tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40817067365273294542024-02-19T07:09:49.632-08:00CANARY / STUDIOChristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03509286920074119097noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081706736527329454.post-15496498549818133642012-05-14T16:59:00.000-07:002012-05-14T16:59:02.589-07:00Warbler<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">female warbler (in progress)<br />oil on canvas-wrapped panel<br />8 x 8"</td></tr>
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<br />Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03509286920074119097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081706736527329454.post-36274073890274453282012-05-14T16:54:00.000-07:002012-05-15T06:27:48.279-07:00Black Pigeon<div style="text-align: left;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Black Pigeon<br />oil and enamel on canvas-wrapped panel<br />12 x 12" 2012</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Warbler Echo<br />oil and enamel on canvas-wrapped panel<br />12 x 12", 2012</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Black Pigeon (in progress, detail)<br />oil on canvas wrapped panel<br />12 x 12" 2012</td></tr>
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Passenger<br />
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(Left) Passenger painting after first sitting. The return to canvas also marked a return to palette knife techniques, which I haven't employed in quite a while.<br />
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I've been fascinated by the Passenger Pigeon ever since hearing the journal entries of John James Audubon who describes their mating rituals and great power of flight. Of course the Passenger Pigeon was a highly successful species of bird that was relentlessly hunted to extinction by 1914. The physical descriptions describe it as a rather handsome, blue tinted dove with a orange breast and the specimen on view at the Harvard Natural History Museum is truly great.<br />
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The white dots allow for further exploration of religious/mystical shape symbolism, this time describing a radial symmetry, while suggesting a circle, which is present in the 'Our Lady' paintings as well. A friend of mine suggested that it also resembles a target, which is also rather apropos. The dots once again manipulate space by appearing to float above the image; simultaneously flat and adding dimension at once. I want this to be an arresting image, one that changes and surprises as you look at it, and I think it accomplishes these things nicely.<br />
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<br />Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03509286920074119097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081706736527329454.post-88549517351339681972012-04-11T15:50:00.000-07:002012-05-06T16:35:40.592-07:00Pigeons<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Deep field pigeon<br />
oil and enamel on paper-mounted panel<br />
8 x 8", 2012<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">75 years<br />
oil and enamel on paper-mounted panel<br />
14 x 18", 2012</td></tr>
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<br />Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03509286920074119097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081706736527329454.post-52648689776085825052012-04-07T16:41:00.000-07:002012-05-06T16:42:05.974-07:00Halo form<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Halo form<br />
enamel on canvas wrapped panel<br />
12 x 12". 2012</td></tr>
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<br />Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03509286920074119097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081706736527329454.post-26633520830397741102012-04-06T16:38:00.000-07:002012-05-07T05:47:25.291-07:00Quilt man<div style="text-align: left;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Quilt man<br />oil and enamel on paper-mounted panel<br />8 x 8" 2012</td></tr>
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<br />Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03509286920074119097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081706736527329454.post-6408161057505215742012-04-05T16:44:00.000-07:002012-05-06T16:45:24.467-07:00Small Floral Arrangement<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Small floral arrangement</div>
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oil and enamel on paper-mounted panel</div>
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9.5 x 7" 2012</div>
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<br />Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03509286920074119097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081706736527329454.post-36678539787360556862011-12-04T09:20:00.001-08:002011-12-04T09:23:24.719-08:00Autumnal<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYRgTmgDKj0JIqYXTYZv2TyVL6lfB7IXF4QbWdk0bA4u5FIcZ8r-uTPOehed6gEl6RxhRx-q1FzzXhYOwc4F2BpdfUNhc0ZniRdpHok94gTA5K7FH9y6MWIdGrpwoSTgcx3e9MXXjk9gse/s1600/autumn1.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 165px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYRgTmgDKj0JIqYXTYZv2TyVL6lfB7IXF4QbWdk0bA4u5FIcZ8r-uTPOehed6gEl6RxhRx-q1FzzXhYOwc4F2BpdfUNhc0ZniRdpHok94gTA5K7FH9y6MWIdGrpwoSTgcx3e9MXXjk9gse/s320/autumn1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682324588803622530" /></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE9CY7IhiCvooRNZerTU6KiXcbsfPeWPDjfSctdNJDGEl28qzsLgMWrCuRZi-GF76GD_sq1v0o1YgBQ0w6YjxN3Wqoh0yvglsUc3B1LJ6nSQRIDJ7YrjTr8-Wx7xboaNQHmwT46ZIepmQM/s1600/Autumn2.