Category: thoughts on being an artist

Sandman, great music from the fifties

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Tough to get to this point.  There is quit a difference between this picture and the one from Jan 31st; you just can not see it in this small of a scale.  What is important is seeing it in person;  standing back and then  moving in close….very…very close…..take off your glasses close; at less for me.  Wow …what a difference you will see;  and feel when you then back away and view it in its whole a second time.

I can see from my blog stats that I am own my own.   I have for years kept a journal of my art.  Yet, I feel that this format offers an opportunity for me to speak about art and its progress in my life that goes beyond words on paper only I can hear.

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The Abstract Music Theme ‘Crush’ done tomorrow

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I am near completion of Crush, and I am feeling that I pulled this one out. When I was stalled I would, which I often do,  look back at previously works for clues  in solving issues with this work.

There are always clues in each finished canvas that will lead the way forward. Sometimes it involves a quick glance. Sometimes it comes form walking back and forth looking across the work,  or moving in close, or looking at a small tight section, or in different light.  The clues are in each finished work to move forward and that is why I am near the completion of Crush.

It is signed.  In the past the signature on the front would be the last thing I did. Lately, my signature has become an important feature in the work.  Interestingly,  I do wait but when I add my initials, will placed and looking correct,  I know  to begin cleaning up and finishing the look, knowing it’s time has come.

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The abstract music theme Crush

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Made a little bit of progress so far tonight.  Doing the non-beam notes in alizarin crimson.  This is another color that was not present in the base image. Slowly I am seeing my way through this canvas.  The object  is not to fight the work, but let the brush…. maybe it is not the brush.  There maybe something else going on…. a certain connection that develops between any artist and the current work.  I have said I only work on one canvas at a time.  That set aside relationship exists because I need to keep  a  tight connection .   I stay loyal to each work until that moment arrives when I have exhausted my efforts and it finally lets me go.

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