The Dao Of Collaboration

Dr. Ju and I are collaborating again.  Above, a sketch we did this morning while discussing art and philosophy over coffee.  My abstract work is overlaid with two Chinese characters for "Dao".  Right and left characters are the same, each represents a different style of writing.

Abstract Sketch No. 5

The latest in a new line of abstracts.

Circus Couple With Dog, Redux

Above, one of my oil paintings, ever so slightly, digitally enhanced.

Nude Added Benefit

Countenance with Multicolored Nude, the latter, long lost to me.

Skyward

I was walking the streets of San Francisco.  I looked up and saw this, or well, something like this.

Deep Pattern

A new image, where elements are alike, and different, all at the same time. 

Breathing New Life

An old sketch, digitally re-imagined.

Selfie With Toxicity

The canvas is bitumen, the media, gasoline.  Given this, art in the modern world.

Gathering

A chance encounter in Dartmouth, England yields new photo illustrations.

New Pastels

Above, new pastels, created with Nupastels on black Canson paper.  Originals all 8" x 8".

Take Something Away, Add Color

Photo illustrations after a visit to Aikido Of CNY.  That was fun.

Walking Nude

Six-Tone

Four-Tone

Two-Tone

A New Take

Above, a new take on an old image, that is, a paper collage from yesteryear is re-imagined in a new digital iteration.

Black Fire

Standing Nude

Above, standing nude, from a live model sketching session.  Is the rendition stylized?  Oh yes.

The Northern Capital

The streets of Beijing, just like I remember it.

Sunset

End of the week sketch.  All digital, no clean up required.

Moon Over Quilcene

Reclining Nudes

Another page from the recent live nude sketching session.

New Nude

Sketch from a live nude sketching session, about a thirty minute effort.  Well, I can say the model liked the sketch.  I have more. The medium?  Charcoal, one of my favorites.

Sketch For A Sunday In Autumn

Sketch of the day, words, form, and all in the colors of autumn.

The View From Here

Black Sundogs, from 2014.

Modified Remains

Above, the 21st century remains of a massive old growth stump in the Pacific northwest, overgrown with new growth, drawing strength from the decaying material.  Image slightly modified for emotional impact.

Spring Image

Spring image, from Bloedel Reserve, modified.

Saints

Well, something new here, a new painting, done in acrylics, an unusual medium for me, along with a touch of chalky pastels and charcoal.  This image is a record shot.

The stats, 36" square canvas, painted over the course of 8 hours in my garage.  A fellow artist, Zhang Hong, called the figures "Saints", and the name has stuck as a working title. According to ZH, the saints are standing on the clouds, and have come to greet the viewer.  I'm good with this interpretation.

Abstract Journey

Above, something new, a three way collaborative effort by Ju Yanan, Zhang Hong, and me.  All painted in one spirited session using acrylics.  The painting measures one meter square, a format I quite like.  I find the results pleasing.  I seem to notice something new each time I look at the painting.  To be sure, this is a record shot.  

Sketch, Discover

I am liking the colors.  This fits my mood.  I am grateful for Art.

Cast In Blue

One of my favorite stops from yesteryear, cast in blue.

Mount Rainier From 65 Miles Away

Mount Rainier, as a sepia tone, looms large viewed from the North.

Thursday Afternoon Sketch

Sketch of the day.  That was fun.

Design Satisfaction

In the Japanese Garden at Bloedel Reserve, at your feet, good design.  So rich, and pleasing.  All the elements, variety, repetition, color, texture, the lasting, the ephemeral.   

All you need to do is slow down, and observe.

Splendor of Color

Enjoy the splendor of color, form, light and shadow, rendered, in this case, from chalky pastels, one of my favorite mediums.  So much joy, on so small a footprint, 6" x 6".  All on black Canson paper. 

Lens Flare

Lens flare, unexpected, and at times, so pleasing.