Sep 022010
8"x24" acrylic on canvas
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This is an expressive largely finger-painted canvas. It’s rather diminutive at just 8″x24″, but it’s got a lot going for it. Scratchy swirly meets blobby stringy. There is a rather complex underpainting which you can still see in the middle of several of the troughs created through fingernail scraping.
That’s… Wow… Very striking (probably not the word I’m looking for but it’s been three nights without sleep now, so please forgive me). Unfortunately I haven’t been exposed to nearly as much art as I’d like, so I was just wondering if you could possibly help me out by mentioning which artists’ work you love and what inspires you, so that I can broaden my very limited horizons. I’m a guitarist and I’d actually love to base a musical piece on this painting, just as soon as I manage to get some sleep and de-zombify myself. I tip my hat to you, sir.
All the best :)
Hi Jack, Thanks so much for the comment! I suggest you take a look at the work of Willem de Kooning, a Dutch born American painter (he immigrated when he was 23, and didn’t really blossom as an artist until he was well entrenched in the New York art scene). He’s is generally considered an Abstract Expressionist and was an important member of the New York School (a sort of informal grouping of artists who socialized and played off each other, not an actual school) of the 1940′s and 50′s. Also his contemporary, Jackson Polluock, a.k.a. “Jack the Dripper.” I also draw inspiration from Joan Miró, Wassily Kandinsky, and of course, Picasso, to name a few. If you do base a musical piece on this painting I’d absolutely love to hear it!
Cheers, Blake.
Thanks for the recommendations, I’ve heard of de Kooning but never seen his work (as far as I know). Going to explore further soon just been a bit busy. Oh and I think I finally figured out why I like this painting so much, it makes me think about my Bipolar disorder, really expresses beautifully the ebb and flow happening inside me. As for the musical piece, right after I wrote the last message I hurried off and got the first minute done in no time, but since then, as is often the case with me, I hit a wall and am struggling to finish it. Any advice on how to overcome these sort of mental blocks?
Thanks again, Jack.