" (nominal) |
| Framed |
| Created:
August, 2005 |
| Signed:
Drew Kopf 2005 LL |
| Private
Collection |
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| Medium:
Water Color on Paper |
| Size:
9"x11-3/4" |
| Unframed |
| Created:
November 2005 |
| Signed:
Drew Kopf 2005 LR |
| Private
Collection |
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