March 27, 2010

"brainstorm chaser"

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graphite on paper, 11" x 8"
Posted by mark at 03:39 PM

March 20, 2010

Tornado Series: en plein air

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"serpent's_#43" - acrylic on magazine page, 10.5" x 8"

“Serpent's_#43” represents an inflection point in the continuing Tornado Series. Up to now I’ve been intentionally working without visual referent – operating exclusively from memory or preconception.

It seemed a worthy exercise – an irreproducible luxury – to scan the mental database and see what my personal encoded tornado icon looks like – at least to date.

With this painting, though, I’ve taken to painting from external observation: The web is replete with powerful, experiential video of tornadoes. I think of working in accompaniment to these videos as mediated en plein air painting.

Posted by mark at 01:58 AM

March 12, 2010

Preliminary Drawing: "grand_Migratory_Painter_#50"

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graphite on paper, 11" x 8"
Posted by mark at 11:32 PM

March 08, 2010

Tornado Series: "unclean_#42"

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acrylic on magazine page, 10.5" x 8"
Posted by mark at 02:25 AM

March 02, 2010

February's Acrylic Palettes

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Posted by mark at 01:47 AM