Tag Archives: acrylic

03/14/12

Art Crawl March 16th

"Orange Resistance" Acrylic on Panel, 12" x 12"

Come to the Historic Downtown St. Cloud, Minnesota, Art Crawl on Friday, March 16th, 5-9 PM. Visit my studio from 5-9 at 701 West St. Germain, Suite 206, in the same building as StudioJeff. The weather will be fine and warm, so stop by. I have a lot of new abstract paintings in a smaller size than my usual more realistic acrylics and watercolors.

And while you are downtown don’t forget to buy something! Think of it as patriotically stimulating the local economy.

02/9/11

Middle East Background

It might not look like the Middle East yet, but it will.  Yes, another in-progress watercolor. This one will have a portrait painted on it.  In reality it’s not quite this bright.

And this is the final version of the painting I renamed Border Walls.

My Artspan site has a better copy.

The color is still not 100% correct,  as I took this photo outside on a very gloomy day which rendered everything blue-ish.  How do I compensate for that with my new camera?  I don’t know yet.   For a simple camera, it sure seems fussy to use.  I tried to fix it as much as I could. After finishing this painting, which I enjoyed doing so much, I attempted two others which were not as successful.  I completely started over with one of them. The other will morph into something besides its beginnings.

02/3/11

Pour Painting

This painting is in progress — it’s being done using a pouring technique that I’m experimenting with. I started it Wednesday night and decided I was making such a mess I better really attack it tomorrow after I’ve laid down a plastic drop cloth and covered everything within a 10′ radius. This is one of those messy procedures that I like a lot but the house can suffer. I don’t have a real studio at all. Just a table.

I love abstract art, but nothing makes me more frustrated than seeing two lumps of color on a canvas in an art magazine with an enormous price underneath it and a prestigious gallery representing it. Even worse, one dark lump of color. That’s just laziness and it’s being rewarded, even though intellectually I understand how it’s art. This happened the other day, as I was paging through an art magazine, which is the only reason I mention it. Most days I love abstract art and feel that it is more meaningful than representational art that looks like a photo. Photorealistic art usually leaves me cold. At least, looking through the magazine inspired me. . . . My painting will be acrylic and it’s about 32″ X 26.

01/20/11
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Revelations

This is a rather metaphysical, hippy-dippy painting I just completed called “Revelations”.

I borrowed a portion of this image from a movie, but overall, it’s my interpretation and therefore my original artwork.  You may recognize the background as the one below.  The painting is 12″ x 12″ and it’s acrylic on canvas.