Basquiat Mask: The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. The possible trip to Mardi Gras was a strong presence in my mind when I did this one. What odd Carnival delights would I see and what could I become, behind my own mask? The red plays a danger and … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #29: Basquiat Mask
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #28: Hell Here
Basquiat Hell Here: The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. While this is part of the series inspired by Basquiat’s chaotic stylings, I believe I was considering a trip to the Mardi Gras with my brother when this popped up. There has been nothing more enjoyable to me than … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #28: Hell Here
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #27: Basquiat Doorways 11-001
Basquiat Doorways 11-001: The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. Here is the final sketch done on the same day as others inspired by the biopic on Basquiat. I admit I feeling of reaching for something more than what is offered here. I felt a doorway to that something … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #27: Basquiat Doorways 11-001
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #26: Basquiat Demon 11-004
Basquiat Demon 11-004: The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. Following a great biopic on Jean-Michel Basquiat, I was inspired to make a series of drawing. I also indulged my ongoing fantasy of going wild on the city and adding meaningful graffiti where I felt it would work best. … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #26: Basquiat Demon 11-004
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
The New Renaissance Mindset 