Monday, June 29, 2009

New Painting Direction

Hello again,

I have been taking a new direction in my painting and hope to have the first pieces in the series completed by the time I hang the show at the Level Up Lounge (25th and I in Sac) in preparation for the July Second Saturday art walk. I was recently interviewed by Sacramento magazine and when asked about the most difficult aspect of what I do I was honestly a bit stumped. The final answer revolved around having a voice and conveying what you want to say. A writer may have full command of the language, but still struggle with the type of story to tell.

I've been struggling to understand all of the stress associated with these bizarre economic and social times. Things seemed to have mellowed a bit compared to early 2009 but it's clear that people will be struggling for quite some time. Given the all these emotions I've begun a series of paintings that draws a parallel between various socio-economic situations and death defying circus acts. As I began studying all the different acts in a circus I was shocked at how many parallels there are between things like being a parent and juggling hats, paying bills and keeping all of those plates spinning on their sticks. The list goes on. The first painting is called, "The Single Mother."

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Painting demo of West Indian Girl's Sofia

Well, here it is....finally finished it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJpOY1CAjOo

I'm happy with it.

さいごに私の新しいビデオを終わりました。ソフィアちゃんはよくでるですから。。。。ものすごく幸せです。今主奥さんと子供たちが千葉県に戻ります。じじとばば 孫の顔を見れるから。。。うれしいです。私は7月30日に日本に行きます。

 

Saturday, June 6, 2009

"Sofia" painting video

I completed a painting of the band West Indian Girl a while back and videotaped the whole thing. I'm making some final edits to the time lapsed instructional vid over the weekend and hope to get it online asap. The background music is the song, "Sofia", which my daughter loves to sing.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

New painting video of Gallo's wine cellars in Livingston

I decided to put together a time lapsed version of this painting now that I'm settled into the new home. I'm currently editing a similar video of the painting I did for the band, West Indian Girl, which is pretty psychedelic. I wrote a previous post about my experience at their show, desperately hoping that some crazed rocker wouldn't destroy the painting. Everything was fine.

The music for this video is by Village Drums. That's me on the bass. My good friend Carol Cody did the arrangement of this song. We always got a great response when we played this one live. I still remember Carol going off onstage.

I'm doing a show with abstract artist John Krempel at the Level Up Lounge (25th and J in Sacramento) for the Second Saturday in July. Can't wait. John has helped me tremendously here in Sacramento, as well as Suleka at Level Up.