tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53577809877092471762024-02-19T05:35:38.793-08:00WhiteSpace. . . where anything is possibleWhiteSpacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11528778252531366155noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357780987709247176.post-83140758342653113332019-04-06T05:57:00.000-07:002019-04-07T07:18:10.037-07:00SKETCH StauntonHere's a LOCAL update for you Virginia peeps . . .<br />
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For several years, I've wanted to start up a local Staunton, Virginia urban sketching-style group--something good for Staunton and good for local artists and sketchers. Staunton is ideal for such a sketching group with its civil war history, architecture, historic gardens, and colorful year-round events. We are arguably <b><i>the</i></b> cultural <i><b>HOT SPOT</b></i> of Virginia. Wow! it's a mystery to me why nobody's engineered the sketching phenomena in Staunton until now. So, "Step aside. I'll do it!"<br />
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To start with you can JOIN our new <b><i>FACEBOOK</i></b> group<span style="color: red;"> <b><i>[search SKETCH Staunton]</i></b></span><b><i> </i></b>- We are a group of dedicated local artists/sketchers capturing the beauty and history of Staunton, VA. What's posted on the group page, stays in the group, like images, conversations, tips, techniques, locations, meetup alerts, etc. We're a "closed" group.<br />
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I've started an Instagram page for <b><i>SKETCH Staunton</i></b> and (with permissions) sketchers work is posted there for you to see, enjoy, LOVE, and comment on. Take a look at us so far at<br />
<i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/sketchstaunton/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">SKETCH Staunton</span></a> </i>on Instagram<br />
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If you are not a Facebook user and have an interest in joining us, you can reach us by email at <i><b>sketchstaunton@yahoo.com</b></i><br />
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<b><i>Please note: WE ARE NOT a member of the international group known as Urban Sketchers</i></b><br />
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For now, we're meeting once a week on Thursdays, but we've got BIG plans, including a once a month meetup on Sundays, and periodic "sketch crawls" at big events like our annual Harry Potter event, <i><b>Queen City Mischief and Magic</b></i> festival that takes place over three days in Staunton.<br />
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Here's one of my recent sketches . . .<br />
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<br />WhiteSpacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11528778252531366155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357780987709247176.post-21499557220329490712019-03-31T01:18:00.000-07:002019-03-31T01:19:07.654-07:00Long shadowsI've noticed in these aerial sketches I'm doing, that long shadows help to distort and abstract what I'm seeing--in a good way. And there's just something about the simple spots of undefined colors and distorted reality that I find interesting. The architecture in these pieces is not meant to be accurate and neither is the perspective--call them "wonky". I'm not playing by the rules. If an artist isn't put on this planet to explore, discover, and experiment, who is?<br />
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Here's my latest . . .<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Downtown Staunton #3<br />9.5" x 9.5" ink and watercolor</td></tr>
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<br />WhiteSpacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11528778252531366155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357780987709247176.post-80449412271428561282019-03-26T16:02:00.000-07:002019-03-28T05:38:34.878-07:00Downward DogThis post is a follow on from my last post . . .<br />
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Ta-da! #2 painting in <span style="color: #990000;"><b>ORANGE RED</b></span> and<span style="background-color: white;"> <b style="color: #274e13;">DARK OLIVE GREEN</b> - and a little bit of fun <br />with titles.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span>WhiteSpacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11528778252531366155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357780987709247176.post-6586923441325752802019-03-23T11:43:00.000-07:002019-04-08T04:06:56.681-07:00There's a lot of barking going onAs odd as it may seem, this last week I have received two very clear night dreams about color palettes. I'm not nuts,--honest! Both times these color swatches popped up--two-colors side-by-side like those paint chips you pick up at Lowe's Hardware Store in their paint department, and then they disappeared--just like that. The first night I dreamt <span style="color: #7f6000;"><b><i>GOLD</i></b></span> and <span style="color: #990000;"><i><b>BLOOD RED</b></i></span>. The second night it was <span style="color: #274e13;"><b><i>DARK OLIVE GREEN</i></b></span> and <span style="color: #cc0000;"><i><b>ORANGE RED</b></i></span>. Amazing, right?<br />
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So, who am I to turn down free color choices delivered in bed?<br />
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The<span style="color: #783f04;"> <i><b>gold</b></i></span> and<i><b> <span style="color: #990000;">red</span></b></i> painting I finished this morning. Can you guess what comes next?<br />
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I'm on it!<br />
