Sunday, June 25, 2017

Do I have Multiple Personality Disorder?

                                     NO!  I "have an inquiring mind and I want to know".  LOL!
I feel like I am all over the place and can't help myself.  What gives? But I refuse to not speak my mind.  So, how does one find some continuity with your artwork.  When I was at Art Center, I brought a self portrait in and the instructor loved it and said, "do about 10 of these".  Then a curator of a well know museum saw my "dot" paintings, thought they were great and said, "do about 10 of these".  Is that a magic number for a body of work. Is it the kiss of death to explore outside what an artist is known for.  Notice I did not post one "beach" painting.  What I am mainly known for it seems.   Little by little I am exposing myself through teaching.  I display that I can draw, I understand how to paint form, I understand color theory and I admit that I don't have a strong apptitude (my word for talent) for design.  That, I work on constantly.  But back to my point.  I am much more than my beach paintings and I want to make a living with work other than that.  So far so good but could be better.  It was the same thing when I was an illustrator.  You had to have a "marketable style".  But I find that galleries really want work an artist is known for. And what do you do if the next body is completely different from what one was producing during mid-career? Just thinking out loud.


"Random"
Acrylic
8" x 10"

Oh, did I mention I work in ceramics too!

My ceramic holders with my fashion figures.

A large still life in oil painted from life on a sweltering day in our backyard.
"Dishes"
Oil
16" x 20"

"Al"
We'll sit for each other and do 20 minute portraits.  So fun!
Oil
9" x 12"


How about this for a departure.
"Spinning"
Oil
8" x 10"


I love to get comfortable and draw from a Vogue or other sources.
"Fashion"
8" x 10"

I thought I'd try acrylics.  Love them and playing with composition.
"Turquoise Vase"
11" x 14"

I've worked in gouache forever.  This was playing around.
8" x 10"

"Black and White"
8" x 6"
Gouache

Just leaving it as a drawing!
Acrylic
9" x 12"

Back to my fashion roots.
Gouache
6" x 8"

Of course I work in watercolor too!

Looser gouache demo.

Painted on location in San Diego.
Gouache
8" x 8"

Last but not least.
Having fun with simple shapes, flat color.