Geometricals

When people look at my paintings I often hear comments like " how original"  or "you have the most versatile style".  True, and the reason is I paint the way I feel and that varies depending on where my brains or my thought process take me.  Even if I approach two paintings in the same day, they may appear differently depending on how I feel at the time.

 

 

 

I guess this one started in orange because of October and the Fall colors but how the geometrical came about?  Beats me.  I just get started, get involved and something like hunger or thirst makes me stop painting and then I look at it and I go: "did I just do that"?

Windows

People often ask me "what inspires you to paint a certain painting"?
To answer that question, "anything".

 

 

 

So the other day I was strolling around in an art store like a kid looking for candies and I came across this newly designed canvas with an inbuilt shadow box.  That became my inspiration right there and then to paint these two paintings:  Window I and Window II.  Both painted in oils borrowing plum and bamboo seasons.

Confusion!

This painting in acrylic was done on textured gessoed canvas, designed and built over, using  Bas Relief technique.  The Angel Fish came about, scanning the maze-like world around it with that patch on its tail, trying to fool the predators to mistake that fin for the eyes, protecting its visual and decision making organs.  Aren't they clever?

Story of My Life

Bought a couple of 24x36 black gessoed canvases the other day that looked exciting.  Did not have any immediate plan what to paint on them so I decided to go by my usual way of approaching a new canvas and squeezed out some paint on my palette to go with the black canvas.  The result:

These two paintings came about.  so I called one "The story of My Life", of course and the other one, "Synchronized Twirls".

Tree of Life

This painting followed the Circle of Life, as a sequel but it could be a prequel to it if there is such a word!

I see it to be hung on the left hand side of the Circle of Life.

Circle of Life

In painting contemporary or abstract, I usually choose my palette and start letting my creativity select it's own path.  Most of the time when I finish the painting and look back it gives me a positive feeling and I'm happy with it.  If there's a sign of turmoil or disturbance some where, it usually lends itself to some kind of growth or a cheerful light or some thing positive.

 

In this painting my intention was to create a cyclone type of movement.  A light hole came about instead of a black hole and the dome underneath gave birth to the growth of that "Tree of Life".

Demo at Zen Gallery

I thought about what media to take to the gallery for the demo, what kind of crowd I'd be getting and what subject matter to paint, before the date.  Finally decided on either brush painting or finger painting depending on how it goes.  While I was setting up I felt like finger painting from my memory.   The painting below is the result.
All I used was my little pinkie for the mountains, land and water; and my little finger nail to paint the boats, some foliage, the birds and the figure on the cliff and finally the steps from the mountain below to the cliff.  As if I have lived there and that's me who climbed all the up and now enjoying the scenery from up there.