Headed out the door shortly.
Gotta buy a canvas and get brushes and such out of storage.
I hope to experiment. How about unprimed canvas for starts?
The idea is only about finding something I do that I can like...
burlap, pencil scratching a hard oil surface, a knife for smearing, maybe.
It’s a good mood - like a spring Saturday afternoon with the fragrance of
lawn clippings drifting my way.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjinkbwa64_zgNDpbPsmjt2BHMserbOb4aNf68GoLIYg0r8-1AP8iz2b7dAX11fTabfEqHP8TfAbYTLUSLuQs10lGzE_c3xD39cREb3SS12pSd9wZRxjQhPF0i89BOPKZWxqSONBjSjedM/s1600/Porter_Fairfield_Katie_and_Anne_1955_540.jpg) |
Fairfield Porter: Katie and Anne 1953 |
I’m seeing realism at first glance. But it’s just flat patches of color.
Modeling is gone. This internet picture doesn’t do it justice. It’s in
American Realism by Edward Lucie-Smith - page 163. The book introduces me to a number of quality artists with good color reproductions of their work. The pages are light, bright and have no hint
of a musty twelve hundred page museum tomb.
This sight has other paintings of Fairfield Porter:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUieuPfOBJfvjrDPt1UTU-iXmp7v2DQgBlRligq3OC_ZNjxfQVDEUT7MImBXGSuQCHtyK2F9Rt30SshuXU6UKJAmp_iO730bYH5hZhyQ4OWlhsEugTdlGwM29bV67nHDMMluPpSePoAjE/s1600/Scarpitta_Salvatore_540.jpg) |
Salvatore Scarpitta |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9lOmH0Dr1_-zc175pvlfcs4EI0z2gDtZbYk9gQIw1_AuR-shgm5l6I_zCbCRJJXpZXjK4GCcRC5Hzv1_Dwmef84diZdkyUNnv6-pMYqt1sh9lkYKilluvhu0LSmmh-oU_egBtKjLfuFc/s1600/Boutecou_Lee_540.jpg) |
Lee Boutecou |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5pxjSX1qpLZLUDtLb_wpuKm3m3Aw9KeQprlX9YvJS34Nm-hWESD6lnYBKQmEfFrFAFzWwyynEJUtK_hr1aF_kotrQ79GIOQzDM0GElGUNgmeQ-9kzRC1RyKBaCYVGt3SR6_53bhaFL7M/s1600/Otto_Muehl_Untitled_540.jpg) |
Otto Muehl |
These are all examples of works found in the book:
Destroy the Picture
Painting the Void 1949 - 1962
Muehl has turned his painting surface into some alcohol-driven bedroom battle while Scarpitta has crafted an engaging travel poster.
Muehl is one here painting the void. Boutecou feels himself a rodent
scrambling amidst the shadows of industrial bellows and towering machines
stamping out metal miracles.
Yada yada yada. Time to get my supplies.
© Tom Taylor