December 13, 2015
Just a couple of quick paintings to play with single colours and geometric shapes.
“Your silence will not protect you.” – Audre Lorde
Painting
“There is no must in art because art is free.” – Wassily Kandinsky
December 6, 2015
Another experiment. I find if I call it an experiment when I set out, I feel less attached to the results. If it isn’t successful, it’s not a failed piece of art, but a learning experience. I’ve been feeling a little caged-in lately and this new experimental approach is my response to that. I was trying to paint quickly here, using more colour in my shadows and more broad areas of colour with less blending and less ‘preciousness’. I’m not thrilled with the lemon, but that’s ok. It is what it is and I will go on from here…
“authorship is a dubious concept” – Victor Pelevin
“I had never understood my own poetry particularly well, and had long suspected that authorship is a dubious concept, and all that is required from a person who takes a pen in hand is to line up the various keyholes scattered about his soul so that a ray of sunlight can shine through on to the paper set out in front of him.”
from Buddha’s Little Finger, by Victor Pelevin
I worked a little more on this painting that I have been very dissatisfied with. It’s still not finished, but I’m a little happier with the direction it’s going in. I’ve included a before as well to see the difference. She still needs work….
“To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.” – Akira Kurosawa
Nov 22, 2015
Another painting of white fabric. I know, how edgy and daring can I get? I had meant to do a close up of my subject matter from the last two images, but I couldn’t find my original photo, so I started fresh. I chose an image with more contrast this time. And I painted on panel instead of canvas. I prefer stretched canvas, but didn’t mind the hard texture of the panel on this one. I’m not thrilled with the visibility of the brush strokes of the gesso layer – next time I will definitely sand my panel smooth before I start. Overall, I’m not unhappy with this image. I like it better today than I did last night when I called it finished.
“Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist.” – Rene Magritte
November 15, 2015
This one is finished. As an experiment, I don’t think it was very successful. I have one more thing I want to try yet along this line before I deviate. Next time…
“Being true to yourself is what feeds creativity, not self-doubt and criticism.” – Diane Arenberg
November 8, 2015
Here’s installment two of my current experiment. I have a tendency to emphasize contrast when I paint drapery, so I am deliberately trying to minimize the contrast in this piece. This still needs work, but I needed some distance from it, so I left if for now.
“What I say to an artist is, ‘When you can’t paint – paint.’” – Joyce Cary
November 1, 2015
This painting is the beginning of a new series and, an experiment that didn’t quite succeed. But that’s the point with experiments, you never really know exactly how they’ll turn out. As long as you learn something, it was worth it.
“Art is a line around your thoughts.” – Gustav Klimt
A little quick painting to go with last week’s efforts.
“There are many victories worse than a defeat.” – George Eliot
Just a couple things from this week. The beginnings of a collage and a little climbing guy that I was playing around with.
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