Two Coats of Paint is produced by Sharon L. Butler. Questions, comments, and other inquiries may be sent to twocoatsofpaint@gmail.com
In 2007, I created Two Coats of Paint to share reviews, commentary, news, and background information about painting and related subjects. Two Coats has been sponsored by many organizations, including the Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum, the Pulitzer Foundation, the New York Studio School, and The Brooklyn Museum. The New York Times, New York Observer, NPR, PBS New Hour, The New Criterion, WNYC and other news organizations have all linked to posts on Two Coats of Paint. For links to articles I've published in other publications, other projects and presentations click here.
Sponsorships and advertising are available through the Nectar Ads Art Network, the first online advertising network devoted exclusively to the visual arts. Nectar Ads also represents the popular websites Hyperallergic, Colossal, Art Fag City, and Rhizome.
Sponsorships and advertising are available through the Nectar Ads Art Network, the first online advertising network devoted exclusively to the visual arts. Nectar Ads also represents the popular websites Hyperallergic, Colossal, Art Fag City, and Rhizome.
NOTE: I'm an art professor at Eastern Connecticut State University, but I'm on a leave of absence this year, so I'm available to do guest critiques, artist visits, panel discussions and lectures at your organization or university.
Art Practice/Painting
At right: Sharon L. Butler, Moondog, detail, 2012, pigment, binder, pencil on raw, unstretched canvas, 84" x 72." Click here to see more snaps in the studio.
Posts about my art practice
A Makeshift Studio in Georgetown (January 25, 2012)
Textility: Idiosyncratic materiality in New Jersey (January 2, 2012)
Let's Make Books (September 30, 2011)
Exchanging Studio Visits with Joan Waltemath (September 2, 2011)
Exhibition Notes (Alternative Spaces in NYC and New Haven, CT) (September 10, 2011)
Reader response to "Abstract Painting: The New Casualists" (July 1, 2011)
Abstract Painting: The New Casualists (June 4, 2011)
Studio Update (May 25, 2011)
Scale Factor @ A-Space (April 5, 2011)
Twist and Crawl: Timothy Buckwalter's vision (January 25, 2011)
Exhibition @ kork: A bulletin board with cultural aspirations (Sept. 16, 2010)
Posts about my art practice
A Makeshift Studio in Georgetown (January 25, 2012)
Textility: Idiosyncratic materiality in New Jersey (January 2, 2012)
Let's Make Books (September 30, 2011)
Exchanging Studio Visits with Joan Waltemath (September 2, 2011)
Exhibition Notes (Alternative Spaces in NYC and New Haven, CT) (September 10, 2011)
Reader response to "Abstract Painting: The New Casualists" (July 1, 2011)
Abstract Painting: The New Casualists (June 4, 2011)
Studio Update (May 25, 2011)
Scale Factor @ A-Space (April 5, 2011)
Twist and Crawl: Timothy Buckwalter's vision (January 25, 2011)
Exhibition @ kork: A bulletin board with cultural aspirations (Sept. 16, 2010)
Exhibition at STOREFRONT (July 29, 2010)
Ab hinc: Camp Pocket U Update ( July 10, 2010)
Two Coats of Paint launches a video channel (May 19, 2010)
Two Coats wins a Mindshare Award (April 14, 2010)
Performing "The Ivory Tower" at #class (March 5, 2010)
What I'm Working On(Feb. 15, 2010)
The Promotion Project in Chicago (Feb. 2, 2010)
Up for Adoption (October 23, 2009)
The Promotion Project (Sept. 17, 2009)
@ Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit (Sept. 6, 2009)
So long Pocket Utopia (July 30, 2009)
Book Release: Keeping Our Distance (July 1, 2009)
Sharon Butler @ John Davis Gallery (May 29, 2009)
246 Editions: Selection Committee (May 27, 2009)
Big Love Panel Discussion notes (May 15, 2009)
Status Update in New Haven (April 5, 2009)
Blogpix in NYC (March 3, 2009)
Pocket Utopia Residency (January 20, 2009)
So long, little shack (Sept. 9, 2008)
Summer progress (Aug. 30, 2008)
Studio visits (July 12, 2008)
Unplugged in Beacon (June 6, 2008)
Habitat For Artists: Shack update (May 18, 2008)
Itinerant painter (May 9, 2008)
Artist's book projects available online
(All sales support the blog.)
Sketchbook 1 (2007) and Sketchbook 2 (2008-10), a two-volume set created on the occasion of an exhibition at TowerBrook Art Project. Available here.
The Tower Paintings: Keeping Our Distance, an artist's book that includes paintings, drawings, and an essay about local observation towers is available here.
Habitat, an artist's book that recounts my experience working in a 4' x 5' studio shack in the summer of 2008 is available here.
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Artist's book projects available online
(All sales support the blog.)
Sketchbook 1 (2007) and Sketchbook 2 (2008-10), a two-volume set created on the occasion of an exhibition at TowerBrook Art Project. Available here.
The Tower Paintings: Keeping Our Distance, an artist's book that includes paintings, drawings, and an essay about local observation towers is available here.