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 162px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE9CY7IhiCvooRNZerTU6KiXcbsfPeWPDjfSctdNJDGEl28qzsLgMWrCuRZi-GF76GD_sq1v0o1YgBQ0w6YjxN3Wqoh0yvglsUc3B1LJ6nSQRIDJ7YrjTr8-Wx7xboaNQHmwT46ZIepmQM/s320/Autumn2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682324475306745314" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggyzNIq3-Bp97MjFEv5MO3NSGUnNi705HcuBRnJsQglYDxv4BJo-D7Kfn8_0Oh56IxuhtxYpF1m3Vkz3xGXSO5_2oE03XUKvkn8Ce0ho7vHEVvEJ-6NN5_X8kZUdr9A1rPLi0Be6C9qOz0/s1600/Autumn3.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 151px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggyzNIq3-Bp97MjFEv5MO3NSGUnNi705HcuBRnJsQglYDxv4BJo-D7Kfn8_0Oh56IxuhtxYpF1m3Vkz3xGXSO5_2oE03XUKvkn8Ce0ho7vHEVvEJ-6NN5_X8kZUdr9A1rPLi0Be6C9qOz0/s320/Autumn3.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682324390702651682" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>"Autumnal"</div><div>oil and enamel on paper-mounted panels, each 3" x 2.5"</div><div>3 hanging options, 2011</div>Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03509286920074119097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081706736527329454.post-56026091356803852282011-12-04T08:53:00.000-08:002011-12-04T09:16:52.464-08:00Homing Pigeons<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1E8KE1HmZP-HF-sROHxqk9t2ZnYCo5t0aPyInYEVghm2JiLlEismLucoWIOi2Dnk8jJL6RSlOuOAAcc81xawbq0sTIBSl81HncRoXSLvxks53hv9hScmK1Y-xSzczWKh34bzS-1R-_dnX/s1600/TinyPigeon.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1E8KE1HmZP-HF-sROHxqk9t2ZnYCo5t0aPyInYEVghm2JiLlEismLucoWIOi2Dnk8jJL6RSlOuOAAcc81xawbq0sTIBSl81HncRoXSLvxks53hv9hScmK1Y-xSzczWKh34bzS-1R-_dnX/s320/TinyPigeon.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682322047791186210" /></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>"Pigeon"</div><div>oil and enamel on paper-mounted panel, 3" x 2.5" 2011<br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzRs16i6ttosp9EpVmY7AE2YlsSpsoXFDRz9FzoXGFNKsSaKgiApvTXI8eGgV_wtp4poL7s4hOxlvb2Cj6sOhoYjhZADxGUS5xN0ZMzkDv_N65SPgXXJwuznqhfHS48JXHKwysBe7yp7Xt/s1600/pigeons.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 139px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzRs16i6ttosp9EpVmY7AE2YlsSpsoXFDRz9FzoXGFNKsSaKgiApvTXI8eGgV_wtp4poL7s4hOxlvb2Cj6sOhoYjhZADxGUS5xN0ZMzkDv_N65SPgXXJwuznqhfHS48JXHKwysBe7yp7Xt/s400/pigeons.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682318183912329938" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>"Homing"</div><div>oil on paper mounted panels, triptych, each 8" x 7.5" (8" x 22.5" total)</div><div>2011</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0cknJWW7XCTVnjCfegyaTeIqAqGQIjzB1ihpRwRvTkn2N0LQO5PpfB9DD0Nnt3-RK6nsMfPGqwngyFfrY77YidtwgZQPNWDBSaqC3Vy90WziaBQnnwuc_K6AvbqGyF5c-DGgQhFyxhZB9/s1600/pigeondetail.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0cknJWW7XCTVnjCfegyaTeIqAqGQIjzB1ihpRwRvTkn2N0LQO5PpfB9DD0Nnt3-RK6nsMfPGqwngyFfrY77YidtwgZQPNWDBSaqC3Vy90WziaBQnnwuc_K6AvbqGyF5c-DGgQhFyxhZB9/s400/pigeondetail.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682320719016051762" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Homing detail</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03509286920074119097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081706736527329454.post-6221434120754573622011-12-04T08:30:00.000-08:002011-12-04T09:26:08.421-08:00Contrails<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpe0C6w68PjqQ-ObgkTh1pDynNUga-vHd3vkIJucgoNU9yjLGt5B5R2F2qjxUrtUHDQIgXlmaOs-_IAgT4HhL0KJ0E3RpMzJTZzOM0SmucwozeD6FbE288aJimYLqxhyphenhyphen7c20We8FCfPoD/s1600/contrails.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 361px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpe0C6w68PjqQ-ObgkTh1pDynNUga-vHd3vkIJucgoNU9yjLGt5B5R2F2qjxUrtUHDQIgXlmaOs-_IAgT4HhL0KJ0E3RpMzJTZzOM0SmucwozeD6FbE288aJimYLqxhyphenhyphen7c20We8FCfPoD/s400/contrails.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682325399213217554" /></a><div><br /></div><div>"Contrail"</div><div>oil on paper-mounted panel, 6" x 5.5"</div><div>2011</div>Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03509286920074119097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081706736527329454.post-52303806221301803742011-12-04T08:08:00.000-08:002011-12-04T08:35:52.449-08:00Our Lady<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7KuxflpL0FHQZ6wrKRHkARi_5F7JjxEyz-DLvGbkH67HRyFfszeqpS7MjFaFLA40U3MrlEoGipFCh4gtiYw_6g4VKaej_QJ_N6FE7NZfikZbxFEU1E7KqB43R430r1BIVlLMyS4sqESP/s1600/Our+Lady+%2528night%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 357px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7KuxflpL0FHQZ6wrKRHkARi_5F7JjxEyz-DLvGbkH67HRyFfszeqpS7MjFaFLA40U3MrlEoGipFCh4gtiYw_6g4VKaej_QJ_N6FE7NZfikZbxFEU1E7KqB43R430r1BIVlLMyS4sqESP/s400/Our+Lady+%2528night%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682306319850779250" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>"Our Lady" (night)</div><div>oil on paper-mounted panel, 15" x 17" 2011</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPfJsEvKR4HMmkCETiRpC8MYyWLGeR3gmWvGYFXxPOCibcPmj-pPBLWuZPvUxwWQ1RfoJpiSh99GP6_hfFKvpoJSuxQbYZsCiNjgidKRRiqsw-yZFgVErdqbxSzDXYe3sB6mzahvgimFE4/s1600/our+lady%2528day%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPfJsEvKR4HMmkCETiRpC8MYyWLGeR3gmWvGYFXxPOCibcPmj-pPBLWuZPvUxwWQ1RfoJpiSh99GP6_hfFKvpoJSuxQbYZsCiNjgidKRRiqsw-yZFgVErdqbxSzDXYe3sB6mzahvgimFE4/s400/our+lady%2528day%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682306898918858914" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 