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Archive for January, 2009

Goals Anyone?

Posted in Monoprint, abstract painting, creative process on January 17, 2009 | 8 Comments »

Bluebells, 8 x 8″ monoprint
“Goals in life as in art should be specific in order to hope to attain them.”
- Raynald Murphy
Do you have goals, specific or otherwise, for your art? What things in life are better served with goals and which are not, or at least do not require them? Which camp does art [...]

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How to Avoid Failure

Posted in Mixed Media, Monoprint, abstract painting, creative process, painting process on January 11, 2009 | 7 Comments »

Meteoric, 8 x 7″ monoprint, ink and pastel
“There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.”
- Anthony Robbins
We are in such a rush to judge. Perhaps artists are even more prone to this pernicious tendency because we are always trying to figure out if what we’re doing is any good. Should we do [...]

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So Much From So Little

Posted in Mixed Media, Monoprint, abstract painting, creative process, painting process, photography on January 9, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Cosmos, 6 x 6″ monoprint, ink and pastels
“My studio begins at the art supply store. I imagine all the paintings trapped inside those tubes of paint.”
- John Ferrie
One thing that amazes me about art is the variety and complexity of what can be created from the simplest of elements and tools.
I know of some painters [...]

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Talking with your Art

Posted in Monoprint, abstract painting, painting process on January 7, 2009 | 17 Comments »

Distant Shores, 6 x 6″ monoprint

“All painting is an accident. But it’s also not an accident, because one must select what part of the accident one chooses to preserve.”
- Francis Bacon
The process of painting is a wonderful play between unexpected results and calculated decisions. Nothing is more pleasing to the artist than to be surprised [...]

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Painting Music

Posted in Monoprint, abstract painting, music, painting process on January 4, 2009 | 13 Comments »

Jungle Rhythms, 6 x 6″ monoprint with ink and pastel
“Listening to Mozart when painting can make you believe in God.”
- J.M. Brodrick
I can’t paint without music playing in the background. But I’m very particular about what music it is. The music definitely informs my painting and if the wrong tunes are playing, the painting is [...]

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A New Life

Posted in Monoprint, abstract painting, creative process, painting process on January 1, 2009 | 11 Comments »

Cattails, 6 x 6″ monoprint
“All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind is part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another.”
- Anatole France
I’ve been contemplating change a lot lately. Perhaps it’s the time of year to think about what and how [...]

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