Progress shots from 4 paintings (426, 427, 431 and 432) stitched together over “asphalt dub” by The After Dark Set (http://afterdarkset.bandcamp.com/). This shows the initial color choices being made for each painting and then the final finished product. These paintings were made between June 2012 and March 2013.
I have finally completed this painting, Number 431. I started this back in November after completing the three blue paintings (427-430). After getting derailed by Thanksgiving, then Art Basel, then a trip up to New Hampshire for Christmas it is finally done. This is another wall-sized painting – 60″ x 90″ – that’s 5 ft by 7.5 ft. I have 3 more this size planned.
Here are some progress shots:
I was going through some old files and found these photos of my first studio on the second floor at the Bakehouse Arts Complex. These photos were taken June 28th, 2009. After a few months (two I think) I moved down to the first floor.
Flyer for the move-in party. I believe this was actually posted to MySpace before I totally abandoned that profile.
Just to give you a sense of scale
So I have finally finished this painting (the orange one), Number 427. Anyone who has come by my studio during June and July has seen this thing in various stages of completion. Here are some progress shots.
Here is a sneak peak at the painting I am working on right now. The full size is 60″x90″
My work table with all of the paint. I am using 4 different blues in 3 tints.
North Carolina seems determined to put sweet potato into nearly everything. This is a goal I fully support. This is a sweet potato biscuit from Blend Cafe at Golden Belt.
Blend on Facebook. Full post on the completed painting soon.
This took much longer to complete than I anticipated.
I started on May 5th, 2012 and finished a month later, June 2nd. It is the largest painting I have ever done at 7 1/2 feet tall by 5 feet wide. I have another one planned. I will start on that after we get back from Miami, next week. When I originally painted out all the colors I had only 2 of each color, similar to the color set on 423 but decided the next day that some of the colors needed 3 variations. The final set is 3xPurple, 3xGreen, 3xTurquoise, 2xOrange,2x Grey, 2xBlue. Here are some progress shots:
Sunday May 13, 2012
Here is a sneak peak of what I am working on right now. There will be a full post when it’s completed. Been on a major Prince bender lately, inspired by the Citinite “Minneapolis Special” mix posted over at Wax Poetics. I have been a huge Prince fan since High School and have a fairly large collection of his recordings but this mix has some real gems on it that I had not heard before.
My work was featured on two great sites this week:
Picture of my studio on A View from the Easel over at Hyperallergic.com
Jump over to A View from the Easel, an ongoing series at Hyperallergic.com about artist work spaces.
Interview with me about my favorite subjects, art and food
I am pleased to say that I am the featured artist this month over at ArtandArtDeadlines.com. Click over to read an interview covering art and one of my favorite subjects: food. Please leave a comment on the blog. At the end of the year the artist with the most comments is named artist of the year.
So I got some new toys:
The filled one is an On The Run 7mm. The replacement nips are next to it. The ArtPrimo mops are still in the bags in back.
I have been telling myself to check out refillable paint pens for awhile. I have had not so great luck with the regular kind filled with enamel paint with the pump action nib. I was never happy with the line quality and I found a lot of the colors would bleach out in the sun. But a lot of companies are now making refillable ones that you can fill with whatever you want. I checked out a bunch of different places online and ended up placing an order from ArtPrimo.com who have a great selection of empty markers. About $20 later I had an assortment of pens in 2 different sizes coming to my house. I started by just pouring the regular golden fluid acrylic in the markers. It works enough, but the line quality improved with a few drops of water.
So this happened:
After each layer I added one drop of black to the pen
This pen was the most fun to use. It was an 11mm nib with a super squeezy bottle. Big thick line.
One of the more successful multi color variations.
The light blue is more opaque because of the titanium added. The darker blue looks almost black where it overlaps the red.
So I am definitely still playing with these. They are capable of a very long stroke, far longer than a brush. I am not totally in love with the line quality but that may get fixed when I get the optimal water to paint ratio figured out. Still playing with it. I think the next will use lighter colors. These are all about 20″ x 30″ done on a heavy paper, 90lb cotton the same as I have been using for the prints. Here is a close up:
I may eventually get used to this line.