352px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>"Our Lady" (day)</div><div>oil on paper-mounted panel, 15" x 17", 2011</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>A nod to Velazquez while exploring the idea of the halo or ring of stars. Letting the symbol stand alone, deity removed (in this case the Holy Mother) creates an interesting tension; the aura of spirituality without the figurative elements. As a lapsed catholic and a painter I think its useful to confront, or at least start a dialogue with roman catholic iconography, the backbone of western painting. It also reminded me of certain miracle visions, such as Our Lady of Fatama, which is a truly strange episode with apocalyptic secrets passed on to unsuspecting, yet devout children, culminating in a blinding mid-day apparition confirmed by an entire town.</div><div>Religious iconography, and the stories they serve to better tell, present us with a fascinating intersection between faith, natural phenomena and the ability of the mind to extrapolate meaning from both.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03509286920074119097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081706736527329454.post-58496745914339988102011-10-31T18:32:00.000-07:002011-12-04T08:53:31.887-08:00Double Exposure<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh92QkqG6x8Jx6SHSWBKfSlYGp6JuoRmBlTc-aAPwYx7_uhlOrlDyLrdP06XRbjr2gcziqMHiEFhoZxBZ0_hj3ZWsyihEYWKEx4dFGeW2bpLqPVn2AhLzhMzwNz1TL9Au9xwZSo-ssRmXM-/s1600/IMG_1621.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 340px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh92QkqG6x8Jx6SHSWBKfSlYGp6JuoRmBlTc-aAPwYx7_uhlOrlDyLrdP06XRbjr2gcziqMHiEFhoZxBZ0_hj3ZWsyihEYWKEx4dFGeW2bpLqPVn2AhLzhMzwNz1TL9Au9xwZSo-ssRmXM-/s400/IMG_1621.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669840436615038066" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div>"Lapse"</div><div><br /></div><div>oil on paper mounted panel, 8" x 6.75", 2011</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOp4_Rs2mR9EEyDhkOYS6V16JBC3D9eGljjPokDt3zXdxbogrxZEhCwe5doXqww-mnbJaelBO9pvAyVP0BfpnAqEodOn6rqljhDN2IY4MZ3pG8Q11QguITxObJHbLYqxl0xSnDpKxCHfXa/s1600/IMG_1586.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOp4_Rs2mR9EEyDhkOYS6V16JBC3D9eGljjPokDt3zXdxbogrxZEhCwe5doXqww-mnbJaelBO9pvAyVP0BfpnAqEodOn6rqljhDN2IY4MZ3pG8Q11QguITxObJHbLYqxl0xSnDpKxCHfXa/s400/IMG_1586.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669840757987946322" style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>"lapse"- detail</div><div><div><br /></div><div>A kind of abrupt return to figurative work, "Lapse" represents a kind of culmination of certain proclivities and directions that have shown up in my work in the past year. Playing with the distorted image, doubling and visual confusion that more directly talks about movement or time passing (in this case, time enough to glance down). In many ways this painting feels new, bold and challenging, but it also feels very much like where I left off with figurative concerns- it feels like a MICA painting; it also unabashedly references my favorite figurative painters, Vuillard, Sargent, Uglow, Saville...not that this diminishes the spark of the painting. If anything, it's like comfort food, or a new way of telling a familiar story. And hopefully the yellow, which has an associative significance for me, off-sets that ubiquitous Baltimore gray that I tried so hard to un-learn.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtawSgDxoHcuLd-5uOif1zRy8MHYHwW3fqEXRHc9ZzypYAxGpf-KIJ-l2OvGj5eYgcwKMsn-03ERgib5tN9VVe9Z8QnxefofZ9v4yZmtzutiNAlGezE9rxchu_AyCQU-zpMas4RCMtNWZK/s1600/new.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtawSgDxoHcuLd-5uOif1zRy8MHYHwW3fqEXRHc9ZzypYAxGpf-KIJ-l2OvGj5eYgcwKMsn-03ERgib5tN9VVe9Z8QnxefofZ9v4yZmtzutiNAlGezE9rxchu_AyCQU-zpMas4RCMtNWZK/s400/new.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682317108321348738" style="cursor: pointer; width: 324px; height: 400px; " /></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div>"Yellow shirt"</div><div>oil on paper-mounted panel, 8" x 6.75", 2011</div></div></div>Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03509286920074119097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081706736527329454.post-24573446301128217032011-10-31T18:18:00.000-07:002011-10-31T18:27:12.279-07:00Pigeon Camera<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtjCzxpMqlL0BbwgibUOhn75H6BUOho2NkZAzJLFqno2Qx__lRRqICplNJGUfs_dQVUZ3nKUTQLSOn-WDbjO15Rus8yfdKJ2-ZRUXr5K7pJ0yG7mqkx2h6ABrU6MegNY3c9ryJ5rXR9JH2/s1600/IMG_1592.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 376px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtjCzxpMqlL0BbwgibUOhn75H6BUOho2NkZAzJLFqno2Qx__lRRqICplNJGUfs_dQVUZ3nKUTQLSOn-WDbjO15Rus8yfdKJ2-ZRUXr5K7pJ0yG7mqkx2h6ABrU6MegNY3c9ryJ5rXR9JH2/s400/IMG_1592.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669831855900679666" /></a><div>"Pigeon Camera"<div><div><div><br /></div><div>oil on paper-mounted panel, with PVA and pencil. 