This is a painting. I am pulling colors and energy from around me. I’ve been striving with this one for months.
New Perspective, continuing
Topography
I have made a base for Poly-means many that will sit inside the steel legs. Except I’m going to have to modify the corners, because they won’t fit. They are too tall. Art, for me is the process, and learning. I have helped build and rehab many houses, so you’d think I would get that “measure twice” rule of carpenters. However, problems and glitches sometimes lead to new ideas. Anyway, most of the topography is made of scraps of plywood. I will insert some pieces of plate glass in some of the gaps. Some are holes, or ruts, like to map of my life. The red wood dye is a Briwax product. I will continue to add more dye to make some areas dark. Because some of the plywood had a hard finish, it barely takes the dye, and other areas are various shades.
Shadows
Poly-means many
I am trying to understand the many sides of this thing. Maybe like a blind person describing an elephant. I have already used steel wire to make the word “open” which I plan to use to wire the book closed. Along with openings and opportunities, there are limits. After I fashioned the word “limit”, Gregg forged it for me, making it flatter and wider. Then we took a photo to show the shadow, and the light. Many of the words I’m using are opposites, but some are shades of meanings. “Limit” may appear on or near the “glass ceiling.”
Catching up
I’ve been experimenting with Poly-means many for awhile. Here are three elements I’m thinking about. The base will be a topography of plywood pieces, dyed red like the small one in the corner. There will be glass elements. Here is a model from foam core for the stacked glass ziggeraut. I know that is not the usual spelling. The third image is cut glass pieces that may find a place in this sculpture.
New Perspective
I have been collaborating with Gregg on his sculptures. I forget that what I draw or paint may not stand up or intersect in reality. I worked on this, trying to think more sculpturally. I’m still more interested in color and paint.
Day in the studio
The weather here has been too cold, snowy and wet to get to the studio much. I’m horrified what Texans have had to put up with. At least I expect cold weather here. And we are serviced by the Haywood EMC Co op.
So, I was able to do some painting today. This was started last year, but I thought it was not complex enough. Radio Signals.
Medical Debt Horror
2020 will smack many people with horrible medical debt, no matter if they are insured or not. Trying to deal with it is oh, so …bad. Harassing phone calls and threatening letters, but no solutions. Kill yourself? How do they think you can pay if you do that?
She Persisted
This has been a hell of a year. This is a self portrait, using wood dyes, on paper. The lose of control with the dyes mirrors my frustration.
Deforestation
I live in a rain forest, but nothing like a jungle in South America. Yet, I can see the devastation caused
by clearing the land. This is a new technique, using Keto dye on plywood, as well as paint and charcoal.
Pardon this interruption
I got a terrible result of my blood test a couple of weeks ago. As everyone knows now, steroids can work wonders. I laid low and the numbers are back to normal for me.
This painting is called Radio Waves. Information coming from outer space?