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Artist Reception: Saturday July 9, 2011 2-4pm |
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I have always enjoyed creating Art in series. There are 2 ways I do this. One way is to conceive the entire series before you begin and another is to create the works consecutively with each work leading to the next. I would equate this to an interactive versus a linear approach. This Tulip series was conceptualized as a unit. I decided on process, style, color, size and mediums before I began any actual physical work. I planned the entire project visually in my mind's eye before I began working. This type of conceptualization places great demands on an Artist. You need to maintain consistency of vision and consistency of technique throughout the entire project. One of the methods I use is that I keep my materials for the entire series aside. I hold all the pencils, brushes, pigments etc without returning them to storage so that I maintain the same tools from one Artwork to the next. I also use all the pieces as visual reference for each other in order to maintain the exact color and stroke style. I enjoy the added precision that creating Art works in series offers. It is an interesting creative challenge. Both the and the can be viewed in which you can visit here... |
To visually see the creation of this Orange Tulip series of drawings and paintings please visit the Work in Progress section of my website. I have also written about the Creative Process of these works on my Art Blog, Art Naturally - Musings of My Life as an Artist here and here |
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This Still Life Digital Painting is available for purchase in a number of sizes and treatments. Please visit The Store for details or email me at:
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These Van Gogh inspired sunflowers are the dominant feature in this still life of flowers sitting in a piece of Dutch Makkum pottery. My parents, who were born in Holland, raised me in America on all things Dutch. The Art, the gardens, the history of commerce and the expansion of the mercantile industries were part of my development as it was for Vincent who also did not always live in the Netherlands. Van Gogh, a Dutch artist, struggled with system and conformity in a culture noted for tradition and discipline. His work introduced into the vernacular the element of raw passion in his imagery and brushstroke. The use of computer technology and the inherent distance the medium places between the subject and the Artist would have been entirely antithetical to Van Gogh’s visceral immersion into the locations and materials which constituted his oeuvre. He would never have accepted creating without the visceral feel of the paint and the wafting sounds and smell of his environment. Ironically, the process of digital commercial reproduction of his original paintings is identical to the digital production of my work. Regardless of the process used in the creation of the original work of Art, the end result is an infinitely reproducible saleable print. Though he never made a living as an Artist, his work and the reproduction of it has supported hordes of business people who never created Art.
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