SEPTEMBER

SEPTEMBER

 

 

 

 

I have been working a lot in oils recently. A departure from what I normally do. I mean, I am an American!!!  I like immediate gratification - which acrylics afford me. But I am relearning oil paint techniques. And, to tell the truth, there is a depth of color that oils have. Not only in impasto - where the paint is laid on really thick (which I like - a lot, a lot, a lot!) but in the value or well... it's hard to explain. But the colors look "more so", if that makes sense. Reder reds, greener greens. I like it. Have I said that before? At any rate the drawback is that oils take just forever to dry. And I am working on a bunch of canvases at once but here are some new works that are finished. Only one completed so far in oils.

 

                                                                    

                                                                  

Tile

Oil on Canvas

18" X 24"

                                                                      

Detail Tile

Ok, Ok, Ok! I am pretty sure Laurie was there that day when I was taking pictures at work. In the bathroom in Fitkin basement. Yes. The bathroom. The floor had just been washed and I really liked the pattern the drying water made. And I changed the color of the bathroom tile from boring grey to this green and blue palette. It is textured and way cool.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assyrian

Mixed Media

16" X 20"

 

 

 

Detail Assyrian

 

 

OK (Ok, Ok). Even I will admit that this one is "different". I have always liked the so called "primitive" art. Art from civilizations long gone. Egyptian, Mayan, cave paintings. You get the idea. At any rate, this design was preying on my mind. A highly patterned field - like the beards and hair of the Assyrian princes depicted in bas relief. So, having an extensive background in sheet rock - witness all the sheet rock and taping I have done on "this old house" - the idea of joint compound came to me. I just had to experiment with it. The base is a canvas with joint compound over it and all the little dots are piped on with joint compound. Very fragile (or "fra-geee-lay" as Tony says). And I painted it a screaming metallic silver, painted some of the dots and put a high gloss over the whole thing. Cool, huh?!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warrior

18" X 24"

Acrylic on Paper

 

 

Ahh, more like the stuff I usually do - acrylic on paper. Probably my first love. This actually evolved from a doodle I did at work - while on hold waiting for the MSK doctors to check out a case I was doing. I really like the slightly "off" primary colors and the Asian feel to it.