singular SPONTANEOUS
A JOYOUS LOVE OF COLOR
These are some of the words used to describe my art. As you will quickly see if you look at any of the images on the web site, I do not concur with the oft repeated advice to aspiring artists: “pick a style, and stick with it”. My art reflects my interests which are wide and influences that are varied.
Growing up with the last name of Painter predisposed me to an interest in art; it was an inspiration and also a challenge. Who would take you seriously if your name was what you did? I have attempted to answer this call by becoming a keen observer of the world around me, while studying art whenever possible - color, line, form - Van Gogh, Picasso, Cezanne, Manet, Klee, Kandinsky, Gaughin, Chagall - the usual suspects; enough inspiration for a lifetime. This web site has turned into an art work for me, and its creation has helped me see that my favorite art to make - at this time - is a distillation of Joan Miro and Jackson Pollock, mingled with Asian influences - if that is possible. I admire the simplicity of color and line in much of Miro, the gestural honesty in Chinese and Japanese brush painting, and the energy and excitement of action painting.
Growing up with the last name of Painter predisposed me to an interest in art; it was an inspiration and also a challenge. Who would take you seriously if your name was what you did? I have attempted to answer this call by becoming a keen observer of the world around me, while studying art whenever possible - color, line, form - Van Gogh, Picasso, Cezanne, Manet, Klee, Kandinsky, Gaughin, Chagall - the usual suspects; enough inspiration for a lifetime. This web site has turned into an art work for me, and its creation has helped me see that my favorite art to make - at this time - is a distillation of Joan Miro and Jackson Pollock, mingled with Asian influences - if that is possible. I admire the simplicity of color and line in much of Miro, the gestural honesty in Chinese and Japanese brush painting, and the energy and excitement of action painting.
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BOLD, SPLASHY BLOSSOMS
PUT ENERGY INTO YOUR ARTWORK
Words from Flora Chow Yen, a very special teacher who would come each year to Maui from the Bay Area to teach Tai Chi and Chinese brush painting at Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center in Makawao, Maui. The activity of the Tai Chi in the morning led to afternoon classes where we would always start with the meditative, classic grinding of the ink stick to create our medium, then concentric circles painted on newsprint to loosen us up. Finally, we would be taught a motif to paint...really not the most interesting part to me, but the whole exercise instilled a love of brush strokes in me. There is a blog entry about Flora here.
COLOR STORY
These fun colors and shapes were created
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IMAGINARY BOUQUET
watercolor
10"x16"
watercolor
10"x16"