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Tempo 75 For Dancing 80

2011-10-28T15:58:00.000-07:00

31 1/2' x 48" Acrylic and paper on canvas

This is a collaboration with artist and poet, Natalie Kinsey. Great fun painting simultaneously.

#46

2011-10-17T07:26:00.001-07:00

40" x 40" oil on canvas

#45 Vertical Remix 2

2011-10-17T07:22:00.001-07:00

30" x 40" oil on canvas

This marks a turning point from acrylic to oil. This one is also the second painting based on Curt Cloninger's remixed images from Peter Greenaway's film, Vertical Features Remake.

#44

2011-10-17T07:18:00.002-07:00

20" x 20" acrylic and magazine on canvas

#41-44 are meant to hang together like this:

#43

2011-10-17T07:18:00.001-07:00

20" x 20" acrylic, masking tape and magazine on canvas

#42

2011-10-17T07:17:00.001-07:00

20" x 20" acrylic and magazine on canvas

#41

2011-10-17T07:15:00.001-07:00

20" x 20" acrylic and magazine on canvas

#40

2011-10-17T07:12:00.000-07:00

10" x 12" Acrylic on canvas

#39 Ordination

2010-06-11T08:04:00.001-07:00

32" x 38" Acrylic and paper on canvas

This one is a gift for a friend who has recently been ordained to be a pastor.

#38

2010-06-11T08:01:00.000-07:00

20" x 20" acrylic on canvas

#37 Vertical Remix

2009-07-30T12:31:00.001-07:00

36" x 46"
acrylic on canvas

While physically layered with paint, this one is more about a layer of ideas:

Layer 1: Physical watercolor drawing by filmmaker Peter Greenaway made in the late 1970's

Layer 2: The Peter Greenaway film Vertical Features Remake (1978) in which various fictional academics recreate a hypothetical film by a fictional artist based on his drawings, notes and film fragments. The watercolor drawing of Layer 1 is used in this film.

Layer 3: The video short, Vertical Features Remix (2009) by digital and internet artist Curt Cloninger in which he takes screen shots from Vertical Features Remake (Layer 2) and digitally remixes them into new digital paintings. A cropped section of the watercolor drawing of Layer 1 is remixed in this short.

Layer 4: Physical and magnified scale painting, Vertical Remix, by Jeremy Phillips, based on one screen shot from Curt Cloninger's cropped image (Layer 3) of Peter Greenaway's watercolor drawing (Layer 1).

#36 Rational Expressions

2009-07-30T12:25:00.001-07:00

44" x 44"
acrylic and paper on canvas

The foundation collage incorporates images and text from:
1. a European history textbook
2. a guide to algorithms
3. an algebra 2 textbook
4. a handbook on textile manufacturing

#35 In the Red

2009-07-30T12:16:00.000-07:00

45" x 45"
acrylic and newspaper on canvas

#34 Peripatetic Labyrinth

2009-07-30T12:10:00.000-07:00

36" x 62"
acrylic on wood

This painting has 3 basic layers: First a loose color foundation; second a layer of what appear to be overlapping rectangles creating an illusion of overlapping depth, but actually constitute one single layer; third, the connecting labyrinths based on medieval meditation patterns.

#33 Ring the Bells

2009-03-30T14:22:00.001-07:00

30" x 40" Acrylic and Paper on Canvas

This one is a commission - or a trade for work done on the website for my fair trade import business: www.indophilia.com.

#32 More Yellow News

2008-12-27T09:52:00.000-08:00

16" x 20" acrylic and newspaper on canvas

#31 Yellow News

2008-10-31T07:26:00.000-07:00

16" x 20" acrylic and newspaper on canvas

#30 Yellow News

2008-10-31T07:23:00.001-07:00

10" x 12" acrylic and newspaper on canvas

#29

2008-10-05T13:07:00.001-07:00

12" x 12" acrylic on canvas board

#28

2008-10-05T13:04:00.001-07:00

12" x 16" acrylic on canvas

#27 Ghost Chairs

2008-10-04T16:47:00.001-07:00

12" x 16" acrylic on canvas board

A friend called these sgraffito chairs "ghost chairs." It stuck.

#26

2008-10-04T16:40:00.001-07:00

12" x 10" acrylic on canvas

#25

2008-10-04T16:34:00.001-07:00

16" x 20" acrylic on canvas board

#24

2008-10-04T13:22:00.000-07:00

12" x 16" acrylic on canvas

#23

2008-10-04T13:15:00.000-07:00

12" x 12" acrylic on canvs board

Here's a detail:

Folk School

2008-08-04T14:47:00.001-07:00

12" x 12" acrylic and paper on canvas board

#22

2008-08-04T14:38:00.000-07:00

12" x 12" acrylic on canvas

#21

2008-08-04T14:36:00.001-07:00

12" x 12" acrylic and newspaper on canvas board

#20

2008-08-04T14:25:00.001-07:00

12" x 12" acrylic and newspaper on canvas board

#19

2008-08-04T14:17:00.000-07:00

16" x 20" acrylic and newspaper on canvas board

Here is a detail:

Square #10

2008-08-04T14:03:00.001-07:00

8" x 8" acrylic on canvas

Square #9

2008-08-04T14:00:00.000-07:00

8" x 8" acrylic on canvas

Square #8

2007-12-06T09:08:00.001-08:00

8" x 8" acrylic on canvas

I think I may be back to a smaller scale for a little while. This is the final painting for the "shelter" show. I remember my mother telling me about climbing under her school desk in 1950's America as a drill in case of nuclear attack.

