Music in abstraction ‘Cursh’ as of Jan 16th

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Crush acrylic and water based oils on canvas 24 by 96inches

Struggle with the canvas last night.  I worked mostly on the beams of this music using sap green and discovering that I could create a similar effect with the beams as I did the the 8th notes and their flags.  It was messy with me running upstairs at less a half-dozen time to  wring out a wash cloth I was using to remove paint.   Using water based oils, from Windsor & Newton, makes changing your mind a lot easier to do knowing it is just a mater of washing it all off.  The big cost is the paint that is flushed down the drain.  I was using water based oil of sap green for it went on heavier then the acrylic version which I would have preferred, and used on the flag notes.  The beams are thick with color, more then I would like,  but when looking quickly at the canvas this morning, I thought for the most part it worked.

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The abstract music theme Crush

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Cursh

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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musical abstract ‘Crush’ notation picture

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Crush 2010
'Crush' a popular standard music theme 24 by 96inches, Jan 13

There was plenty of room to spread across my notation.   Tonight, The problem  with this background was finding a color for the notes that give them definition.  I found what will probably work in  sap green.  This shade of green was not used at all on this background.  That surprises me for I used a variety of colors searching for a combo that worked. Finally the canvas said it was OK to proceed.   Thanks for that, for I had run out of ideas.  You cannot see the notes like I do, they are all little tiny abstract painting, each an individual work of something.  I cannot stand boring routine, although each of these canvases require just that to get it done and at times it feels good to know, just what has to be completed in a session. So,with the help of a brush or a pallet knife I sculpt each note letting it tell me when just enough is enough.  You’ll see what i mean tomorrow.

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