The base notation is all done for Crush

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no picture to tonight for my camera is at work. They needed some head shots and I’m not that bad of a photographer, better at that then playing the piano.   Tomorrow I will put up this nights work.

I just got done hearing on Pandora, Carmen McRae,  singing a nice version of my last work that is the main image now appearing on my web site, www.scottvonholzen.com.  Hearing great music is all I need to push ahead.  Whatever happens, I am just going to keep at it hoping that just maybe  I will find the right path.  Better then waiting to win the lottery.   Anyway,   what do I have to lose besides some up front cash.  Besides,  inside all of us there is a great talent just screaming to get out.  It just takes courage, determination, stubbornness and a whole lot of humility.  What if no one else sees your light?  OK,  still you have to believe that the dream still leaves on. What else is left.  I know, just look into a mirror and you will see.  Not bad, but I have looked better.  Sure, this quest is like living in  darkness, but at less I am living.  Van Gogh is dead, Picasso is dead, and Pollack and Rothko are dead.  This is our  time, so into the blindness I will go…………  …….     …… …… watch out I’m sure there is going to be a lot of bumping along the way.

SVH

Crush ready for the music

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improvisation no. 3, 2010, Crush
Crush background set to go for the music

Not a great photo….but do not want to take away from my already limited amount of painting time. They will get better.. i am constantly involving.

About an hour or so of work and I think it is time to let this abstraction go….   Every time I approach a canvas I grasp some idea and go with it…. and then comes the visual feedback from the colors, and I begin the see the limits of my goals.  At that point it is time to stop, to take a look.   At that one moment I ask, is it a yes or a no. If there is any doubt, I let the paint dry and pick a color and see what happens.    Every background for every abstraction starts with an idea, probably based on a previously work that I liked and just would like to pursue.  It never ends that way. The work evolves over the days and even though I try to keep the music theme in mind, I tend to drift.  The paint drifts, and what the finish look is, is never what I started with on the floor with the first wash.

Of course, I have no idea what colors will work to display the flow of the music for Crush.  No Clue.  We will see tomorrow what appears, which will start out easy with a white base  to get things in place,  to make sure everything I need can be apart of this work.

Scott Von Holzen

Cursh Jan 11th

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I should mention all of my paintings start with acrylics mostly Golden or Windsor & Newton.  I probably in the future will move more to the Golden brand for I can get them in larger amounts that saves on the cost.  I does not take long to spread ten dollars worth of paint and then decide it needs to covered up.

Last night I decided to fill in the background with diluted color mostly using Turquois.   I also spread out some yellow in two shades to move the canvas to the left.   Music flows and and so must my technique. I will be working on this canvas tonight, only one work at a time.   Since I work during the day all must wait and since the night hours are limited during the week it is just a lot easier  to maintain the concentration on one goal.

crush

scott von holzen