100 No's

 The idea is to put yourself out there. How many "yes's do you get on your way to 100 no's?

Yes to Kennedy
Contemporary

No to Irvine 41

I did not get a reason other than there were a record number of entries. I entered 4 gouache paintings.

Small Paintings

8x8 oil on gesso board

8x8 oil on gesso board

8x8 oil on gesso board

8x8 oil on gesso board

8x8 oil on gesso board

8x8 oil on gesso board

12x8 oil on gesso board

6x6 oil on gesso board

 6x6 oil on gesso board

14 COLOR

 

 My current pallet in oil:  I am using Gamblin paint now.  I was using Old Holland but it was just too expensive.

CADMIUM CHARTREUSE

CADMIUM YELLOW MEDIUM

CADMIUM LIEMON

INDIAN YELLOW

CADMIUM ORANGE

CADMIUM ORANGE DEEP

TRANSPARENT ORANGE

BROWN PINK

CADMIUM RED LIGHT

ALIZARINE PERMANENT

CADMIUM RED DEEP

QUINACRIDONE RED TRANSPARENT

QUINACRIDONE VIOLET

MAGANESE VIOLET

DIOXAZINE PURPLE

PRUSSIAN BLUE

COBALT BLUE

INDANTHRONE BLUE

CERALEAN BLUE

PLEHALO TURQUOISE

COBALT TEAL

RADIANT TURQUOISE

VIRIDIAN

PHTHALO EMERALD

SAP GREEN

PERMANENT GREEN LIGHT

CADMIUM LIGHT

Texture

Nothing in your process should be exempt from change.

Taking chances with your art is important to your growth as an artist.  Changing your process, color, application, or subject are part of learning. 

Clining to something is restrictive; even if you are accomplished with that thing.

Taking chances is part of the artistic fearlessness that I believe opens the door to greater expression.

This represents a change in my approach.  I was painting without any texture.

I changed it up to solve the problem of how to paint detail without using a small brush.

I started putting down really thick paint layer after layer a d then sculpted the paint with knives and brushes.

I also started paintings with the lightest values, worked to dark, and then scraped away to the lighte values-highlights

I like trying to solve problems by adopting atypical approaches to my work.

 Being able to let go and trust is essential to your ability to deepening expression.

It is ok to not know how your painting is going to turn out.

What is the purpose of all that practice; if not to be able to trust your instincts?

New processes new results.

Experimentation is at the very core of creativity.