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Monthly Archives: January 2011
The Four Stages of a Painting
When painting one of my intuitive abstracts, I find that there are 4 stages that I go through with each painting: they are exploration, discovery, struggle and resolution. Continue reading
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Abstract Art
For me, abstract art is all about the arrangement of colours and shapes in a way that evokes a feeling, a sensation, in the viewer. When I look at an abstract, it either speaks to me or it doesn’t. And if it does, it’s all about the colours, and how they are placed on the canvas, and how they interact with one another. Continue reading
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An Element of Surprise
When I first started to paint, I was taking classes and I was really confused by all the advice I was getting. I remember asking the instructor: ‘what makes a good painting?’. Well, wasn’t that the mother of all questions? … Continue reading
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The Wow Factor – What is it, how do you get it?
What makes a really great painting? Is it strictly technical skills of competent paint application and good composition? I don’t think so. Different things appeal to different people and it’s sometimes hard to know what it is exactly you’re responding … Continue reading
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Art or Craft
I recently attended a large Arts & Crafts show in Vernon, BC. It is touted as the largest such show in Western Canada with approximately 400 exhibitors. There was everything there from beautiful, superbly crafted items of pottery, magnificent quilted … Continue reading
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Thoughts for the New Year
Every January 1st, I try to think of what I would like to achieve in the new year, to set goals for myself. Today, I realized that I have 2 main goals, one is personal, the other is about my … Continue reading
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