Lovers: The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. The Reina Sofia museum in Madrid was a remarkably stimulating place to visit... I spent hours in there just looking and wondering at the works... I read all I could about the evolution of cubism, from what influenced it where it … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #76: Lovers
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #75: Gang of Five
Gang of Five: The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. After my daughter was born, I started reviewing and updating some old drawings... the goal was to create some fun characters to turn into stories for her, with illustrations... these were just a few that made it to canvas: … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #75: Gang of Five
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #74: Hollow Men – The Crowd
Hollow Men - The Crowd: The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. Like some of the other Hollow Men paintings, this one is filled with joy and colours... Unlike the others, this one was done with a different motivation. It stemmed from a comment my father made regarding the … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #74: Hollow Men – The Crowd
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #73: Hollow Men – Not Us
Hollow Men - Not Us: The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. Some of the Hollow Men surfaced in different piles and portfolios of drawings ... this one expresses a false innocence following an adolescent miss-step. Someone has walked in on them and there is little they can find … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #73: Hollow Men – Not Us
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #72: Totem
Totem: The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. This odd little face grew out of nothing... a play with colours that evolved into a face, then a head, then a totem… There are spontaneous events in life that allow us to just push forward and express ourselves in ways … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #72: Totem
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #71: Hollow Men – Crowded
Hollow Men - Crowded: The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. There's a scene in Pink Floyd’s The Wall where we see the children with melted faces, being ushered forward to the slaughter… into a giant meat grinder. I believe this to be one of the origins of my … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #71: Hollow Men – Crowded
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #70: Landscapes 90 – Mountains
Landscapes 90 - Mountains: The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. I was reading a lot of Lovecraft at the time... the mad mountains of his imaginary landscapes filled my mind... I think I enjoyed them more than intended... their darkness and ominous feeling was easily overridden with the … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #70: Landscapes 90 – Mountains
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #69: The Hunter
The Hunter: The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. Having devoured, contemplated, and worries over Joe Coleman’s book Original Sin, I needed something to lighten my mood. A friend of mine gave me a catalogue of award wining illustrators and I found the lightness there, in their pages… it … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #69: The Hunter
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #68: World
World: The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. Creativity is an expression of joy and letting go, as much as it is the effort of finding technical & aesthetic solutions to challenges. I believe when one lets go and completely trusts their instincts, the solution is pure fun. At … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #68: World
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity: Part 2 – Odd Fantasies
Part 2 - Odd Fantasies This is a collection of early works in the years after university. I had only taken a little art in college and it stimulated my hunger to create… I was spending a large percentage of my income on art books at the time and found a variety of unusual artists … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity: Part 2 – Odd Fantasies
The New Renaissance Mindset 