8" x 7", 2011</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdlvlsnHDJclV0adBhLSuAwvXZjXGXkmrRWWWTuM078Ya2yo5L8ZyXTVHSgv6YpiwSOv-mk1YTDjJAD0Si2WRwfH-N9CpamDh1WI7av_gRZwCDfCnXUV_Bf77sSiEagmDUi5D8ao6gYTW8/s1600/pcamerastudy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdlvlsnHDJclV0adBhLSuAwvXZjXGXkmrRWWWTuM078Ya2yo5L8ZyXTVHSgv6YpiwSOv-mk1YTDjJAD0Si2WRwfH-N9CpamDh1WI7av_gRZwCDfCnXUV_Bf77sSiEagmDUi5D8ao6gYTW8/s200/pcamerastudy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669832733675807730" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Pigeon Camera- digital study</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div>Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03509286920074119097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081706736527329454.post-3441519483296934312011-10-31T18:03:00.000-07:002011-10-31T18:17:51.968-07:00More Trees<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkUrj_fsNl77Ey1sHdy1K-XAgrtuBZBOH1ux4Z5VHR5_clQGaNOseyBZPWfxFVhNJgvYQUOv0dQ6AYgPY2Jw52njIZtcaJmEWbmK6RiRDDKreF_QPQYjjkgDafhoxNIxIL3osW5C-X7rAx/s1600/IMG_1588.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 322px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkUrj_fsNl77Ey1sHdy1K-XAgrtuBZBOH1ux4Z5VHR5_clQGaNOseyBZPWfxFVhNJgvYQUOv0dQ6AYgPY2Jw52njIZtcaJmEWbmK6RiRDDKreF_QPQYjjkgDafhoxNIxIL3osW5C-X7rAx/s400/IMG_1588.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669827957474350514" /></a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:78%;">"Most Everything Does #2"</span></div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(72, 49, 41); line-height: 20px; font-family:'times new roman';font-size:small;">oil on two paper-mounted panels, each 7" x 4.25"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(72, 49, 41); line-height: 20px; font-family:'times new roman';font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(72, 49, 41); line-height: 20px; font-family:'times new roman';font-size:small;">Part two of trees and phone lines. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(72, 49, 41); line-height: 20px; font-family:'times new roman';font-size:small;">I like how the color gradation can be interpreted as both dawn and dusk, beginning or end.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(72, 49, 41); line-height: 20px; font-family:'times new roman';font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(72, 49, 41); line-height: 20px; font-family:'times new roman';font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhGEoboLjh7idwNnTWQOSYFL69Hxihkz0VnYyuTS109QH2yXKNlRnItARcmy6u5ZTHFMgJDQF2YQsRcA9yzerT7BTO94uWWUGvORG1LzVOd0DSSJ27yiagRxKaNOjo_klVFe2s22JLQCOc/s1600/IMG_1375.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhGEoboLjh7idwNnTWQOSYFL69Hxihkz0VnYyuTS109QH2yXKNlRnItARcmy6u5ZTHFMgJDQF2YQsRcA9yzerT7BTO94uWWUGvORG1LzVOd0DSSJ27yiagRxKaNOjo_klVFe2s22JLQCOc/s320/IMG_1375.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669829333590175650" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(72, 49, 41); line-height: 20px; font-family:'times new roman';font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(72, 49, 41); line-height: 20px; font-family:'times new roman';font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ7R2RSZjcef4002okoRArew8Giup3w85ApKzqmyC1LSud8TyxS6HTLlwn5GZcBDAo57X0jrk4sXrhStHx4pEUFHs2Dz-BBCVV5bXS3J7l0D43X1Sb0vqDGWGNdgz9rvBaIzbpzgVHgVv5/s1600/IMG_1379.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ7R2RSZjcef4002okoRArew8Giup3w85ApKzqmyC1LSud8TyxS6HTLlwn5GZcBDAo57X0jrk4sXrhStHx4pEUFHs2Dz-BBCVV5bXS3J7l0D43X1Sb0vqDGWGNdgz9rvBaIzbpzgVHgVv5/s320/IMG_1379.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669829563645023490" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(72, 49, 41); line-height: 20px; font-family:'times new roman';font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';color:#483129;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">Detail of panel preparation. Paper mounted panel, primed with gesso, and cut into a grid relief within both panels, that is then primed with PVA. The variation in surface height allows for interesting textures as well as the painting sitting "within" the rest of the surface. I don't think I would do this for every painting, but surface wise, it made sense for these compositions.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(72, 49, 41); line-height: 20px; font-family:'times new roman';font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(72, 49, 41); line-height: 20px; font-family:'times new roman';font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(72, 49, 41); line-height: 20px; font-family:'times new roman';font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:85%;color:#483129;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div></div>Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03509286920074119097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081706736527329454.post-9061915557675368052011-07-25T16:05:00.000-07:002011-07-25T16:42:16.662-07:00Reference Journal<div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDePRGoGMjTWkKlocyhxomnox0w38fGopXR6wzdksxmECHRmg34FHnye6GdkiYzUUl9QCwiwCn-upU31NxTtrFH1qJqaD3RjMZp5_FSVFyix1aiDhHK_YU4gD_7DRQf885Nn5cMrLB79Xd/s1600/Ref%25231.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDePRGoGMjTWkKlocyhxomnox0w38fGopXR6wzdksxmECHRmg34FHnye6GdkiYzUUl9QCwiwCn-upU31NxTtrFH1qJqaD3RjMZp5_FSVFyix1aiDhHK_YU4gD_7DRQf885Nn5cMrLB79Xd/s200/Ref%25231.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633431388025442690" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicDDDNe0kxNuZmC0SlOYIg0LEnMrwFjbiKaFe2vrbelwQSwwvNuBC4yf7i59d1v7kaG87ueqKHsC_JfhtPkYgMisNLA0b61qcCV_kWFe5zBxegwGoUTGpUduMC-3_m6Og6dTeDzRmpxgIu/s1600/Ref+%25233.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicDDDNe0kxNuZmC0SlOYIg0LEnMrwFjbiKaFe2vrbelwQSwwvNuBC4yf7i59d1v7kaG87ueqKHsC_JfhtPkYgMisNLA0b61qcCV_kWFe5zBxegwGoUTGpUduMC-3_m6Og6dTeDzRmpxgIu/s200/Ref+%25233.