Another from May 17-18. I found an interesting color of spray paint in Lowe’s or Home Depot and used it for the background. For contrast I used shades of yellow. I used a paint-loaded artist’s brush to string/dribble the paint. For some reason that escapes me, I thought I would throw in a line of dark brown. I regret that decision now, and would omit it if I could re-do this one. On the other hand, it does break the pattern of the overall work. The work is 24″ x 36″.
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Anasazi Autumn
This is another work from May 17-18. I wanted to toy with shades of brown, house paint, and spray paint. I sprayed the entire canvas with a sort of light tan/umber and then sprayed the edges with shades of brown. My goal with the house paint was to bring out as much contrast as possible. I tried something different in its application; I dipped an artist’s paint brush in the desired color and strung/dribbled it across the canvas, producing thin threads, or flicked it sharply to produce sharp, violent splatters such as the yellow ones in each of the lower corners. It is 24″ x 36″.
I struggled for a name and came up with “Anasazi Autumn” only tonight. I chose autumn because of the autumnal colors and Anasazi, because I created it in Aztec, which is in what was the heart of the Anasazi region about 800 years ago.
Winter Sun
Here is another I created on May 18, 2015. I wanted to give the impression of a bright, dominating sun on a clear winter’s day when the cold has that snap to it. I used the colors associated with such a day. The paints are acrylic and latex and the canvas is 16″ x 20″. I will be showing this in Farmington during June.
Pluto Ascending
This is the second work I created today using a tabletop from Lowe’s. I chose Pluto because of today’s headlines concerning the New Horizons spacecraft coming into view of all of Pluto’s five moons. In July, New Horizons will be at its closest point of approach to Pluto. Therefore, as of today, the New Horizons flight will probably be discovering new facets of Pluto with great frequency, thus the name “Pluto Ascending”, because when something ascends, it comes into view.
I read in an article today that Pluto has a reddish tint. The best photos I have seen of it so far in Google Images have been fuzzy. Therefore I made Pluto overall dark red with some areas black and nebulous to symbolize the unknown. I made a few points white or yellow to symbolize new discoveries coming to light. I used blue and orange-red to provide some additional colors and contrast. Paints used were acrylic and latex. The tabletop is 18″ across. As with “Blue Jupiter” I attached two black wooden slats about one inch thick to push the tabletop away from the wall and to provide space to attach the hanging wire. This also has the benefit of making the work seem to float in the air an inch away from the wall.
Blue Jupiter
In preparing for the upcoming show I found two small tabletops lying around that I had purchased months ago from Lowe’s for experiments with something other than traditional canvas. For me, the most obvious thing they could represent would be planets, particularly with NASA’s latest exploratory expeditions being so prominent in recent headlines. After contemplating what could be done with the smallest tabletop, I thought that the wood grain could represent the bands around Jupiter. There is also a small defect in the wood in almost the same location as the Jupiter’s famed red spot. Therefore I decided to mask the defect with red latex. I used a yardstick to approximate Jupiter’s band and it worked fairly well. To bring out the red spot, I made the rest of the planet various tones of blue. I used white and shades of brown to enliven the work “Blue Jupiter” is fifteen inches in diameter. .
