Weeks 15 & 16

This one is done. It's a larger UFO one from the last residency. it's 22 x 28 and Oscar felt it was one of my strong pieces.

I think I'm getting close on this one. It's dark and moody with lots of layers. it's also still fairly wet and glossy, so i might have to varnish or something after the residency

this is a newer one. Just finished reading Modern Painting and the Northern Romantic Tradition, it was a great book and inspired me to work with this. Not sure how it will be received.

This is another UFO one, but I am also doing it a bit more in the style of Richter and his blurry photographs. Not too much to say at this early stage....

Weeks 13 & 14

Finished writing and researching about Gerhard Richter. I was very inspired by his room at the new Modern Wing at the Chicago Institute of Arts! This above painting was originally intended as an underpainting but when I blurred it.... well, it really was fascinating. I touched up some details but left a blurry, hazy atmosphere. It's dark but not as dark as the photos. Included a detail below.

Detail of the bottom of the Richter inspired piece. Painting very dark this semester and it's hard to photograph.

My last bird one... for now. I told my mentor April the last one from a few weeks ago was it, but I forgot I was already working on this one. I think it's done and I think the bird flocks are done. They lost that uncanny/paranormal/extraordinary sense to me.... I guess I feel they are now familiar and I'm ready to move on.

My UFO pieces at the last residency were small. 8 x 10's mostly. I feel a couple of these deserved more consideration so I'm redoing this one larger. You can go find the original somewhere in the Semester 2 blog. This one is around 30 x 24.

This one is exciting to me. Just the right amount of ominous and beautiful. Working on lots of layers and I really like the light vs. dark interaction on the edges.