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<br />WhiteSpacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11528778252531366155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357780987709247176.post-47632637100905654682019-03-22T05:48:00.001-07:002019-03-23T11:45:58.529-07:00A new look at old ideasTwo ideas have tugged at my attention over the past few years--<b><i>urban sketching</i></b>, for one. I like the look and feel of ink on paper with bits of color here and there. There can be a spacious atmospheric quality to this kind of work when the paint is limited and ink and white space become a medium in itself.<br />
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The other idea that keeps calling me is <b><i>aerial painting</i></b>. The view from above as in a bird's eye view of land or sea or city is an impersonal looking and quite abstract. There's a kind of knowing what's being seen, and at the same time not quite identifying what's being seen--abstract.<br />
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I did a painting in 2017 for an exhibition project offered by Shenandoah Valley Art Center. The challenge was to paint a landmark location in the city of Waynesboro, VA--a town near my home. I chose to paint an aerial view "Bower St. and Hermitage Rd." which I liked. It was well received, and quickly sold to a gentleman geologist. You can see the painting here in my July 2017 post . . .<br />
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( <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5357780987709247176#editor/target=post;postID=3509111096824661233;onPublishedMenu=template;onClosedMenu=template;postNum=9;src=postname" target="_blank">Waynesboro Challenge - Landmark: Bower St. & Hermitage Rd.</a>)<br />
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So, long story short, I've begun both--weekly urban sketching around town and a series of aerial sketches. Below are images of my first two aerial sketches.<br />
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It's never too late to follow up on some of those old ideas you've had and maybe even combine them. Cheers!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Downtown Staunton Sketch #1<br />9.5" x 9.5" Ink and Watercolor </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Downtown Staunton Sketch #2<br />9.5" x 9.5" Ink and Watercolor</td></tr>
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<br />WhiteSpacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11528778252531366155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357780987709247176.post-90375421953541989202019-03-17T06:53:00.000-07:002019-03-17T07:56:01.613-07:00Introducing Nicholas WiltonGood morning,<br />
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I want to make sure artists like me have a chance to meet and absorb the enlightened wisdom of <a href="https://www.art2life.com/" target="_blank"><b>NICHOLAS WILTON</b></a>, a successful abstract artist, and teacher. Nicholas publishes short instructive and inspiring videos nearly every day. He has an active, fun Facebook presence, and he also offers high-end online workshops.<br />
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Here's a video worth watching . . . (link below) . . .<br />
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<a href="https://www.art2life.com/2019/03/17/learn-this-to-start-your-art/" target="_blank"><b>Art2Life VIDEO learn-this-to-start-your-art</b></a><br />
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<span id="goog_825712185"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_825712186"></span><br />WhiteSpacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11528778252531366155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357780987709247176.post-88950037622260994262019-03-03T05:28:00.000-08:002019-03-18T01:02:49.855-07:00An image without a name . . .I want to explore<i style="font-weight: bold;"> IDEOGRAPHY </i>today.<br />
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Color field artist Barnett Newman wrapped his post-WWII expressionist work around this idea of ideography.<br />
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In 1947 Newman was <span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">pointing to the development of an American "modern counterpart to the primitive art impulse." It was summed up in the concept of the ideograph, which he described - quoting a dictionary - as a <b><i>"character, symbol or figure which suggests the idea of an object without expressing its name"</i></b> Newman was searching for an abstract art form that might do away with all figurative or quasi-figurative motifs. Clyfford Stills and Mark Rothko were </span></span><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">simultaneously and </span><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">independently on similar paths with similar beliefs. They were all considered color field painters.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #212121; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I like this painting path I'm currently on, and </span><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'm feeling a little kinship these days to Newman's notion of <i style="font-weight: bold;">objects without a name in a color field. </i>In my case, I'm left with a sense of a story with abstract characters, or caricatures. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #212121; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">To get more of a feel for ideography; what it is, and how it's used, we can look to Native American Indian culture, where symbols are still a big part of their artistic expression. These are also considered ideographs.</span><br />