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633431009580701698" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 144px; " /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh17VGKQIJRSr05k_6GlUy8PjVBlgY_HLjaigZgIOQAl7jGUhI1lpgv0Sq2sXxHfx-p33T753WVq64wbY1cqBVFMjUe9IZpi1FV0RfsQI0rnvxA53PTKBzOT-_JtkfjoO7uGq3y0B2ZtVDt/s1600/Ref%25232.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh17VGKQIJRSr05k_6GlUy8PjVBlgY_HLjaigZgIOQAl7jGUhI1lpgv0Sq2sXxHfx-p33T753WVq64wbY1cqBVFMjUe9IZpi1FV0RfsQI0rnvxA53PTKBzOT-_JtkfjoO7uGq3y0B2ZtVDt/s1600/Ref%25232.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 145px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh17VGKQIJRSr05k_6GlUy8PjVBlgY_HLjaigZgIOQAl7jGUhI1lpgv0Sq2sXxHfx-p33T753WVq64wbY1cqBVFMjUe9IZpi1FV0RfsQI0rnvxA53PTKBzOT-_JtkfjoO7uGq3y0B2ZtVDt/s200/Ref%25232.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633431160126088114" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3hKFHhtcBN0s6rMKZy1J3tooB_rkMgTN94v5TKaIRPG1sq-sMczmNBApzr_8I59vZTBH2HCDt7FqyU6akxU0tOqGg40Xm3fAFyCmsGStkyXiHhj-JTj8GW52P_owkboQH_P2QLaGAyBiY/s1600/Ref+%2523+7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3hKFHhtcBN0s6rMKZy1J3tooB_rkMgTN94v5TKaIRPG1sq-sMczmNBApzr_8I59vZTBH2HCDt7FqyU6akxU0tOqGg40Xm3fAFyCmsGStkyXiHhj-JTj8GW52P_owkboQH_P2QLaGAyBiY/s200/Ref+%2523+7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633430409230154834" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 144px; " /></a><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xWw07TUJV7nop2-zM1y3gHNCvFTMZ4CG_oGUAUhZC3qiX9AplSRAGoK13EVuT_jTNh6EUPX9Sxp1ha2srwZBo3NIT5zEzkCWHspzAMxig2ODJwk7WzVlp2eo7iCS3SfgMSLXrgm4cctJ/s1600/Ref+%25234.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 145px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xWw07TUJV7nop2-zM1y3gHNCvFTMZ4CG_oGUAUhZC3qiX9AplSRAGoK13EVuT_jTNh6EUPX9Sxp1ha2srwZBo3NIT5zEzkCWHspzAMxig2ODJwk7WzVlp2eo7iCS3SfgMSLXrgm4cctJ/s200/Ref+%25234.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633430815832273138" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB0AGuM7eAKRtSZADc0ouiUDI3rJHPw5m2clHVjqtQh0fEYL6be5TcTms4buZ0sFUJj_GC1Qm5OxNxheGMykVVuJj5F74sDsyzyCinn0rGsWfyZiCYY6tTCR4TYBTz7bk88SngeNoWyCg4/s1600/Ref+%25235.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB0AGuM7eAKRtSZADc0ouiUDI3rJHPw5m2clHVjqtQh0fEYL6be5TcTms4buZ0sFUJj_GC1Qm5OxNxheGMykVVuJj5F74sDsyzyCinn0rGsWfyZiCYY6tTCR4TYBTz7bk88SngeNoWyCg4/s200/Ref+%25235.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633430670956190882" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 144px; " /></a><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_OVa_Fi1mUUNuGn1GmsC3eNWB7faHP78ipQEEusyWX5PRsjVlEhgAfxrQAs3TcqsjOAPm5ryCx9I6Mt0JamRU1uU7qFmeYSeqQWWwxzcLxSus_TyVAsJ84VoOKxmOvi3dAySYxC32uyAZ/s1600/Ref+%25236.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_OVa_Fi1mUUNuGn1GmsC3eNWB7faHP78ipQEEusyWX5PRsjVlEhgAfxrQAs3TcqsjOAPm5ryCx9I6Mt0JamRU1uU7qFmeYSeqQWWwxzcLxSus_TyVAsJ84VoOKxmOvi3dAySYxC32uyAZ/s200/Ref+%25236.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633430541577643346" /></a><br /><br /></div></div><div>Various pages from my reference journal / image log / study archive.</div><div>Print-outs, type samples, photoshop compositions, notes and various types of tape.</div><div><br /></div><div>So at some point I started keeping a reference book. It's a hefty red-covered volume of gridded pages containing various source images and studies, culled from books, family albums or worked out in photoshop. I try not to do much drawing; it's intended to be a kind of un-edited flow of imagery that for whatever reason I find exciting, interesting or useful. There aren't any rules about what I put in the book and not everything makes it to a painting, but it is selective. The idea is to keep track of my aesthetic preferences so I can better understand where decisions come from. Of course, anyone could do this because everyone has aesthetic interests. I think these particular interests come from certain larger (perhaps sub-conscious) roots. In less convoluted terms, what we find attractive or interesting visually, stems from our unique, personal worldview. It can't be said that everything in the book has a psychological underpinning, but that's part of why it's interesting- you see patterns start to emerge. And images that don't seem related at first, might find echoes a few pages later. The idea of a visual log isn't really anything new to practicing art and I'm willing to bet that almost all artists keep some kind of log, in some form. I think it is an increasingly important practice, though, as our image-saturated world seems to sometimes be at the tipping point. (Google image search, camera phones w/filters, design everywhere) It can be hard to focus. And by keeping very literal tabs on what applies to my work at present and past, I can learn to ignore everything that doesn't. Until it does.</div><div><br /></div><div>A progression:</div><div> </div><div>Body of images----------> Body of work -----------------> An idea</div><div>(broad, but specific) (focused, but progressive) (singular concern)</div>Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03509286920074119097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081706736527329454.post-81280087418467841322011-07-21T16:27:00.000-07:002011-07-21T16:38:02.369-07:00Some trees<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQV0_A52x81eOkqe9fmCs6k2eznQ8CJKeUMPRLDZTXUz0id67YqzQMWZtdvBYW_arEvgDkbk4olwcMXSFTssJ-3hCIXGXd3pFvQOyBrYeqkH28Y8wrIQIwCqYweGIJsAligU0ZlY5lapP8/s1600/IMG_1200.