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Friday, September 28, 2018
Newsletter: September 2018
Sunday, September 23, 2018
Article / Video: Cultivating Creativity
Here is an interactive article, Cultivating Creativity from the Washington Post, discussing the nature of creativity as used by improv artists, jazz musicians, and rappers. Exposure to creative pathways, whatever the source, is always helpful.
Can the experiences of these artists apply to wall art and sculpture?
In an article in the Wall Street Journal today, Jasper Johns is quoted on Sept 23:
REPORTING AND WRITING
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| Jasper Johns, Flag, encaustic and collage on canvas |
Mr. Johns, who turned 88 in May, has just finished an etching and is working on a painting. He finds ideas everywhere, saying, "I doubt that there is any limitation to what can act as a trigger.”
from the Washington Post
Science has not fully mapped the neural network of creativity — that’s years, maybe decades, away. But brain studies suggest that creativity is a basic human function. It’s part of our biology, available to all of us. As improv artists show us, creativity can be cultivated by practice, which strengthens the neural pathways that lead to new possibilities.
Science has not fully mapped the neural network of creativity — that’s years, maybe decades, away. But brain studies suggest that creativity is a basic human function. It’s part of our biology, available to all of us. As improv artists show us, creativity can be cultivated by practice, which strengthens the neural pathways that lead to new possibilities.
Cultivating Creativity Credits:
REPORTING AND WRITING
Sarah L. Kaufman
VIDEO PRODUCTION AND EDITING
Jayne Orenstein
MOTION GRAPHICS
Sarah Hashemi
PHOTO EDITING
May-Ying Lam
PHOTOGRAPHY
Tim Coburn (Jason Moran) and Marvin Joseph (GoldLink, UCB)
DESIGN AND PRODUCTION
Shelly Tan and Elizabeth Hart
EDITING
Alexa McMahon, Mitch Rubin, Suzette Moyer and Kaeti Hinck
COPY EDITING
Jim Webster and Jay Wang
VIDEOGRAPHY
Daniel Mich, Breanna Muir, Adriana Usero and Victoria Walker
MUSIC
Original composition by Jason Moran; Roy Beat by Tom Misch
ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND FOOTAGE
Courtesy of Charles Limb, neuroscientist, surgeon and professor of otolaryngology at University of California at San Francisco
SPECIAL THANKS
Project filmed on location at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, the Kennedy Center and Studio Theatre
Friday, September 14, 2018
New Work: Evening Song, Foothills oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches
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| Evening Song, Foothills Oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches $10400 framed Saks Galleries, Denver |
At the end of my day in the studio, I often walk out back and see tree patterns in the large meadows near the foothills. The sun has already set and the available light changes the look of everything. I have often wanted to paint a pure arrangement, just the basic elements of that view.
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| On view at Saks Galleries, Denver |
There is a bit of both here to keep things interesting, but my focus was create a simple landscape composition with aquas and blues. As the painting developed, the lighting became softer and I found myself just following along, enjoying the developing scene.
All of the sky and most of the blue hill in this finished work are from the first painting sessions and it was fascinating to observe how both areas seemed to take on a glow as the rest of the oil moved forward.
This is one of the softer, lower-intensity pieces I have ever done and I like the presence and calm it gives to the room.
It's like a whisper.
Saturday, September 8, 2018
New Work: Water, Land and Sky in Flow oil on canvas, 36 60 inches
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| Water, Land and Sky in Flow oil on canvas, 36 60 inches Sorelle Gallery, New Canaan, CT $7500 unframed |
The way light plays on the surface of lakes is a constant fascination to me. With this oil the lake is a factor but equally weighted with the bright, yellow trees in the distance.
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| Staged installation |
This is likely the 5th or so version of this arrangement. As the painting progressed through the different trials, more glowing colors emerged and the overall look of the oil continued to get brighter.
Each trial yielded a completed painting but after a few days of viewing what I had, those brighter shapes called out for more to be done. In this final version, there is movement everywhere, carried along by the changes in colors and in the way that the mass of the trees and cloud bank are surrounded by the atmosphere in the upper sky its reflection on the lakes surface.
As it turns out, the painting titled itself.
Saturday, September 1, 2018
New work: Forest Colors Arrayed, oil on canvas 36 x 36 inches
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| Forest Colors Arrayed, oil on canvas 36 x 36 inches $4200 unframed Sorelle Gallery, New Canaan, CT |
It started of as a monochromatic idea during a workshop demonstration in VA earlier this year. The end result here is completely different from that first start and subsequent rework, and another rework, and even more reworks.
Finally I began to make some bolder moves by redoing most of the composition and experimenting with a large selection of brighter colors. What a relief to eliminate what wasn't working and move into fresh territory. In this case, an otherworldly forest scene with candy colored trees. That fresh start opened the door to a number of other opportunities but this was a day for color!
Newsletter, August 2018
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