Still experimenting with the paint pens. My favorite so far is the On the Run 7mm. I am working on a set of prints that are 11″x14″ which is smaller than the prints I have been making. I did some sketches to get a better feel for that size. These are done with a very lightly water-thinned Phthalo blue:…
My recent multi-linear paintings have all overlaid intersecting lines to create specific figures. These have all been specific choices and also immediately whole; meaning that I draw the figure all at once and specifically choose which lines overlay when painting. The recent series of prints have involved multiple separate whole figures overlaid to mimic the multi-linear effect of the paintings.
I say these are immediately whole because the drawings are done all at once in one continuous motion, and the overlay is chosen after, when I am painting.…
I am continuing to experiment with screen printing. Now that I have the process down I am free to make more directed experiments with colors and overlays. I have found that 2 and 3 color variations work best. 4 and 5 colors seems to be too much for my current figures. Here are some of my more successful two-color variations:
Three colors:
The green went down first, then the brown finally the translucent red. Because the purple is so dark there is only an overlay effect from the red. …
So I got some new toys:
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…
So after the great reception I got for the Number 24 Prints in November, I resolved to make more prints in the new year. Specifically new prints, not just reprints of my older work, although I probably will do a few of those too. I originally had this plan to do crazy complex designs from a very complicated drawing, but the drawing fluid does not handle like paint and I found that the results were not optimal. So I chose to paint new designs directly onto the screens and experiment with overlays, similar to my recent multi-linear paintings. …
Here are the 4 pieces I completed for the 12×12 exhibit at Golden Belt:
All of the work for this show had to be 12×12 inches. I do not normally work in a square aspect so I had to get a little creative. My first inclination was to do square drawings as these pieces are easy to adapt to different sizes. My paintings tend to be rectangular in shape and 12 inches is smaller than most paintings I have done.…
Silkscreen Printing is a technique I learned back in 1994 at Saint Paul Central High School. I was entering 10th grade when my family moved from southwestern Minnesota to St. Paul that year. The graduation requirements at Central (which we students referred to as CenTRO) were different from those at the school I came from. This difference eventually allowed me to graduate early, but more on that later. I had already taken “Art” and could not take it again for some reason when I was enrolling. …
The name of the show, “Further Complications” relates to several things going on with me right now. It describes the increased complexity of the figures in the paintings. It reflects the increased scope of work, for example the super grid. It relates to my thinking about art this last year of isolation. It describes the current economic realities that we are all dealing with and the uncertainty of national and global politics. In essence the culmination of all these forces.
Further Complications in the Figures
People familiar with my process know that I do many sketches for each painting. …
This is the beginning stage of the super grid. When you obsessively date and time things (like me) getting page order correct is important. This piece required a level of planning that I had not engaged in before. This last year I have been contemplating larger and larger projects, and not necessarily in literal terms, e.g. larger paintings (all though, yes larger paintings too).
One of the things I did not anticipate when I started this was how much I would notice the ink capacity of the pens. …