Philosophy

People, Purpose, Process – the Three Ps

People, Purpose, Process – the Three Ps

By on September 7, 2022 in Philosophy with 0 Comments

Or put another way, audience, narrative, material/technique. This is the thing that I hold in my mind from time to time. I love this new material technique. Working with industrial forms colliding with the waving forms. But what is the narrative? And do I care who the audience is? The question that came up this […]

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The Tension

The Tension

By on August 26, 2022 in Philosophy with 0 Comments

My work should always be a tension between illustration and abstraction, dreams and reality, the sacred and the profane. This paradox is truth. Truth is holding two negating forces in balance as a yin and yang. Is this a battle or a cooperation. I saw the poster for the Broadway show “Wicked” and think , […]

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The Gesture, the Illustraton

By on August 13, 2022 in Philosophy with 0 Comments

You could call this “what is it , part II”. My approach to the work lies somewhere between the gestural and the reactive and the literal illustrative. I am thinking now about how my bomber painting came into being and my car painting. before they were crafted, I drew a little chaotic thumbnail that was […]

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What is It?

What is It?

By on August 13, 2022 in Philosophy with 0 Comments

In my previous post I questioned how I want to treat the surface design and I have close to a pretty good answer on this, but now the quest is, what is the underlying story. I just realized that my works always will need an underlying story, it is what brings meaning to my effort […]

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Surface Design by using color

Surface Design by using color

By on August 13, 2022 in Philosophy with 0 Comments

Awoke this morning with the question of purpose and direction for the latest work. I showed it in its current state to a a friend yesterday and it was met with Luke warm reception. First off I need to identify my audience, MY audience. Who will connect with ME. My work has been spooky and […]

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Deconstructivism

Deconstructivism

By on August 11, 2022 in Philosophy, Sketch with 0 Comments

I realized this morning that I am deconstructing, but does this make me a Deconstructivist? I did some study this morning and one of the keys that hit me was embodied in this quote. Through the deliberate dismantling of structures, we create an environment that is both disturbed and fertile for new links and emergences […]

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What now? What next?

What now? What next?

By on July 28, 2022 in Philosophy with 0 Comments

I have a few process ideas in mind. One is to randomly fuse some shapes in Blender, the 3d modeling program, take some screenshots and use those as the basis of another work. But that is purely random and may or may not yield good results. The next idea is to collage drawn objects together […]

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God Bless the Great NIKI

God Bless the Great NIKI

By on May 20, 2016 in Philosophy with 0 Comments

If my energy could even be half of the energy of the great artists of today and yesterday my life would be incredibly blessed. Recently in Charlotte at the Bechtler Museum I tuned into the wonderful energies of Niki De Saint Phalle. I especially liked the action expressionism of her earlier relief works. I think my […]

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Inner Nature – tricks, trinkets or mojo

Inner Nature – tricks, trinkets or mojo

By on April 17, 2016 in Build, Philosophy with 0 Comments

I was talking to Louis St. Louis at my Carrboro Art Center show about my work. He likened the texture and emotion to something akin to voodoo totems and he suggested I start playing on the concept of the reliquary . I argued a bit about this as I am spiritual and believe in energy […]

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New Film, Venice Biennale, New Directions

By on August 21, 2015 in Philosophy with 0 Comments

http://luxmovingimage.tumblr.com I’m going to really start taking some emotive and visual queues from film making. I started exploring surfaces yesterday, something I wanted to start last month in honor of the TJ Erdal workshop I had to forego due to expenses. Also I had wanted to join Cristina Cordova at Penland to do the animated […]

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