June 29th, 2006 by admin
gaining perspective by walking away and coming back fresh
Ticket-Outhouse Studios
Digitally created composite image from digital paintings - 2003
This morning I started writing a song - if I had finished it - I might have recorded it to share it; but like most creative endeavors it requires my walking away and coming back to it.
I was in my kitchen making coffee - enjoying my dog’s company - because no one else was home - besides the cats. I heard words and music - yes I admit it - in my head - together.
To me this is not strange - but it was quick and could have easily been missed. I had no intentions of writing a song today. I diverted not so much because I wanted, but because I had to - a gift perhaps - words and melody to take where.
I do believe it is going to be a good song - their are difficulties to still work through - and as much as I want to have it complete, I can only finish it by walking away for a while and coming back to it fresh.
The same goes for art or any difficult project - we must get some perspective to see how to proceed.
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April 11th, 2006 by admin
Improvising Flipped Out Printing Options
Flipped Out Jazz - Gallery Page - Digital Painting 2005
I wrote about this piece once before closer to when I created it. As I am glancing back at the article, it is quite remarkable that I was experimenting with a piece about Jazz the way a musician playing jazz would experiment with the music - improvising.
I had actually forgotten that it was the first time I had flipped portions of an image both horizontally and vertically - thus the title "Flipped Out Jazz".
The reason I write about this today, is that I had a recent inquiry about buying this piece. There are a lot of options with a digitally created piece. And like I’ve been saying numerous times in different ways - too many choices aren’t always a good thing.
But then again - that is one of the cool things about this medium - it is different depending upon which size one prints it. They look great at the smallest size I will sell a piece - that is the size that can be printed at Outhouse Studios proper 13×19". The color is well controlled and the ink archival.
There are pieces which don’t look as intended that small and they are not being sold any smaller than what would fit in a 24×30" frame. But this piece - happens to look wonderful framed 16×20"over my piano.
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