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WhiteSpacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11528778252531366155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357780987709247176.post-91168303257555716652019-02-19T04:34:00.000-08:002019-03-18T01:00:56.076-07:00Embrace the unknown . . .As it sometimes happens, just the other day a man insulted my abstract paintings on the gallery wall, suggesting I was, to be brief, delusional.<br />
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Here it is--a stranger recoils and dismisses your work--feeling the revulsion so strongly he or she simply has to spit out a cruel commentary. What is that?<br />
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We, humans, fear what we do not know or understand. And what is fear but a threat? It can feel like an assault. The potential assault here is on one's beliefs--the belief that only paintings of "real" things have value or demonstrate skill. The artist, me, was effectively threatening this man at his core--ergo his preemptive assault.<br />
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What we believe is simply indisputable, sacrosanct. Isn't that right? Think about your own beliefs. Now, consider, if everybody's belief that the-world-is-flat continued to this day as indisputable? We might live in a curious world today. Beliefs vary widely on every imaginable topic. Can both sides be right? Really? What if both sides are wrong? What if there is no right and wrong--and only just what is--both.<br />
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I paint landscapes, and I paint still lifes, and I paint abstract stories with abstract characters. I believe there is room in the world for all of it--all of mine and all of yours.<br />
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Don't let anyone convince you that what you are creating somehow lacks value. The fact that you even try takes immense courage. And by the way, I'm pretty sure the world is not flat.<br />
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Here's my latest BIG painting . . .<br />
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As it applies to abstract painting . . . Why do you see a cat when I don't? Why do I see a bird when you don't? If you subscribe to the notion that there is only one thing being looked at, why don't you and I see the exact same thing?<br />
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How about this -- a Rorschach test. . . What do you see?<br />
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I see birds, winged lions with centipedes under their bellies, and maybe even a drone . . . Oh, wait! I see Jesus there too.</div>
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First, I see a duck, and then I see a bunny, and a duck, then a bunny again--How about you? What we can't see is both at the same without naming either. We don't say, "I see a black and white detailed form having no name." This is very curious. That inability to see just what is there without naming is uniquely human. See if you can do it. Try it. Try it again and again.</div>
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Also, I have this thing called "Pareidolia". You have it too--we all do. In a nutshell, we see faces and other creature features in non-creature images. </div>
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I have A LOT of this Pareidolia, and you might identify a few of these abstract creatures in my latest series of paintings. I used to avoid allowing them in my work, but now? Finally, I'm letting my goony creatures fly, as it were. They say Pareidolia is in our DNA, and because I have an extra dose of this trait, I'm the one you want to follow through the jungle. I will spot the characteristics of a predator long before others will. This ability is not quite as valuable in the 21st Century on, let's say, a city street, although maybe we shouldn't discount it as a potential benefit. </div>
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Enough said about "seeing" for now. <i><b>Have a great day in the jungle!</b></i></div>
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And while I've got your attention, here are two new art pieces hot off the easel. What can you see in them? Here's a clue . . . read the titles.</div>
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WhiteSpacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11528778252531366155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357780987709247176.post-49124743803099233572019-02-01T05:56:00.000-08:002019-03-04T04:06:14.713-08:00Happy New Year 2019Progress made in field-painting development . . .<br />
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(1) Abstracted iconography developing nicely<br />
(2) Color-field process improving<br />
(3) High marks in the confidence department<br />
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<b>JANUARY WORK 2019</b></div>
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<br />WhiteSpacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11528778252531366155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357780987709247176.post-27416848740461893462019-02-01T05:38:00.000-08:002019-03-04T04:12:58.034-08:00Holiday MinisEvery year at Co-Art Gallery in Staunton we tempt our customers with smaller, less expensive canvases. They make wonderful gifts for friends and family, and everyone loves to look at them.<br />
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I went full-speed-ahead this year with a "fantasy floral" theme.<br />
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<br />WhiteSpacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11528778252531366155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357780987709247176.post-70845469671779275912019-02-01T05:18:00.000-08:002019-03-04T04:14:19.304-08:00Bigger is BIGGERIt's not that I have never painted large formats before--back in California, I painted a few 5' square canvases-- circa 1995. When you paint big, you come face to face with two truths--you use much more paint and BIG takes up a lot of storage space.<br />
