Failure is inevitable. Success is elusive. -Steven Spielberg *************** I’ve written in recent posts about that rhythm that sometimes comes when I am readying work for shows, a deep groove filled with a self-regenerating energy that feeds on itself. Just a wonderful feeling when I can stop for a moment and relish it. But sometimes during [...]
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In and Out of Rhythm
Posted in Painting, Technique/History, tagged Darth Vader, Edvard Munch, Failure, Rhythm on May 11, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Beeswing
Posted in Music, Painting, Recent Paintings, Technique/History, Video, tagged Emotion, New Painting, Painting, Red Tree, Richard Thompson, Subject, Video on May 9, 2012 | 2 Comments »
I wrote the other day about the rhythm I’m looking for when I’m in the studio, that groove where the painting is more instinctual than intellectual. Everything flowing fast and easy with little thought, each brushload of paint inspiring the next and on and on. All intuition and reaction with hardly a thought given to [...]
Done!?
Posted in Favorite Things, Painting, Recent Paintings, Technique/History, tagged GC Myers, internal landscape, Landscape, New Painting, Obsessionism, Painting, Red Tree on March 2, 2012 | 8 Comments »
Well, I am finished with the large canvas I started over three weeks ago. It is the largest piece in size I’ve ever attempted by quite a bit at 54″ by 84″ which I often found intimidating at times, as I freely admitted here. But that intimidation and fear faded over the weeks as the painting evolved, [...]
One Thing Leads to Another
Posted in Influences, Painting, Recent Paintings, Technique/History, tagged Chuck Close, Inspiration, internal landscape, Landscape, New Paintings on February 27, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Not too long ago, I displayed a Chuck Close quote where he said that work is inspiration in itself, that by simply steadfastly doing what you do will open up creative avenues to follow. I frimly believe that and have experienced it on many occasions including just this past week. As I have been documenting, I am [...]
Weighing It
Posted in Painting, Recent Paintings, Technique/History, tagged Composition, internal landscape, Recent Painting, technique on February 21, 2012 | 4 Comments »
In my last post, I wrote about how I was going over the large canvas on which I am currently at work, weighing the different elements against one another as I try to create balance in the composition. It’s a large canvas, 54″ by 84″, and there is so much more space to oversee, making sure [...]
In the Early Morning
Posted in Painting, Recent Paintings, Technique/History, tagged Blue, Obsessionism, Recent Paintings, technique on February 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I’m in the final stages of finishing the large canvas that I’ve been documenting here, spending a lot of time weighing the weight of the colors and forms and adding a bit here and there to bring it into balance. It’s slow work and sometimes I have to just get away from it to clear my head. I [...]
Coming Closer
Posted in Recent Paintings, Technique/History, tagged internal landscape, Landscape, Painting, Recent Painting, technique on February 16, 2012 | 6 Comments »
I’ve been documenting the progress that has been made over the past two weeks on a large canvas on which I’ve been been working. It’s been a roller coaster of emotion for me as I’ve been working on the 54″ high by 84″ wide painting. Sometimes I am completely satisfied, thrilled with what is unfurling before [...]
A Little More Progress
Posted in Painting, Recent Paintings, Technique/History, tagged Canvas, Obsessionism, Painting, technique on February 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I thought I would show a bit more of the large canvas I’m working on at the moment. As I’ve described in previous posts, it’s a 54″ tall by 84″ wide canvas that has been biding its time for nearly 10 months in my studio, waiting for me to finally give it some life. Well, [...]
Progress
Posted in Painting, Recent Paintings, Technique/History, tagged red oxide paint, rightness, sheer size, The Wizard of Oz, Wizard of Oz on February 9, 2012 | 7 Comments »
I debated over showing the progress of the large painting on which I am currently working. I know that I have done it it the past , especially with this style of work, but I almost felt like I wanted to keep this one more guarded. It feels kind of like pulling the curtain back on [...]
On a Cellular Level
Posted in Recent Paintings, Technique/History, tagged Multiples, New Paintings on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve shown pieces with multiple panels and images here in the past and they often are very regimented, with each panel measured and uniform in size. There is sense of order in these paintings. But I’ve been doing a few multiple pieces lately that are less precise, with individual panels that bulge and expand in a [...]
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