Originally posted on April, 13, 2009
"Walk to the Ventoux" oil on mat board specifically prepared for oil, 20cm x 16cm, 2009
With the explosion of visual images over the last one hundred and fifty years it is as if our brains moved from the cortex to the receptors in our eyes. Like it or not the holographic reality that we live in is created visually. From cradle to grave we are nurtured in a way so seductive we gladly give our all to it. Long live the zietgeist!
Originally posted on March, 13, 2009
It has never failed to amaze me how we become stuck in our ruts. Most of us change slowly if ever. I’ve done a fair amount of travelling. And at one time I was inclined to talk to many people. Numerous times I’ve found people living close to a scenic wonder they have never seen. When I say close that could be Montana where people are found who have not been to Glacier National Park. I kid you not. I found several people in Montana who had not been to this mind blowing natural splendor.
Originally posted on March, 3, 2009
Sketch for the following paintings:
"Untitled", Golden Open acrylic on acid free mat board, 30cm x 24cm, 2009
"Untitled", Golden Open acrylic on acid-free mat board, 22cm x 16cm, 2009
"Untitled", oil on canvas, 27cm x 22cm, 2008
"Untitled", oil on canvas, 27cm x 22cm, 2008
Due to an interruption in my painting (house repairs) I’ve had plenty of time for reflection. Past posts, have, I believe, dealt adequately with the question of artistic integrity in a negative sense. Like all meta-physical questions it is answered in terms of what it is not. To state a response in positive terms obliges recourse to the story of history. There are times when I skirt this issue by saying that my painting is a personally modified impressionism. Like all ism’s this phrase in analysis says absolutely nothing. It is gobly gook like much written and said about art.
Originally posted on February, 11, 2009
"Boats" Golden Open acrylic on canvas, 46cm x 38cm, 2009
As promised, here is a photograph of the painting from last week after I did more work on it. I’m still not terribly pleased with the result. Sometimes it’s like that. It depends on what I have for breakfast.