I enjoyed the challenge of trying to unify the two paintings below. The act of sacrificing paintings that have reached a state of resolution for the sake of discovering something unexpected is a worthwhile exercise. I am unsure of my direction, but I am sensing some exciting momentum.
The other night I went to a friend's courtyard cabana party and set up shop. Throughout the course of the evening, I painted the gathering from the outskirts of the courtyard and the painting was raffled off to raise money for the Minnesota Millitary Family Foundation.I put it in a pizza box for convenient transport and said goodbye. I enjoyed the experience and the woman who took the piece home seemed pleased with her art acquisition.
I bought some walnut ink and tried it out at my uncle's house. Here is his housing development. I fancy the way the watercolor looks with the brown ink. My new ink pens are very satisfying.
This documentary film chronicles three years of Hockney's landscape painting when he returns to his home in the UK. It is ridiculously relevant to what I have been thinking about in regards to my own studio practice and relates very much to my upcoming painting expedition this summer. I look forward to watching it again and again.
He's fantastic and I can see similarities in the color.
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