He was meant to be an amalgam of Golem and some Japanese forest spirit hiding in the dark corners of my mind. The Manitou, as I understand it is an amazing transformation spirit animal. As this one is at least partly human, I felt the forest spirit had become an urban one. This one isUrban … Continue reading Urban Manitou
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #186 – Paper-Thin 09-009
Paper-Thin 09-009: The History: Share what you see and continue the story. This series was a challenge I gave myself to see how thin I could make the clay before it cracked… It was a great learning experience with various materials. How to slow-dry the clay, when to add engobes, how to handle it … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #186 – Paper-Thin 09-009
Theatrical Madness
All charcoal sticks, almost… only a little blood Conte. Wonderfully messy and fun to do. Doing a reverse perspective drawing isn’t new to me, but I’ve often gotten lost in the process and scrapped it because I overcomplicated it. This little face seemed to loom out of the backstage of a nearly darkened theatre and I … Continue reading Theatrical Madness
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #185 – Paper-Thin 09-010
Paper-Thin 09-010: The History: Share what you see and continue the story. Dissatisfaction and boredom can sometimes be great motivators for experimentation. I had purchased some low-firing red clay and it shouldn’t have worked in my usual Cone 6 firings, but I love doing what I’m not supposed to. I had no idea what it … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #185 – Paper-Thin 09-010
Midnight’s DJ
When I’m driving home late at night, I usually listen to the same DJ on the CBC. Odario Williams, with his deep radio voice and soulful statements about the dark, smoky, and soulful music he plays. It always conjures up the image of the Midnight DJ, alone in his radio station, far away from everything,Midnight’s … Continue reading Midnight’s DJ
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #184 – Paper-Thin 09-011
Paper-Thin 09-011: The History: Share what you see and continue the story. This series was a challenge I gave myself to see how thin I could make the clay before it cracked… It was a great learning experience with various materials. How to slow-dry the clay, when to add engobes, how to handle it before … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #184 – Paper-Thin 09-011
T.A.E.’s Art Reviews – La Foule Québécoise: Cinq
The painting presents a compressed, portrait-like image built from two predominant vertical forms—left and right—framed by a warm field of ochres and yellows. Rather than constructing a fully naturalistic figure, the work cultivates an emblematic presence: a lack of eyes becomes the most legible of “features,” a face encircled by a thick, dark contour that … Continue reading T.A.E.’s Art Reviews – La Foule Québécoise: Cinq
T.A.E.’s Art Reviews – La Foule Québécoise: Quatre
This painting presents five standing figures rendered with a deliberate, flattened figural logic: human bodies are reduced to tall verticals, simplified silhouettes, and frontal—almost emblematic—poses. Their heads, each contained within a dark oval, are simultaneously present and withheld. Facial features are minimal to nonexistent, so that the work does not ask the viewer to identify … Continue reading T.A.E.’s Art Reviews – La Foule Québécoise: Quatre
Dear Caliban,
Charcoal sticks and coloured charcoal. Simple and spontaneous drawing. When my head suggested adding colour outside the face, I started to see who he was. It’s my interpretation of the X-Men character of the same name. I have never known the character to be much of a smiler, but I tend to have smiles onDear … Continue reading Dear Caliban,
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #183 – Paper-Thin 09-012
Paper-Thin 09-012: The History: Share what you see and continue the story. This series was a challenge I gave myself to see how thin I could make the clay before it cracked. It was a great learning experience with various materials. How to slow-dry the clay, when to add engobes, how to handle it before … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #183 – Paper-Thin 09-012