Wordless Wednesday - Where a Painting Comes From

My Own Wordless Wednesday

Well okay, I added these words later.

I did ten paintings with the question, "Why does a painting have to BE something?" With some observers, looking at a painting is like trying to find something familiar in shapes of clouds. "Oh look! That part looks like my dog!"

So I worked on a series of paintings that would be nothing in particular. Nothing real, nothing surreal, no communication, no emotional message, no mood, no display of technique, no decorator accessory. “That’s just the right size and color for over my couch.”

I was determined to just let the bare canvas suggest where to start. Let the marks ask what to do next. Let the color tell what other color is needed. Which style? Which technique?

All the while, there should be no effort to BE something. Except what the paint asked.

It took about six canvases before one really evolved like that. It is difficult to disassociate with the real world. There was no horizon, no direction. No randomness, no discipline. It was just what the canvas asked for.

I suppose someone, sometime, will inevitably see their dog in it somewhere. The mind strives to put everything into the familiar.

But at least I don’t, in this case anyway. I see only how I responded to an empty canvas. We talked.

Wordless Wednesday - I know this stuff.

My own Wordless Wednesday

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Still the most popular page on this blog. The Subway Collection

The Swing

CAUTION! Do not watch this video more than once. Well, unless you have had at least two glasses of wine. Three would be better. Four and you won't have to watch it at all.

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Found Photograph - Juliette Lewis as a Child?

It could happen! What do you think?

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Wordless Wednesday - Where a painting comes from.

My Own Wordless Wednesday Well okay, I added some words later. I did ten paintings with the question, "Why does a painting have to BE something?" With some observers, looking at a painting is like trying to find something familiar in shapes of clouds. "Oh look! That part looks like my dog!" So I worked on a series of paintings that would be nothing in particular. Nothing real, nothing surreal, no communication, no emotional message, no mood, no display of technique, no decorator accessory. “That’s just the right size and color for over my couch.” I was determined to just let the bare canvas suggest where to start. Let the marks ask what to do next. Let the color tell what other color is needed. Which style? Which technique? All the while, there should be no effort to BE something. Except what the paint asked. It took about six canvases before one really evolved like that. It is difficult to disassociate with the real world. There was no horizon, no direction. No randomness, no discipline. It was just what the canvas asked for. I suppose someone, sometime, will inevitably see their dog in it somewhere. The mind strives to put everything into the familiar. But at least I don’t, in this case anyway. I see only how I responded to an empty canvas. We talked.

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Lost Gallery The rescue mission for battered and abused orphan photographs.

For more about Double Exposures see this page in Lost Gallery.

Musical Monday - How to start your day.

Today in 1928 "Ol’ Man River" was recorded by Paul Whiteman and his orchestra. Twenty-five year old Bing Crosby was the song’s featured vocalist. The song is from the Broadway musical, "Showboat". It was 82 years ago.

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A moment in time: Trombone

Here is the original.

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