Long Overdue Post...
This is a painting of a dam right down the street from my house. It’s a 20×24″ canvas.
This is a 12×16″ painting from the past week.
I’ve been lazy about posting lately, and I apologize. I’ve been distracted by a lot stuff, notably the nice weather that is keeping me outside painting. Today is yet another sunny day, so I’m getting ready to head out for an afternoon of painting. But first I wanted to throw up a quick post here. The two paintings above are new paintings that I really like. And below is an excerpt from a blog I visit regularly. It’s a quote of Robert Motherwell’s that I enjoyed and thought I might share here. The blog I found this on is, www.dailygusto.com. It’s a fun place to read some interesting art reviews. You should check it out if you have the time.
From his essay “What Abstract Art Means to Me,” 1951:
Nothing as drastic an innovation as abstract art could have come into existence, save as the consequence of a most profound, relentless, unquenchable need.The need is for felt experience–intense, immediate, direct, subltle, unified, warm, vivid, rhythmic.
Everything that might dilute the experience is stripped away. The origin of abstraction in art is that of any mode of thought. Abstract art is a true mysticism–I dislike the word–or rather a series of mysticisms that grew up in the historical circumstance that all mysticisms do, from a primary sense of ugly, an abyss, a void between one’s lonely self and the world. Abstract art is an effort to close the void that modern men feel. Its abstraction is its emphasis.
Posted on Sunday April 19, 2009 | 4 Comments
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Hey Colin, Great pieces of paint! Always some valuable inspiration found here.
Hey Colin, nice, a comments section, just what we’ve been waiting for. Good work, keep it coming (like you need any egging on!)
Nice paintings, Colin. As always. The way you save your lightest shimmers of paint to make us squint at the reflection on water is so masterful. And the dam painting reminds me of so many places I miss in CT & MA. Bravo.
Looks like Stonington. I can feel the wind and smell the surf in this one, Colin. It’s just pulsing with life