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Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
October 10 – 31st, 2009 500X Gallery Open Show: Landscape, 500 Exposition Ave. Dallas, TX
Opening Reception Saturday, October 10th, 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
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Saint Catherine's Sunset, 11 x 11 x 3 acrylics on canvas, gallery wrapped sides painted | |
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Oxide Gallery 1st Year Anniversary celebration today, Tuesday October 6th, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Happy Anniversary Oxide Gallery!
I’ll be giving a demo on the use of Masking Fluid in acrylics paintings, so come and reveal one painting by helping to peel off the rubberized mask – I don’t even know what it looks like underneath, so it will be a surprise for all of us. Techniques on applying the fluid will be demonstrated on another painting already in progress. Three pieces accepted in the current show at Oxide Gallery are:
To purchase these and of this work please visit the Exhibitions Page.
St. Catherine’s Sunset
Friday, February 27th, 2009
St. Catherine’s Sunset Ontario, Canada just north of Niagara Falls, 11 x 11 x 3 inches acrylics on canvas, sides painted. The signature is on the side, so one has been superimposed here on the front.
There is no one method for starting a painting. When faced with a blank white surface, often our mind can go blank too. When that happens I use a base color that inspires energy… Hansa Yellow Deep painted on the entire surface then dripped water and paint down the wet surface. Drawing with a wide raggedy old brush, I used the fraying bristles to advantage.
This painting is dedicated to my Mom, born in St. Catherine’s, whose birthday was two days ago.
The work process
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Started July 17th, I’ve tried various ways to have our eyes sweep up to the top half, like creating an abstract of wide brushstrokes of dark and light, plus scrubbing areas away that almost hide the bottom characters. It’s covered up since with more paint, but I may return to that idea when the proportions are corrected.
A camera captures all the details, but when we look at something our eyes focus only on one area at a time. In a photo, with the bottom portion of the totem clear it makes sense, but not in the painting. Most of the detail will be toward the top of the statue, but the bottom deserves as much attention, just of a different kind. The colors are starting to come together in a way that will imply light from the sunset and moon glow coming from opposite directions.
A word here about Artists’ appropriation of First nations or any other cultural/historic works: subjects are painted with due honor and respect, with purpose to study and draw interest to the importance of appreciating our multi-cultural world and the unique characteristics of each and every culture…this is what Artists do. Our differences as cultures are reconnected, as there are many common traits and themes expressed through Art through all of time, everywhere.
Robert Genn and readers of The Painters’ Keys have some very interesting comments all around the board about this topic.
Magic Hour, progress
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Magic Hour detail image, top half of 60 x 40 x 3 inches Acrylics on canvas. I decided not to lighten the background after all — am leaving the background as is with loose brushwork in contrast to the totem pole which will be much clearer. To achieve the weathered look I’m using a dishwashing scratch pad to remove some of the paint. Work in progress.
Rainbow at sunset
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Rainbow at sunset, Lewisville TX.
Magic Hour – work in progress
Thursday, July 24th, 2008
Art history is human history. What we call Art is the expression of individuals finding connection with our humanity; who are we? How do we respond to our surroundings and who are we in relation the things we depend on for survival? Standing in front of the Totems I realized that the answers we sought long, long ago are the same, and the things we love now are the same things people have always loved. As Artists and Art Viewers we’ll never Museumventure far from subjects that speak to the heart.
The originals of all the totem poles erected in Thunderbird Park on the grounds of the Royal BC Museum in Victoria, Canada are now protected from the effects of weather inside the museum. The totem portrayed in this painting is a replica of the Gitxsan Pole that was moved in 1958 from Kitwankool, BC. This version of the pole is named Skim-sim and Will-a-daugh, belonging to Chief Wiha (Wee-kha, Ernest Smith), the chief of the Wolf Clan: only the top 3/4 of the totem is portrayed. Due to deterioration caused by weather, the originals of all the totems in Thunderbird Park are now erected inside the museum and are replaced with replicas carved by Mungo Martin, chief carver, Henry, Tony and Richard Hunt (this one 1960).
Symbols/crests: The bird at the crown is a giant woodpecker (wee-get-welku). Legend reads that a female ancestor kept a pet woodpecker, feeding it so much it grew to be a giant monster that ate everything made of wood until it was killed. It sits atop 5 human figures who stand on the head of the Mountain Eagle (Skim-sim), who kidnapped and mated with a woman then devoured their offspring. The eleven small figures are humans fishing through holes in the ice. Under them and not pictured in the painting is Will-a-daugh, also known as “Person With a Large Nose”, holding her child who was conceived from a wood grub.
July 19th: Magic Hour - 60 x 40 x 3 inches Acrylics on wrapped canvas. Phase 3, work in progress.
Magic Hour
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Magic Hour, the top half of the magnificent Gitxsan Totem pole in Thunderbird Park near the Inner Harbor downtown Victoria, B.C. 60 x 40 x 3 Acrylics on wrapped canvas. Phase 2, work in progress.
The drawing is sketched with Alizarine Crimson and Red Oxide base. We were there a week ago just as the sun set, shining light on the right side of the totems and rising moon light lit the left side. I changed the tree silhouette to a typical B.C. horizon of tall Red Cedar, whereas the trees in that park are Maples.
Thunder, Sunset, and Herons
Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Three nights ago, I was out taking photos of storm clouds in the setting sun, and flock of herons crossed by.
6:49 p.m.
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Mackeral Sky
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
December17, 5:21 p.m.
November 17, 6:55 a.m.
Almost every evening year-round I’m drawn outdoors by the change in lighting, just before sunset. Called Mackeral Sky, stripes and mottled cloud formations like this precede a cold front, and occur during any time of day, but are most dramatic during sunrise and sunset.
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