2015 - A fresh start Canvas 938

 HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

WOW! What a great day painting! December 20th was my official 1st day back, grey and nasty outside, it could have gone the other way, but it didn't! Perhaps a good sign for the new year to come. Canvas 938 is a high contrast painting, using my favorite colour yellow, and my favorite subject KOI!

 938 High Yellow 56x48 oil on linen (12-22-14)

Now that 2014 passed into history I'm glad to see the back side of it! Off the cuff, I would say 2014 was not my best year......but it was. I expect time to prove that right!

I'm happy to say my main goal was met. I did paint for an unknown solo exhibit and it did happen. I used the opportunity to show my large works painted over the last 3 years as a collection entitled "Sizing Up". The exhibit also included four new 2014 paintings and it runs though Jan. 17th 2015. (last post)

I also experimented with the more contemporary avant-garde side of art. A few sorta worked but nothing I would follow up on - one might call it a dead end. Some off shoots of those experiments I did like. I liked simpler compositions with more negative space and plan on doing more. I absolutely like large work surfaces and expect to continue along the same lines. Maybe not as heroic as I would like, but certainly larger than normal....one of things we, the contemporary guys, agree on.

In the end I knew if I continued down the avant-garde art path my paintings would technically suffer. I also knew it wouldn't hold my attention long and painting would be finished! A rather depressing thought, so I'm back......with another approach:=)

After all, can't waste time on the fast track!