Oil on canvas, 6" x 8"
Oil on canvas, 6" x 8"
I can't work in the studio for several days because they are sandblasting (?) the bricks on the outside of our building. They didn't cover the windows properly until a layer of brick-colored dust had covered every inside surface. So, have to clean that up. But right now the windows are unopenable and covered with two layers of plastic. Too dark and hot and dusty.
I thought I'd post these paintings in the meantime. They were done at my old studio, views through the Manhattan Bridge.
I thought I'd post these paintings in the meantime. They were done at my old studio, views through the Manhattan Bridge.
I really like these.
ReplyDeleteThank you, EAGEAGEAG.
ReplyDeleteThe top painting really gets me. I love geometric patters and bold, distinct masses. The out-of-focus background reminds me of the cliffs of New Haven.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kurt. I painted this view many times from that studio even though I'd have to be smashed against the wall to see it, obliquely looking out the window. I loved how the oblong cutout of the bridge made a kind of pendant of what was behind it.
ReplyDeletethis bottom one is really primo - it's got that luscious tactile quality, but it never capilutates to the taste for paint - it holds itself to the job and never merely performs. the job of describing, but never slavishly. it's looseness intimates mystery in a way that can be very trite, but in this case is not.
ReplyDeleteVic, thank you.
ReplyDeleteThe taste for paint. That's the devil right there!
I used to hear my mother say to her sisters: be careful what you pray for, you might get it.
ReplyDeleteAnd we got Dana Schutz. I don't think she's awful, just not good enough.
aww, that was a good one, nomi
ReplyDeleteYes, but what about when I'm nominated to the Supreme Court? I must be vigilant.
ReplyDeleteHa, now I wish I remember what I'd said. Aw. 3-1/2 years later....
DeleteI need a computer forensics expert to uncover my own brilliance.
i can't remember if I heard this or thought of it myself, but an insidious subtext of the outrage over the wise latino remark is the implication that privileged while males are the norm, are the standard, when in fact many are culturally handicaped, lacking in insight and empathy regarding real world problems, like making it to the bank on time to cash your check, etc . To me it is much less about whiteness or maleness, but privilege. Which is distributed racially. ok, off soapbox (although I should confess that in a global context i myself am filthy rich - no hunger, no war, no persecution, etc)
ReplyDeleteand, oh yeah, nice painting
ReplyDeleteNice work. I like these.
ReplyDeleteHey, thanks, M.A.H.
ReplyDeleteimmediate and intuitive this is a tough little painting
ReplyDeletebeautifully balanced ! thank you
Thank you, swillet.
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