Infernal, 10 x 10″ Acrylic and Spackle on Illustration Board
“You are no bigger than the things that annoy you”
- Jerry Bundsen
I love the efficient wisdom of this quote. What you let bother you defines you. Makes you think twice about to what exactly you are willing to concede that power to.
I’ll admit it – I [...]
Archive for March, 2009
What’s Bugging You?
Posted in Mixed Media, abstract painting, acrylics, creative process, painting process on March 31, 2009 | 9 Comments »
A Dancing Star
Posted in Aesthetics, abstract painting, acrylics, creative process, painting process on March 27, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Dancing Star, 10 x 10″ Acrylic on Illustration Board
“Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.”
- Henry Brooks Adams
I like the contrast between “life” and “habit” in this quote. One of the reasons I love non-objective subject matter is that helps me avoid habit, which, for me, equates with boring. When I was painting landscapes [...]
Artful Violence
Posted in Aesthetics, abstract painting, acrylics, creative process, painting process on March 22, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Cycle, 10 x 10″ acrylic on illustration board
“One never paints violently enough.”
- Eugene Delacroix
Painting and violence are not words commonly juxtaposed. We often think of painting as a refined activity, one in which we connect with our gentle spirit. Painting calms us, allows us to achieve an almost meditative state. So what place has violence [...]
Practice Makes Perfect?
Posted in abstract painting, acrylics, creative process, painting process on March 18, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Macrocosm, 10 x 10″ acrylic on illustration board
“Artists are notorious for spending more time ‘producing’ paintings and spending little or no time ‘practicing’. “
- Tom Lynch
I will admit it – I am very bad about practicing anything. Making art is no exception. So I am one of the “notorious” members of the non-practicing art crowd [...]
What’s in a Pattern?
Posted in Aesthetics, abstract painting, acrylics, creative process, painting process on March 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Intersection, 10 x 10″ acrylic on illustration board
“A repeated shape is not actually the same – the more subtle, the more poetic this repeat is, the more we feel that resonant pulse.”
-Suzanne Northcott
In the pursuit of confusing myself, I am working on two series simultaneously which have very different objectives. Recently I’ve been posting work [...]
The Spirit of Art
Posted in Spirituality, abstract painting, acrylics, creative process, painting process on March 11, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Cosmic Dance, 10 x 10″ Acrylic on Illustration Board
“Being ’spiritual’ simply means being willing to look into the nature of life, to ask questions and to wonder, and to listen. It also means seeing art everywhere.”
- Quang Ho
I liked the simplicity of this definition of “spiritual” and its connection to art. It means being curious [...]
The Art of Arrogance
Posted in abstract painting, acrylics, creative process, painting process on March 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Heavens Collide, 10 x 10″ Acrylic, Soft Gel Medium, Granular Gel Medium on Illustration Board
“Walk to your easel casually, but with a dollop of arrogance.”
- Harley Brown
Harley Brown is a well-known painter famous for his wit and somewhat outrageous declarations of what it takes to be a good artist. So the statement above really is [...]
Fact is Stranger than Fiction
Posted in Aesthetics, abstract painting, acrylics, creative process, painting process on March 5, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Beginnings, 10 x 10″ acrylic
“The difference between fiction and reality is that fiction has to make sense.”
- Tom Clancy
Here is one of the great paradoxes in life.
Most people would agree that art (I think of art as a form of fiction) has to make some sense – if it’s totally random, it crosses the line [...]
In a Land Far, Far Away…
Posted in Mixed Media, abstract painting, acrylics, creative process, painting process on March 2, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Nova, 10 x 10″ Acrylic, Spackle on Illustration Board
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all sciences.”
- Albert Einstein
Is all beauty mysterious?
What makes something mysterious? Is it just that we don’t understand it? I think there is more to it since I don’t [...]
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