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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Scribble Book - works in progress

Diptych, Green vs Green, 2015

8" x 8" x 1 3/8"

Acrylic on wood panel.

Diptych, Green vs Green, 2015

8" x 8" x 1 3/8"

Acrylic on wood panel.

SCRIBBLE BOOK:

http://billbloomfield.blogspot.com/p/works.html

Sunday, April 5, 2015

Nancy Haynes at George Lawson

Four paintings by Nancy Haynes. The paintings slowly reveal quite vibrant layers of color.

The central body of the paintings are smoothly feathered out to the sides. The top and bottom edges on the front of the canvases reveal layers of paint with both subtle and abrupt shifts in value. This peeling back from the edges is not dissimilar to the way Brice Marden treated the edges of his oil and wax canvases in the mid-1960's.

For George Lawson Exhibitions: http://www.georgelawsongallery.com/exhibitions.html

Nancy Haynes website: http://nancyhaynes.net/

Nancy Haynes at George Lawson.

Photo: George Lawson Gallery.

Retreat, 2012.

Oil on linen.

18" x 21.5"

Photo: George Lawson Gallery.

Implications of the Unsaid, 2014-2015.

Oil on linen.

21.5" x 26"

Photo: George Lawson Gallery.

Subtraction, 2014.

Oil on linen.

21.5" x 26"

Photo: George Lawson Gallery.

Yesterday, 2013-2014.

Oil on linen.

18" x 21.5"

Photo: George Lawson Gallery.

Top edge detail of Yesterday.

Bottom edge detail of Yesterday.

Brice Marden, Return I, 1964-1965.

Source and photo: http://www.matthewmarks.com/new-york/artists/brice-marden/selected-works/#/images/1/

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Don Voisine on GEOFORM

A nice slideshow of work by Brooklyn based painter and former chairman of the American Abstract Artists organization, Don Voisine, on GEOFORM.
Voisine on GEOFORM: http://geoform.net/artists/don-voisine/

The artist's website: http://donvoisine.com

American Abstract Artists: http://www.americanabstractartists.org

Don Voisine, Vertigo, 2009

44" x 44"

Oil on wood panel.

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Emil Lukas - Ringing of Distant Shores

Beautiful paintings by Emil Lukas at the Hosfeldt Gallery in San Francisco. The exhibit features four directions of Lukas's work through investigations in Larva Painting, Thread Painting, Bubble Painting and Puddle Painting.

I find each of these bodies of work compelling in their own right, but I do wish there was more work to see in the exhibit.

You can find the artist's website here: http://emillukas.com

For more information on the exhibit: http://www.hosfeltgallery.com/index.php?p=exhibitions&id=300

SF Gate interview with Emil Lukas:

http://www.sfgate.com/art/article/Emil-Lukas-Art-from-maggots-bubble-wrap-and-6143282.php

Larva painting. Not sure of the title.

Ink and paint on canvas over wood panel.

Approx 65" x 55".

These paintings are made with the aid of fly larvae dipped in paint or ink.

Sounds completely TRICKY, but the results are nonetheless beautiful.

Detail - larva painting.

Larva painting.

Cold Slope, 2014.

Ink and paint on canvas over wood panel.

55" x 65"

Detail - Cold Slope, 2014.

Thread painting. (Not sure of the title)

Thread over painted wood frame with nails.

Approx 64" x 52"

Detail - thread painting.

Bubble painting.

Double Bend, 2015.

Plaster and paint over wood panel.

52" x 64"

These paintings are made by placing bubble wrap in the form work of a plaster mold. The paint fills the leftover voids.

Bubble painting. Not sure of the title.

Plaster and paint over wood panel.

Approx 14" x 10"

Smaller works on glass.

Smaller work on glass.

Puddle painting. Not sure of the title.

Approx 64" x 52"

These paintings are made by tying back part of the canvas to the stretchers. This forms an indentation. The paint puddles in the indentations.

Puddle painting.

Between Stars, 2015.

Paint on canvas with wood and thread.

64" x 52"

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Scribble Book - works in progress

Just Add Yellow, 2015

8" x 8" x 1 3/8"

Acrylic on wood panel.

Detail - Just Add Yellow

SCRIBBLE BOOK:

http://billbloomfield.blogspot.com/p/works.html

Sunday, March 1, 2015

Erin Lawlor at George Lawson Gallery

Erin Lawlor's paintings have tons of energy and depth with vibrant matte colors. I've gone back a few times to look at these. Very captivating !

Check out more here at George Lawson: http://www.georgelawsongallery.com/artists/e_lawlor.html

And check out the artist's website here: http://www.erinlawlor.com/