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 328px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQV0_A52x81eOkqe9fmCs6k2eznQ8CJKeUMPRLDZTXUz0id67YqzQMWZtdvBYW_arEvgDkbk4olwcMXSFTssJ-3hCIXGXd3pFvQOyBrYeqkH28Y8wrIQIwCqYweGIJsAligU0ZlY5lapP8/s400/IMG_1200.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631951791070053442" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>"most everything does" 2011</div><div>oil on two paper-mounted panels, each 7" x 4.25"</div><div>hanging option 1</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNJAq53XscgEX8kLGzftQEI9e6_Kr1EihW4Qy_H2UYX35tB1G1Nw2zoQWbgVWBayivNYPJpEK8dpmFSYUhwBwEzWXk7rCMSUp7PG0NzUXCWeuvLHyFR8MnuNnMiO53IgnZyki2-x3hfUQh/s1600/IMG_1201.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNJAq53XscgEX8kLGzftQEI9e6_Kr1EihW4Qy_H2UYX35tB1G1Nw2zoQWbgVWBayivNYPJpEK8dpmFSYUhwBwEzWXk7rCMSUp7PG0NzUXCWeuvLHyFR8MnuNnMiO53IgnZyki2-x3hfUQh/s400/IMG_1201.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631952290616843378" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 326px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Same piece, hanging option 2</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Again, taking advantage of the playful possibilities inherent in the diptych format. This also continues some of my recent interest in slightly skewed images. I enjoy the surprise of the compositional shift and hope it hints at something related to memory.</div><div style="text-align: left;">All of this is very much in the early stages, more to come.</div><div><br /></div>Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03509286920074119097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081706736527329454.post-91773410902406727742011-07-17T15:35:00.000-07:002011-07-17T15:38:08.562-07:00Comet Hyakutake<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKeVk1bH-eTEIFlsfIAkdyWq8tTLUzVYwI7ppG4eFx0uxcKM3t3xGiZ10y27bsDvt-KLcFnh_9YDlPtRkBpeBdBgfKHTpn5d8036iSlDTnl6Ajsi-8cF42xbSi5-QaWYVBuAyaILa9IW6A/s1600/IMG_1061.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 170px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKeVk1bH-eTEIFlsfIAkdyWq8tTLUzVYwI7ppG4eFx0uxcKM3t3xGiZ10y27bsDvt-KLcFnh_9YDlPtRkBpeBdBgfKHTpn5d8036iSlDTnl6Ajsi-8cF42xbSi5-QaWYVBuAyaILa9IW6A/s320/IMG_1061.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630453905104658802" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>"Hyakutake" 2011</div><div>Oil and enamel on paper-mounted panel.</div><div>Each panel 8.75" x 8"</div>Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03509286920074119097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081706736527329454.post-36039506059007548022011-07-09T13:21:00.000-07:002011-07-17T15:35:05.507-07:00Roost<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjkojRYkZo4LmFiqkRwpvjbjpnQ14TgnqUN1s-p_3J3RiG6RoKURfypbVHLSHJlYUmQ721L8obHkrlOQg1p755dEeHs-xNaWj2Ydbp64-Pjv5EF0cNGP7e5gK_1fouhubw5LN93iq2Ysq/s1600/IMG_1205.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 163px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjkojRYkZo4LmFiqkRwpvjbjpnQ14TgnqUN1s-p_3J3RiG6RoKURfypbVHLSHJlYUmQ721L8obHkrlOQg1p755dEeHs-xNaWj2Ydbp64-Pjv5EF0cNGP7e5gK_1fouhubw5LN93iq2Ysq/s320/IMG_1205.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630453119259277250" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div>"Roost" 2011</div><div>oil and PVA on two paper-mounted panels</div><div>3" x 3.5" each</div><div>diptych to be displayed in two possible arrangements.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhay4n2RvDf5dMpUVufVvj1yi_isaduDgJriAtOfFLtAptreBeAI3ICUAwEHtXAO8yxdTDI2za1OF4a9yxcTkmz4ZLFTE7_MBh0IHvBknebqTrqjyjPJcQO5_Mr_POr0sVknmQUx1f-VimS/s1600/Roost1.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbAto4k4hlYk9RdoVo6mlKp9srDoUJY3Dip-050UQpD8p0PhB7_9IVa8ASHruXpddHi_JhCCJlu_X3umNXQ7gS3ukI7ueNc7zTQPpolU0Bn-wmyBol_JXMoE1ynkhr14Azh7i2Am2mCTAr/s1600/Roost+%25232.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbAto4k4hlYk9RdoVo6mlKp9srDoUJY3Dip-050UQpD8p0PhB7_9IVa8ASHruXpddHi_JhCCJlu_X3umNXQ7gS3ukI7ueNc7zTQPpolU0Bn-wmyBol_JXMoE1ynkhr14Azh7i2Am2mCTAr/s320/Roost+%25232.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630453355106812802" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 148px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEJ3Cq6N6vJFsF-bWZd-Dy9v0E-RWN_Thjn0W0O1MJDRlq650Glcl67x9oyNHF5qthFFzbEVYU3NhUWq1lBOnYjv26KvdJQELuGsIQ2Pilvg8Eenbyx6nW1Y3fZ5-OgEZH2lcdL1es5qbv/s1600/Roost2.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a>Ideas about shelter, co-habitation, domestic geometry, etc.</div><div>I like the possibility of two different hanging options, each with slightly</div><div>different connotations. Composition can drive the psychology of the image.</div><div><br /><div><br /></div></div>Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03509286920074119097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081706736527329454.post-77183166981513979112011-05-31T16:07:00.000-07:002011-07-09T13:43:32.537-07:00In Progress<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikBgSpB-_QXlr_TyeZtR1zd6-UTseYOIUMyvfgPewZgsi0WDzYzagaQO58axUpI41lRxq3spTQ_j2P43zaSdbRJvcX4j1_68ZbjVT_F5_7h4k4MJ9rd_uIrR95J-D4V-obrcjrgm_0TdXO/s1600/PIGEON.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikBgSpB-_QXlr_TyeZtR1zd6-UTseYOIUMyvfgPewZgsi0WDzYzagaQO58axUpI41lRxq3spTQ_j2P43zaSdbRJvcX4j1_68ZbjVT_F5_7h4k4MJ9rd_uIrR95J-D4V-obrcjrgm_0TdXO/s400/PIGEON.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627454711786177890" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>95% done. Just needs some subtle adjustments in terms of surface,</div><div>color, blurring, etc.