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While I learned some valuable "process" lessons, all that color, using an unlimited palette, was, well, a little scary. And,<br />
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(1) I wasn't yet brave enough to let my freaky character icons fly (as it were),<br />
(2) I didn't yet know how to paint the "field" I wanted them to live in, and<br />
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So, the remainder of 2018 consisted of smaller learning studies, with a plan to eventually go big with confidence. Add to the mix, a December holiday project which I'll show you in another post.<br />
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<br />WhiteSpacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11528778252531366155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357780987709247176.post-51611091132107706032019-02-01T04:26:00.001-08:002019-02-13T05:06:10.828-08:00Bigger is betterMid-year 2018<br />
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The advice I got and still get from teachers and colleagues as I move more into color field painting with personal iconography is, "This kind of work is best suited to a large, or rather, a very large format." In other words, make it BIG! So, I gave it a go. Uncomfortable limiting my color palette, I decided to include every color--woohoo!<br />
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<br />WhiteSpacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11528778252531366155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357780987709247176.post-75213931010225516112019-02-01T03:57:00.000-08:002019-03-04T04:09:46.687-08:00Back to the future - 2018Life did continue for this artist during the entire year--just not on this blog. I painted, printed, went to art openings, entered juried exhibitions, won awards, went on plein air paint outs, visited museums and art galleries, and generally lived a life full of what other lives are full of--everything and not much of anything significant. But, I'm back for updates and sharing. With much gratitude and humility, I can say "Life is still good."<br />
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<b>JUNE 2018</b></div>
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At the 2018 Annual Artists' Weekend in Monterey, VA two small acrylics were exhibited in the Wet Paint Sale--June 24, 2018.<br />
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Heading West--Hightown, VA</div>
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Submitted for the Waynesboro LOCAL Exhibit, Waynesboro, VA 2017.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Smokehouse #4 14x22 oil pastel on paper<br />HONORABLE MENTION<br /><br /><b>ANNUAL MEMBER SHOW 2017</b><br /><br /><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: start;">Four of my monotypes are currently exhibited in the Shenandoah Valley Art Center, Waynesboro, VA "Winter Printmaking Show" December 3 - January 20, 2017.</span></div>
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<br />WhiteSpacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11528778252531366155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357780987709247176.post-87592032649347699062016-09-14T02:02:00.000-07:002016-09-14T02:14:12.486-07:00SentinelSome paintings are HARD WORK. They seemingly just will not show themselves and evolve into something I am satisfied with. This is one such painting, but I'm done with it-- time to move on.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sentinel 24x24 acrylic on birch panel<br /><br />(click on image to enlarge)</td></tr>
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Two month ago I completed <a href="http://www.karenrosasco.com/index.html" target="_blank">Karen Rosasco's 5-day Workshop</a> in Waynesboro, VA. I owe Karen a debt of gratitude for all she taught me over the course of her instruction. She saw my struggle and my need for more information and a clear process. She knew she could help me and she did.<br />
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I've been very busy since, more confident, more productive, and finding abstract painting easier and more satisfying. I have learned that I <i>do</i> need "a process" for what I'm trying to do.<br />
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I'll finish today's post with pictures--selected work I've completed over the last two months.<br />
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WhiteSpacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11528778252531366155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357780987709247176.post-71273150336127339842016-03-30T05:35:00.001-07:002019-03-04T04:18:24.868-08:00Outfoxed<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Have you noticed? There is a new conversational "fad" perpetrating the English language wherein the first word in a sentence is <b>So</b>. I hear it over and over again on the news.<br />
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So, I completed a 3-day mid-week workshop last week, instructor <a href="http://www.janlyjaggard.com/" target="_blank">Janly Jaggard</a>. Janly, an inspired artist and endlessly patient teacher, set up our room such that her five students each had their own art studio. Throughout the 3-day workshop, Janly dropped in, as it were, to visit each artist and talked about our works-in-progress, gently guiding/consulting, and tug-boating us toward our individual port-o-call.<br />
