Stretching and priming a big mama last night. I had to capture this image (i chuckle here at my language, as if i was throwing a net on a polar bear), relating to the infinite space. without over dramatizing, i think any artist will tell you that this is the most anxious part of the process. A canvas with paint on it, becomes less menacing (exponentially) with every mark made, as the sea of infinite possibilities begins to shrink (all an illusion).
As i lay it down for priming (rabbit skin glue in case anyone wanted to know... and for those who don't paint, yeah... it's got something to do with animals, i doubt if it's rabbits anymore though...) i notice that it becomes something to contemplate rather than something to walk through. The chairs crack me up, with the light above, as if this were a war room, and leaders were staring into emptiness.
It's at this moment that i understand there is nothing more profound in a time of war and quagmire, or maybe any time, than a blank canvas. Nothing so humbling as this reminder that we are all born and we will all die and none of us really know much more than that. Nothing so beautiful as this reminder of that which goes even beyond "all".
and i wonder what the world would be like if these people we call leaders had these white squares in their makeshift studios, and were faced with them in the wee hours of the night?
I just know it would be a lot quieter.
(last one is for art powerlines... nice eh? love the vanishing point in back too...)
3.13.2007
much ado about nothing
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big mama got nailed by a pneumatic tool.
lazy kids these days.
try painting in table state.
I'm seriously thinking it is the way to go = north or south, what does it matter?
hey old man, at least i'm still stretching the damn things. Cursing their infinite asses the whole time... I'll tell you though... that gun was the best thing that ever happened to me.
And i am all for horizontal painting, used to do a bit of it back in the day. But this white square has got a destiny that has to do with golf already laid out for it. Bigger one thann this coming soon though, for some good stuff...
do you have a deadline?
yeah, make and sell before i run out of money for food. :)
you can call it collagen glue, too. The vegan's hyperventilate a bit less when you call it collagen. They think it sounds more plant based.
rabbits are plant based
Wow! What a beauty. So nice to see a big huge canvas...
Personally, I love stretching canvases... it's so calm and meditative, and it helps build a relationship with the canvas before the painting phase starts.
Incidentally, as a vegan, I switched from rabbit skin glue to Gamblin's PVA sizing. :)
Can't wait to see what you do with that big canvas!
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