Run for Cover, 12x18, acrylic on panelShortly before displaying this one, I asked an artist working in the gallery to give me a title. She asks "What sort of titles do you like?" to which I replied: "I like ambiguous - almost arbitrary titles."
Run for Cover was her first offering and I like it. This is another landscape from my Midwestern photography collection. I love that flat horizon and the strength of the trees against (for me) a flat sky. The values are true to the original photo, but I took liberties with the palette.
Here it is in a cut down recycled frame that I bought for $1.50. Sometimes you get what you pay for... ha ha.. I may do a larger version on one of my deep cradle panels as I'm not wild about it framed, but as it was done on a flat panel - and, well you get the idea.
...from my new
alter egos series... #008, 5 x 6 acrylic on panel, donated to Currahee Artists Guild Miniatures Fundraiser
Also from the alter egos series: Ode to Georg Baselitz, 9 x 12 acrylic on mounted wood panelI've always loved the quirky work of Modernist
Georg Baselitz (below) who often turned his subjects ass over tin cups (upside-down) - well - he turned the
paintings upside-down that is. His influences range from classical art to art brut, and he has often depicted angst ridden characters and ghastly scenes - but my favorites are the primitive carved wooden busts and inverted heads.
I love the pattern here - and how it seems to overwhelm the face, like an attack of polka dots... It's titled: "In the Forest" and it was painted in 1992.
Here's one of his carved heads: "Sonderling" done in 1993. Such pathos.
And one more... titled "Cubistic Gas Mask"
Run for Cover, 12x18, acrylic on panel
Here it is in a cut down recycled frame that I bought for $1.50. Sometimes you get what you pay for... ha ha.. I may do a larger version on one of my deep cradle panels as I'm not wild about it framed, but as it was done on a flat panel - and, well you get the idea.
...from my new alter egos series... #008, 5 x 6 acrylic on panel, donated to Currahee Artists Guild Miniatures Fundraiser
Also from the alter egos series: Ode to Georg Baselitz, 9 x 12 acrylic on mounted wood panel
I love the pattern here - and how it seems to overwhelm the face, like an attack of polka dots... It's titled: "In the Forest" and it was painted in 1992.
Here's one of his carved heads: "Sonderling" done in 1993. Such pathos.
And one more... titled "Cubistic Gas Mask"
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Run for Cover is absolutely perfect! I have a kind of spiritual connection with trees, so I love-love this piece.
ReplyDeleteBaselitz's Carved Head is amazing.
I dunno, I think I like that frame; it adds an appropriate touch of the rustic to the midwestern landscape.
ReplyDeleteI only knew Baselitz by name, not by work. Thanks for the little feature on him; I'll have to go look him up.
hi Patrice .
ReplyDeletei found your blog because of Jeane's post .
wonderful to have met this !!
you have goos works and a good taste for art too .
it is nice to meet you .
Caio .
Oh Patrice.... I love #7 and #8. Perhaps because they have evolved from the first 6, they are more complex and thought provoking and a deeper glimpse into your soul. I think this is a very evolved view of your thoughts and believe you should continue when the feelings strikes you. Love them!
ReplyDeletehmmm, Run for Cover reminds me of a thunderstorm somehow, but the sky is blue
ReplyDeleteHi Sheila - Late night madness needs its outlets... And yes, some are deceptively simple - others more complex... like all subconscious journeys. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteTeri - Geez how I love that thumbnail photo... and you are so right. The title belies the image - I like it because it makes one wonder... Cover? Run across that field? Run for shade? What's about to happen?
Great
ReplyDeleteexcelent example of canvas artwork great work
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