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq7Mx8j96hac3UJ9I0CMaqrHxmfvqmIhwP0DZuBlM1VE0MtjCjER2qYGAdHzb8DxZ_dE6IkXjZUm6qsZUrq4WTkWcliBlTi2AZ1amvlrLggpY6T588pO5zstGw_R5BRwGvWGWdOLzTrnUP/s1600/blocks.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq7Mx8j96hac3UJ9I0CMaqrHxmfvqmIhwP0DZuBlM1VE0MtjCjER2qYGAdHzb8DxZ_dE6IkXjZUm6qsZUrq4WTkWcliBlTi2AZ1amvlrLggpY6T588pO5zstGw_R5BRwGvWGWdOLzTrnUP/s400/blocks.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627455089543824114" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Detail of enamel blocks.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgijVjEKXfRkdcPqML-MKd-LBWFGEO9ebmVSJ9WCmnxjgS_Id-ObgMzSQz2Y_Ui3Lm2JhJjotyWSk_6aIcC_5_ES3ejQLg291adfxPdVidtEqkdm5l9EqQQcjnmPus4cFben2_nu1K2nCFc/s1600/feet.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgijVjEKXfRkdcPqML-MKd-LBWFGEO9ebmVSJ9WCmnxjgS_Id-ObgMzSQz2Y_Ui3Lm2JhJjotyWSk_6aIcC_5_ES3ejQLg291adfxPdVidtEqkdm5l9EqQQcjnmPus4cFben2_nu1K2nCFc/s400/feet.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627455769531282514" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Detail of Pigeon feet part 2.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7zSsSLBXMDHwtFNElzRUO9saNOhtkSI5QgHqGxscRgTIwXFdrD-AZilM8wWsDs4fM7ZcAFjug0PQ0uQTxAtZYQxscA7V7fO4RlbbIXXgx8yRxqSvt9O6rc-cA63gF3nd_3hbM-jLHA8HO/s1600/IMG_0764.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7zSsSLBXMDHwtFNElzRUO9saNOhtkSI5QgHqGxscRgTIwXFdrD-AZilM8wWsDs4fM7ZcAFjug0PQ0uQTxAtZYQxscA7V7fO4RlbbIXXgx8yRxqSvt9O6rc-cA63gF3nd_3hbM-jLHA8HO/s400/IMG_0764.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613021443294794306" /></a><div><br /></div><div>Untitled (for now) painting of pigeon w. comet Hyakutake</div><div>Very much still in the works; more to come.</div><div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkIJ9J2RQXlrdTAy2gcO1yYyts0tXAZQOvhkCWF5naaDi89XcNDtsTfhGHvjyCrZ422B-Uck21NsXNr9Ym7A3cCYULipTHfW2M8GSedf3A9TN0-x500iTD4AKVZoB52xy79XHLJZbH-wF3/s1600/IMG_0775.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkIJ9J2RQXlrdTAy2gcO1yYyts0tXAZQOvhkCWF5naaDi89XcNDtsTfhGHvjyCrZ422B-Uck21NsXNr9Ym7A3cCYULipTHfW2M8GSedf3A9TN0-x500iTD4AKVZoB52xy79XHLJZbH-wF3/s400/IMG_0775.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613021732176249090" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>detail of Pigeon feet.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPDZLKK6wDvVrQAIKgMhV0nA28CEYTamuu42nrl2vDW6nSU8ZgdBmfRPOUeTwNtG7l_Vn0IbXVqYkWJBb7DhiRyo3ay6sP58hex4qqobiRdh5ZEAFQBAD4GnyEfWS4RWbEXL54GC9Bd37e/s1600/Hyak.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPDZLKK6wDvVrQAIKgMhV0nA28CEYTamuu42nrl2vDW6nSU8ZgdBmfRPOUeTwNtG7l_Vn0IbXVqYkWJBb7DhiRyo3ay6sP58hex4qqobiRdh5ZEAFQBAD4GnyEfWS4RWbEXL54GC9Bd37e/s400/Hyak.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613022913565602834" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 215px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Comet Hyakutake, still in progress, but close.</div><div><br /></div>Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03509286920074119097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081706736527329454.post-9252274098491184332011-05-31T15:17:00.000-07:002011-05-31T16:40:39.522-07:00Portrait of the artist's father<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyNn-GwDN-xQvHTfMHvjGlPXQiIjccrWJiVH0qmhyOXM4YQy6bHTu8R7a-j9noAmBGS3LmqsC25S7jK_21mjFVmD4k3wOt6HMSrByQgGrWzF4d184TuQPcJQr8QoUIbt4PwACCRmaWBTH-/s1600/Dad.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 390px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyNn-GwDN-xQvHTfMHvjGlPXQiIjccrWJiVH0qmhyOXM4YQy6bHTu8R7a-j9noAmBGS3LmqsC25S7jK_21mjFVmD4k3wOt6HMSrByQgGrWzF4d184TuQPcJQr8QoUIbt4PwACCRmaWBTH-/s400/Dad.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613023636844342850" /></a><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyNn-GwDN-xQvHTfMHvjGlPXQiIjccrWJiVH0qmhyOXM4YQy6bHTu8R7a-j9noAmBGS3LmqsC25S7jK_21mjFVmD4k3wOt6HMSrByQgGrWzF4d184TuQPcJQr8QoUIbt4PwACCRmaWBTH-/s1600/Dad.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a>"Vincent, '81"</div><div>Ink, oil and enamel on paper-mounted panel. </div><div>5.5" x 5.5"</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>A portrait of my father, the year he graduated medical school. Reverting back to a limited palette and subtle tonal gradation, in an attempt to a get at a familiar likeness. Lately, I've been attracted to images that represent, or conjure an idea of home or roots. It's maybe best described as painting "comfort food". My father's backyard comet photos, trees and family photos; these are the givens. Images tied to a personal history, as opposed to the interests that develop over time. The splitting of the portrait is a way of not getting too comfortable, or to hint at some tension that might exist with images like this. It hopefully creates a kind of visual buzz that causes a double take, makes you look closer at the face depicted.<br /><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyNn-GwDN-xQvHTfMHvjGlPXQiIjccrWJiVH0qmhyOXM4YQy6bHTu8R7a-j9noAmBGS3LmqsC25S7jK_21mjFVmD4k3wOt6HMSrByQgGrWzF4d184TuQPcJQr8QoUIbt4PwACCRmaWBTH-/s1600/Dad.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03509286920074119097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081706736527329454.post-24626043627343765862011-04-28T06:11:00.001-07:002011-04-28T06:19:22.090-07:00New Works- In Progress<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgq27iOFLydrSskzeyxdN-ZHVAQLhyphenhyphenvyvpjfsx53w3L1nLXCYQXOxLbEX043j4zf01wbmwGvOMcUS18Z5vDBsfM3rGjS5scDwAuuXf9eyv78TPLl3oIYZuRG8YuYgGAuHYVTS21x14vzgL/s1600/IMG_0621.