Joy In A Sunny Day
OK………yeah, taking a new picture this morning of the painting from yesterday. It turned out much better and to show the brightness of the day.
I think “Joy In A Sunny Day” is an appropriate title. AND, it does have imperfections…and I like that. In photographing it I noted I did it on it’s intended side….and I kinda liked it that way, but I will leave it as is and let anyone who wants to buy it decide how they want to hang it.
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Painting on a sunny day
After a really good day of sleeping late (good time change to fall back), I had a lazy day baking bread and just generally lazing around. I finally did get up to my studio. I have two paintings started up there. One of these was weird for me..I threw paint on it, graphite, sprayed it to seal up the graphite and then had to head home from Colony. Colony was a whole week of rain although a wonderful painting trip………I’ve been waaaay tired of rain. Anyway, the start was a rainy day painting, this is a sunny day painting.
The past couple of days we have had the good old autumn cool days with SUN. Anyway, this is just to let you know why I planned to title this painting, “Rejoice in a Sunny Day”. Well, best intentions…the picture was taken in cool light and shade and so the colors are waaaay off. If they aren’t that is not going to be the title. I’ll go back up and see if it ‘died’ tomorrow. If so, I’ll have to work on it again or change the intended title that popped into my head.
This is just a quick pic taken off the porch of the studio……….more later in better light if all goes well….cause this does not look sunny in this picture.
Happy November 1.
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Diptych finished
Finally got the diptych done ….two 36 x 36″ canvases. I guess they could be stand alone, too, I haven’t decided. Anyone want to think up some good titles for me? I’ve already got a Little Pieces of Land diptych from the past although I guess I could title another one.
Now, I’m hoping that it’s just my monitor but these pics today I made outside seem a mite light and washed out. Anyway………..here’s the finished piece(s) I’d been working on before Colony.
Only two more Colony starts to go to be finished with all of them and then into the wax studio again as cool weather should be hitting.
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The Alchemy of Encaustic
I have some work in a Texas Wax group show,The Alchemy of Encaustic, at Kilgore College in Kilgore, Texas. This is one of the three encaustic paintings I will be showing. It is titled, Patina 5……12 x 12″ x 2″, collage, encaustic
October 30 – December 10, 2009
Opening reception Friday, October 30, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Kilgore College
Anne Dean Turk Fine Arts Gallery
1100 Broadway
Kilgore, TX 75662
October 30 – December 10, 2009
Opening reception Friday, October 30, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
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Progress
Progress is being made on the current diptych…….no magic genie came in over night though. I’ll have to keep looking at it to see where the few touch ups and corrections might be……….OR, worse comes to worse, larger corrections if I find it needs them.
In fact…maybe it shouldn’t be a diptych but two paintings xyz title 1 and 2 and could be used that way or not.
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The Uglies and other things
well…it’s happening as usual………………the uglies. This diptych has reached this phase. Funny how looking at the white canvas is not my worst moment….it’s a new beginning where I can put on all those beautiful pigments. They look so wonderful with the white showing through the transparency as I build up color. I almost hate to cover them up. SO, when this ugly stage hits, it’s almost a relief to just let them go. The beginning and the end are the most fun. It’s when you don’t know where you’re going…………..and when you finally know where you are going. It’s that muddling lost feeling you have in the middle that is the pits.
Sorry that ugly picture is up in the studio. Maybe next post the painting will be on it’s way to a better state.
Oh yeah…that nice clip I posted of Wolf Kahn talking about his work and how color and texture conflict. A good friend and fabulous artist, Cathy Hegman, mentioned that must be why she is painting with neutrals lately. Yeah…they do conflict since you can hardly concentrate on more than one element at a time without taking away from the other. Sometimes you give up something to make an emphasis on the other.
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Watery 2
Ahhh…I never did get back as promised with the other 30 x 30″ painting I was working on. It was about 90%finished but needed a little more finessing as most do when I come home from Colony.
I have a good excuse……..60-75 mile per hour winds came through and knocked out the power for the majority of the day and took out some good trees as well as blocked in my new asphalt driveway into the farm. I posted some photos on Face Book…….oh yeah, and you can follow me on FB by just running a search on my name. I have no idea what or where the URL is to do it directly. I guess I should do that.
Back to the painting. Here it is…I suppose I must title it “Watery 2” since it is so similar to another larger piece I did a short time ago.
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Asphalt and art
Asphalt or art!
Today most of the day is spent in household stuff……….AND getting our long uphill drive and area near the garage and under my studio asphalted. It was LONG overdue.
I did finally get upstairs to the studio to work on another 30 x 30″ canvas. No pics since it was too late to get a good one ..for one reason. For the other, I have to make sure it is finished.
Here’s a couple of pictures of asphalt…I KNOW you will love to see asphalt. Tomorrow if the sun is right and the painting is finished I’ll get one of it for you.
Oh yeah…pardon the second pic taken through the window screen.
In between I made a fine pot of baby lima beans……..yum!
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Isn’t this an absolutely wonderful story!
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