{"id":882,"date":"2010-05-27T11:52:24","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T18:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/?p=882"},"modified":"2010-05-27T11:52:24","modified_gmt":"2010-05-27T18:52:24","slug":"abstractive-realism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/2010\/05\/27\/abstractive-realism\/","title":{"rendered":"Abstractive Realism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Art is in very large measure an exercise in creativity. One continues to explore. It can be crazy from a marketing perspective as your public never knows what you’re going to do next. But so be that, ever pushing out into new territory is one of the reasons to be an artist. And so it should be all the life long.<\/p>\n

\"Roses-Sister-650\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Rose’s Sister, 32×26<\/a><\/h6>\n

This month’s explorations in paint involve the combination of abstract combined with realistic images. That all in this series happen to be images of women is coincidental (besides their being the more interesting subjects.) In each case the abstract background is put up first, in water-based acrylic, complete with drips and patterns, half planned and half random.<\/p>\n

\"Rose-in-Blue-650\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Rose in Blue, 32×26<\/a><\/h6>\n

It’s always a bit of a hesitation whether to carry on when the first layer is already appealing. But the idea is to include a figure, so I plow ahead. The figure is\u00a0 put up in oil paint, drawn straight on with a big calligraphy brush in red or some warm color. It’s real scratchy to begin with, but whatever isn’t working I wipe out with a rag. That’s the beauty of oil paint over acrylic, the slow-drying oil wipes off and the background isn’t affected.<\/p>\n

\"White-Wisps-with-Sweater-650\"<\/a><\/p>\n

White Wisps with Sweater, 33×27<\/a><\/h6>\n

You’ll notice (if you do) that these have all been made in series, sometimes in twos, sometimes threes. The colors and general patterns are more-or-less the same, as is the selection of figures. So is the size and shape. As such they can be displayed together or separately, either way.<\/p>\n

\"White-Wisps-650\"<\/a><\/p>\n

White Wisps, 33×27<\/a><\/h6>\n

Another thing you’ll notice (if you do) is the hint of “printed” pattern included subtly in the background. These are from linoleum blocks Anne has designed and cut for use in her own craft. By now she has baskets of these and sometimes I wander over to her side of the studio to see what I might use. She would be rolling them with ink, but acrylic works too; I brush the paint onto the block and then press it right onto the canvas. Viola, another flourish of originality.<\/p>\n

\"Anne-Jade-Study-1300\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Anne’s unfinished print, several layers on textured paper (click to see larger)<\/h6>\n

Okay, so the first originality was Anne’s. Sometimes, musing on her side of the studio, I pick through the stacks of her work yet to be completed and marvel. I can rarely see what’s unfinished about them; but Anne will have some other idea in mind, or be waiting for such an idea to hit. Meantime, I’m thinking I could use these as inspiration for backgrounds for figure studies. That’s exactly what’s happened with this and all the rest to follow here. Note first (and you will) Anne’s print-in-progress above. Then note many of the same elements, applied in different ways, in the three paintings below.<\/p>\n

\"Jade-and-Shoulders-650\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Jade in Shoulders, 20×20<\/a><\/h6>\n

The figures then come from pictures I’ve taken or found, with whatever changes are suggested by the background shapes already painted in and dry.<\/p>\n

\"Jade-and-Black-650\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Jade and Black, 20×20<\/a><\/h6>\n

Design considerations are a big part of it, with changes being made throughout the process . . . painting in, taking out.<\/p>\n

\"Jade-and-Daydreams-650\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Jade and Daydreams, 20×20<\/a><\/h6>\n

Sometimes letting the drawing show is part of the charm. It’s like life, more about process than perfection. More interesting, more approachable.<\/p>\n

\"Annd-Study-in-B&O-2-up\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Two of Anne’s studies, unfinished (click for larger view)<\/h6>\n

Above are two of Anne’s prints-in-process. It was the color combination that intrigued, that and the patterns, the textures, and the miscellaneous whimsy of found objects comprising the “plate.”<\/p>\n

\"Study-in-Black-and-Orange-1-650\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Study in Black and Orange 1, 20×20<\/a><\/h6>\n

When I do these I call them “collaborations.” That’s whether Anne knows I’m doing it or not. Actually she enjoys seeing the new thing created. If I sell it I’ll split it with her.<\/p>\n

\"Study-in-Black-and-Orange-2-650\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Study in Black and Orange 2, 20×20<\/a><\/h6>\n

Not that we’ve not always split everything anyway. And that’s just one of the secrets to these brief 44 years together.<\/p>\n

\"Study-in-Black-and-Orange-3-650\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Study in Black and Orange 3, 20×20<\/a><\/h6>\n

As I said, the choice and placement of the figure has a lot to do with the design already there. Of course, anything can be painted out, but sometimes interesting things appear that never would have in plotting a painting. Like, is that a necklace, or just a repetition of design element?<\/p>\n

\"Anne-Study-in-Blue-&-Red\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Anne’s study in blue and red (click for larger view)<\/h6>\n

Some of the pieces on Anne’s pile aren’t even necessarily intended for finished use. Such was the case with the above, which was a very random exercise\u00a0 in clean-up. But when you’re a working artist, sometimes art just “happens,” and I was particularly drawn to this one as pattern for background.<\/p>\n

\"Study-in-Blue-and-Red-1-650\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Study in Blue and Red 1, 20×20<\/a><\/h6>\n

In the process, a blond became a redhead, her movement her mood, her closed eyes, her ecstatic moment. Is that a dove-like spirit hovering about? These are stories still in the writing. Art is as much about the “suggested” as the expressed, maybe more.<\/p>\n

\"Study-in-Blue-and-Red-2-650\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Study in Blue and Red 2, 20×20<\/a><\/h6>\n

That’s why I call these abstractive realism<\/em>.\u00a0 The lines matter, but they drift off, figures move in and out of background. The stage as important as the play.<\/p>\n

\"Study-in-Blue-and-Red-3-650\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Study in Blue and Red 3, 20×20<\/a><\/h6>\n

All these are exercises in “less” being “more.” It’s not a lesson easily learned. (And I’ve already said more than I need to about that.)<\/p>\n

\"Anne-Wondering-1300\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Anne’s Wondering (preliminary title for unfinished piece)<\/h6>\n

Here’s another of Anne’s yet-to-be-completed works, already layered with multiple images, each partially covering the last. It was the colors and shapes that intrigued for my uses.<\/p>\n

\"Wondering-1-650\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Wondering 1, 30.5×30.5<\/a><\/h6>\n

The figure that suggested itself here seemed pretty complete at the drawing stage. There’s a lightness, an ethereal quality, with limbs floating as if still in movement. It’s a moment in time; and that’s what a paintings captures, a moment to ponder.<\/p>\n

\"Wondering-2-650\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Wondering 2, 30.5×30.5<\/a><\/h6>\n

This one is doing its own pondering. Again, half drawing, half painting. Half realism, half abstraction. Unfinished, yet complete. That is, after all, life.<\/p>\n

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