Los Amarillos (Nickel Azo Yellow)

Started today: Los Amarillos, 2013, 24" x 30, acrylic on canvas

Palette:  Nickel Azo Yellow, Paynes Grey, Alizarin Crimson, Unbleached Titanium White and Naples Yellow.

I have had a productive run of studio work since returning from finishing the large mural in Costa Rica in July.  This one makes the 15th painted work plus other drawings (see below), including the very large blue Cadence piece documented below as well.   This yellow one is the smallest of the group.  Not sure why the work is going so smoothly right now but I want to push it further.  I have two 4' x 7' pieces grounded on my studio floor that will likely develop after I return from NYC in a few days.  Until then I will draw and perhaps do a few watercolors.

The recent artist statement (link) at the right still pertains.

Los Amarillos, 2013, 24" x 30, acrylic on canvas

Manganese Blue-Esmeralda

Resuming work on Manganese Blue (working title) this morning in my office.  I hightened the contrast, glazed the middle area with Golden green-cold and zinc white (which tends toward beautiful thin blue films when mixed with medium).  It is rather mellow as is.  May leave it alone for a while and work on something else in the time I have before needing to prep for classes.

Esmeralda, 2013, acrylic on canvas.  36" x 36"

Finished. Cadence, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 48" x 180"

Finished. 

Cadence, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 48" x 180" 

Cadence, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 48" x 180" (Detail)

Cadence, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 48" x 180" (Detail)

Cadence, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 48" x 180" (Detail) 

Cadence, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 48" x 180" (Detail)

Cadence, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 48" x 180" (Detail)

"Cadence", 2013, acrylic on canvas, 48" x 180". Working on my birthday...

A canvas started a couple of weeks ago.  I feel it is aging well with added accumulations of marks and passages.  Seems like some sort of a map.  Still in process.  It works better as an entirety right now than in details, though I post three below.

Technical note: I am using a rather restricted palette: (Golden Acrylic) paynes grey, manganese blue, teal, unbleached titanium white, titanium white, ultramarine blue violet, ultramarine blue, green-gold plus lots of matte acrylic medium.  May do the final glaze with a touch of gloss to wet the color a bit.

"Cadence", 2013, acrylic on canvas, 48" x 180". A work in process

Esmeralda

May vivify it a bit here and there.  I do like the overall composition and will likely not change it drastically.  We'll see.

Esmeralda, 2013, acrylic on canvas.  36" x 36".

Yamhill County Art Harvest tour 2013

Thanks to my dear friend Totem Shriver, I will have some pieces on display ( and for sale) at his home in McMinnville at  on Sat. Oct 5,6 and Oct 12, 13.  Prices on request.

Gamboge I, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 41" x 53" 

Valle, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 40" x 54".

Aperture, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 36" x 48"

Retitled and finished: Aperture, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 36" x 48"

Retitled and finished today:  Aperture, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 36" x 48".  The "Pez" title (fish in Spanish) was a bit too literal and as the work progressed seemed less and less appropriate.  It is more about glimpses through openings...broadly defined.  I added glazes along the top and middle, and a few higher highlights here and there mid-range. 

Aperture, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 36" x 48"

Just swimming by...on a gloomy fall day.  It might be transformed a bit tomorrow.

Pez, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 36" x 48"

Valle

Just a little panel I have been doing in my office to relax during off moments.  It seemed to come together today.

Valle, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 40" x 54".

"Cadence", 2013, acrylic on canvas, 48" x 180". A work in process

It feels a bit raw just yet but there is plenty of vitality and promise.  And expanse!  More to do.  The folds in this very heavy canvas provide an interesting rectilinear grid of sorts, serving as an armature for the organic forms to drape, hang, fill and defy.

Cadence, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 48" x 180" 

Detail (in process) 

Detail, in process

Detail, in process