Keri Ippolito Moving into Abstraction   My artistic journey began with Realism and progressed into Abstraction. When I was young and first learning to draw, I was never satisfied with my work unless it was photo-realistic. Every detail had to be included. Years later, while studying at the Art Institute of Chicago, I learned by copying and training my hand and eye to work together to produce an exact duplicate of my subject!   Someone said you must learn the…

Keri Ippolito Moving into Abstraction   My artistic journey began with Realism and progressed into Abstraction. When I was young and first learning to draw, I was never satisfied with my work unless it was photo-realistic. Every detail had to be included. Years later, while studying at the Art Institute of Chicago, I learned by copying and training my hand and eye to work together to produce an exact duplicate of my subject!   Someone said you must learn the…

Keri Ippolito Moving into Abstraction   My artistic journey began with Realism and progressed into Abstraction. When I was young and first learning to draw, I was never satisfied with my work unless it was photo-realistic. Every detail had to be included. Years later, while studying at the Art Institute of Chicago, I learned by copying and training my hand and eye to work together to produce an exact duplicate of my subject!   Someone said you must learn the…

Keri Ippolito Moving into Abstraction   My artistic journey began with Realism and progressed into Abstraction. When I was young and first learning to draw, I was never satisfied with my work unless it was photo-realistic. Every detail had to be included. Years later, while studying at the Art Institute of Chicago, I learned by copying and training my hand and eye to work together to produce an exact duplicate of my subject!   Someone said you must learn the…