Faculty work

The proof, rather than the promise.

Drawing, painting and sculpture by Lisa Silas and Matthew Riggs. Everything else on this site is a claim about training; this is what the training produces.

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Sculpted bust of a young woman with her eyes lowered, mounted on a plain block.
Lisa Silas · sculpture
Sculpted study of two hands, lit sharply from one side against a dark ground.
Lisa Silas · sculpture
Still life painting: a small plaster figure among glass bottles and folded drapery.
Matthew Riggs · painting
Gilded bronze bust of a woman on a plinth, warm light across the shoulders.
Lisa Silas · sculpture
Charcoal study of a standing figure seen from behind, taped to the drawing board.
Matthew Riggs · drawing
Sculpted head seen in profile against a dark ground.
Lisa Silas · sculpture
Sculpted head of a child with curling hair, on a wooden base.
Lisa Silas · sculpture
Painted portrait built from blocks of high-key color — a looser, more personal handling.
Matthew Riggs · painting
Still life painting: a glowing form against a red drape, objects gathered on the table below.
Matthew Riggs · painting
Charcoal study of a seated figure, the block beneath drawn in as carefully as the model.
Matthew Riggs · drawing
Charcoal study of a seated female figure, the drapery behind her rubbed back into the ground.
Matthew Riggs · drawing
Charcoal study of a standing figure from behind, with smaller anatomical diagrams worked out beside it.
Matthew Riggs · drawing
Sculpted female torso with a mottled green and ochre patina, broken off at the upper arms.
Lisa Silas · sculpture
Low-relief panel of a classical procession — seated figures, pipes and dancers in a frieze.
Lisa Silas · sculpture
Graphite study of a standing male figure seen from behind, weight on one leg.
Matthew Riggs · drawing
Charcoal study of a human skull in three-quarter view, modeled in soft tone.
Matthew Riggs · drawing
Pencil study of a seated figure, the chair and the floor line drawn in lightly around her.
Matthew Riggs · drawing
Charcoal and white chalk study of a standing figure on gray paper.
Matthew Riggs · drawing
Painting of a woman in a blue dress and white cap holding a fan, against a dark interior.
Matthew Riggs · painting
Painted portrait of a young man in a dark t-shirt, one hand raised to his collar.
Matthew Riggs · painting
Painting of figures gathered around a low fire at night, lit warm against a dark hillside.
Matthew Riggs · painting
Painted profile portrait of a woman in a patterned headscarf and jacket.
Matthew Riggs · painting
Charcoal portrait of a bearded man looking out of the picture, drawn on white paper.
Matthew Riggs · drawing
Graphite study of a standing figure with both arms raised to her hair, on a dark mount.
Matthew Riggs · drawing
Still life painting in high-key greens: a striped flag hung behind a turned wooden form.
Matthew Riggs · painting
Painted portrait of a bearded man in a cap, built from broad strokes of orange, blue and green.
Matthew Riggs · painting
Still life painting: a blue-and-white vase, a copper pan, an egg and a small bronze on a draped table.
Matthew Riggs · painting
Clay bust of a woman with her head turned and raised, hair bound up.
Lisa Silas · sculpture
The same clay bust seen in profile against a studio window.
Lisa Silas · sculpture

Work by Lisa Silas and Matthew Riggs. Individual titles and dimensions are being catalogued.

This is what the year is for.

Not to make you paint like anyone here — the third act of the year is putting your own voice back in. But the seeing behind these is trainable, and training it is the whole job.

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