artist: painting/ drawing
ARTICLES, REVIEWS, REPRODUCTIONS, and CITATIONS (print and online):

2014 Art Students League Summer Schedule, Brian Curtis Drawing from Observation – Introduction to Perceptual Drawing
Tara O'Neil, Thinking in Color, Coastal Breeze News, Friday, April 25, http://www.coastalbreezenews.com/2012/11/01/thinking-in-color/
AP studio Art: Drawing, Summer Assignments, http://mps.millvillenj.gov/cms/lib07/NJ01912810/Centricity/Domain/55/AP_Studio_ArtSummer_assignments.pdf
Scott Nelson Foster, From Structure to Expression, Rethinking Gesture Drawing within Foundations Life Drawing, FATE in Review, Volume 34, 2012-2013 p. 4
http://www.academia.edu/5689145/Art_and_Social_Justice_Education_Culture_as_Commons_-_Reviewed_by_Lori_Kent
Art Deadlines,
Books for Artists: Drawing, http://artdeadlineslist.com/artbooks/#drawing
Avery Martin, Sketchbook Assignments, http://room1005.weebly.com/sketchbook-assignments.html (unauthorized page scans and list of exercises)
Artavita, Brian Curtis, https://artavita.com/artists/4245-brian-curtis
Frederic Kaplan Picture Making, A Golden Idea, Bibliography, http://kaplanpicturemaker.com/archives/golden_rectangle
Jean Wilkey, Studio Views, William Kentridge inspired drawings & fantastic birdhouses, http://www.jeanrwilkey.com/william-kentridge-inspired-drawings-fantastic-birdhouses/
Course Materials,
(unauthorized use of text passages) http://www.utdallas.edu/~melacy/pages/Drawing/01_class/HO_1.pdf
Ralfdraw (blog, England),
Drawing on my Life, http://ralphdraw.blogspot.com/2014/02/blog-post_21.html
Ralfdraw (blog, England), Drawing on my Life, http://ralphdraw.blogspot.com/2014/02/gesture-drawing-2.html
Ralfdraw (blog, England), Drawing on my Life, http://ralphdraw.blogspot.com/2014/02/gesture-drawing-3.html
Ralfdraw (blog, England), Drawing on my Life, http://ralphdraw.blogspot.com/2014/02/study-perceptual-grid-perceptual.html

2013
William Mark Coulhard and Ana Bicik, Miami Art Review, http://miamiartreviews.com/2013/08/11/stonehenge-by-brian-curtis/
WUM An Online Journal for the Arts, CWUM An Online Journal for the Arts, Closing Reception of Brian Curtis's Stonehenge Exhibition at UM Gallery Wynwood Building
http://whatsupmiami.blogspot.com/2013/08/closing-reception-of-brian-curtis.html
Recommended Text, Resources for students learning how to draw, BYU Idaho Library

2012 Wei Xu, Ph.D., Drawing in the Digital Age: An Observational Method for Artists and Animators (Google eBook) p. 63, http://books.google.com/books?id=ShvrJ0He3ocC&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63&dq=brian+curtis,+artist,+drawing&source=bl&ots=Ch-2SUi5Z8&sig=kVF3gmZVsNH1rKl86kOhw_Qv_hw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uZFJU6r2NJHH0AHpwoC4Cw&ved=0CCsQ6AEwATha#v=onepage&q=brian%20curtis%2C%20artist%2C%20drawing&f=false Frederick C. Kaplan, A Golden Idea, Aesthetics and Theory Archive, http://kaplanpicturemaker.com/archives/at_golden_rectangle
Linda Hutcheon, Cover Art, Narcissistic Narrative: The Metafiction Paradox, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Narcissus Narrative catalogue listing: http://www.wlupress.wlu.ca/General/hutcheon-linda_mockup_2.pdf
Leonardo's Legacy: A Defense of the Educational Value of Perceptual Drawing in an Increasingly Postmodern World, Open Inquiry Archive, A peer reviewed independent journal of scholarly papers on culture, http://openinquiryarchive.net/2012/02/16/leonardos-legacy/
Brian Curtis. Perceptual Drawing Textbook, Textbook Authors Wiki, http://textbookauthorswiki.com/brian-curtis-perceptual-drawing-textbooks
Elizabeth Gumport, What Are You Looking At Blog, Brian Curtis, Urban Street Games (Street Shoot), 200, http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/31149350518/brian-curtis-urban-street-games-street-shoot
Night of a Hundred Angels Catalogue, The Cottage Gallery. Laguna Beach, California
Jessica Burke, ART 1010: Drawing I, Books To Read, http://burke1010.blogspot.com/2010/05/master-study-images.html
Abstract Painting, Naples Philharmonic Lifelong Learning, http://www.mydigitalpublication.com/article/Abstract_Painting/1121335/119323/article.html

