500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #25: Basquiat Demon

Basquiat Demon:  The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. A few years ago I saw a great biopic on Jean-Michel Basquiat. His work has intrigued me greatly. I had only seen it in passing in a few books and in connection to Warhol. It is full of contradictions, rebellious … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #25: Basquiat Demon

500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #24: Above the crowd

Above the crowd:  The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. Atmospheric... figures with impossible forms... extensions of the Happiness forms… Well, this is my first thought on it. With some afterthought, I find it is a drawback to a bunch of sketches done as studies for some post-emergence sculptures. … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #24: Above the crowd

500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #23: Dreamers 96-008

Dreamers 96-008:   The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. I’ll let you in on a little secret about these Blues flavoured dreamers. They started as a birthday gift for a college friend, after an afternoon of him telling me more than I really cared to understand about some bass … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #23: Dreamers 96-008

500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #22: Dreamers 00-007

Dreamers 00-007:  The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. I seam to recall watching some old film with Louis Armstrong and the bloody VHS tape got stuck, overlapping the frames of the film and making Louis look like he was in close up and far away at the same … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #22: Dreamers 00-007

500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #21: Dreamers 00-006

Dreamers 00-006:  The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. My college years were spent surrounded by musicians. All my friends were musicians and they talked endlessly about minor F’s, Major G’s, and arpeggios. I had and still have no idea what all that really was. For me, music was … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #21: Dreamers 00-006

500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #20: Dreamers 00-005

Dreamers 00-005:  The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. While doing the Dreamers series of paintings, I started to work on how to make bands or groups appear on the page together. I was frustrated with my impatience for drawing figures one in front of the other. At this … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #20: Dreamers 00-005

500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #19: Lovers – The Embrace

Lovers - The Embrace: The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. I made many such drawings of lovers... together, apart, and everything in between... My desire was to capture the essence of tenderness of a loving embrace. I saw the warmth between the two bodies in my mind and … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #19: Lovers – The Embrace

500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #18: Lovers – The Chase

Lovers - The Chase:  The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. I made many such drawings of lovers... together, apart, and everything in between... These are purely gestural. I saw the movement in my mind and tried to put that on paper. I was using them as decorative elements … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #18: Lovers – The Chase

500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #17: Loneliness

Loneliness: The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. I'm really not sure what bizarre combination of images I found to draw this ... I have a feeling I can't shake that I've seen this image before, possibly that it’s a copy of another artists work, I just can’t recall … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #17: Loneliness

500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #16: Paramecium and Friend

Paramecium and Friend: The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. The title says it all! Don't you think? I was feeling particularly silly and rebellious. Tired of getting bland feedback for my work. The worst comment that got me at that time was: “hmmm... interesting.” What could anyone say … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #16: Paramecium and Friend