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Happiness Revisited

Happiness Revisited
Happiness Revisited

36″ x 24″.  Acrylic and Latex.  When I created this, I was experimenting with using a few partially few cans of spray paint of random color.  I sprayed on the colors at random, creating a nebulous background onto I streamed latex of similar, but not exact, color in order to create thin lines with a hard edge to contrast with the background.  I named it after studying it and deciding these would be what might be considered “happy” colors associated with clowns, children’s parties, circuses, etc.  The “Revisited” came from a story by F. Scott Fitzgerald “Babylon Revisited” in which a man returns to the neighborhood where he used to party hard to collect his daughter, the product of his wilder days.  I thought of symbolizing someone returning in a sad story, this painting could be emblematic of someone returning to happier days with a happy ending.

Navajo Sunset

Navajo Sunset
Navajo Sunset

24″ x 36″. I was experimenting with creating a peaceful feeling using horizontal lines and using a brush instead of my usual splattering.  I named it after my first impression, which was that it reminded me of the sun setting over the reservation to the west of Farmington.

Anasazi Autumn

image 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

Winter Sun, 2015
Winter Sun, 2015

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.