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

21KONSTRUKTIONS:  Call and Response 

Linoleum Plate Impression with a Gestural Response (both in plaster on paper)

NOTE:  At the midpoint of my project I felt the need to simplify and to scale down the works in order to address some challenges.  So I decided to limit my palette as well as the range of values in hopes of finding some solutions.  In progress.

KONSTRUKTION No. 14 - 8"x10"

KONSTRUKTION No. 14 - The Impression or 'Call' (DETAIL)

Examples of the Lino Plates - 2"x 3"each

KONSTRUKTION No. 14 - The Gestural 'Response' (DETAIL)

KONSTRUKTION No. 01

KONSTRUTION No. 11

KONSTRUKTION No. 12

KONSTRUKTION No. 20

21 KONSTRUKTIONS:  Drawings

Returning to basics

KONSTRUCTION No. 01

Sketchbook:  Pencil

Oil Pastel on Brown Paper

 KONSTRUKTION No. 04

Oil Pastel on Brown Paper

21 KONSTRUKTIONS on Canvas

Revising earlier works in order to find my palette and unify the series.

KONSTRUKTION No. 06

KONSTRUKTION No. 10

KONSTRUKTION No. 04

KONSTRUKTION No. 06 on Texture (detail)

As of the end of March the first quarter of this year-long project is complete.  I've created an entire series of the 21 on  18" x 24" textured grounds and found it to take about 2 1/2 weeks in total.  Now I'll turn toward 'looking' at the photo references and cross stitched images as I move from these graphic, two-dimensional images toward more fleshed out, three-dimensional works the goal being a revival of drawing skills long neglected.

KONSTRUKTION No. 12 on Texture (detail)

I also completed 21 small studies on a lace texture just to see how the images work cropped and on a smaller scale.

KONSTRUKTION No. 21 on Lace (detail)

KONSTRUKTION No.  06 on Lace (detail)

KONSTRUKTION No. 01 on Lace (detail)

Drying in the studio

And, finally, I've finished my home art gallery where the works will be displayed as I go in order to determine what works and what needs to be addressed.



KONSTRUKTION No. 11 

February was spent continuing the study of potential grounds for the suite as well as moving forward earlier than anticipated to working with the 21 images on large paper.



Textured Grounds



21 KONSTRUKTIONS: Studies on Paper