Greek Door

I added a few new paintings, mostly unfinished work, on my primary web site. Here is one of  them:

BluBlu – A Very Different Kind of Art

When I was in college, studying art, I used say that orchestral music was one of  the most complex forms of art, since it required so many participants for a work of art to be created, including the composer who dreams it all up, the various orchestra instruments and their players, with lifetimes of practice each, the conductor and the theater where the concert takes place. That’s a lot of coordination.

In comparison, a lowly painter like I can just paint something in his painting corner and hang it up on a wall.

Here I found another kind of art which is completely new and entirely different from anything you have seen before, applying many different skills, from planning, storyboarding, drawing, painting, photography and online publishing, with an amazing amount of man-hours of work.

See for yourself and check out BluBlu. Make sure you have 8 minutes of time and click on the arrow to run the video.

The Blue Chairs

I did this painting based on a description and request for a friend and colleague.

Today I delivered it. And I miss it already.

Pears

Henry Miller – My Art Referenced

In 1979 I made this painting of Henry Miller.

In 1981 it was lost, but I did have a yellowing photograph of it.

In 2000, I scanned in that photograph and eventually published it on my website.

Today, I find this reference.

I Hate the Varnishing Part

Before I can frame a painting, I have to varnish it. But I can never get it right. I’d like a good glossy and even coat of varnish, so the paining looks clean even when light is reflected back from it.

Mine are always lumpy, streaked, spotty and generally uneven. I do three coats at least.

You’d think that after 30 years of painting, I would have figured out how to properly finish a picture with a good coat of varnish.

I can make canvas frames, I can stretch my own canvas and prime it, I can paint, I can make frames (even though I don’t like to do this and I take them to framing shops), but I can’t varnish.

It must be my technique. Time to get online before I ruin another painting.

Buffalo Painting

A session last night from a photograph I took while in Yellowstone last fall.

Nearing Completion

My painting of Chelsea is getting close to done.

Painting of Chelsea

I started working on a painting of Chelsea.

Here is the progress after two sessions.

When it was done:

Chelsea 2008 - Finished Painting

This is a large painting, 36 x 36, to match the one I did of Devin a couple of years ago. I am not sure I’ll be able to make them work as a set.