Leigh Collection.

 

                       Big Sky        4x5'        thrown and splattered paint on canvas        2022

More overthrow on an existing painting. Sometimes, paintings just want more. I try to place my paintings in our house for awhile, live with them if I can. I get a better feel for what they are saying, and what I want them to say. When that happens, I frequently will add more throws and splashes, sometimes just a few enhancements, at other times, the painting will be completely changed. 

In this instance, we can still sit and feel the big sky, but now instead of a sleepy afternoon, the sky is reflecting action. There was a storm, there's an upcoming storm... we don't know, but it's definitely more indicative of action. The plants too have changed a bit. Though the original are there, I threw some dark reeds and seeds on top, using a stick . It indicates viewing an object with the sun behind or low on the horizon, highlighting the background and darkening the foreground. The reeds are a bit more bent as well, again depicting movement and the air above them is alive with anticipation. 

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Beverly Hills Art Show 2022 Jack

              Jack       48x36"        thrown and splattered acrylic paint on canvas       2022

             Beverly Hills ArtShow.  Oct 15&16  10am-5pm.  booth 304

              This has an overpainting  of multicolor splatters on a Jacaranda that was thrown in traditional colors. The new work colors are teals, pinks, reds, kellys, yellows and more. This is relatively a new turn in my work, the addition of colors that would not normally be in a particular subject matter. Then again, my work is becoming looser again as well, which complements the varying color ranges. 

In the beginning it was all about the throws and splatters. Once I had a handle on that, insert laughter, I moved on to getting as close to representation as I could while using the techniques of throws and splatters. It was a fight not to become too representational, since I wanted the technique acknowledged in the work.

Now it appears I am backing up a bit with skill and again focusing on feel. How does the painting feel? Does the feeling represent the subject, and vice versa. 

Abundance

 

      Lost in Abundance    5.5x10.5'    thrown and splattered paint on canvas   2017- 2022

         Last year the City of Beverly Hills showed interest in purchasing this painting.

         We shall see what happens this time.  It has had some work since then, more throws,        

         more abundance, more places to seek the magic when peering into the painting.

         This painting, along with the others that list the Beverly Hills ArtShow will be at the

         ArtShow on May 21 and 22, booth #416. Please come visit. It is the only time I am

         out of the studio and able to visit with clients, supporters and friends of the arts. 

 

LGOCA Laguna Beach

                               Shin Shin   40x40"    thrown and splattered paint on canvas    2022

                                                         LGOCA Laguna Beach

                                                         Beverly Hills Art Show 2022

                                              Shin Shin, the sound of snow falling silently. 

     I hope these works (I have made three so far), portray the feeling of quiet, or silence, or 

     peace. In a  world fraught with turmoil, it would be nice to think that perhaps shin shin 

     can bring a sense of peace  to whomever gets to sit a spell under these trees.

Rebecca Molayem Gallery, February Afternoon

 

February Afternoon    40x72"    thrown and splattered acrylic paint on canvas      2022

Adelman Fine Art, San Diego      Beverly Hills ArtShow 2022

So many splashes and throws of paint comprise this painting. It is another painting

of mine that started out as a more, dynamic, rhythmic scene that with numerous

application of layers has become this very sedate, very calm and joyful late afternoon on 

the beach scene. 

My work is becoming more and more pixilated, softer, with more detail. What was

such a giant gestural work, with large sweeping strokes, has become more detailed,

more tender perhaps. 

Beverly Hills ArtShow Spring 2022

               Reflections     36x48"   thrown and splattered paint on canvas   2016-2022

                       Rebecca Molayem Gallery, L.A.     Beverly Hills ArtShow Spring 2022

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The reason the dates of creation run so long is that this painting has been numerous incarnations.

         Always a reflection in water of this stand of trees, but like trees themselves, the foliage

         has changed.

         I usually work on my paintings until they are placed with an owner. I hang them in my 

         studio, in my home, in a gallery or on exhibition and I look at them. Sometimes, though

        rarely, I like them from the start, they have 'thrown' well from the beginning, more often, 

        they need a little more work... or a lot.

        This painting didn't need more, it wanted more. To be more vibrant, more colorful, then the

         original green foliage allowed. I think it was right.

Beverly Hills ArtShow 2022 Star Gazer

 

                            

            Star Gazer   24x48"   thrown and splattered paint on canvas   2022

                                    Beverly Hills ArtShow  2022

It is much better to see the detail on this one in person.  Though the setting is static in nature, there is much slight movement in the blades of grass and their seedlings dancing on the night air.  Set under the night sky, it has a dreamy quality.