Real / Abstract

All the new apartments in New York city have one thing in common , clean lines. I decided to do a painting of a wall in our old house in Marrakech.A simple realistic picture of light on a white plaster wall. A 500 year old mud brick riad has no straight walls or square corners. I thought this would be an easy painting but.......

the first attempt was a disaster - It looked like cheap wall paper in an Earls Court bedsit

try again

this time I used a trowel to apply the paint

it was beginning to look like the real thing, sort of real abstract

Add a couple of lines for cracks and it looked even better

some shadows and it was finished "Marrakech shadow wall " on paper

another real abstract on paper  "64-11"




"I don't know why I never painted an abstract painting . It's so easy" Andy Warhol

From Marrakech to Sidi Ifni

Kotoubia-Marrakech 

Cyberpark- Marrakech

Bahia Palace- Marrakech

the road to Essaouira 

Essaouira souk

the mud brick walls in Tiznit

a fruit stall -Tiznit medina

Tiznit

Sidi Ifni - medina Xanadu Maison d'hotes

the town square at Sidi Ifni

the Atlantic coast- Sidi Ifni

the dome at right is a Qouba the tomb of Ifni

Drawing

Here are some recent efforts

Gretchen my grandaughter

Henry my Grandson

some dude from the street

some nude dude

the good thing about drawing is that no special or elaborate setups or materials are needed.
you just need to start.

my cat mimi from Marrakech checks out a drawing

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PAINTING

PORTRAIT

I did this strange portrait without thinking too much about it. So far most people find it intriguing . I think it has something to do with dimension. 

the start of a painting on paper with the associated junk

more stuff

half finished

The title is " Under the Same Sky " taken from a concert given by my friend Carolyn Yarnell.

Sept.

 

many people in nyc 

these days

to see

lots of films and entertainment

OK transportation

lots of cars

plenty of street life

TV

and easy to get to the sea

Lazy Summer

 

out to Long Island

to go to the beach

back to the city and my drawings

the "finished/unfinished" drawings have taken on a life of their own

forming patterns with numerous meanings

and relationships

sometimes obscure 

or the wrong color

or quickly sketched

or detailed

or in focus

or pale

or worried

I wonder if it is even possible to construct a series without meaning