I'm madly preparing for my show at the Juneau Douglas City Museum to be happening in March 2010. I proposed to paint 8 large abstract landscapes, no dimension smaller than 48". I have not painted large paintings for at least 10 years, and I've re-learned that I love the freedom and movement in painting large scale--the process of making paintings for this show has been a journey through color, movement, willful abandon, methods of application, including a very subjective appreciation for favorite brushes, brushes I hate, brushes I've worn out to stubs, filberts, rounds, brights, flats, synthetic, hog hair etc etc. I have named my show "Southeast Heiroglyphic" based on one of my early paintings for the show, a painting of a peice of kelp that I saw on a trip to Mitchell Bay--big, shiny, slippery and still wet, abandoned by the low tide on a bed of shells, mussels, rocks and sand. As the painting developed, I saw movement of lines and light that looked to be a language all its own. I noticed as I continued painting for the show: lines color texture and light formed a language all its own. I have my eight paintings and just need to work steadily over the next month to have all edges painted, finishing touches, hardware for hanging and to sign all paintings. I'm adding a few photos of me painting for this post. I will add photos to the photo albums right before the show.
p maunu 25 january 2010
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