Author: Scott Von Holzen

This canvas is moving slowly.  Because of it smaller size, 20 inches by 5 feet this work should be completed by the end of this weekend. Yet, I do not think that will happen. Mostly distractions that have nothing to do with art, and self questioning that also has nothing to do with art,  are interfering with the art.   This will of course be overcome because the yearning  to move forward is always there and always pushing everything ahead. And when the all  of all things is put into perspective the art is what matters.

Since this Christmas 2010 piece has a fairly straight forward flow of notes across the canvas, this will force more effort to pop this movement to give the work life. So, it looks simple  and it could be an easy paint-by-numbers work; but that is not expected.  The expectations that grow as each work progresses to the finish, prevents that.  It may not be radical; but it just may surprise how each new work builds on the past and with opens the path forward.

Scott Von Holzen

This is a short post on the 2010 Christmas painting.  Having issues with how to surround the red center.  I went with a too dark band across the top and had to pretty much paint that out.  I do not have enough space to accurately add a extra ledger line which the dark area at the top was in issue wish.  So, I painted it out.  That is what can be easily done on the small 5 foot canvas: with just a little amount of acrylic paint  new ideas can be tried and less new ideas abandon.  That is the reason to paint smaller canvases.

There needs to be some more tweaking of the base before the notes can go down.  Luckily these Golden acrylic paints dry in a few minutes, with the help of a fan.  It has been noticed that over the years the base of these artworks has become just as important as the notes.  At first that was not the attitude, the notes where everything, and the background was just that something to fill the rest of the canvas.  Over the last couple of  years that has changed and the background has to stand on it’s own before even one note is drawn.  Even more,  this last year, the emphasis has shifted from the notes to the background.  Today, the challenge is to create a stand-alone  base and then add the interest and feeling and meaning of the work with the addition of the notes.   The notes makes the background richer, and seperates this art from the many thousands of other’s  abstracted wall hangings.

Scott Von Holzen

This is this years Christmas song What Child is This which is the melody used for another great song Greensleeves. Tonight there is hope to bring the blues and reds together with shades of yellow.  This is a Christmas work so golds, greens, and reds will probably dominate this work.  The yellows will add contrast and interest to the spaces.

Scott Von Holzen