Something new beginning...
Spring is in the air and our next show is fast approaching. Stay tuned for more information about our upcoming show (New Beginnings). Here’s a (quick) little preview of what I’m working on…
“Let the beauty we love be what we do. ~ Rumi”
Spring is in the air and our next show is fast approaching. Stay tuned for more information about our upcoming show (New Beginnings). Here’s a (quick) little preview of what I’m working on…
“The secret to a rich life is to have more beginnings than endings.”
The Blueberry Forest - Part One
This past year has been a huge challenge in patience and perseverance (among other things), so why not (I asked myself) start another big, intricate painting?
I don’t know why I do this to myself… But obviously I like a challenge.
I like to set big goals and I don’t like to give up…
“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”
This past year has been a huge challenge in patience and perseverance (among other things), so why not (I asked myself) start another big, intricate painting?
I don’t know why I do this to myself… But obviously I like a challenge.
I like to set big goals and I don’t like to give up.
(And big challenges create big rewards.)
The canvas I’m working on is 40” x 60” and I wanted to try something a little new… I wanted to make a painting in the same style as I did with Into the Mystic, but in full colour.
So, using one little abstract shape at a time, I'm slowly working my way up and across the canvas... to create the whole image of the forest.
It’s like doing a giant puzzle that I’m making up as I go along…
If you like to do puzzles, you can probably understand… It requires much patience but it’s also therapeutic.
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
I put together a little video (speeded up!) on this work in progress…
The Science of Art
I've been working on some little paintings (very little for me!), and I've been thinking about nature, observation, science and art. Specifically, the science of art…
Details from a work in progress…
I've been working on some little paintings (very little for me!), and I've been thinking about nature, observation, science and art. Specifically, the science of art.
Science:
The intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment.
Art:
The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.
For me, every painting begins as a thought experiment. I ask myself, "What if?..."
And then my imagination goes to work. As Einstein said,
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
So, I observe, then imagine, and then I experiment...
I'm having fun creating these little paintings. They're definitely an experiment! But each painting then triggers a new idea, and then I begin all over again...
“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”
Upcoming Event
We're having a group show at Welch Street Studios on December 6th and 7th. It will be all small works (hence the little paintings!). The first day will be an evening opening (with refreshments!) and on Saturday, December 7th, we'll also have our studios open for day two of this event. Stay tuned for more info!
“Fiction is experimentation; when it ceases to be that, it ceases to be fiction. ”