It’s been a while

It’s been a while since I updated this blog. I started using it mostly just to get a handle on how WordPress works, as I already had (& still have) a Blogger one, which I still use from time to time. I check in occasionally here to see if there’s been any activity, but there usually hasn’t been. So, I’m wondering whether to just delete this blog? Thoughts?

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Some new tondo paintings

Recently, I’ve been working more and more in the circular (or tondo) format. The main result of this is that my work has been given something of a new lease on life, in particular in dealing with the compositional aspect of this change. Most paintings, generally speaking, are done in a rectangular format, the original idea being, I suppose, that the artwork was like a window or door upon another world. With a circle, that point of view changes. To me, the art piece becomes a small world unto itself. There is also a connection with the human eye, and probably other things that I haven’t thought of yet. Here are some of my favorite and very latest tondos…

Nocturne’s Garden, 2012, acrylic on circular canvas, 16″ diameter.

Andromeda, 2012, acrylic on circular canvas, 12″ diameter.

The Great Manipulator, 2012, acrylic on circular canvas, 12″ diameter.

The Rise of the Subhumans

This is a large scale painted drawing (if that makes sense, & I think it does) that I completed yesterday. It is surreal/apocalyptic in nature, & was partly inspired by seeing Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus” the night before I started it, so some of the imagery from that movie bled over & was integrated into this piece. I highly recommend the movie, by the way…

 

The Rise of the Subhumans, 2012, acrylic on Kraft paper, 83″ x 57″ approx.