Saturday, November 26, 2011

Today's Pointillism





Pointillism never really died. But if it did, it's been resurrected many times over and in many new and interesting ways. The two works in this image from John Houck's Website are a good case-in-point. These are (re)photographs and you'll appreciate them and his process a whole lot more by reading the short explanation Here.



Saturday, November 19, 2011

Paisley, Pacific(NW) & Pop-Pointillism









This image is from Claes Gabriel's Website.

 The leaves have fallen and with the coming of snow, sometimes it feels like the world is turning dark and white. So treat yourself and visit his site.


Saturday, November 12, 2011

Acrylic, Pencil & Collage




Sighklops 2011
mixed mediums on canvas by Adeaner
(  Dean Aldrich  )


              Your highheels worked their magic
              with the klippity-klop of little monsters.


              Your red lips beckoned
              with their war-paint grease.


              Your rose-capped mountains hollared
              "hike me!"


              an play





  

Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Pleasant Surprises




My Very Strength (is my weakness)


A while back, I finally got around to moving my "studio" from the screened-in porch to my bedroom for the winter: the timing was perfect. A special work table, my paints on a small 3-shelf bookcase and a 4' tall rack to hold paintings-in-progress was all that would fit and still allow me to enjoy the limited space. So I got settled into my room, surveyed the different paintings that should be "finished" and pulled this one out with every intention of taking it further. At least five or more years ago, this piece began from one of those moments in time where you have no idea what you're doing, but you  feel compelled to do it; almost like an itch. An artistic itch, I suppose. I remember, now that I was going through a difficult time; barely hanging on emotionally. And with no more ideas or direction, it sat until months or years later some blue, pink and cream was added to the background.  But now, suddenly I was falling in love with it. This felt more like a gift that I had finally gotten around to noticing and right out loud I said "I'm not touching this". So it hangs above the side of my bed and every morning and evening as I open or close my eyes, amazement and admiration fills me and I wonder how in the world I went about making this and could the process ever be repeated. "How did I do that?" - a thought that so often comes to an artist when viewing one of their successful paintings.

click on image to enlarge.

Monday, November 07, 2011

Asian Calligraphy-Styled Graffiti






This image of works by Tsang Tsou-choi, aka "The King Of Kowloon" is from CNN GO; you can read the Article Here.

More images at Arrested Motion.


Saturday, November 05, 2011

Painted Text





Larry Mullins presents the idea of paintings having meaning, in a different way. His compositions are visually pleasing and the words act much as lyrics do in a song.  Unlike sheet music though, they act more like a puzzles to be solved. This link to his Website goes to the older examples first, so you can appreciate the more poetic style of the later works.

Some Press Here with links to a Review.