SPIT FIRE PAINTING
Added 2025-01-25 14:41:05 +0000 UTCI made this work last summer in the heat of July, 2024.
My desire was to somehow encapsulate and blend the influences of artists William Blake (London 1757-1827) and Frank Walter (Antigua 1926-2009). I have included here works by Blake and Walter that I looked at while making this painting. The image of this canine figure was actually taken indirectly from a Roman bronze sculpture (see attached). I call these spirited sketches “release valve” exercises. I always begin with some form of pastel crayon lay-in. I want the work to germinate from a freehanded childlike naïvety, and mature into a more concrete, sculptural, and observed entity.
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Yeah, my art basically finds its germination in other artists work, it’s the baseline and I’m fine with that. Art comes first, nature second, most times.
colleen barry
2025-01-26 15:25:15 +0000 UTCWonderful. Lovely seeing the inspo here. I really appreciate how you seem to meditate on other works, you also mention this in Love Dogs.
Noah Trapolino
2025-01-25 15:08:20 +0000 UTC
