Welcoming A New Year

Wishing all of us a wonderful, Happy New Year !

Enjoy the peaceful fireworks in my painting titled "The Really Truth".

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Curing A Painting

Something amazing happens to paintings over time; they actually seem to cure. At least it would seem that way and I'm not completely convinced that it's all mental.  While sorting through the images of all my paintings, I came across this picture of  "Dream Canon" (the painting above),  done in Georgia  in the late 80's. Newly created works are always more harshly critiqued by the artist. But let a good bit of time go by and the emotional connection with it changes and it becomes easier to see and appreciate it in a new way.

The original under-painting was some sort of landscape with collage that I had circled areas of particular interest and then turned on it's right side and proceeded to cover with dots. I put the effort into building and painting a frame for it and remember thoroughly enjoying what I had accomplished. But seeing it now in this new context - well, I'm rather amazed by my own style and content.

Cacophonous Collage

Does this look like "yelling' to you? This sure is some loud painting and collage by Despina Stokou and it gets your attention. Yet another example of words being the sole subject matter in a contemporary composition.

Image from Elemeno P Blog.

Merry Christmas 2012

The end of the year goes so quickly; so many things that need to be done. The title of this painting is "Donny Bonn Donny Johnny" and the look on his face closely portrays my current attitude of trying to stay focused in the final surge in the year.

Wishing each of you a wonderful Christmas.