2011
SECAC Conference Program – Savannah, Georgia, Session Abstracts, A House Divided: Examining the Conflict Between Sensory Aesthetics and Concept Driven Cultural Practice
Johny ML, By All Means Necessary (blog), http://johnyml.blogspot.com/2011_09_01_archive.html
Carla Krige, Open Your Eyes to Art (blog), http://carlakrige.blogspot.com/2011/03/charcoal-drawings.html
Maraco Eagle News, Art Instructor to lead landscape Workshop at the Phil, http://www.marconews.com/news/2011/mar/04/higher-education-briefs-week-march-6/?print=1
Chris Miller, Artist-Writers Part 1, Mountshang Art Blog,
http://mountshang.blogspot.com/2011/07/artist-writers-part-i.html,
Ft Meyers Florida Weekly, Painting Workshop - Brian Curtis,
http://fortmyers.floridaweekly.com/news/2009-03-11/what_to_do/067.html
Chris Miller, Review: 7th Annual National Self-Portrait Exhibition/Zhou B. Art Center,
New City Art (online),
http://art.newcity.com/2011/07/25/review-7th-annual-national-self-portrait-exhibitionzhou-b-art-center/
Lise Schwall, Brian Curtis: Reviving the Perceptual Platform, Thirteen page paper submitted as part of Lisa’s
MA in Art Education at Boston University
CAA 100th Annual Conference Program, Duchamp’s Legacy: The De-skilling and Dematerializing
Promotion of Concept Driven Cultural Practice

Integrative Think Tank International, FATE @CAA, http://integrativeteaching.org/news/tag/duchamp
CAA 100th Annual Conference Program, Roundtable participation: Studio Art in CAA’s Next Century
CAA 100, Free and Open, http://conference.collegeart.org/2011/freeandopen.php
SpyFu Classic, Duchamp Contemporary, http://65.39.72.142/Term.aspx?t=482589&org=50
Margaret Davidson, drawing in depth, Online book reviews, http://www.margaretdavidson.com/book/reviews.html
Mary Murphy, Mary’s Landscape art Info, Drawing, http://www.maryslandscapeartinfo.com/landscape-art/1789-drawing/
SCAD Painting Department Blog, Is Your Hat in the Ring,
http://scadpaintingnow.wordpress.com/2011/04/16/is-your-hat-in-the-ring-secac-call-
for-papers-proposal-deadline-wed-april-20/

Beached Miami, Miami Art Walk, http://www.beachedmiami.com/2011/09/07/miami-art-walk-guide-september-2011/
Eduardo Fernandez, Mentored Drawing Studio, Required Text,
http://www.eduardofernandez.com/S/Syllabus_%26_Materials.html
Victor Sandblom, Beginning Drawing, Text, http://bellevuecollege.edu/artshum/materials/art/Sandblom/Fall06/120/120supplyListF06.htm
Mondrian Homages p. 4, Brian Curtis, http://www.snap-dragon.com/homage4.html
Chicago Art Magazine, 7th Annual National Self-Portrait Exhibition at 33 Contemporary, http://chicagoartmagazine.com/2011/07/7th-annual-national-self-portrait-exhibition-at -33-contemporary/

2010 Citation in Portrait Painting Atelier: Old Master, Suzanne Brooker,Techniques and Contemporary Applications,
Watson-Guptill,
Crown Publishing, New York, New York
January Calendar, Lectures and Learning, Gulfshore Life, January, http://www.gulfshorelife.com/August-2010/January-Calendar/
March Calendar, Lectures and Learning, Gulfshore Life, August, http://www.gulfshorelife.com/August-2010/March-Calendar/
Google Books, Suzanne Brooker, Domenic Cretara, Portrait Painting Atelier,
http://books.google.com/books?id=q8Llv6Rjk78C&pg=PA101&lpg=PA101&dq=brian+curtis,+drawing+
from+observation&source=bl&ots=zVDsTqIceb&sig=CWhgLN82Z3y9h9_Abmqn0C0bZ0U&hl=en&ei=yYiETtP1
J4e3tweqmNBG&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDMQ6AEwBDj6AQ#v=onepage&q=
brian%20curtis%2C%20drawing%20from%20observation&f=false

Gage Academy of Art, Recommended books for Beginning Drawing I,
http://www.gageacademy.org/adult/?page=supplylist&c_id=494
Oklahoma Arts Council, A Time of Protection: Lithographs and Drawings by Katherine Liontas-Warren,
http://www.arts.ok.gov/Art_at_the_Capitol/North_Gallery/2010/Katherine_Liontas-Warren_North_Gallery_2010.html
Amazon.com, Customer Reviews

