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| 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. |
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| the start of a painting on paper with the associated junk |
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| more stuff |
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| half finished |
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| The title is " Under the Same Sky " taken from a concert given by my friend Carolyn Yarnell. |
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| to see |
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| lots of films and entertainment |
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| OK transportation |
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| lots of cars |
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| plenty of street life |
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| TV |
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| and easy to get to the sea |
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| out to Long Island |
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| to go to the beach |
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| back to the city and my drawings |
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| the "finished/unfinished" drawings have taken on a life of their own |
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| forming patterns with numerous meanings |
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| and relationships |
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| sometimes obscure |
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| or the wrong color |
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| or quickly sketched |
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| or detailed |
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| or in focus |
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| or pale |
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| or worried |
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| I wonder if it is even possible to construct a series without meaning |
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| Henry didn't think it would be fun to get wet and dirty. He thought what fun it would be to play with the hose and make some mud. |
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| Sometimes pictures don't get "finished" |
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| In 14th to 15th century Italy the idea of non- finito, finito ( not finished- finished) came into being |
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| Portrait #1 recognition sometimes requires a certain knowledge of the technique |
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| Portrait #2 a technique to avoid recognition |
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| portrait #3 modern Moroccans a manufactured technique |
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| portrait # 4 technical difficulties |
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| portrait # 5 homey as a plastic man |
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| portrait # 6 an out of focus man or just plan "people" |
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| portrait # 7 recognizable person |
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| distorted, and abstracted people are OK - realistic , nude, or recognizable people are less popular. Does this mean people are more comfortable with abstraction or is abstraction less of a commitment? |