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 396px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgq27iOFLydrSskzeyxdN-ZHVAQLhyphenhyphenvyvpjfsx53w3L1nLXCYQXOxLbEX043j4zf01wbmwGvOMcUS18Z5vDBsfM3rGjS5scDwAuuXf9eyv78TPLl3oIYZuRG8YuYgGAuHYVTS21x14vzgL/s400/IMG_0621.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600622349381957554" /></a><div><br /></div><div>as of yet untitled portrait of father, w. green block. </div><div>ink, oil, PVA and enamel on paper-mounted panel.</div><div>still in progress.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgq27iOFLydrSskzeyxdN-ZHVAQLhyphenhyphenvyvpjfsx53w3L1nLXCYQXOxLbEX043j4zf01wbmwGvOMcUS18Z5vDBsfM3rGjS5scDwAuuXf9eyv78TPLl3oIYZuRG8YuYgGAuHYVTS21x14vzgL/s1600/IMG_0621.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV3NUt_mEcPUyXkvcO0meX0XB5sOTotKbPbOERA0vxBtGcop9fOjt4PoCaXGTrVHb4lPCIOmbM3JqxsCpVT-SwpvSCbBzR3GHXOgJA1FewBSxO1sm7sY_eRlIUc7_mpyx_vZT9GsoqVmCD/s1600/IMG_0635.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV3NUt_mEcPUyXkvcO0meX0XB5sOTotKbPbOERA0vxBtGcop9fOjt4PoCaXGTrVHb4lPCIOmbM3JqxsCpVT-SwpvSCbBzR3GHXOgJA1FewBSxO1sm7sY_eRlIUc7_mpyx_vZT9GsoqVmCD/s400/IMG_0635.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600622194486161602" /></a><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV3NUt_mEcPUyXkvcO0meX0XB5sOTotKbPbOERA0vxBtGcop9fOjt4PoCaXGTrVHb4lPCIOmbM3JqxsCpVT-SwpvSCbBzR3GHXOgJA1FewBSxO1sm7sY_eRlIUc7_mpyx_vZT9GsoqVmCD/s1600/IMG_0635.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br />"Island"</div><div>oil, PVA and enamel on paper-mounted panel.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjTi-SjTZB3xdz8VE79BH07QtvpapRNWEV77C9gL2W0AvMmMsSQFudPSDYVl1BIeJBpYJmG9_fV9JuQ4XasyShdeb25ViTGL8h4fHwfKBQMVbaHSL1QfTvf01ZK2VngjhBBGrUnSkrPXyY/s1600/IMG_0627.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjTi-SjTZB3xdz8VE79BH07QtvpapRNWEV77C9gL2W0AvMmMsSQFudPSDYVl1BIeJBpYJmG9_fV9JuQ4XasyShdeb25ViTGL8h4fHwfKBQMVbaHSL1QfTvf01ZK2VngjhBBGrUnSkrPXyY/s1600/IMG_0627.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjTi-SjTZB3xdz8VE79BH07QtvpapRNWEV77C9gL2W0AvMmMsSQFudPSDYVl1BIeJBpYJmG9_fV9JuQ4XasyShdeb25ViTGL8h4fHwfKBQMVbaHSL1QfTvf01ZK2VngjhBBGrUnSkrPXyY/s400/IMG_0627.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600621919332999666" /></a><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjTi-SjTZB3xdz8VE79BH07QtvpapRNWEV77C9gL2W0AvMmMsSQFudPSDYVl1BIeJBpYJmG9_fV9JuQ4XasyShdeb25ViTGL8h4fHwfKBQMVbaHSL1QfTvf01ZK2VngjhBBGrUnSkrPXyY/s1600/IMG_0627.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a>"Comet Hyakutake"</div><div>oil, PVA on paper mounted panels.</div><div>very much still in progress.<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div>Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03509286920074119097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081706736527329454.post-57632172922969451632011-02-25T14:34:00.000-08:002011-02-25T15:04:24.647-08:00Bull's Eye Bouquet<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2qdlalyJvR_1p-aOtPRjsOZIPk1lJT2H8ir2iy02LOMZgn2QWaM5loAhKNSCegdsR5pUFWSZmN_jfniOmWWzgohpgh2w7caSLK_SMVFIyngNUoz_bNTFY__FtZ3IA6EAppKGRJTjr2JVu/s1600/IMG_0562.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 346px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2qdlalyJvR_1p-aOtPRjsOZIPk1lJT2H8ir2iy02LOMZgn2QWaM5loAhKNSCegdsR5pUFWSZmN_jfniOmWWzgohpgh2w7caSLK_SMVFIyngNUoz_bNTFY__FtZ3IA6EAppKGRJTjr2JVu/s400/IMG_0562.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577759488822758194" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>"Bull's Eye Bouquet"</div><div>oil and enamel on paper-mounted panel. 8.5" x 7.5" 2011</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4pfaMgx4GpnX7ZxSN3P_FZwCA46GBwFiCFkq1XVa1pCTgQRrgHFCzvGoWTN5On2XuFWoYS-Rhi9c2BUqsxqO_JYFxYruIvtxY8kgH9Ods2CyB3re_y9OxCktKonxm1Vo1aXmVBMzFQmNm/s1600/IMG_0565.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4pfaMgx4GpnX7ZxSN3P_FZwCA46GBwFiCFkq1XVa1pCTgQRrgHFCzvGoWTN5On2XuFWoYS-Rhi9c2BUqsxqO_JYFxYruIvtxY8kgH9Ods2CyB3re_y9OxCktKonxm1Vo1aXmVBMzFQmNm/s400/IMG_0565.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577760284768982498" style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>detail of flowers and lettering.</div><div><br /></div><div>The successful realization of a painting that I've wanted to make for a very long time. It was extremely fun to paint, to play at being Sargent a little bit. Some of the best flowers happen in his paintings, not to mention Uglow. The phrase was originally meant as a reference to peacocks, but applying it in a more literal sense works too. One of the things that draws me to the use of text, besides a way of graphically glorifying a title, is the conceptual tension that words can play against the image. In this case, the phrase is a suitable partner to the floral arrangement presented, but it also offers a way out of the literal, as a "bull's eye bouquet" is something all together different from what we might normally think of as a floral arrangement. With paintings like this, I am hoping for an composition that allows for a variety of individual interpretations within a framework of deliberate mark-making. Still pushing a clear idea, but allowing for some thinking space around it. I don't want to say it all. These days, I measure success in painting by how much they surprise me. If they don't keep me guessing afterwards, then they probably won't be much good to anyone else either.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03509286920074119097noreply@blogger.com0