Abstract art uses a Visual Language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century, underpinned...
Midnight's Bliss This painting took awhile. I'm starting to really mess with different techniques, mediums, and have taken a liking to enamel mixed in with different types of acrylics. I won't go into the details of how enamels interact with the acrylics. But it is interesting and creates a...
A few prints are now available via American Furniture Warehouse. Cerebral Tout, Afterglow, From Above and Below, are prints now available through American Furniture Warehouse stores and AFWonline. An artist does not make much when releasing the rights to print paintings. Specially through American Furniture Warehouse. So I...
Added a much needed second paint table. This second table has really opened a few doors. I get a bit manic when painting, restless. It helps me to be able to paint several paintings at once. Painting multiple paintings allows me the opportunity to walk away,...
Typical day in the Studio, Just about killed myself here. Paint drains off all edges and cracks of the paint tables. It makes for an interesting stroll around the studio, especially if you're not expecting to do the splits and land butt first in paint. It...
Paul Jackson Pollock, (January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956), known as Jackson Pollock, was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He was well known for his unique style of drip painting. During his lifetime, Pollock enjoyed considerable fame and...
New Painting Table, This new painting table has no vertical rails to block splattering paint as the old ones did. I didn't even realize until this was finished that the tables I had been using for years were very restricting, physically and subconsciously. With the vertical supports going...
What is Success? I have over and over and over discovered how easy it is to get wrapped up in the bureaucracy of being an artist. It is so easy to get caught up in "thinking." Thinking too much is brutal!!! "Is the art good enough",...
I have no idea how to blog.! What in the heck is a blog..? It seems the time to join the masses and get into the blogosphere was quite awhile ago, oh well. Being able to communicate with people is apparently normal behavior!? Wow, who would've thunk...