A few hours of peace

    It has been such a hectic couple of weeks that in spite of saying I was going to go to school and get my classrooms prepared for tomorrow, instead, I dived into my studio and stayed there for about five hours. The top two photos are where I left it today, and the bottom one is what I started with.

    Really, this was a mental health effort, to spend so much time at my easel today. In order to socially distance my students, I've been holding class in two classrooms, which means two setups and a whole lot of technology to manage. Plus, I have to run between the two classrooms, while wearing a mask. I'm hoping it will get easier. The peace of this day will help me this week, I think.

    I still have little way to go on this one. As always, it helps me to post here, so that I can see where I need some work. I guess it is a luxury to know what to do next :)

    

 

In a show

My painting Prelude and Fugue is in a show at the Limner Gallery in Hudson, New York. You can see the show online at http://www.slowart.com/. The name of the show is Juxtapositions. It is an exhibition of art that was created with no references, that is, totally made up, shown alongside pieces that were created using direct references. It is an interesting show with some good pieces. If you care to see it, please click the link above.

Prelude and Fugue

Sometimes, robots and postmodern creatures are referred to as "canners" (ie. Asimov's I, Robot). So I am using this painting for IF's topic this week, canned.

I finally finished this, in the nick of time to enter it into a show (in New York City!) that is asking for work that is totally imaginary, that is, that wasn't made using references. I'm not holding my breath about getting in. Shows like this are a longshot at best, but it is unusual to find anyone that makes the distinction between work that is copied from photos and work that is purely from the artist's brain, so I had to try. The title I finally settled on is Prelude and Fugue. I hope Claire Corriveau will approve.