Quizlet, Flash Cards - Drawing 1 Vocabulary, http://quizlet.com/2069367/drawing-1-vocabulary-flash-cards/
Continuous Line/Sensitive Line, Synopsis of Chapter 1 of DfO, http://www.utdallas.edu/~mel024000/pages/Drawing/AS03-S11_
ContinuousLine/SensitiveLine_Materials.html

Krystin Hammond, eHow family, What is Observational Drawing?,
http://www.ehow.com/info_8746055_observational-drawing.html
Lawtoninfo, Liontas-Warren Exhibits at State Capital,
http://lawtoninfo.com/portal/Default.aspx?tabid=89&articleId=863&articleType=ArticleView&SkinSrc=%5BG%5DSkins%2F_
default%2FNo+Skin&ContainerSrc=%5BG%5DContainers%2F_default%2FNo+Container

The Everything Project, The Birdhouse Project, http://www.theeverythingproject.com/2010_02_01_archive.html
Squidoo, Brilliant Art Books, The Classics, http://www.squidoo.com/brillent-art-books-
Art Circuits, Faculty Exhibition, http://artcircuits.com/2011/04/coconut-grove-sept-2010/

2009 Deborah Rockman, Bibliographic Citation, Drawing Essentials: A Guide to Drawing from Observation, Oxford University Press, NY
Citation in The Tabernacle of Exodus as a Work of Art: An Aesthetic of Monotheism,
Maurice Schmidt, Texas A&M – Kingsville, Texas, The Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, NY
http://www.kr-bn.com/news/2010-02-03/News/Lifelong_quest_turns_into_book.html
ArtBlog, Why N’art ain’t Art, http://artblog.net/extra/2009/fate/nart.pdf
CAA 97th Annual Conference Abstracts, N’art ain't Art: Critically Thinking Critical Theory and Contemporary Cultural Practice,
The Everything Project, Continuing Assignments, http://www.theeverythingproject.com/2009_06_01_archive.html
Michael Albala, Essential Concepts, Resources, http://blog.mitchalbala.com/?page_id=1323
Abstracts, SECAC Annual Meeting, Richmond, http://www.secollegeart.org/archive/2010_Conference_Abstracts.pdf
VASECAC Annual Newsletter, News of Members, http://www.secollegeart.org/publications/secac_Nov09.pdf
John Hastings, The Drawing Breakthrough Kit, http://www.draw3lines.com/documents/TDBKit2ndEd.pdf
FATE Winter Newsletter, Drawing, http://foundations-art.org/images/FATE09.01.pdf
CAA 97th Annual Conference Abstracts, N’art ain't Art: Critically Thinking Critical Theory and
Contemporary Cultural Practice
, 2009

2008 Yahoo Answers, Best Answer, http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080713163635AAlVE4z
NakedZergling, Penny Arcade, Recommended Book, http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion
/71298/the-new-guy-wants-brutal-criticism.-nsfdialup/p2

2007 Wet Canvas, If You Could Buy Only One Drawing Book…...,
http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-457810.html
FATE Open Sesson Announcement, http://myweb.wssu.edu/betzs/fatecaa07.htm
Franklin Einspruch, Digital Tools, Comments on "A Voice Crying in the Wilderness", http://www.artblog.net/post/2007/04/digital/
Taking Things Apart, Handouts, http://archives.evergreen.edu/webpages/curricular/2007-2008/apart/handouts.html
Adia*Mierde, Underwater Buildings, http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=95179
2006 Pyziual, BenderNation, Responses,

http://www.blendernation.com/2006/10/05/book-drawing-on-the-right-side-of-the-brain/


2004 Cover Photo for AGORA, the public service magazine of the Union Syndicale Federale (EU), Brussels, Belgium

Gloss (Internet Ezine), featured artist, Premier Issue, Winter 2002 #1
(a web-based, non-profit journal of arts & ideas featuring non-fiction,fiction, and art.
GLOSS is based in Las Vegas, Nevada (http://www.glosszine.org/gloss1.htm)
Rutgers University, Images of Cupid and Psyche, http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~mjoseph/CP/ICP.html

2003 The Carnegie Group, Teaching Drawing: Observation and Interpretation,
http://www.middlesex.mass.edu/carnegie/PDFs/arabas.pdf
Artist Days, Art Supplies and Resources, http://artistdays.com/drawing/drawing-participants-of-all-ages-are-invited-to-help.html

