In my last post on this, I started stating this piece is almost un-original in the borrowing of styles, isms, and possibly even components from other artists... well my brain is so full of art that I just let it roll with whatever comes out... I'll worry about defining it later. I decided. to. start … Continue reading The Gifting – A New Abstract-ish, Neo-Expressionist-ish… well you decide…
A New Project – Abstract, Cubism, Neo-Expressionism, or something more?
If you've read the last two posts, you know I've decided to do multiple works at the same time, in order to slow down my process and to incorporate more reflection into it. I hope that working in multiple styles and with multiple techniques / materials I will also stave off those moments of self-doubt … Continue reading A New Project – Abstract, Cubism, Neo-Expressionism, or something more?
Unstable – Music-book Doodles 2022
In my frantic browsing on Pinterest, I often swipe past art that comes back to me later because of some unsuspected trigger. This is the case for a bunch of amorphous forms I've drawn... maybe the large block of colour behind them reminds me of Mark Rothko's fields of colour, where my imagination wanders in … Continue reading Unstable – Music-book Doodles 2022
Vanishing Point, Up – Music-book Doodles 2022
In my frantic browsing on Pinterest, I often swipe past art that comes back to me later because of some unsuspected trigger. This is the case for a bunch of amorphous forms I've drawn... maybe the large block of colour behind them reminds me of Mark Rothko's fields of colour, where my imagination wanders in … Continue reading Vanishing Point, Up – Music-book Doodles 2022
Very Tall – Music-book Doodles 2022
In my frantic browsing on Pinterest, I often swipe past art that comes back to me later because of some unsuspected trigger. This is the case for a bunch of amorphous forms I've drawn... maybe the large block of colour behind them reminds me of Mark Rothko's fields of colour, where my imagination wanders in … Continue reading Very Tall – Music-book Doodles 2022
Happy Tummy – Music-book Doodles 2022
A minimally abstracted bird has eaten a very fulfilling meal of fresh worms and parts its tummy in satisfaction. Drawn intentionally as an ideograph (dfn: A symbol that represents an idea or a thing, rather than the sounds of a word, is called an ideograph. A smiley face emoji is an ideograph that represents happiness. … Continue reading Happy Tummy – Music-book Doodles 2022
Looking Back – Music-book Doodles 2022
Again, the possibility of building up tones and highlights with the simple wax crayon amazes me. I wasn't sure I could get the figure to appear on the surface of the green shape, if I started with my outline and then filled in the colours... So, I lightly coloured in the green square-ish shape, then … Continue reading Looking Back – Music-book Doodles 2022
Head in the Clouds – Music-book Doodles 2022
Originally composed as a strange, bulbous figure with its head receding far into the vanishing point; signifying its mind was firmly lost in the clouds, as the expression goes. That is what I saw when I drew it, but that changed when one of my clever students turned the image upside down and declared it … Continue reading Head in the Clouds – Music-book Doodles 2022
A Creative Block Project – Day 12
Ok, so this was done out of a desire to be done with this process... I got bored of the materials and already have other projects in the works... I wanted to use up the rest of the ink... as you can see it was mostly blue. I made the mistake of letting the blue … Continue reading A Creative Block Project – Day 12
A Creative Block Project – Day 11
Making art is like creating contained universes... some of it must leak out for us to witness it and the act of observation changes the universe itself. Art is a cacophony of conversations between the artist and their own minds and bodies; between the artist and their materials; between the artist and where they create; … Continue reading A Creative Block Project – Day 11
The New Renaissance Mindset 