As a xerographist, my work tends to be, almost exclusively, representational. The 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge offers me an opportunity to revisit abstract painting as an alternate voice. I didn’t manage to find more color today. My intention keeps getting stuck in the unintentional. Yesterday was a hard day artistically. Everything turned out wrong. I’m not sure how I feel about this beginning. I am going to try another take on this same unintentional roving tomorrow.
As a xerographist, my work tends to be, almost exclusively, representational. The 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge offers me an opportunity to revisit abstract painting as an alternate voice. I started painting today without intention or direction. After the initial layer of gesso, I unpinned the paper and didn’t even work from a specific orientation. It is very muted, a departure for me. Tomorrow I need more color. We’ll see. I am concurrently working on a small body of work that experiments with representational versus abstract layers, and these daily works offer me an opportunity to experiment, like a skills lab, of sorts. Join me.
As a xerographist, my work tends to be, almost exclusively, representational. The 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge offers me an opportunity to revisit abstract painting as an alternate voice. It seems fitting that the end (at least temporarily) to the traffic circle paintings would unintentionally resemble a sunset. Sometimes we unconsciously move with intent. Tomorrow I will begin again. I’ve decided to move to square canvas for a while to force a different perspective. I like painting inside a theme, but I don’t know that will happen. Time will tell.
140º is the fifteenth AND FINAL of a number of paintings inspired by traffic circles: “As a frequent traveler, I am both comforted and amused by the familiar behaviors found while traversing the traffic circle. Well-intentioned drivers lean forward to afford themselves a better view of street signs, use their right turn signal despite all options being right turns, momentarily hit the brakes not quite certain of their choice before barreling ahead often without noticing the presence or location of other drivers on the circle or having to go ’round again because they missed the mark the first time. It is sort of a perfect metaphor for navigating life.”
Remember, this canvas is available for $50 in myEtsy Shop.
“268°”(acrylic & silver leaf on 5″×7″ unstretched canvas)by R.L. Gibson
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It is Day 12 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge. My twelfth offering is “268º”acrylic & silver leaf on 5″×7″ unstretched canvas. Will be available in my Etsy Shop.
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As a xerographist, my work tends to be, almost exclusively, representational. The 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge offers me an opportunity to revisit abstract painting as an alternate voice. Cadmium red and carbon black are on my mind. I am working on a pair of pieces for a Texas show, and the cadmium influence is leaking into my daily challenges. It was inevitable. Manganese blue can’t be far behind.
268º is twelfth of a number of paintings inspired by traffic circles: “As a frequent traveler, I am both comforted and amused by the familiar behaviors found while traversing the traffic circle. Well-intentioned drivers lean forward to afford themselves a better view of street signs, use their right turn signal despite all options being right turns, momentarily hit the brakes not quite certain of their choice before barreling ahead often without noticing the presence or location of other drivers on the circle or having to go ’round again because they missed the mark the first time. It is sort of a perfect metaphor for navigating life.”
Remember, this canvas is available for $50 in myEtsy Shop.
“38°”(acrylic & gold leaf on 5″×7″ unstretched canvas)by R.L. Gibson
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It is Day 8 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge sponsored by painter Leslie Saeta. My eighth offering is “38º”acrylic & silver leaf on 5″×7″ unstretched canvas. Available for $50 in my Etsy Shop.
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As a xerographist, my work tends to be, almost exclusively, representational. The 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge offers me an opportunity to revisit abstract painting as an alternate voice. To be more precise, I need a way to voice my anger. This work is as close as I’ve come. Typically red is used as symbolic of anger, but red is my happy place. Yellow, on the other hand, seems aggressive in that southern way one smiles with gritted teeth. This piece was finished with clinched jaw. It is a good start.
38º is eighth of a number of paintings inspired by traffic circles: “As a frequent traveler, I am both comforted and amused by the familiar behaviors found while traversing the traffic circle. Well-intentioned drivers lean forward to afford themselves a better view of street signs, use their right turn signal despite all options being right turns, momentarily hit the brakes not quite certain of their choice before barreling ahead often without noticing the presence or location of other drivers on the circle or having to go ’round again because they missed the mark the first time. It is sort of a perfect metaphor for navigating life.”
Remember, this canvas is available for $50 in myEtsy Shop.
“42°”(acrylic & silver leaf on 5″×7″ unstretched canvas)by R.L. Gibson
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It is Day 7 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge sponsored by painter Leslie Saeta. My seventh offering is “42º”acrylic & silver leaf on 5″×7″ unstretched canvas. Available for $50.
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As a xerographist, my work tends to be, almost exclusively, representational. The 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge offers me an opportunity to revisit abstract painting as an alternate voice. I spend 99% of my time working on the paint, but the 1% spent on the circle and street make all the difference. The other 1%.
42º is seventh of a number of paintings inspired by traffic circles: “As a frequent traveler, I am both comforted and amused by the familiar behaviors found while traversing the traffic circle. Well-intentioned drivers lean forward to afford themselves a better view of street signs, use their right turn signal despite all options being right turns, momentarily hit the brakes not quite certain of their choice before barreling ahead often without noticing the presence or location of other drivers on the circle or having to go ’round again because they missed the mark the first time. It is sort of a perfect metaphor for navigating life.”
“212º”acrylic & gold leaf on 5″×7″ unstretched canvasby R.L. Gibson
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It is Day 3 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge sponsored by painter Leslie Saeta. My third offering is “212º”acrylic & gold leaf on 5″×7″ unstretched canvas. Available for $50.
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As a xerographist, my work tends to be, almost exclusively, representational. The 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge offers me an opportunity to revisit abstract painting as an alternate voice. These small canvas pieces are studies for a larger body of work on wood that I am working on in conjunction with this challenge. I hope to have a few of those to reveal of those before month’s end.
212º is third of a number of paintings inspired by traffic circles: “As a frequent traveler, I am both comforted and amused by the familiar behaviors found while traversing the traffic circle. Well-intentioned drivers lean forward to afford themselves a better view of street signs, use their right turn signal despite all options being right turns, momentarily hit the brakes not quite certain of their choice before barreling ahead often without noticing the presence or location of other drivers on the circle or having to go ’round again because they missed the mark the first time. It is sort of a perfect metaphor for navigating life.”
