Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Lino Cuts!@#$#^&*(

O.K. I think I gave it a stab. I'm getting burned out on the Lino cuts. I am still in the elementary stages but not sure progressing on these is where I need to be. There hasn't been any real success with it for me. I might do a few more and maybe try the 3 color process which will require a more sophisticated subject matter.
I have actually found some very good web sites but they don't go into the three color process.



Wednesday, March 19, 2008

My latest painting done! I think.....


I am getting so tired of conventional images, and yes I know mine is...but I am getting to the point where I say " This is MY painting and I'll do what I want!"...I had done this painting awhile back and it was just too;too just fruit and Veggies...so I added the blue...and I like it...I have had comments saying..well the reflection is not in the background..".Hey, I don't care...It's my painting."I find I'm mixing real with not real..maybe it's a taboo...but....I don't care! In a way it's what I did with the leaf painting.
I'm growing and I can't do that if I'm too safe...so I'm taking chances.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

NEED FEEDBACK


O.K. I admit it...I am going through the faze "nothing is working". We've all been through it. sometimes we can work too hard on something like this painting. I can't even see it any more! I feel like I'm regressing not progressing here.

I would like from my audience some honest feedback about what bothers them. Constructive criticisms.

I could make excuses like, surgery, virus, grandaughters virus, daughter moving and running into Chicago on week-ends...but it won't work.

I need a dose of reality.

Monday, March 3, 2008

Lino Cuts


These are first runs of some new Lino cuts I'm working on. You can see they need to be re-worked and cut on some more. They are way too busy. I plan to experiment with some mono-printing behind them and see what happens.