Media Interview

This recent interview is posted on 1st Angle & Friends - a British based site for Artists of all kinds of art.

Aproaching Storm

This is another painting that had a John Karl Claes painting as its genesis for an idea. The painting by Claes is a wonderful landscape with a straight canal dividing the painting. "Split" is the title of the original idea.

I gave it quite a different treatment. So much so that when one person saw this they thought they were looking up at a tall building on fire. Who knows...but that is something I really enjoy when someone sees something totally different that what I actually painted. The colors of course are different as I worked with mostly all warm colours.

Approaching Storm - 2009
Oil on Canvas
20" X 16"

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Nowhere Known

Using a painting from another artist can be challenging. When I do it I do not try to replicate the original. I paint my interpretation which generally changes most of the painting. This painting is after a 2003 painting by John Karl Claes called River Valley Spring - it is an 8 X 10 oil on panel. I used a 25 X 14 POUS (Panel Of Unusual Size).

Nowhere Known - 2009

25 X 14
Oil On Canvas

This is called "Nowhere Known" because I don't know where the sot is. I was asked, "Where was that painted" and I said, "Know where I know". So I gave it a title to answer all the times that question is or might be asked.

Only One

Sometimes a painting intends to be one thing and becomes something else. That is the case with this painting. "Only One" became a much better painting because as a result of changing the idea.

Only One...there is only one, none other exists to accomplish the greatest mystery of life.

Only One - 2009
Oil on Canvas
24" X 36"

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Just What Do You See?

The most recent painting I have finished and posted on this blog is one that I think is best enjoyed when studied.

Several who have seen it have seen the painting very differently. That is a good thing. It is something I want to happen when people view my paintings. I always have some concept in my mind when I start and when I am finished (most often the concepts change).

Sidestep - named so because I sidestepped the original name I planned for the painting (don't ask) - is a painting that needs "gaze time". It needs to be studied and in a relaxed mood and posture. Let the painting reveal itself - it will be fun.

Sidestep - 2009
Oil on Canvas
20" X 16"

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