Ideas

.........and how they arrive





      Waking up one morning and in that time of suspended animation before reality comes into sharp focus, I had an idea. A complete idea that was somewhat complicated. I had to buy a red ribbon and  take photos of it falling to the ground, then do paintings of  the results.

Sleep I

Sleep II

                                It wasn't until after I finished two versions that I realized it was simply about sleep.

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              I always enjoy painting things that cannot be seen.  Like painting light streaking by on the highway.

Light

or out a train window

or a subway

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                                                            I have a bad leg and often trip and fall at the beach.

Falling

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No matter how distant, unclear or in what language , physiologically hearing is attuned to the human voice. I wonder if something similar  exists for vision.

Modern Moroccans

Heisenberg

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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