Secret Place

good thing no one reads this any longer, I will call it my secret place again. It surprised me that someone would find this but then it never did bother me if someone read what I wrote or not, or even if they agreed or understood where I was going, I was..am arrogant like that.

I have often used this blog more as a sounding board for an emotional over the top artist then a place to read about art. I don't recall that I talked that much about art but more about people...maybe more about ME than anything else.
Yesterday I had a complete melt down.....I sat for hours trying to figure out
WHO ARE YOU......I call myself an artist but am I?

I closed the gallery down, it was an emotional ride, and yes I miss it. I haven't painted in over a year. I don't do much art for me but a lot of stuff, bitty stuff, for oh I don't know who or even why....and it isn't even good stuff.

I feel a lack of drive....and nearly a lack of emotion, until something or someone makes me crazy mad....and then all hell breaks loose for no reason. I do a lot of talking but I notice no one really listens, which makes me do even more talking. I am truly crazy like that...but today...today....I am tired.

I think I have been tired for a long time and just really got in touch with it today.

Vast Verizon

WINTER LAKE

Verizon is a term that is made by the combination of vertical and horizontal, I know it really isn’t, but it is what I think when I hear the word. In my new series I am trying to produce works that will simulate mood by the use of colors and then manipulate the planes of the canvas to create a feeling of distance, to produce Verizon’s of semi recognizable landscapes. Verizon’s, vista’s, landscape’s in abstract, using color contrast to produce a feeling or mood. Blue Sunsets which are the opposite of true sunsets but in using blue give the feeling of chasing of the light, a quiet respite of the sun going down. In the use of reds and oranges a brilliance and heat that gives one the idea of the last hot flashes of an autumn sun. Greens and Yellows for rain and wind will continue to build upon those ideas with flashes of complimentary colors and thick coatings of paint applied for texture and continuity. With so many colors to use and so many ideas to produce there is a vastness of creativity to motivate me. Northern Lights