Another on the paper Arches formulated for oil paints. This time I sprayed the surface with a matte acrylic and the paint still managed to sink in. It wasn't my intention to do something so pale but I think it worked in suggesting the delicacy of the dormant wetland. Fighting my materials is frustrating, but tonight I talked with my friend
Jillian Conrad and heard of a struggle that dwarfs absorbent paper. She is a conceptual sculptor. When the 'idea' is the art, there isn`t a consistent craft employed from piece to piece. It`s all problem solving in the execution of each sculpture. She needs to learn different skills all the time, never having a comfortable familiarity with any of them. Yikes!, I think I`m going to be grateful for paints in a tube and brushes.
Finally, I set up a
Facebook page for my art. I thought I could keep it separate from my personal one but no such luck. So forgive me nieces and nephews, my childhood friends, my former co-workers, I`m sorry to flood your feeds with Randall the Artist stuff. I didn`t want to.
By the way, for any local people who might read this, the wetlands of Fanno Creek on the east side of Cook`s Park in Tigard are magnificent right now. When the weather warms up some, I`m going to go sit there and paint some watercolors.
12"x16"
some available work
3 comments:
Lovely painting, Randall.
It's interesting to think about how your friend describes sculpting. In some ways, writing is like that - the tools (pen, pencil, computer) don't change but how a poem gets put together and comes together changes every time.
re: FB page. You have my "Like" now. (You can set up a group that's limited to posts with your family. But it does mean one more thing to deal with.)
In the case of this painting, I think the softness of color adds to its charm, though of course that wouldn't be true for every subject.
I have a FB Page and personal page...they are connected, but my posts to the art Page aren't Shared on the Home feed unless I tell it to Share. Nobody sees it on my personal page but me until I hit Share. That's how it seems to work for me. A lot of my Friends have Liked my Page, so they see it twice.
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