Bad pano of the studio, had the basement finished last month so now the studio is a real "room" instead of a corner of a larger room. Time to make some images . . .

Week of 6/13

The panel configurations get worked as flat configurations then broken apart, reassembled and worked again. Looking at the stacks against the wall it became apparent this weekend that the stacks were configurations as well, so in a way to work them as an entire unit or configuration a blue line was painted that meandered across all of them. The edges of the panels really could be more of an important element in my final work than previously thought.

Current in-progress configurations.

Progress on Man with Stripped Shirt image, bottom shot being the most current.

14 of the 15 2x4 panels were built over the past week. Hopefully I can crank through the 18 2x2 this week and next, then rip a few of those squares into triangles, counter sink the nails, putty the holes, prime and sand everything in the next month. I really view the panel fabrication as part of the painting process.

Brushing Teeth

With the studio rearranged to provide more floor space quite a bit of time was spent moving panels around. This combination using portions of three representational paintings seems promising. The true randomness of the combination seems to provide an image that appears spontaneous and found as the figures don't necessarily seem to visually relate in terms of space and scale to one another but certainly hang together as a compostion.

Studio shot of the increased floor and wall space. Against the back wall is the image from above with another panel added to it.

Panels Against the Wall

Just some pics showing about half of the panels in the studio which are stacked against the wall. It's enjoyable to look at all of them there, waiting for something else to happen.

At one point this past fall I thought that it might be neat to remove all of the panels from the studio and install them in a gallery, just leaned up against the wall, resting on the ground as they do in my space. Than every day I would walk into the gallery and rearrange them so that different panels would be on the front of each stack. Never did it. But thought it might be a nice presentation of the work. Showcasing the volume of work more than the painting. 

done

So, the floor is finished as of 8:00 last night. Time to get to work on some ART!!

Obviously Photoshop CS2's photomerge cannot hold up to CS5

weeks worth of work

This week I focused on the floor when time allowed. I have made some progress.