Week 12

So I'm not sure why I insist on reinventing the wheel every week. I feel these are 2 subjects that were successful and I wanted to explore them a bit more. The 3 above are in various stages and deal with flocking birds.  I think it's fascinating that we are not sure how or why these birds are doing this. The two shots below are in progress and they are pond reflections. They go in the series, and I am hoping to come to the June residence with at least 12 of these done that form a loose mural.

Week 11

I realized this week that I found a few things that I think we're working for me and for some reason I feel the need to go rediscover the wheel every week. Not sure why. I really concentrated on going deeper on a few of these subjects.  This is the first of 3 that will explore the flocking bird idea from earlier in the semester. I'm excited to do them and not sure why I didn't do this sooner.

These 3 are obviously smaller and go with that UFO series. They are close to 8 inches by 6 or so. I think these are working well and I will have to see where these go.

Another pond one. It's frozen and the white are air bubbles, but they start to feel a bit like galaxies which I like even better! 

This week also had me visiting the Burnett Gallery in Minneapolis. Chris Larson has exhibited in Germany and New york with his shot gun art. Also stopped over to Gallery 13 to look at regional work of Jim Burpee.

Weeks 9 & 10

Weeks 9 & 10 had me finishing up these two large paintings. Worked closely with my mentor on these ones. Trying to make sure they followed the formula he set out for me: grace, minimal, unusual, and timing. Those 4 things need to be working together for me to pull off this style. The small white birds in the top one don't necessarily read as birds, but they could be stars, or ashes and I like that as well. Likewise, there is a large piece of flowing plastic sheet on the bottom one, that may read a bit as water.

This is a new one. The colors are much too bright. Need to tone down and also add the foreground figure. Not sure who or what that is today.

These last 2 pond images are almost done. They are sort of a dark traditional kind of piece. I think the reality/perspective in these ones will set up the shots of jet contrails and ice in the other ones.