Hi Bill. I read your reply from some months ago about the fact that i was saddened by what was being bought for ridiculous amounts of money and considered art. I agree with you that "Some of abstract art is a joke, but some of it is legit too. Same as figurative work. " But I believe you misinterpreted my concern for the state of the art world or market for an attack on abstract art since you said "I feel like you are rejecting that abstraction could lead to a spiritual feeling, because: you are very invested in fantastical and romantic concepts which define your relationship to the world. (Guessing from your painting)". My belief is ANYTHING can lead to a spiritual feeling since it all comes down to the individual and his/her state of mind. The romanticism in my work comes from wanting to maintain a sense of awe and appreciation for all that is natural. There will always be people who don't grasp this and will label my work with convenient terms but I don't make work for these people, I make work for myself because I believe that what is truly personal is the most universal.
Hey Manz, I love it when you drop by and comment :) Ummm, the logs. Yes, you are right - they are completely made up. I drew them while watching t.v. with Laur and my in-laws, and I just like to draw hollow logs. They function really well at setting up a foreground in a painting/drawing, because they create a sense of space - they hint at where the ground is, and they go back in space, and they are hollow, so they really start to inform the space. Plus they remind me of the scenes in old cartoons, where characters chase each other in and out of hollow logs. I also think of them as allegories for the modern consumer, hollow, and defined by their enviroment. So when I am drawing them, all these things occur to me, and keep me occupied.
Hi Bill, I'm just about to clear my head from all the shit that piled up this year. I hope to have more time to visit in 2010! I can see 'scenes in old cartoons' when I look at these.
The logs may be hollow, but the mind of the artist was not!
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hey! Nice logs :)
i compliment your wood.
gracias :)
Hi Bill. I read your reply from some months ago about the fact that i was saddened by what was being bought for ridiculous amounts of money and considered art. I agree with you that
"Some of abstract art is a joke, but some of it is legit too. Same as figurative work. "
But I believe you misinterpreted my concern for the state of the art world or market for an attack on abstract art since you said "I feel like you are rejecting that abstraction could lead to a spiritual feeling, because: you are very invested in fantastical and romantic concepts which define your relationship to the world. (Guessing from your painting)".
My belief is ANYTHING can lead to a spiritual feeling since it all comes down to the individual and his/her state of mind.
The romanticism in my work comes from wanting to maintain a sense of awe and appreciation for all that is natural. There will always be people who don't grasp this and will label my work with convenient terms but I don't make work for these people, I make work for myself because I believe that what is truly personal is the most universal.
Hi Verdadverde, that is a good response to what I wrote. Thanks for finding me here. I hope you keep making cool paintings. Bill
There's definitely a "Bill style" coming out in these log sketches - drawing from your memory or not? There's a fantasy quality to them.
Hey Manz, I love it when you drop by and comment :) Ummm, the logs. Yes, you are right - they are completely made up. I drew them while watching t.v. with Laur and my in-laws, and I just like to draw hollow logs. They function really well at setting up a foreground in a painting/drawing, because they create a sense of space - they hint at where the ground is, and they go back in space, and they are hollow, so they really start to inform the space. Plus they remind me of the scenes in old cartoons, where characters chase each other in and out of hollow logs. I also think of them as allegories for the modern consumer, hollow, and defined by their enviroment. So when I am drawing them, all these things occur to me, and keep me occupied.
how big are these drawings? what are they on?
i like them.
the log drawings are small, and on acid free white paper. If you are interested I could make them larger on cotton paper.
been interested since day one.
Hi Bill,
I'm just about to clear my head from all the shit that piled up this year. I hope to have more time to visit in 2010! I can see 'scenes in old cartoons' when I look at these.
The logs may be hollow, but the mind of the artist was not!
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