Tag: ART

Crush ready for the music

Published on by Scott Von Holzen
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

first images of Improvisation no. 3 Crush

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improvisation no3 Crush
crush unfinished state

Above is my current work ‘crush’ for short.  Like I said it is 24 by 96inches, and right now not impressive.  I added the red acrylic color on Friday, and had other important matters to deal with.  I am wondering what I can do, and that is where the abstraction comes in.  In a few minutes from now I am going to turn to this painting, stare into the colors and grab some paint, and let it roll, or better yet slide.

Just a note the above picture is a snapshot. All the images on my web site www.scottvonholzen.com I photograph and take considerable time with the lighting and the final colors to be as accurate to the real as I can be….at less when viewing on my monitor.

scott von holzen