2002 Julia Morrisoe, Recommended Reading for Undergraduate Curriculum,
http://julia.morrisroe.com/assets/Templates/Recommendedreading.pdf
The Slide Finder, Cross-contour, http://www.slidefinder.net/0/07CrossContoured/25493208
Slide Finder, Biomorphic Slides, http://www.slidefinder.net/0/09BiomorphicFormIIed/09BiomorphicFormIIed/25493191
Slide Finder, One-point Perspective Relationships, http://www.slidefinder.net/1/12OnePointPerspectiveed/25493667
Slide Finder, The Perceptual Grid, http://www.slidefinder.net/0/03perceptualgrided/24901748
Perspecitve, PowerPoint,
http://www.google.com/#q=brian+curtis+drawing+from+observation&hl=en&
prmd=imvnso&ei=ScyFTozsMNOztweWnb09&start=450&sa=N&bav=
on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=c9476af61a22b1d&biw=1203&bih=1016


2001 Keny Feijoo, Body of work: Artist Bares It All, Miami Herald, 8/9/01

1993 Helen Kohen, All Florida Exhibit Manages to Be High Quality, Miami Herald, 9/23/93
Helen Kohen, Miami Herald, Self-portraits Reveal Much About Our Family of Artists, 5/15/93

1992 Festival of Atlanta, Visual Arts Catalogue, 9/92

1991 Sandy Cullen, 4 Artists’ work on Display, Patriot News, 5/91
AAH News, Invitational exhibition, 5/91
McNeese State Exhibition Catalogue, Works on Paper, 1991

1990 Kiana Dicker, The Mesa Tribune, Stretch a Sketch, 12/21/90
Evelyn Cooper, The Phoenix Gazette, Exhibit of Drawings Stretches the Limits, 7/16/90
Tempe Daily News Tribune, Galleries, 6/10/90
Richard Leuhrmanm, Greater Midwest International Catalogue, Critique, 8/90
John Schnorenberg, Greater Midwest International Catalogue, Jurors Statement, 8/90

1989 Elisa Turner, Miami Herald, Works Both Artful and Fine, 12/20/89
Helen Kohen, Miami Herald, Floridians shine at Four Arts, 12/3/89
Elisa Turner, Miami Herald, Curtis takes a turn toward abstraction, 9/20/89
Washington & Jefferson National Exhibition Catalogue, Cover Art 4/22/89

1988 Exhibition Catalogue for New American Talent, Juror's Statement, May '88
Couples? Exhibition Catalogue, Artist's Statement, 2/4/88

1987 Ann Arbor Observer 1988 Calendar, Illustrations for June and September, Dec '87
Art Now/Southeast Gallery Guide, Cover Art, November '87
Helen Kohen, Miami Herald, Hortt 29 showcases impressive Floridians, 7/26/87
Boca Museum News, Cover Art, April '87
Roger Selby, Florida Artist's #3 Brochure, Director's Statement, 4/24/87
Mary Ann Marger, St. Petersburg Times, Figuratively Speaking, 3/31/87
Kevin Dean and Ray Kipling, The Longboat Observer, Longboat Key, Florida, Joan Hodgell Gallery, 2/16/87
Thyrza. Jacobs, Pelican Press, Sarasota, Florida, I0th Anniversary Exhibition, 1/26/87

1986
Manon Meilgaard, Birmingham Eccentric, Birmingham, Michigan, Moving Beyond Photo-realism, 11/20/86
Helen Kohen, Miami Herald, Strengths stand out at UM’s Lowe, 8/11/86
Helen Kohen, Miami Herald, Horrt Show Does Museum Proud, 7/20/86
Peter Cox, Miami Today, Ft Lauderdale Shows Its Artistic Spirit, 8/21/86
Women’s section, Gainesville Sun, Gainesville, Florida, Thomas Cenrer Biennial, 3/86
Scene Magazine, Gainesville Sun, Thomas Center show features works by 33 Florida Artists, 2/28/86

1985 Ann Arbor Observer, 10th Anniversary Calendar, August, 1985
Joy Colby. Detroit News, Art – Brian Curtis, 6/21/85
Trinita Tracy, The Arkansas Traveler, Universiry of Arkansas visiting art professor
discusses unique proportion found in nature
, 1/1/85
Corinne Abatt, Birmingham Eccentric, Birmingham, Michigan, A Fresh Glimpse of Reality, 1/5/85
Northwest Arkansas Times, Art Show, 12/13/85

1984 Peggy Page, Ann Arbor News, Adventure is Paramount in Ann Arbor Artists ‘84 5/6/84
Peggy Page, Ann Arbor News, Director scores with his first show, 1/21/84
Cover Art, Artrain Exhibition Catalogue, 3/84

1983 Cover Art, Ann Arbor Observer, 11/83
Martha Keller, Ann Arbor News, Brian Curtis: in pursuit of quality in a concentrated life, 10/16/83
Cover Art, Ann Arbor Observer, 1/83
Cover Art, Ann Arbor Observer, 7/83
Cover Art, Ann Arbor Observer, 8/83
Cover Art, Ann Arbor Observer, 9/83

Cover Art, Ann Arbor Observer, 11/83

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