Here is a sneak peak of what I am working on right now. There will be a full post when it’s completed. Been on a major Prince bender lately, inspired by the Citinite “Minneapolis Special” mix posted over at Wax Poetics. I have been a huge Prince fan since High School and have a fairly large collection of his recordings but this mix has some real gems on it that I had not heard before.…
Here are some start-to-finish progress shots of Number 424 and Number 425. I started these March 31st, the day after the auction preview at NCMA. I am still playing with the same colors as I used in 423 but I have added a lighter orange, moved the orange inside and I am using 2 blacks (one turquoise, one blue) each with gray variant. The exteriors are white shades of the two minor colors, chrome oxide green and van dyke brown. …
Hard to believe it’s the end of March and this is the first painting of 2012, Number 423. I have been focused on the prints since January so I haven’t spent much time actually painting. It’s been a lot of fun but I needed to paint. I am still planning a giant painting on this roll of canvas I have.The plan has been to go very heavily multilinear on that since I will have space to put a lot of lines.…
My recent multi-linear paintings have all overlaid intersecting lines to create specific figures. These have all been specific choices and also immediately whole; meaning that I draw the figure all at once and specifically choose which lines overlay when painting. The recent series of prints have involved multiple separate whole figures overlaid to mimic the multi-linear effect of the paintings.
I say these are immediately whole because the drawings are done all at once in one continuous motion, and the overlay is chosen after, when I am painting.…
So I got some new toys:
I have been telling myself to check out refillable paint pens for awhile. I have had not so great luck with the regular kind filled with enamel paint with the pump action nib. I was never happy with the line quality and I found a lot of the colors would bleach out in the sun. But a lot of companies are now making refillable ones that you can fill with whatever you want. I checked out a bunch of different places online and ended up placing an order from ArtPrimo.com…
Here are the 4 pieces I completed for the 12×12 exhibit at Golden Belt:
All of the work for this show had to be 12×12 inches. I do not normally work in a square aspect so I had to get a little creative. My first inclination was to do square drawings as these pieces are easy to adapt to different sizes. My paintings tend to be rectangular in shape and 12 inches is smaller than most paintings I have done.…
The name of the show, “Further Complications” relates to several things going on with me right now. It describes the increased complexity of the figures in the paintings. It reflects the increased scope of work, for example the super grid. It relates to my thinking about art this last year of isolation. It describes the current economic realities that we are all dealing with and the uncertainty of national and global politics. In essence the culmination of all these forces.
Further Complications in the Figures
People familiar with my process know that I do many sketches for each painting. …