During Portland Open Studios a visitor made a comment about one of my paintings “so… what is that white blob?” That was enough to get me to go back into a painting I felt was done when I painted it about 6 months ago. Honestly, the part he asked about always bothered me a bit. [...]
Archive for October, 2010
Return to Division
Posted in Painting on October 30, 2010 | 3 Comments »
“And now for something completely different”
Posted in Painting on October 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I have a canvas. Its kinda big – 24 x 30ish? It is my playtime canvas. I’ve been painting on it for the last few years. Often when I’m finished with a painting, I will have a lot of paint on my pallette. Sometimes the mixed colors are quite nice. This is when my playtime [...]
Plein air or not plein air, that is the question
Posted in Painting on October 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This past week was beautiful in Portland. Blue skies, warm, sun, people in t-shirts, me in my Birkenstocks. As I type, the rain is falling. Monday and Wednesday I painted along the river. It had been far too long since I had been out. Anyway, I loaded up the bike trailer and coasted down to [...]
Adding Levity appears in a Painting
Posted in Painting on October 13, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Last year I had a print titled ‘Adding Levity’. The same levity mark appeared in this painting toward the end, so I ran with it, and laughed realizing that those heavy red counterweights ‘add levity’. Levity can mean frivolity, but it can also mean adding buoyancy – and the latter is what I am thinking. [...]
