When artists begin working with new styles and methods, as I did with the Kaleidoscope style, it becomes clear from the start that surprises, such as Superheroes Dilemma, are very common. Turning several views of an image over and on top of each other results in final images that can be dismal failures or great …
Years ago I began exploring a new way to look at cubism. It was interesting to find that figues laid over each other broke up space and the subject, resulting a new twist on an old established style. But as that work progressed I reached a point where things really became stagnant. New ideas just …
While most folks like to look at wide vistas and grand views, I have been looking down for landscapes. A landscape looking down is a microlandscape. A microlandscape is an outdoor view that is smaller and more compact than what most people are used to. Paint it in the transparent cubist style and the plants …
A short time back I was talking with a woman who was viewing some of my work. I asked her what she liked. “Oh, ” she said, “I don’t know anything about art. I really don’t know what I’m looking at.” It was difficult to get her to voice an opinion because she thought she …
Please note: While not a continuation of my last last post, it is a sort of expansion. Most of what I have to say here doesn’t really make sense without what I said before. In coming up with an artist website that has much (or all at the time this was written) of the art …
In my years of making art, I have worked with different materials, mixing and matching things that should or should not have been combined. I have experimented with many different styles and methods. From realism to abstract, from drawing and painting to photography and even explored areas that still don’t have names (and should never …
Art has been part of my life for a long time now and I’ve seen many changes both in my life and my work. I remember when I was younger looking at the work of great artists and having no concept of the process that gave rise to any of it. It all just seemed …