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Published: 2006-01-20 02:09:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 22669; Favourites: 117; Downloads: 566
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MEDIUM: Oil (and bullshit amounts of it) on Canvas. 11"x14" I think that number is correct. 51 or 52... Could be 53 even. Look, I don't know.PHOTO: I photographed this one to not show the image as much as show the surface of the object. You still won't be able to see the depth of glaze and other such delights, but you can get the idea that I'm not making a smooth, well blended surface. I will show you a detail of this mess so you can really see how odd the surface is: [link]
MODEL: Rikaco. Pretty, smart, willing to sit for a stranger. You know the drill.
WHAT THE?: Still painting! And yes, it's the same stupid subject I always painted. Aaand... I'm not sure what the fuck I am doing, to be dead honest with you. I'm just following my gut that is trying to decipher directions my head jotted down on a napkin. It's leading me into shaky, uncharted territory that almost scares me. Not because that there are talking trees and haunted houses in this new territory. But because what I am doing is completely unfamiliar to me. And I'm not even sure I like it. But that kind of fear that your own work generates is good-news. When you are comfortable with what you are doing, you may have lost your reach. There should be some fear that goes along with moving forward. And look, I'm no fucking genius, I may be doing what I was born to do. Or even what I needed to do BEFORE I did what I was born to do. But in the now, I am just fucking toweling on spackle to a canvas and giving myself the willies.
NOTE: This is not my new "thing", this is just one way I felt I needed to paint right now. It's ALL experimentation. Anybody that latches on to something because it kinda yields good results is a sham. Forward! Cries the absurd engine of time! Don't rest on your cracked and decomposing laurels. Try the thing that compels, yet scares you. Do what only YOU think is right. And if somebody tells you they like you old work better... Tell them you don't care what they like. And then give them a hug. They need it.
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Resist it all you want, acrylics just don't work like oils. Sure if you're just painting wet-into-wet, they get damn close. But they don't glaze like oils. BUT! You can't dry oils with a blowdryer⦠So acrylics have an undeniable appeal. I'll give ya that.
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fair point. I guess I'm just trying to get that luxurious oil look. But quicker. Probably not the best reasoning. But it stops me getting restless, which is a big hurdle for me when painting.
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I can draw better with my ass! see i drew this with my ass...[link]
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wth, dude calm down. Besides this is actually really good so............
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totally I'm gonna be like to the creator of the gratest show ever, just be all "i can draw better with my ass!" like holy brick frog!
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OMG I'm not being seriouse, DUH!
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I like the closing words the best. sad to see you are absent on deviant art lately, but good to know you're doing what you love in absence.
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The texture here is amazing. There is nothing I love more than a painting that you can feel as well as look at.
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nah , i suck , i don't know what i am talking about , peace.
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Okay, be well. Good luck with your own paintings. And I'll keep plugging away at mine.
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You're moping. You want a hug? It will make you feel better...
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nice rembrant manner , but i don't think its quite work for this piece , i think little over worked on the ear and the muscle around the mouth..
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I'm sorry. You can fix it if you want.
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Badass experimentation--you made some damn good decisions in this. I'm also impressed with how the texture of the paint doesn't distract the eye from the subject. I first see her, and then I can go back and forth and notice how each bump of texture builds her up, well placed and intentional (or perhaps not, as sometimes the best things come out of not deliberating). It's tasteful and effective--and I've been so damned unimpressed with heavily textured paintings of people--you don't suffocate the subject, but build her up with it. Great work!
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Just keep following your gut and be true to yourself. Often what we really want isn't clear and may never be.
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And they don't let you erase your mistakes... You have my sympathy.
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You've done an amazing job conveying movement with the texture of this painting. The colors, mood, and expression on her face are soul-stirring, but I'm really digging those thick strokes -- especially in the background. This painting is alive.
Excellent work.
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You've done an amazing job conveying movement with the texture of this painting. The colors, mood, and expression on her face are soul-stirring, but I'm really digging those thick strokes -- especially in the background. This painting is alive.
Excellent work.
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bullshit sometimes is lovely and strong!
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I am glad you are showing the texture!! I like this image, her hair does seem to come out of the canvas, and the link to her face, you are not kidding about almost sculpting the face as well!!! I love that you are experimenting with this, I just wish I could see it in person!! To be able to see the actual result, you would almost have to take a pic of the painting at several different angles and with probably some better lighting, which may not be good for the paints themselves!! Either way, from what I can see, I really like your work, very lifelike!! Wow!!
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Thanks... I'm so glad you understand what I am doing. It helps
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Because of the extra heavy layers of paint was this one a slower process to finish? Did you have to wait longer between the layers? Its would seem that way..
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Good question. Yeah, there is a slightly different timing issue to consider when you use heavy imposto. Yet, It's not the kind of thing that throws you way off schedule. The heaviness you see there in my pic has been built up of layers that aren't crazy thick. It's a cumulative effect. And honestly, the lighting on the photo gives you an impression of surface that is not 100% accurate.
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I see... so fat over lean? Is that the saying? You wait till the last layer for the thickness?
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"Fat over lean" is a stability mantra. Remember: "fat" is not thickness, "fat" is how much oil is in your paint. So if you lay on a relatively thick coat of umber paint, then cover it with a soupy, oiled red... That is still "Fat over lean". Yet it is technically "Thin over thick". It's a tricky chemistry game.
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Oh I never knew that... that makes sense however since the oil would be the slower thing to dry... not the pigment. I haven't done enough oil painting to know! Thanks for the info.
