Artists have a variety of methods to make their mark. Every Friday we will share a photograph of an #ArtistInAction. 〰 Vija Celmins (b. 1938) is an American-Latvian artist whose photorealistic drawings and paintings explore the quiet wonder of everyday objects and nature. Celmins began her career drawing mundane things like lamps, TVs, and the space heater in her studio. Drawing from her own photographs, the hyperrealistic works do not use perspective, viewpoint, or horizon, thus removing the human context from these objects, placing them in an eerie void. Generally working in series, Celmins’ favorite subjects include moon surfaces, the desert, ocean, and the night sky. Most well-known are her ocean works, which were drawn using photographs she took of the Venice pier in the 1960s. The monochromatic close-ups of the waters surface involve a laborious process that often takes years for Celmins to complete works. She explains: "...wrestle a giant image into a very tiny area and make it...