The Works Art & Design Festival 2016

 

21 KONSTRUKTIONS: Paintings

Manulife Place, Edmonton, AB

July 2-August 30, 2016

 

 

I'm very pleased to have a solo exhibition at Manulife Place as part of The Works Art & Design Festival 2016.  I've already received many positive comments and enjoyed sharing the series in busy downtown Edmonton.  Go have a look!  It will be up all summer.

21 KONSTRUKTIONS: Paintings

 

Project Complete

 

 

The Final Paintings - in Progress

KONSTRUKTION No. 03 

As of today I've transferred all 21 and here are some examples:

KONSTRUKTION No. 14

KONSTRUKTION No. 19

KONSTRUKTION No. 20

Plus I have the first eight near completion as below and including No. 03 at the top of this post :  

KONSTRUKTION No. 01

KONSTRUKTION No. 02

There remains the question of cropping either too much or not enough depending on the image.  

KONSTRUKTION No. 04

KONSTRUKTION No. 05

KONSTRUKTION No. 06

KONSTRUKTION No. 07

KONSTRUKTION No. 08

And, of course, there's the stitching as I continue with the second piece based on my roofing photos:

As well as with the addition of a simplified piece based on photos I took of video game systems that I started specifically for ease of transport for my trip to Philadelphia on November 10. 

21 KONSTRUKTIONS: Paintings - Two More Layers

September was spent building the layers onto the final suite of paintings.  After the tinting was completed the textures were blocked out with terracotta:

and then enhanced with raw umber:

Next were the controversial 'drips' that have yet to prove themselves to doubting critics (including me) spurring me on to prove I know what I'm doing:

Then, by early October, I had nearly all of the images transferred:

Konstruktion No. 12

Konstruktion No. 14

Konstruktion No. 03

And, of course, the stitching continues:

as compulsions always do when self-control is not your strong suit.

21 KONSTRUKTIONS: Paintings - Preparing Grounds

The last months of 2015 will be spent focusing on the final large paintings as I work toward completing this suite by the end of the year.  The minimum dimension was to  be 24" but on some I've gone smaller because an exaggerated rectangle is a beautiful format.

Tinted Ground (Detail)

Tinted Ground 16" x 40"

Tinted Ground 24 " x 40"

Tinted Ground 30" x 30"






Small Abstract Grounds:  

Continued studies for the final paintings 

Cross Stitch Part II

Another word for compulsion is comfort.  The cross stitch has returned as I recreate images from my roofing photos.  This image is the side of a tar kettle that's been scraped repeatedly and then left to rust in the yard of the  commercial roofing company I've worked at for the past 10 years.



Terracotta and Abstract Studies

These will be the final studies as I work toward creating fully developed series for the 2015 painting project.  I continue to refer to my proposal to attempt to stay on task but I'm also prepared to follow where I am led as is always the case.

KONSTRUKTION NO. 20 on Terracotta

Three (3) KONSTRUKTIONS - impressions in plaster

KONSTRUKTION No. 20 - impression in plaster

KONSTRUKTION No. 06 on Terracotta

KONSTRUKTION No. 11 on Terracotta

Abstraction Study

Abstraction Study

21 KONSTRUKTIONS + ABSTRACTIONS

KONSTRUKTION No. 19

Abstract inspired by Hubble

Playing with Layering

Playing with Texture and Paint