Showing posts with label painting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label painting. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 07, 2014
Friday, September 12, 2014
New Work
Here are a couple of new pieces I will be showing this weekend. I'm excited about this series made with Sumi ink and mixed media on rice paper and mounted on aluminum. Both pieces are 24 x 18 in.
Tuesday, November 05, 2013
Open Studio Weekend
And don't miss the Launch Party, Friday, Nov. 8 at Cressman Center for Visual Arts, 100 E. Main Street, 6–9pm. One piece of art from each of the more than 70 participating artists will be on display. The party is free and open to the public. Meet the artists, buy a ticket for the tour, and plan your studio visits.
The media has been giving excellent coverage, including the front page of last Sunday's Arts section in the Courier-Journal and a live artist interview today at noon on WHAS, with more interviews to come.
Ticket Information
Proceeds help fund scholarships for 960 students enrolled at the Hite Art Institute and LVAA’s Children’s Fine Art Classes (CFAC). Wristbands are required for public participation in the tour and can be purchased online, by phone, or in person at several Louisville locations. To find out more visit www.louisvillevisualart.org/open-studio-weekend/ or call LVAA at 502-584-8166.Please pass this along to any of your friends that might be interested. The tour will be informative, entertaining, a worthwhile fund raiser, and you just might find the perfect one-of-a-kind Christmas gift for someone special.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Recent Work
I've been doing a lot of birds lately. I'm moving toward including more representational elements in larger mostly abstract work, but I'm enjoying these small studies on their own. They bring together several techniques I've been trying to combine for awhile. All are 12 x 12 in. wood panels.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Water Gardens
"Water Garden 12"acrylic, Tyvek and pastel on panel
18" x 18"
This is the final piece for the New Editions Gallery exhibit next month. I'm excited about the way the grid composition has evolved. And thinking about this series last night I started getting a clearer idea how representational elements might be incorporated in the future.
Thursday, August 05, 2010
Water Gardens
"Water Garden 11"acrylic, Tyvek and pastel on panel
18" x 18"
This painting is a little larger than the last four in this series. "Water Gardens" is actually a subset of the "Water" theme I am exploring. I'm curious to see where it all goes. I can see both more abstraction and the addition of figurative elements as possibilities. The idea is to keep the subject as a focal point, interspersed with other series, until it seems time to let it go.
Sunday, August 01, 2010
Water Series
"Water Garden 10"acrylic, Tyvek and pastel on panel
12" x 12"
I am continuing to develop work based on the theme of water. These four small pieces will be part of a group exhibit at New Editions Gallery in the Fall.
As I have mentioned before, water is fundamental to life on this planet, yet we often take it for granted - especially in the developed world. Because we are so connected to this simple molecule we ignore our mutual dependence to our own peril. When we do take notice, it can evoke both beauty and fear. This psychological tension is part of the power of our relationship to water - a seemingly endless source of inspiration, metaphor and myth. Yet, as with all things pertaining to life, the sustaining principle is balance, which I believe is best nurtured through awareness and appreciation. My hope is that these works can be received and enjoyed on simple experiential terms as well as serve to draw attention to the ideas I am exploring with them.
Stylistically I have taken multiple aspects of the subject, from microscopic views to abstracted patterns, and juxtaposed them in the same plane. The effect I'm after is a broad meditative impression with many potential passages of attention, rather than a single focal point or narrative. The compositional device of an asymmetrical grid holds the varied elements together and further states the message of dynamic balance.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Water Series
"Water Garden 2"acrylic and Tyvek on panel
33" x 51"
This is the second in the "water" series. I have also finished three smaller pieces in this series since. I'm happy to say The University of Kentucky Hospital has asked for two of them for their new facility.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Water
"Water Garden"acrylic and Tyvek on panel
39" x 32"
This is the first in a new series of paintings. The subject of water has unconsciously emerged in my work many times over the years so I have decided to address it directly. Water is such an integral part of our lives, and life in general, that we take it for granted, to our own peril. These meditations on the beauty and mystery of water are meant to explore it's relationship to our physical, emotional and spiritual selves. Hopefully they will also help inspire and cultivate an appreciation for our dependence on the availability of this simple yet powerful substance.
This particular painting was based on a photograph I took at the University of Kentucky Arboretum, a wonderful botanical garden I am grateful to have nearby. I have included the original photo and my digital "sketch" to illustrate how I might develop an observation into an abstraction. I am also pleased to announce that this piece will be featured on the "Happy-Place" website, a design/lifestyle online store opening later this Spring.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Even More "RED"
The red theme seems to have grabbed my imagination. I actually started this piece last year but was never completely satisfied with it. After some extensive reworking I think it's finished now. The title is "Atmospheric Sequence I" and it represents an idea I've been interested in for some time, putting together multiple views of the same "scene" with slight variations - like frames from a movie that suggest the passage of time. They are temporarily held in suspension for individual examination, but also merge into one dynamic, if indefinite, stereo "field," forever flickering in the imagination between two slightly out of phase points of perception."Atmospheric Sequence I"
Acrylic and Tyvek on two attached panels
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