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So, I learned a lot. The most curious lesson learned was the realization, no let's call it revelation, that I have an unconscious compulsion to see realistic forms where none exist--at least not seen by teacher and fellow classmates. Cows, chickens scotty dogs, teapots, trees, mountains--you get the idea.<br />
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So, near the end of day three, I was working on the above painting, when Janly dropped by, looked at the painting, and shouted, "STOP", which I interpreted to mean STOP. Conversation followed, and we both agreed that this one was finished and truly an abstraction. Success!<br />
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So, I should not be surprised that I discovered a curious little fox with cute whiskers in the white character on the left. Oh well.<br />
<br />WhiteSpacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11528778252531366155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357780987709247176.post-12630095019068485012016-03-20T12:31:00.000-07:002016-03-20T12:33:57.679-07:00Grace behind form <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As I continue to explore the process of abstracting form, I'm discovering that there is a particular beauty in an illusory rendering, particularly in greyscale where there are no color clues. It feels a little like that occasional inspired painting you discover that brings forth the negative and allows positive forms to recede--those beautiful passages that feel like grace behind form. </div>
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On the path toward abstraction, I was recently reminded of a quote by artist and teacher, Frank Hobbs . . . "You have to paint the bad ones first". Although I don't like to think in terms of good and bad, his succinct point is taken and understood in a way that calms me down. We can't expect to reach our ultimate goal of accomplishment and satisfaction at the beginning. He reminds us of that obvious reality.<br />
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Today's paintings will be hung today at Co-Art Gallery in Staunton as new work. What's mostly new here is my approach. A sweetheart of a teacher and a remarkable abstract painter, <b><i><a href="http://www.nicholaswilton.com/" target="_blank">Nicholas Wilton</a> </i></b>recommends we "make mindless marks and then respond to them" in one of his <i><a href="http://www.nicholaswilton.com/2016/02/14/the-end-is-found-by-the-beginning/" target="_blank">video tutorials, <b>The end is found by the beginning. </b></a></i></div>
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Both of these paintings in their earliest iterations were simply many random marks in charcoal for blacks and gesso for whites--images akin to what you might expect from a Jackson Pollack painting--black and white field paintings essentially. And then, at some point I switched my process and began to pull out forms, lines, images that somehow resonated with me--<i>responding to my earlier marks.</i> Although the finished works are too representational for my goals, I see progress.</div>
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Another friend, incredible teacher, artist, and fellow Co-Art member, <i><b><a href="http://karenrosasco.com/index.html" target="_blank">Karen Rosasco</a> </b></i>assured me that in time and with practice, the literal representational forms will begin to melt away and I'll find my own inner abstractions. So, I'm quite encouraged and interested in this approach.</div>
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Not much new to say about these other than I'm working toward a vision I'm not yet able to express. An abstract composition that has more to do with design and essential form than reality and detail.</div>
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My current thinking is that perhaps I just can't be rushed along this path, and that I should just enjoy what I'm producing now, with the knowledge that one day soon I can reflect and enjoy my baby steps along the way.</div>
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<span class="s1">I consider both of these paintings okay as paintings, but utter failures on the thorny path to abstraction, although I think #4 has better abstracted elements in it.</span></div>
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<br />WhiteSpacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11528778252531366155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357780987709247176.post-41368737816619550712015-11-27T03:51:00.001-08:002015-11-27T03:52:41.033-08:00Co-Art Mini Canvas Sale <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">It's a 2-day PARTY! Don't miss it!</span></i></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: small;">Mini samples from a previous year</span></i></b></td></tr>
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Co- Art's Annual <b>Mini Canvas Sale</b> is coming to Staunton, VA on <b>Saturday December 5</b>, with a <b>Preview Party</b> the Friday evening before.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: small;">Look at all that original artwork</span></i></b> - just a few of the total framed minis - previous year</td></tr>
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I completed 18 mini canvases for this year's event, and based on last year's big sale, I can tell this is going to be an awesome happening for all involved, especially the Preview Party, Friday December 4th from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., plus a giveaway drawing at 7:00 p.m.<br />
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Be sure to bring your up-close spectacles--these minis measure only 4" x 5".<br />
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Look for me--I'll be there both days, enjoying giggles, grog, and holiday sweets.<br />
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