Finalmente

 

the last painting in the series.

It has been revealing to work on the 20 paintings. I now understand better what I was doing and how the paintings relate to how I visualize cities and architecture.

Where are you going?

 

completed December 16, 2008- I like toy blocks, the colors and regular shapes. I see cities as if they were made up from blocks.

Prospect 1 Biennial New Orleans

 

 

 

 

top to bottom, Anne Deleporte wallpaper, murals in Lower 9th ward house by Adam Cvijanovic, Mark Bradford, Ark and Katharine Grosse, painted house Walk, fly or drive but get yourself to New Orleans and see this before January 18th.

Galleria

 

A smaller painting, 10" square on a masonite panel. I am glazing layers of color and it works well on this surface. I plan to do more.The surface is hard to photograph since it has greater depth in the painting.

Holy City

 

I struggled with this painting and thought I would have to give it up. I went back to it and now I like it.

Latest look

 

definitely not the final arrangement but I like to see them together as I go along.

Now I am thinking- 5 across and 5 down- 25 instead of 20? 100" x100" is that more symmetrical than 80" x100" 20 20"x20"?

Places I Know

Titles are funny- I have a hard time with them. But as I continue on this group of paintings I am realizing that the series is about place. whether it is Mexico, Italy or Colorado, each painting is about something I have seen and has been imprinted on my memory. The series is a catalog of sorts, hence my desire to display it as a group. It is more than a list and close to a snapshot; a reminder of my experience of a moment and the mysteries of a particular place. No people, no nature, just the man-made buildings and streets.