#18 Copan Catalogue

2007-12-06T08:56:00.001-08:00

39 1/2" x 31 1/2" Acrylic on Canvas

This is for the show with the theme of "shelter". Unfortunately I couldn't get a good picture before I had to submit the painting. Too many grey days...

#17

2007-12-03T08:00:00.000-08:00

31 1/2" x 39 1/2" acrylic on canvas

#16 Copan Target

2007-12-03T07:56:00.001-08:00

40"x40" Acrylic on Canvas

#15 Copan Labyrinth

2007-11-15T11:07:00.000-08:00

40" x 60" Acrylic on Canvas

This one is inspired by a photograph by Andreas Gursky of the Oscar Niemeyer Sao Paulo apartment block called Copan. (Click on the "Sao Paulo" section and scroll down for the photo.)

This is also the first painting I've made for exhibition. A friend in Camden town is organizing a charity art show in an old stone church and asked me to submit some pieces. This is the first of (hopefully) 5.

Here is a comparison of the painting (in different light) and the section of the photograph that served as a model:

Finally, here I am with the painting:

#14

2007-08-08T05:11:00.000-07:00

The rectangles get progressively smaller in each line to the center, then grow in mirror to the top half. This one is my first commission - for good friends moving from London.

40" x 40" acrylic on canvas

Figures

2007-08-08T05:03:00.001-07:00

This is a first try at trying to incorporate some drawings from a mechanical drawing book.

12 x 15 1/2 acrylic and paper on canvas

#13

2007-04-30T08:51:00.000-07:00

This canvas I found in a frame by the side of the road. The oil painting on it was begging to be scraped and repainted. So I did.

27 1/2 x 23 1/2 Acrylic over oil on canvas

Check out the detail:

#12

2007-04-28T02:40:00.000-07:00

Once again, this is 40" x 40" acrylic on canvas.

For a taste of the process, this one has a thick foundation of paletted squares, 29 x 29 = 841 total.

It also happens to be my wife's 29th year and the colors are her spring favorites.

Below is a picture of the foundation:

Butterfly

2007-04-27T03:31:00.000-07:00

Pure whimsy.

7" by 9 1/2" Acrylic on canvas board

#11

2007-04-27T03:27:00.000-07:00

After a year, and since I am still painting, I thought I should post.

40" x 40" Acrylic on canvas

#10

2006-04-04T09:16:00.000-07:00

This is a collaboration. My son Sam provided the upper red tea pot and my other son Noah provided the bottom left blue watering can.

40 in x 40 in. Acrylic, watercolor, and paper on canvas.

#9

2006-03-13T06:08:00.000-08:00

This one is a big jump in scale for me. This is 40" by 40".

I have 5 more canvases this size and am loving making things big.

Still in acrylic and learning more about the paint with each new attempt.

Square #7

2006-03-13T06:04:00.000-08:00

#8

2006-02-09T06:42:00.000-08:00

50 cm x 40 cm
acrylic on canvas

Square #6

2006-02-09T05:28:00.000-08:00

Square #5

2006-02-04T11:22:00.000-08:00

#7

2006-01-31T02:40:00.000-08:00

This is also on a 50 cm x 40 cm canvas.

#6

2006-01-24T08:26:00.000-08:00

This seems a bit much, too busy, but hey.

It's on a 50 cm x 40 cm canvas.

Square #4

2006-01-19T04:18:00.000-08:00

#5

2006-01-15T08:47:00.000-08:00

With thanks to R. Diebenkorn.

Square Triptych

2006-01-13T08:58:00.000-08:00

This gives an idea, but I must say it is hard to capture the feel of these on camera. I am toying with the idea of doing a bunch of these and putting them all together. We'll see...

Square #3

2006-01-13T08:56:00.000-08:00

The third on its own...

Square #2

2006-01-13T08:54:00.000-08:00

Check the next 2 posts to see how these end up together.

Square #1

2006-01-09T00:21:00.000-08:00

I can buy these 20cm x 20cm stretched canvases for 79 pence at an Asian Cash n Carry in the shadows of Wembley Stadium. I bought a bunch so more of these on the way.
My goal with these small squares is to make a compostion that is complex enough to draw you in, yet simple enough to stand. So just a few colors, a few contrasts and shapes and hopefully some depth.

#4

2006-01-04T23:48:00.000-08:00

This is on another 9"x12" canvas board. This may be it for pots in paint for a while. My wife's a hard critic...

Teapot #2

2006-01-03T01:16:00.000-08:00

This is 9"x12" on a canvas board.
A bit messier, but I like the textured background.

Teapot

2006-01-01T09:12:00.000-08:00

I love tea pots and scraped this onto the acrylic background.

It's 12"x9" on canvas board.

Triptych

2005-12-30T13:03:00.000-08:00

I want to put these up like this in my office. They'll take up a good bit of the wall.

#3

2005-12-30T13:01:00.000-08:00

This is the third, meant to hang on the right of the above 2.

This is acrylic on 20"x30" canvas board.

#2

2005-12-30T12:56:00.000-08:00

This is also on a 20"x30" canvas board. A bit darker in tone, meant to be in the middle of the above painting and the one in the next post.

#1

2005-12-30T12:43:00.000-08:00

I was looking at some paintings that completely captivated me by a friend in Asheville. Check his work out at aarontucker.net.

Not having the dynamic cash flow to purchase one of his gems, I thought I'd try my hand. Much to learn, but I'm having fun.

This one is on a 30" x 20" canvas board.