Following the interesting results of Day 5 where I used a very wet varnish bruh to drag the pigments across the page, I decided to try it again, only a little differently. This time I painted in the large spaces with pigment… less than usual and it started to dry fast. I had a feelingA … Continue reading A Creative Block Project – Day 7
The Self-UnPortrait
What I learned in school this week… We were given only one prompt for this activity: “Shoot a self-portrait where you aren’t directly in the shot.” Of course hands flew up and questions were rapidly fired at the teacher, but he simply replied “you decide” and the questions stopped. Through the class discussion that followedThe … Continue reading The Self-UnPortrait
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #177 – Paper-Thin 09-018
Paper-Thin 09-018: 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 before500 … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #177 – Paper-Thin 09-018
T.A.E.’s Art Reviews – La Foule Québécoise: Trois
The painting centers on a solitary, front-facing figure—helmeted in darkness, simplified into near-iconic contours—set against a field of highly charged, slanting color. The overall effect suggests a stylistic convergence: the handling of the background recalls the velocity and fractured rhythm of modernist abstraction, while the figure’s reductive silhouette and masklike facial treatment evoke the hieratic … Continue reading T.A.E.’s Art Reviews – La Foule Québécoise: Trois
T.A.E.’s Art Reviews – La Foule Québécoise: Deux
The painting presents a paradoxical figure-ground relationship: a luminous human form emerges at the right, yet the surrounding space refuses stable depth, collapsing into a field of gestural colour. This visual strategy—recognizable as a hybrid of expressionistic figuration and painterly abstraction—positions the work between likeness and atmosphere. The result is not a portrait in the … Continue reading T.A.E.’s Art Reviews – La Foule Québécoise: Deux
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity – Part 6: The Paper-Thin Challenge
Part 6 – The Paper-Thin Challenge This series was a challenge I gave myself to see how thin I could make the clay before it cracked. I was amazed at how elastic porcelain could be when worked at a certain speed. I wish I could describe it, but it has to be played with to500 … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity – Part 6: The Paper-Thin Challenge
POV: Time Is Glitching Everything, But We’re Saving the Vibe (Revisionist Shakespeare – Sonnet 15 for Gen Z)
When I look at everything out here growing,I see it’s glowing for a minute, then it fades;Every perfect thing gets its moment showing,Then time comes through and messes up the upgrades. This whole world’s basically a giant livestream,Where everyone’s just trying to play their part;The stars are watching like some cosmic dream,While time keeps slowly … Continue reading POV: Time Is Glitching Everything, But We’re Saving the Vibe (Revisionist Shakespeare – Sonnet 15 for Gen Z)
When Time Came Knocking and Said “Get Over Yourself” (Revisionist Shakespeare – Sonnet 15 for Gen X)
When I look around at everything that’s growing,I see it shines for a damn short little while;Every so-called perfect thing keeps slowly going,Then gets wrecked by time’s relentless, crooked smile. The whole damn world’s a stage with cheap-ass lighting,Where every living thing plays its temporary role;The clock keeps swinging, constantly fighting,While stealing pieces of every … Continue reading When Time Came Knocking and Said “Get Over Yourself” (Revisionist Shakespeare – Sonnet 15 for Gen X)
A Creative Block Project – Day 5
I needed to do something different today or get too bored and stop this project cold. I started with the stylized flower with a black brush marker and then drew halo-lines around it with my ink brushes. I really disliked the halo and found the colours just didn’t mix well that way. I let myselfA … Continue reading A Creative Block Project – Day 5
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #176 – Teapot In Spite Of Itself
Teapot In Spite Of Itself: The History: Share what you see and continue the story. Following the success of my first exhibit, a patron had expressed to me her love of my “African faces”. At the same time, she was also telling me about a trip to Japan where she saw teapots she described as500 … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #176 – Teapot In Spite Of Itself