SP3 - Signs

SP2 - Birds on a Wire

7" x 5"  oil on board

SP1 - After the Intro

Shadows on a fence

Summer Project (SP)

I have been working on my plan for a Summer Project. I want to have something that directs my attention and activity in a period that is less structured and has a lot of distractions: gardening, travel, just being out of doors, etc. Because colour is my prime motivator, I thought I would start there. I will focus on one colour, with various combinations, for one month or so. The first colour is blue, especially cerulean blue with black. 

I will take photos.

I will collect related materials. 

 I will paint small paintings. 

7" x 5"

I will look for related content to make books. To broaden how I think and see, I get to copy or riff off of other artwork in any media other than paint. Paintings must be my own creative work. 

This is an inspiration (www.fernworks.org): a double-sized business card picked up at the French Broad Chocolate Lounge (inspiration in itself) in Asheville, NC. 

Ready. Set. Go.

A Half Dozen

Crown Binding for 'Regular' Paper

   

Crown binding is an accordion fold with fold-over flaps that hold in the pages. After some trial and error I arrived at the right proportions to make a binding that fits ordinary 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper. I hope that it will increase the potential usefulness for the recipient.  

Ladders and Flight - 4

14" x 12"         36cm x 30cm

oil on canvas

Enough ladders already.

Accordian Book with Signatures

I came across a store recently that was going out of business. They had some amazing promotional posters in their recycling box; they were on offer and I chose a few. This book is made from a small part of one of those posters. The cardboard was a bit heavy for the folds, but also helped keep it sturdy.

Front

Back and Front

Ladders and Flight - the penultimate

24" x 18"  61cm x 46cm
oil on canvas board

'Guest Book' - One piece of paper

From the Notebook

Every week day I spend 20 minutes with a sketch book. If I didn't have that rule, I would spend 20 minutes a year with a sketch book. There is the freedom of not needing to have a very important idea in the 20 minutes/day plan. Mostly I draw stuff, work out formal design ideas, plan little books. Today I had a colour idea that lingered from yesterday: I love cerulean blue, and better yet in relationship to brick red; I love trains and graffiti. 

From the sketch book: Fast Moving Train with Graffiti, oil pastel and pastel pencil, performed in just over 20 minutes.