NY (3)

Wanted to squeeze paint directly onto canvas and mix there. Done.

Wanted to do some splattering. Done.

Wanted to play with drips. Done.

Painting

benjamin moore's full
moon in bathroom; payne's gray and
blue in studio

detail, work in progress
12 x 12"; acrylic on masonite panel

New Project

With my new bookmarks completed (and one already in use—yay!), I've moved from a 'canvas' of 9 square inches back to the huge foam core 'canvas' of 1,728 square inches on which I first put marks a few weeks ago.

I've now added a thin slapdash coat of gesso, penciled off a grid of 6-inch squares and various rectangles, affixed tissue and magazine collage randomly, and set up for myself a big playground.

I don't have any particular outcome in mind at this point. Instead, I'm thinking of this foam core as a blackboard (whiteboard), an 'erasable' space where I can follow my nose to try out this or that.

foam core playground
(challenging outdoor lighting)

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Update on my Valentine/birthday hearts grid for Dave  : )

A Leap Between Our Hearts Like Fire in Dry Grass

6x6"; acrylic, collage, India ink, and pastel on gessobord

abstract
2018
[gift]

Who's in Charge Here?

I have an idea I want to capture in paint, a feeling actually, the feeling of a particular afternoon from a few weeks ago. Not sure how having a vague idea and a conscious desire to express a feeling will play out.

I select a 6x6" substrate (canvas board this time) that I painted in 2014 and never liked. Dab some colors on the surface straight from paint tubes.

2014 painting done at Prince Edward Island

Move the paint around with a scruffy hardware-store brush, a foam brush, and my finger. Scratch the surface with a metal skewer.

first layer of coverup

Keep adding and moving paint around, do a bit of stenciling with a piece of mesh.

additional layers

This isn't how I planned to start this experiment at all, but my thinking brain gets mostly usurped by my intuition and body who tag-team and take over.