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Exactly. And the brown earth tones soak up their binder and dry pretty fast. So much to learn. I mean, how long have I been doing this? Like forever. And I still learn on a daily basis.
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Well you stop learning once you think you've learned it all... you know that saying. Its another world to me. Ive started playing with gouache. Very elementary, of course but its fun.
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Cool, I wish you super-extra-luck with that. I like the look of gouache, but have never got around to it. Same with watercolor. I guess it's just that oils never feel like you have mastered them. I never feel anything close to "Now I can move on."
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Thank you, it fits in with my lifestyle at the moment.
When does one ever "feel" like one has mastered anything? Ya know.. That is a hard question.
Maybe it has to do with others perception of you and not your own.
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Does it really look like the rest of your paintings? The photo makes it appear much thicker and more textured. I want to see it in person and really I want to touch it, if you would let me. I wish I knew enough about art to say something clever or useful, but I donβt so I shall simply say that I like it and listen to you talk about art or my shoes. Whatever strikes your fancy.
P.S. If you don't get around to painting me at some point I shall be very disappointed.
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1- the photo was shot with a fairly harsh sidelight to emphasize the texture. That is why it both looks like ceiling of a 1960's living room and has an image that is hard to see. I'll let you touch it (woo-hoo), but use the back of your hand. Less oils than on your finger tips.
2- You know I will get around to painting you. But please never let me be the pilot of your disappointment.
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Wise words and a beautiful painting. I love reading your comments
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I happen to like the texture. It relieves the sitter from focus as well as the viewer. Not that she's hard to look at.
You're a crazy crazy painting fiend. I suppose that's a sign of mental illness, but hey, you aren't eating the paints. Yet... Down the rabbit hole with you, Alice!!
I read in Natl Geog. that the symptoms of love taken objectively equalled something in the psychological realm of madness. Or at least OCD. Perhaps you have painting induced brain madness. Which sounds pretty interesting actually, from a future biographical tome sort of way. No ear cutting though. That's been done. Plus it's messy. Even you fabulous box of crazy glue won't set that to rights. (Arbitrary note: When I was a mechanic, we used this purple glop the boys called 'gorilla snot'. I was to find out later that it was actually called that. Hmm.)
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Painting is OCD. To do this crap day in/day out, you have to ritualize the process. Setting the easel angle, getting your lights right, laying out the palette, all ritual. I mean, I don't put on a velvet robe and some Enya, but it is kinda close. And to complete the metaphor, painting hypnotizes me. I can talk on the phone while painting... I'm %100 lucid and make almost (a new kind of) sense. But I sometimes don't remember the conversation. And because of the trance state I lose my perception of time. Hours become minutes, and time becomes liquid. This means that if I tell someone that "I will be done in like a half an hour", it can be safely interpreted as "I will be done in like five hours, and I will have no recollection of telling you this."
As for "Gorilla Snot"; I know a product with that same trade-name that is this sticky gunk (not Nickelodeon Gack) that a guitarist who is buttery of finger may apply, like so much balm, to his/her fingers. And this anointing should assure a firm grip on one's plectrum. I never even considered using the stuff. I just imagined the black and linty fingertips after a few journeys into the ol' pocket.
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You know, my mother does the same thing. I've awakened her from sleep and had entire conversations with her that she neither remembered nor tried to remember the next morning. In fact, I think she does it on purpose. Belligerent old woman! I'll show her! (gets out yard stick)
I refer to time as a fluid myself. I say "I'll be right there!" and several hours later, I may or may not emerge from my artistic fugue. At one point, when I was heavily engrossed in a picture, Jennifer brought me water so I wouldn't sit there for days and shrivel up. That Jennifer. What a kind girl.
What do you think would happen if we put gorilla snot on a gorilla? I dare you to try it. In fact, I'm going to break with protocol and go straight to the Triple Dog Dare. (gasps from the crowd)
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I enjoy the new ethnicity in this portrait. I'm assuming that she is of a different background than the other girls you have painted and posted on Deviant. Nice to see you change it up. Keeps things intriguing not that they weren't before. If all the things I've said aren't correct, well, kudos to the texture! Waiting as always to see what you come up with next.
P.S. watched degrassi lately?
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I missed almost all of this last season. All I know is that Liberty was knocked up by J.T.
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Damn, I finally found your page, I joined dA because of your work but then couldn't remember how to get back to you. Anyways, blathering aside, this piece looks hellaciously meaty, which I love. How many man hours do you put in a piece like this? The model cost must be outrageous. Well, I can finally add you to watch list, thanks for the inspiration. Should you have the time drop me a line, I could use some criticism. (I've been the victim of an "art" education myself, I finally started to recover over the past year)
take care,
-ckl
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You are one brilliant artist.. Bah, I can't come up with words. So let's just say you're very inspirational and one of the most talented oil painters I've ever seen. Or one of the most talented artists I've seen, too.
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Oooo the thinkness of the paint is a delight
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"Tell them you don't care what they like. And then give them a hug. They need it."~ And i know that you didnt think twice before typing that. Just one of those unrehearsed
I find this texture interesting, its quite edgy for you and lively. I am always attracted to artwork that has a hint or rawness to it. I would love to see this one in person. Perhaps a loaf of challah should come your way.
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i always hate texture surface,cause here in my ocuntry they use this as excuse to be bad and atract attation to the abscrat bullshit than real paint skills
but seems that you dont doe that,anyway keeps being Doc H. painting,i must say i enjoy ,bum im not a big fan of texture canvas..
who the hell is me to question that
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Doc I love this. I wish I could see it in person!
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