THE SOCIETY OF ARTS ACADEMY (EUROPE) &  (U.S.A.),.

The S.I.E.A.A. is an Educational Arts Academy for the promotion of artistic excellence through the Online Exhibition of works by famous International  Painters, Sculptors & Potters, (CLICK FOR LIST).

Exhibition of Drawings

 by  Theodore Zimmerman.

Theo. said. "I want to create a style of painting and drawing, that, when anyone views one of my  paintings from across a room, that person will  immediately know that the artist Theodore Zimmerman painted it." 

Title of pastel drawing: "Jerusalem. "

Impressionism. 

Paintings of scenes of Paris where he studied 'Impressionism', also in the Montmartre, Montparnasse and along the river Seine. The important beach paintings using his preferred pastels medium at Le Touquet, Fecamp, Pourville, Dieppe and Trouville, where he stayed for a while to paint the beautiful sublime beach scenes of a summers day, or the stark, windy,  empty beaches and rough seas of winter. Other important  drawings of this early period include drawings on the coast of Brittany and Normandy. Advice he offered  to an interested amateur artist was quote: "Find a view you like, and then spend a few minutes of your time just looking at the scene. Choose only a small number of colours to use, what to include in your drawing and finally what to leave out. It's important to keep things as simple as possible and paint just an artistic impression of what you see. Many of my drawings are almost completed from memory without ever having to look at the scene again, and by this method I leave out all unnecessary detail from my work." Details of his  life, time and travels on the beaches of France, Europe and in the U.K., together with his own personal stories and experiences as a painter with many memorable scenes of Parisian families on holiday with their children playing on the rocky or sandy beaches and enjoying themselves with their friends or paddling in the sea will be shown on this site when available. Throughout his  artistic career, he painted beautiful works of art thereby immortalizing the scene for ever. His love of the pastels medium was most evident, as over 90% of his beach & landscape drawings were completed using the medium, together with a small number of watercolours and oils. He rejected the use of oil paints as a painting medium for outside works, saying. "I find oils very messy and inconvenient when painting 'en plein air' and I much prefer my pastels, pencils or watercolours. I do use oil paints occasionally, but only in my studio.  I try to keep my drawing materials to the barest minimum and as light as possible, so I can move quickly and at any given moment when I see a scene or effect of nature that I need to paint.  I have observed amateur and even professional artists carrying easels, seats, large boxes of oil paints, huge canvasses, brushes and numerous other items of unnecessary equipment, completely exhausted before they find a suitable view to paint. Then they spend more valuable time and effort setting up their easel, laying out their paints before finally putting a brush to canvas. During all this wasted time I could have finished a drawing and then moved on to another place and started on my next painting. '' Theo. would be seen in all kinds of weather, on a beach, in the countryside, or by a river, with just a box of pastels and colour pencils in his jacket pocket, and in a small shoulder bag or case, he kept his spare drawing paper, camera, a damp rag to clean his hands and his flask of tea and sandwiches. Theo. said, "During my painting trips I must admit to being somewhat of a loner, and I prefer it that way because of the concentration required for my drawings. However, if anyone is passing by and stops to watch me paint and then wants to bring me into a conversation regarding my work, I will stop for a short time to talk about the scene and what I am trying to capture with my beloved pastels. On occasions, if they show good artistic thought and a desire to draw, I have offered pencil and paper so they could also record the scene with an offer of my help and advice along the way. I have often been asked the question, "Why do you paint on such a small scale?." To this question Theo. replied. "My pastels drawings are always on a small scale when working 'en plein air', as I need to work quickly to capture nature at any moment in time, and when I see people and children walking along a beach, they appear very small in relation to the scene before me. To be able to draw on paper and record the heavy seas on stormy days with dark clouds scuttling across the sky, or a calm sea or busy beach on a beautiful summer's day is a wonderful experience.  I prefer to use a smooth tinted or cream sketching paper in pad form, which is ideal for my pastel or watercolor use and one which fits easily into my jacket pocket. Also I use a  fixing medium to avoid messing up my drawings when moving about from place to place."

Theodore Zimmerman. M.A.