The Art of Seeing: A Panel Presentation
When: April 11th, 2026, 2-4 pm
Where: In Metchosin ArtPod Gallery
Who: Jane Francis, Dave Skilling and Edward Peck, moderated by Diana Smith
Cost: Free
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see — Edgar Degas
What is the difference between looking and seeing? How do artists transform perception into art? How does art express human experience across time and cultures and deepen our understanding of ourselves and others? Three local artists – a painter, a printmaker and a photographer—will share how they translate what they see into their work.
Resource List
BOOKS
101 Things to Learn in Art School, by Kit White
The Long Run, A Creative Inquiry, Stacey D’Erasmo
What Art Does, an unfinished theory, by Brian Eno & Bette A.
Drawing Now: Eight Propositions, Laura Hoptman
The Art Spirit, Robert Henri
The Creative Act: A Way of Being, by Rick Rubin
Art as Therapy, Alain de Botton and John Armstrong
How to be an Artist, by Jerry Saltz
Just Kids, by Patti Smith
The Rise, Creativity, The Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery, by Sarah Lewis
The Book of Alchemy, A Creative Practice for An Inspired Life, by Suleika Jaouad
The Gift, Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World, by Lewis Hyde
A History of Seeing in Eleven Inventions by Susan Denham Wade
ONLINE – NEWSLETTERS & PODCASTS:
The Vancouver Island School of Art (VISA) newsletters are always informative
https://www.vancouverislandschoolart.com/press @visaartschool
A sample VISA newsletter: Learn to See Like an Artist
https://www.vancouverislandschoolart.com/so/ddPbtoq7X?languageTag=en
Victoria Arts Council, https://vicartscouncil.ca/news/ @victoriaartscouncil
The Jealous Curator, https://www.thejealouscurator.com/blog/art-for-your-ear-podcast/
@thejealouscurator
Louisiana Channel, https://channel.louisiana.dk/topics/art @louisianachannel
Talk Art Podcast, https://shows.acast.com/talkart @talkart
Jeremy Irons Brings Francis Bacon’s Words to Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8K2_-MQ43s
You tube: Ocean Vuong Teaches the Art of Writing with David Perell (‘writing is 80% looking’)
HOW ARTISTS SEE – Monet (Lecture 1 of 5) Prof Ian Aaronson plus the next four lectures
https://edwardpeck.com/2025/11/30/seeing-exercise/
https://a.co/d/08MUvTqo
https://a.co/d/08MUvTqo
https://youtu.be/c8ccsE_IumM?si=-ylWQM6_bQDWXEyE