Hot Idea Gets Out
It feels good to get back to abstraction. I have some vague notions of images I want to reveal, but no real pictures that I want to transcribe from inside my head. The watercolor below is a start.
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Layers of Clouds
This is the completed sketch from yesterday:
Graffiti on the Hoof
Sometimes we walk everywhere seeking graffiti, sometimes when we stand still, graffiti finds us.
Looking at Old Pictures
To peruse old photographs in the 21st century is to pry up the laptop lid, open the files on the disk (that one of the techie relatives made from the original paper photographs), and scrub through them on the screen. Below is a watercolored pencil sketch of just such an occasion.
New Paul Klee Book
One of the books from which I expect to derive inspiration is Paul Klee: Irony at Work by Angela Lampe and Michael Baumgartner. It is from 2016, but new to me. Here it is on my bed.
View of a Room
View of a bedroom.
Studio Stasis
I haven’t had a lot of time to paint recently. My studio is in disarray (slightly). Hopefully I will put it back in use soon.
Will’s Eiffel Tower
Among the Christmas toys we gave William, our grandson, was a Lego model of the Eiffel Tower. He built it with his dad, with much prompting, instruction and re-direction of focus. We also gave him a painting set. He wanted to paint with me and started right away when I suggested the Eiffel Tower as […]
Work in Progress – Hospital Visit
I started work on another level of remove from the hospital visit last week (see At the Hospital, One Step Removed). I have a couple of ideas in mind. Perhaps I should narrow it down to one idea. Don’t know if this is going anywhere.
One Step Removed
With time, an event fades into the distance. A full sensory experience is abbreviated to important points that stick in the memory. With sketching and painting, one can replicate those memories or fabricate another meaning. In fact, dozens of meanings could be applied to the same event depending on the artist’s imagination. Here is one […]
