Grid Position No. 2
Grid #2 pictured below is the second entry in The Grid, moving counter clockwise from the upper left. Grid #1 was featured yesterday. Here is the Grid #2 in context of the entire set of 11.
Monthly Archives: February 2017
Feature for 2.17.17
Today’s feature is on of the early small format scratchers that I executed (see Scratchers, The Series). It is more abstract impressionists than purely abstract, as I have included figurative elements.
The Grid
I wanted to paint something big, but I have all these small, crumpled sheets of paper around my studio. I crumpled up a whole book of paper for my Crumplers and Scratchers series. I taped as many of these small (8″x5.5″), crumpled sheets as I could on a plywood board I use for stretching underweight watercolor […]
Grid Position No. 1
I started on the upper left side of the grid from my other post today (see The Grid), and numbered each in a counter-clockwise direction, spiraling into the center. Below is the first painting in this series of eleven. Before dis-assembling the grid, I rubbed the entire assembly with charcoal to accentuate the high points […]
Feature for Wednesday 2.15.17
Today’s feature is a combination of crumpling and scratching. It has a slightly different palette than previous studies, in addition to strokes of white charcoal.
Abstract 021317
For today’s study I used a different kind of paper than I usually do: 246# linen finish ‘acrylic’ paper. I believe it is called acrylic because that is the intended medium, but it is not a plastic paper. I scored it with a razor blade. The thickness of the paper and its texture must have […]
A Cloud in the Sky
This was the only cloud in the sky today.
Deja Vu?
I thought my self portrait with Mike* icon from yesterday (Self Portrait with Icon #2) was a novel idea. However, quite a while ago I represented Mike in exactly the same way in a different medium: photography. The context was different. I was experimenting with assuming Mike’s likeness after reading about Jo Spence‘s and Rosy Martin‘s approach to […]
Scratcher of 2-10-17
Below is another of the Scratcher Series, from earlier this month:
Self Portrait with Icon #2
Below is another self portrait with an icon I created after my last visit to see Mike*. I superimposed etched lines of the icon onto a light sketch of a self portrait. I painted my portrait and then introduced ink into the scratches. This doesn’t seem like a double portrait, as the icon blends almost seamlessly with the […]
