To all my wonderfully loving, caring, and supportive family and friends. I wish for you much love and peace. To My sweet husband less, “YOU put music in my heart!”
As we are in the beginning of a new year, I know we will be discussing the end of this year all too soon. I want to take the opportunity to let you all know how much I love you, and realize all of you have in some way contributed to making me who I am today. All the experiences you have been a part of, large or small, have contributed to my painting style, and artistic personality. Thank you, have a beautiful Valentines Day. Karen
I recently posted a blog on abstract painting, and I probably will continue to do this until I’m satisfied with my own abstracts. If you look at me in my studio, I’m always trying to figure out how to balance the kind of look that I really love to see, with the look of realism. There are a few things I really feel have influenced me, and one is the Impressionist movement, such as Van Gough, Monae, to name a few. I also love very abstract like Picasso, or even Motherwell. The question is, can you blend them in such a way that they are fun, and still pleasant to look at. Do they need to be pleasant? Or is it better to leave the viewer with a little uncomfortable feeling? All these things run through my mind while I’m working on what was supposed to be “Really Abstract.”
As I watch these teaching videos, it is obvious that it’s all very subjective. Some artists just love painting non-objective abstract that is busy. To them it tells a story just like this video. Jillian is very much an intuitive abstract painter. Her work is busy, colorful, and she loves it! My son Chris is the same way. His art is all intuitive and in explaining his art, it always has a story to tell. To me it becomes a sometimes a little difficult to digest and understand. Some of it I fall in love with, and some of it, well…….lets just say it’s not my favorite!
We all have our own way of expressing ourselves, and both Jillian, and Chris express in a similar way. Is it wrong? Shouldn’t we all be able to express our creativity the way we wish? Can anyone explain it’s validity besides the artist? It definitely takes a different kind of viewer to appreciate this kind of abstract art, but that doesn’t make it bad, it only makes it different as it should be. It pushes us past our comfort level, and in doing so, we just may become better at our own art. After all, if we were all alike, life would be more than boring, and who would we have conversations about. Isn’t art here to make us think, and stretch ourselves. We can’t grow as painters, or viewers if there isn’t something to learn from……
I have been working on using the palate knife for a long time. Some things come out better than others, but to get better this is a road I need to follow.
I ran into this video over the weekend and thought it was good enough to share. The artist is Mike Pintar and he is a Wisconsin artist who as far as I can see uses a viriety of styles, & paints. I really love his style, he is easy to follow, and understand.
Lately I’ve been working on a couple of things, but I’m in my studio for about 4 – 6 hours a day painting and creating. For me it’s a miracle, and when the muse is here, I certainly don’t want to push it away. So while you are watching this video, and hopefully getting some new ideas, I’m going to be working on some things that are in the process of being finished.
I think the video is perfect for a gloomy rainy day. So get some popcorn, and enjoy the show, I know I did!
Old as Dirt and Proud of it! 
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