Key take-away for today... I need to pick a musical pallet along with my colour pallet! I knew I was going to paint the bathers, but I picked a random musical choice to paint with, and I felt resistance in almost every brushstroke... almost like I was painting against the music, instead of with it. … Continue reading The Bathers – In The Absence Of The Right Music…
The Bathers – Starting a new composition
I decided, with great excitement to start a new figure painting... I was initially uncertain about the size, or which canvas I might recycle, but one kept staring at me and I decided it needed an upgrade. I won't tell you which it was, but the dimensions of the canvas get me really excited: 48" … Continue reading The Bathers – Starting a new composition
An Abstract Project – Kind of Blue – Six – Is There Such A thing As Too Much Miles Davis?
I know it's been only two days since posting the last update on this piece, but it's been five days in real-life... and what a five days they've been!!! I've been procrastinating from this piece -- unusual for me, I know, but I've been av riding the final brush strokes nonetheless. I wanted to add … Continue reading An Abstract Project – Kind of Blue – Six – Is There Such A thing As Too Much Miles Davis?
Damn! I might be on fire… again!
Making these spontaneous-ish portraits is really fun. I'm finding the use of extra paints from other projects to be a stimulating challenge. I've been deep into portraits lately and so I am not surprised this one became a face. It started with yellow and I didn't feel any flames until I added the light blue. … Continue reading Damn! I might be on fire… again!
An Abstract Project – Kind of Blue – Five – A Single Note to Punctuate the Blue
RE: Painting my way through Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis. I stepped away for a few days... well, not exactly stepped away, as I do all my work in my studio-office and spend a good three hours or more each day staring it this composition... even while working on papers. Hey! It's nor procrastination, … Continue reading An Abstract Project – Kind of Blue – Five – A Single Note to Punctuate the Blue
A Passing Thought In The Middle of my Chaotic Mind
There is so much going one right now that I'm surprised I remember how to breathe. I do believe this is what my passing thoughts look like these days: a quiet blur in a single direction. I continued to play with the extra paints from a massive, blue abstract I'm working on and just let … Continue reading A Passing Thought In The Middle of my Chaotic Mind
An Abstract Project – Kind of Blue – Four – The Impact of Live Music
RE: Painting my way through Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis. After yesterday, I needed to let the paint dry a bit and life came in to distract me with other priorities... two mornings latter and following another sleepless night of over thinking my To Do list, I hoped on a live version of Kind … Continue reading An Abstract Project – Kind of Blue – Four – The Impact of Live Music
My Autobiographical Pattern – Moving into an Installation
What follows is the first draft of a proposal that is to be submitted for a final Fibres art project this year... It will surely change, but I wanted to share my thought process on this installation... My Love of Making is a Fluxus Affair Guiding Quotes: “If I create from the heart, nearly everything … Continue reading My Autobiographical Pattern – Moving into an Installation
An Abstract Project – Kind of Blue – Three – In Come The Solos
RE: Painting my way through Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis. The first solo, a blast of dark blue sound, pouring down over the composition with the force of a tsunami, but never indulgent enough to obliterate the other musicians... as with this application of paint, we can still hear/see the other components of the … Continue reading An Abstract Project – Kind of Blue – Three – In Come The Solos
An Abstract Project – Kind of Blue – Two
RE: Painting my way through Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis. The brush ripped across the snare drum and tickles the high hat cymbal with a fierce determination... Threatening the coming storm of sound that is Miles' horn. The dipping of the brush on brass required a response... it required the use of a pallet … Continue reading An Abstract Project – Kind of Blue – Two
The New Renaissance Mindset 