I was in the studio the other morning. I was trying to think like Joan Miró, which is ridiculous because I have no I idea how or what he thought. He grew up in a rural area and farm life was very important to him. My background is not even close. So I embarked on […]
This would have been my mother’s 91st birthday. She died shortly after her 90th, last year. My younger brother Dave and I were there. Dave brought his piano and played for her. We miss you, Mom.
I think Mom would have liked this one, although it is a far cry from the painting I gave her just a year ago for her 90th birthday. She would have been 91 today, if she hadn’t died. See today’s other post (Mom’s Birthday) for Dave’s (my younger brother) piano rendition of Happy Birthday. Mom […]
Another free-form abstract today. I have been trying to disengage my mind from my pen point and let it wander around on its own (the pen point, that is). I can do that for a while after which my mind takes over and tries to make some sense of what I have already drawn. The first recognizable form I […]
Today, I continue with my abstract designs. I saw a video bit about a series of Miró prints that inspired me. He used some of his plates repeatedly on the same paper. In between prints, he would rotate the plate by 180 degrees. He got some very interesting results, especially when using another color for […]
I love drawing free form designs with my new oil-based pen with a fine point. I feel like I’m making a sketch for a coloring book, when I’m making my patterns. People come into the store where I work and ask for ‘adult coloring books’. My knee-jerk reaction is to tell them, “This is NOT […]
Today’s piece is a companion to yesterday’s. A little more information about my process: I drew the design first. Since I drew the lines with a permanent oil pen, I was free to wash the entire paper with watercolor. I chose an earth color, to copy the backgrounds in some of the paintings in Miró’s […]
I continue in my attempt to emulate Joan Miró‘s style of painting. However, the more I do so, the more futile and empty the process seems. Miró developed his art at the beginning of his life, which lasted 90 years; he was surrounded by the likes of Picasso, Matisse and other artists of the early […]
Again, I tried my hand at applying the style of Miró‘s Constellation Series to my own work. What I love about this series is the density of icons and outlines of preposterous beings. I started reading my catalog of the 1993 Miró exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York to get a […]
I have been marveling at Joan Miró‘s constellation series. One in particular really strikes my fancy: The Beautiful Bird Revealing the Unknown to a Pair of Lovers. There are SO many icons, outlines and other characters! The title of Miró’s work cited above is an enticement to look for the narrative in the artwork itself. This is the style […]
