Category: Paintings
Another Painting Progress Report
This one is a portrait of Samantha. The first image is from 1/19/2007. In it, you can see that my colors are a bit muddy, but the expression of the brush stroke is interesting, most notably reflected in the face. The placement is also a bit murky and I am working it out in a…
Painting Progression #1 A Forest Grove.
I remember seeing a movie about 10 years ago or so, where a film crew focused on a picasso painting as he worked on it over however many hours. It was amazing to watch the animated changes play out across the canvas. It also brought a layer of transparency to painting that I thought was…
Painting as a focal practice.
Painting has such a commanding presence when I am “in the zone.” To sit there for hours upon end, extracting the shapes and colors from the mud changes my thinking, as if my brain is on another more vibrant level. Things become clear. I feel more articulate. To compare this with the feeling of spending…
Do I Like Diebenkorn anymore?
When you believe something so vehemently for years, it’s good to come back around to it and try and question what made you come to that belief in the first place. I still like him. Samantha asked me the otherday what it was, and I said the light. But I think it is really the…