I have a new digital painting that I am working on. I thought I’d share it with you here and get a little feedback.
Keep in mind this is a much smaller version of the full file size. Just enough to show you what I am working with.
I don’t usually name works before I finish them, but this one is called "Layers of Abstraction"
There are different stages most artists go through. This is the one I am at right now and it’s pretty challenging. I won’t say the most challenging, but still it’s pretty difficult.
The reason it’s difficult isn’t so much that as an artist you are untalented or unoriginal, it’s the fact that you know you have something unique to offer, but you haven’t quite developed it yet.
Everything we try and do leads somewhere unique. We are inspired, and take different things into our ultimate product. In this we find our voice.
I’ve been looking at the art of Willie Cole lately. Willie …read more
I’ve dealt with this topic before, but I am always challenged by it.
Art is one of those things that requires a certain amount of money to make money in. I, of all people, wish canvases were given away for free down on the street corner. Actually, I think they should be, along with a set of paints and brushes.
I think we might live in a happier world if they were. There is such a trend toward expression in our culture, we are seeing more and more ways that people are being creative, but we are still seeing many …read more
This is a revisited comic based off of one I did last week on my personal (what is becoming my cartoon) site, www.decloned.com
Now I am not down on abstract art in any way. Most of mine is abstract too. I just think that as any kind of artist, we must come to the realization that not everyone is going to understand our work, in fact… count on it.
I’ve been reading some interesting articles lately about art and artists who are being represented in various places.
I have come to the conclusion that art doesn’t necessarily have to be good (as per my opinion) to be worthwhile or to make the artist famous.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti (See link) creates work that I would classify as being on the level of a three-year-old given paint and tarps to work with. They are crude, arrogant paintings that have little or no aesthetic value (once again "in my opinion").
An office building in San Francisco apparently has some issues with Ferlinghetti’s work as well. …read more
Rindy Sam probably doesn’t stand a chance in court but I must confess a blank canvas looks pretty inviting to me as well.
Artist Cy Twombly’s work was on display in Avignon in southern France when Rindy Sam was overcome with emotion and decided to express herself on this white canvas.
Being that it’s absolutely white must be a form of abstract expressionism where the artist appeals to the incoherence caused by laziness of actually doing art or actually lifting a paintbrush.
Blank canvases belong on easels, not in galleries.
Even as an abstract expressionist myself, there is a certain lack of expression …read more
Lately, I’ve been working on a few random projects of my own. Most of these are more experimental in nature for my own benefit… but still, I’ll share.
Also, I’ve been thinking about putting together a series of "color schemes" for web and digital work.
I know there are a lot of those out there already, but still, it might be beneficial to a few people too to have many in one place. Something akin to this Daily Color Scheme site that never really went anywhere but looked promising at one time.
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David Hayward has some great advice for anyone who might be wanting to get into watercolor painting. But rather than have me tell you about, check out his post here.
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Okay, I’ve been playing Halo3 for the last hour or so and am stunned by the graphics. They even outdid Oblivion’s graphics. And so at this point I am resisting the urge that I am sure many other bloggers are writing about, the game art, the graphics, the real time physics implementation, etc.
Let’s suffice to say that they are great, but someday my kids will look at me and wonder why I played such a boring game….lol
I’ll look at them, smile, and say something to the effect that "Back then those graphics were top-of-the-line. Now, you can’t go …read more
Okay, so you are an artist and you have a blog. Great.
I recently read an article that references blogs as a great way to maximize the exposure of your artwork. While this is true, there are several very different ideologies about art blogs that must be considered before you embark on your own little foray into the art blogging world.
Artist Blog – This type of blog is the most prevalent. This is artists who blog about their own artwork, show it on their blog and rarely talk about anything else. These are great blogs and there are a lot …read more
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