March 26, 2008

Minimal Color

#8300

#8165 and #8283

This morning I started a new painting- #8300, 70″ x 63″. It went incredibly fast or at least to a point that I began to start liking it….often I struggle much more to get this far. Trying not to think about if it is good or not so I can remain destructive and bold with it as I continue to refine it.

Went back into 2 smaller paintings-#8165, 22 x 18 and #8283, 36 x 36- that were done or at least I thought they were…neither had sold and both have been sitting around for a long time. It felt good to go back into these and am sort of excited about the prospects for them both. The small one still has a ghost image of a flower that for some reason I had painted in the corner about 2 years ago.


2 Comments

  1. Tony Bluegoat on January 26, 2018 at 8:04 am

    As a new artist who is serious about the next 20 years of my art I recently found your blog. I’ve gone all the way back to the first entry to watch the progression. I’m looking forward to it. It looks like you number all of your pieces, so in 2008 you were on about #8200 and now you on about painting #8700. My guess is that you probably make less paintings per year now than when you were first starting. I look forward to the process of reading through the past 10 years of your work.

    I’ve been studying and practicing for 2 years. I’m starting my work at this point. Attached is Encaustic #1.

    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e6c46551aba0cc90cf5833ff499d3412b46ad1a4acc631fe6e66f9b7cc48452e.png



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