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Pseudopanax arboreus

To continue from the previous post, here is one that is not in a new style, but it led to one that is, I’ll put that in the next post. (I like to see one image per post.) This one conforms to my Bush project, except it is not quite right, maybe another go?

This is a five finger, a fairly ubiquitous native. Even in the darkness of the bush those leaves can shine pure white reflecting the light. Little curly bits of white… ah, I need to give it another go.

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Here is quote from Wikipedia

Pseudopanax arboreus or Five Finger (Māori: ‘Puahou’ or ‘Whauwhaupaku’), is a New Zealand native tree belonging to the family Araliaceae. It is one of New Zealand’s more common native trees, being found widely in bush, scrub and gardens throughout both islands.

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Journal

I am searching for my (art) style. The Thousand Sketches was like a satellite view, a grand sweep of who I might be, a way of sorting land from sea.

I am searching by engaging in smaller projects. I can see where 5 years at university would come in handy though, this is hard work, time is only half of it. I have half a dozen scrappy projects on the go and need to wallow, play, explore, focus and get inspiration and tuition and critique on them all!

May be I need a better warm up. Yes I do.

How to engage the muse?

Maybe that is the title of the paper I am writing for the ANZPA Journal.

Maybe with that question in mind I might make sense of the following projects…

Where I am up to

Earth Crosses
in prints and also paint

Landscapes
A plan to produce a series of about 10 digital line & wash prints

Bush & plants
Like above, A plan to produce a series of about 10 digital somewhat abstract plant series
prints and have begun one in acrylic paint

Squares
I am aware I am drawn to the square format… the landscapes? Perhaps those prints need to be in three adjoining prints?

Presentation is on my mind, and I have just ordered 10 frames to work on a show of some sort.

Just as I want to focus on the above – and that is a lot of work! What happens: new styles emerge.

Let me post some in the posts ahead. Or would that be procrastinating?

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New Dimensions audio

Bought & download these four items.
Will review any I like later.

EXPANDING CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE INFOSPHERE

Guest: Steven Vedro
Program #3235

REV UP YOUR CREATIVE GENIUS LIKE EDISON

Guest: Michael Gelb
Program #3234

Host: Michael Toms
Interview Date: 1/8/2008

THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF BEAUTY

Guest: J. Ruth Gendler
Program #3232

Host: Justine Willis Toms
Interview Date: 12/6/2007

Media: MP3 Download

THE EVOLUTION OF DARWIN’S MESSAGE

Guest: David Loye
Program #3230

Host: Michael Toms
Interview Date: 12/3/2007

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Maira Kalman

Maira Kalman Here is a good post about her on a blog. I stumbled on that one. & then found more and more.

Quirky art. Her website. She is the wife of Tibor Kalman who died 1999. I blogged about him before I had an art blog.

She does fabric art and illustrated “Elements of Style” Amazon

Childrens Books

And then, once again TED – downloading the video now!

Later: Saturday, 10 May, 2008

That talk is fabulous, much better than a blog! Go and see it!

Images follow:

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Pattern

I am keen to see how these two look in the “viewer”. I completed the Green and then changed the hue. I think they might go well as a pair.

I was inspired to do these when I used a small 10×15 print of this one as a bookmark: Pattern (#0926 in Thousand Sketches)

Both digital images.

Later: Tuesday, 13 May, 2008 – added a few more.

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Acrylic – Forgotten

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I have completed my first painting in acrylics. There are pleny of
half finished or failed ones lying about but this one I’ll consider
done. It is the first of a series.

It is on gessoed canvas, unframed, the image is 600 x 600 mm
just under 24 inches square.

It has taken a while to get to this point. I have tried a few oils,
some and line & washes – but this one is the first result – that is
not digital.

Digital is clean & quick. Just how quick comes home when I need
to re-arrange the office into a studio. Paints, water, table floor
coverings, easle. Surfaces to prepare and techniques to try out.
And the waiting for things to dry. The cleaning up.

On Sunday (13 April) I was productive. I had about four Earth
Crosses in acrylic on the go. I also prepared some more canvas &
a board. Paintings come on and off the easel as I add something &
then wait for it to dry.

It is based on an earth cross from a few weeks back, see it here.

The photography is patchy but it gives the idea,

Details:

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Detail 2
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Strange Satisfaction

It is late, I am tired. I start on one more image before bed, and now there are three. More earth crosses. They satisfy me. They are a meditation. They a full of stories and moods, about the biggest things in life.

They truly are sketches as I am doing acrylic 600×600 earth crosses on canvas.

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