Month: September 2010

Been a few days with summer and all, but unlike smaller canvases this 14 footer takes considerable time to see leaps and bounds of changes. What you see here is more thought then progress.  There is going on a constant comparison to Long & Winding for that one days adventure broke new ground, and pushed things forward way more then was ever expected.  But, as has been learned from the pass, there is no real duplicating of the techniques from a previous work with the current effort.  Yes, those tried techniques are attempted but somehow they never fit the same.  This causes frustration and eventually something happens, usually accidentally, and the way forward is found.  It has been that way for the last five years.  The day that ends, the day there are no more accidents available, will  stop everything.  The wall will loom;  the choice will have to be made, not accidentally.

Scott Von Holzen

Fragment left lower side.  Originally the first coat of this whole group of notes was a cadmium red light.  But the color quickly felt out of place. The vast middle and right side of this 14 foot canvas are notes that move from that red to magenta and then a cobalt magenta mix to finally the right  and viridian. This is being discussed for although the light red has now been painted over with magenta, it still exists, on the corners and peeks through here and there.  The point is that whatever is painted is rarely done in error: decisions  are made and refections change and like in pin ball the artist bounces about until the painting finds its way.  The bouncing is never organized, nor consistent, and guaranteed only one thing: with each kick back a new opportunity finds its way forward, never to be lost.   That was guaranteed  to happen as soon as that carefully planed cadmium red was thoughtfully stroked and spread precisely on the canvas and just as carefully covered over,…mostly.

Scott Von Holzen