Expressive Drawing 1.3 - 14" x 11" - House Paint on Paper - $300
Third variation: Start with eyes closed. I started with my eyes closed and created the blue lines. I continued a little longer with the blue paint, but it wasn’t dark enough, so I switched to the black paint.
Expressive Drawing 1.2 - 14" x 11" - House Paint on Paper - $300
This is another automatic drawing, similar to what I did in the previous post. The idea is to “just do what comes natuarally.”
The variation for this one is to create the drawing with your non-dominant hand, which in my case, is my left hand.
Expressive Drawing 1.1 - 14" x 11" - House Paint on Paper - $300
PAINTINGS COMPLETED TODAY: 4
PAINTINGS COMPLETED TO DATE: 61
I am actually in my studio, blogging from my laptop. It is down here so I can listen to pandora, but I thought, “why don’t I blog while I am actually thinking about art, instead of trying to remember it after the fact…
So, here I am. I am going back to the “Expressive Drawing” book and I am going to go through the exercises. I think I need to loosen up a little bit. Maybe this will help. I have done 6 paintings lately, and I am not really happy with them.
I found a fantastic artist in Redlands who does abstract art. I really like her stuff. wE have started a dialog, but won’t be able to get together until after the first of the year. She is really busy with art festivals and such.
You can see her art at: http://aidaschneider.com/
I will let you know how my expressive drawing goes.;-)
I Will go and Do - 20" x 16" - Acrylic and graphite on Masonite - $550
I really like Aida Schneider’s abstract artwork.
You can see her art at: http://aidaschneider.com/
Her works are 98% totally abstract, but you can tell there is some type of narrative underneath it all. I tried that and created a very busy composition. Did I mention it is Very Busy?
It is OK, but I need to learn to cover up and hide and then expose an element here and there. Instead, what I did with this one was draw out the whole thing and and then fill it in like a coloring book. Not very elusive or mysterious at all. I am going to count it because I need 100 paintings, but I am going to have to work on the idea of taking a theme or story and letting it unfold the longer the viewer looks at it. I need to not give it to them in one huge chunk – all at once.
Abstract Lakescape - 14" x 11" - Acrylic and graphite on Masonite - $250
I am fortunate to live near a beautiful lake, and drive by it every time I drive down the hill. jIt is hard to find the perfect shot, because I am not a photographer, but I jog around it a couple times a week and capture the essence in my mind. This is an attempt to capture the qualities of the lake in an abstract way. It wasn’t turning out the way I envisioned it until I went a little crazy with the colored pencil and put some energy into the painting.
Mr. Blue Sky - 14" x 11" - Acrylic and graphite on Masonite - $250
PAINTINGS COMPLETED TODAY: 3
PAINTINGS COMPLETED TO DATE: 57
Mr. Blue Sky” is a favorite Electric Light Orchestra song. This painting started as a grid on a page. I started playing with the lines and changing them here and there and this house with clouds and an asterisk shaped sun appeared.
St. George Art Festival in St. George Utah
A really good friend from high school contacted me via facebook and suggested I exhibit at the St. George Art Festival next April. I checked it out and it looks really cool.
For one, it is on Friday and Saturday. Not Sunday, which is very important. How can I tell my kids that we don’t work or buy stuff on Sunday and then go and sell my work on Sunday? Not cool.
Anyway the St. George Art Festival isn’t on Sunday which is great. I might just have to move to Utah and exhibit in their Friday/Saturday Art Festivals.
I might have to start doing some southwest or religious themed work. I will explore that.
Glen, we’re coming and staying with you. I hope it’s OK. 
Vessels #1 - 14" x 11" - Acrylic and graphite on Masonite - $250
I love creating ceramics. However, I don’t have a kiln or the means to do ceramics right now. I plan to look into that as soon as I am finished with the 100 day challenge. In the meantime, I will content myself with painting pictures of ceramics. This is a composition of overlapping vessels and cups. It is currently on display at the Art Association Holiday Art Show.
Castles in my Mind - 18" x 14" - Acrylic and graphite on Masonite - $500
I am really trying to loosen up to be able to create pure stream-of-consciousness abstracts. I started out doing this one, drawing lines and shapes as they came into my mind. I erased some lines and added more and before I knew it, I had come up with this castle. Why are my free flow drawings turning into castles? Any psychoanalysts out there? It might be interesting to look into.
I am reading a book about Modigliani right now and it focuses on the neurosis and mental instabilities of Modigliani and some of his contemporaries. When I die, will people look into my art to decide who I was and whether I was mentally unstable or not. I am sure there is something to it, but some of it is a bit of a stretch.
Abstract #16 loops - 18" x 14" - Acrylic and graphite on Masonite - $500
I was going through some of my old school notes and sketches and found a sketch that lead to this painting. This is kind of how I doodle, with concentric shapes and lines. I found this composition among my notes and decided to paint it. I used some scrapbooking paper as an accent.
