March 16, 2007
Fine Art Friday
I think that this might be the first time that a painting was posted on a Fine Art Friday that was finished being created on that particular Friday. Hot off the easel, folks!
Composition 3.1
2007
Oil on Canvas
Copyright 2007 by Erik Keilholtz
Now, you have all seen the cartoons where the gallery worker hangs an abstract painting upside down and nobody notices? Well, part of my last check to see if a painting is complete is to look at it upside down, so that I get a fresh look at the thing (something that is difficult to do when you have been spending hours working on the thing). This time I turned it upside down and liked it better.
So, later this weekend I will post the record of stages of this painting, the first time I have ever recorded my procedure in photographs, and you will see that from drawing to final, the whole thing was painted the other way. Hopefully you will see why I inverted it, too.
Hmmm. Call me a philistine, but I don't really get it. I like my art to nourish my spirit-journey, if you get my meaning.
Seriously, though, while I can appreciate the enjoyment in producing this painting, I'm not sure how to enjoy looking at it. But maybe enjoyment isn't the point. Or maybe fine art doesn't need a point. Or maybe I just don't know what I'm looking at.
Posted by: Jeff Culbreath at March 19, 2007 3:12 PMI would like to see the progression of the painting. Easel and camera could be mounted, so that each successive photo would be from the same vantage.
I rarely get what I want.
Posted by: Carson Park Ranger at March 16, 2007 10:47 PM