Landscape 14-001 Musings of the Artists Mind I challenged myself to make smaller canvases and this first series came from it. Up close the textures added wonderful lighting effects; they all have an antique photography feel to them. The star of this one and its siblings is the dark forest green mixed with a high … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #411 – Landscape 14-001
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #410 – Who Me?
Who Me? Musings of the Artists Mind Movement and sound... Yes, sound! Look into the painting and you will start to hear the gentle wind rustling in the leaves of this tree. Watch longer and you might feel the breeze coming off the ocean, just over the ridge on the horizon. An impossible stillness inspired … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #410 – Who Me?
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #409 – Landscape – Distant Cousins
Landscape - Distant Cousins Musings of the Artists Mind Sometimes making art is like taking a leap of faith. In this case it's having faith in my materials: a largish canvas, a limited pallet of acrylic paints, some well loved brushes, water and varnish; throw them altogether with time and patience and voila! The technique … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #409 – Landscape – Distant Cousins
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #408 – Abstract Land 2 – Blustery Day
Abstract Land 2 - Blustery Day Musings of the Artists Mind Here's a lonely tree, out in the middle of nowhere. It seams to be defiantly staring back at the viewer as they are contemplating the tree. There is also something of memory in this composition; Perhaps my memory, perhaps from yours. The colours variations … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #408 – Abstract Land 2 – Blustery Day
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #407 – Howl Two
Howl Two Musings of the Artists Mind An over-paint on my own original Howl painting. The original was thick, dripping, flat white on glossy black. It was stark, sleek, and sterile. As fiercely dadaist as the most popular paperback cover of Ginsberg’s Howl that inspired it. And, it left me with a feeling of incompleteness, … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #407 – Howl Two
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #406 – Winter’s Tree
Winter’s Tree Musings of the Artists Mind I got inspired by my painting titled: “Sawsan’s Trees” and wanted to give her a lighter scene. This highly textured piece gives me the impression of a cool, crisp Spring day, before the snow melts. We can feel the rain in the air, but the sky is still … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #406 – Winter’s Tree
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #405 – Sawsan’s Trees
Sawsan’s Trees Musings of the Artists Mind My wife pulled an old painting she did from her storage and she didn’t like it anymore. I asked her if I could rework it and try to bring forth her vision as I understood it from her description. Originally a pair of trees; green and red, with … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #405 – Sawsan’s Trees
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity – Part 17 – Landscapes
Part 17 - Landscapes These are fantasy worlds, places to find peace and serenity, or whatever floats your boat. For years I’ve been making landscapes as backgrounds for seemingly unrelated items and figures to sit in. Always loving that the landscape represented the freedom of imagination to go on journeys of its own. I wanted … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity – Part 17 – Landscapes
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #404 – The Spring Wine
The Spring Wine Musings of the Artists Mind For a while, I was playing with colour tones and how they can contrast & compliment each other. The goal was to make the subject sing through the colours and remain subtle. It's all part of an obsession with Cubism And there was something else at work … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #404 – The Spring Wine
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #403 – Standards of Beauty
Standards of Beauty Musings of the Artists Mind I came across these Coca-Cola ads from the 60s that showed a bikini clad beauty lounging with her drink. As far as I know, this "Coke is Sexy" campaign didn't last long and was mainly aimed at a Western sensibility. They eventually switched to a more nostalgic … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #403 – Standards of Beauty
The New Renaissance Mindset 