tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post3988215551319783964..comments2024-03-20T12:46:10.513-07:00Comments on The Colorist: Write This Down And Put It In ItalicsCasey Klahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-83714104402316233542011-02-25T08:23:41.078-08:002011-02-25T08:23:41.078-08:00Thank you, Mary!Thank you, Mary!Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-34129718443133840892011-02-25T06:47:31.121-08:002011-02-25T06:47:31.121-08:00This is wonderful. Great color harmony and design....This is wonderful. Great color harmony and design.Mary Sheehan Winnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07739304038978908921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-24336960805206398712011-02-24T07:56:33.688-08:002011-02-24T07:56:33.688-08:00Hi, Kim. High praise, and I am very pleased you r...Hi, Kim. High praise, and I am very pleased you read here.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-75668772363216945012011-02-24T07:55:52.040-08:002011-02-24T07:55:52.040-08:00Jim - I am happy you read and thank you. Kahn is ...Jim - I am happy you read and thank you. Kahn is a real intellectual, and yet his art has much beauty. It's powerful.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-18850213624065558092011-02-24T07:47:17.535-08:002011-02-24T07:47:17.535-08:00Thank you, Celeste!! Glad you respond to this one...Thank you, Celeste!! Glad you respond to this one. That reminds me of the way a writer crafts a short story - the reader fills in. Cool.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-73811317578759514132011-02-24T07:45:50.095-08:002011-02-24T07:45:50.095-08:00Hi, Steve. I appreciate your view - the sky exert...Hi, Steve. I appreciate your view - the sky exerts weight, and is only a sliver of space. Directional lines travel downward.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-39852089674877217862011-02-24T07:43:33.765-08:002011-02-24T07:43:33.765-08:00Thank you very much, Dan. I see the WK thing as h...Thank you very much, Dan. I see the WK thing as his own closed universe. How will he break his own conventions is what he asks.<br /><br />He does make a great argument for avoiding description.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-5556536954510786152011-02-24T07:40:42.850-08:002011-02-24T07:40:42.850-08:00Hey, Adam. If Degas said it, I am twice as happy....Hey, Adam. If Degas said it, I am twice as happy. Yes. the daily paintings can become convention-bound.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-31645676168864738712011-02-24T04:18:32.545-08:002011-02-24T04:18:32.545-08:00So I imagine Wolf Kahn wouldn't be a fan of ma...So I imagine Wolf Kahn wouldn't be a fan of many of the 'painting a day' blogs then?<br /><br />Degas said pretty much the same thing too.<br /><br />nice pastel :-)Adam Copehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00597553517593344369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-54312346427350442582011-02-23T18:22:58.552-08:002011-02-23T18:22:58.552-08:00I love the silver and gold spirit of this one! An...I love the silver and gold spirit of this one! And HERE HERE for WK! Love that quote! To me it's saying in part, if you want to say it exactly as everyone sees it, use a camera.Dan Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13130079803891606515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-57615688502424026572011-02-23T13:28:47.880-08:002011-02-23T13:28:47.880-08:00Like the painting and the quote. Feel a bit of Ha...Like the painting and the quote. Feel a bit of Hans Hoffman space in this.Steve Moenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04626037380655129181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-74049615363404394412011-02-23T08:41:19.970-08:002011-02-23T08:41:19.970-08:00I LOVE this painting..It's just gorgeous. I ca...I LOVE this painting..It's just gorgeous. I can see why your work is so popular, it doesn't "hit people over the head"...au contraire! Your work allows the viewer an opportunity to draw many of our own conclusions. Many years ago I was fascinated by photo realism. Now when I see it, it so totally leaves me cold...now I love to look at the stroke and the emotion. The mark is "human" -- photo real is....a machine. :)Celeste Berginhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06791708298070342301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-57595791370089704972011-02-23T06:22:46.586-08:002011-02-23T06:22:46.586-08:00Wonderful work, love the subtlety and suggestion.
...Wonderful work, love the subtlety and suggestion.<br />Kahns mind is as unique as his work.<br />I think it is all about seeing as a artist, with a artists mind and eye.jimserrettstudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604574528873628463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-13372041774111747062011-02-23T06:14:01.134-08:002011-02-23T06:14:01.134-08:00Casey - feel it down in my soul. One of your most ...Casey - feel it down in my soul. One of your most moving pieces yet. Beautiful.Kim Rempelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10010163424578410675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-17666661671626426072011-02-23T05:58:07.452-08:002011-02-23T05:58:07.452-08:00Hi, Jala. Since you are an artist, I'll give ...Hi, Jala. Since you are an artist, I'll give the better answer, instead of the "pat" one for this question.<br /><br />Of course you know the idea takes forever - lots of observation and thinking. That's in one's hip pocket, so to speak.<br /><br />This one is re-claimed paper, with a lot of color showing through from the rejected work. So, add the time of one failed work.<br /><br />The time involved now depends on how the pastel goes on. If I'm doing well, everything goes fast, and in the zone of an hour or two. One loses track, but it is close to that.<br /><br />Without breaks, I'd say an hour or two. There are no details, and everything is gestural. The most time consuming event is looking at the work between applications, and deciding which color to use next.<br /><br />Also, on La Carte, one waits about 10-20 seconds after spraying a fixative layer.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-18552720362185285582011-02-23T05:51:34.374-08:002011-02-23T05:51:34.374-08:00Hi, Maggie! It's kind of you to look at my wo...Hi, Maggie! It's kind of you to look at my work. I'd say your theories are good. I know your work inspires me.<br /><br />I have been basing my works lately on a charcoal sketch directly on the board. Often, it shows through.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-14562844292148773942011-02-23T01:19:51.277-08:002011-02-23T01:19:51.277-08:00Stunning. I really love it (the painting, although...Stunning. I really love it (the painting, although the quote is good too).<br />I'm curious--how long on average do you think it takes you to paint a pastel like this?Jala Pfaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01186623108399217523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-76097142939057712212011-02-23T00:56:51.954-08:002011-02-23T00:56:51.954-08:00Casey, Your painting and the words of Khan have gi...Casey, Your painting and the words of Khan have given me a slap on the back to day! I have been contemplating lately how to translate some of my recent graphite and water landscape ‘sketches’ into paintings…and then your wonderful limited palette painting popped up on my screen to inspire me and spur me on… …..So, I guess I need to take out even more detail, and go for colour harmony, mood and try to keep the essence and mood of my initial wash sketch. Tall order, I think!!<br />How to throw off convention? My take on it is that it’s a bit like always trying to clear your mind before paintings…and a lot to do with connecting to your creative source.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-72626941123558421052011-02-22T18:36:31.426-08:002011-02-22T18:36:31.426-08:00Thank you for saying these things, Sonya. After o...Thank you for saying these things, Sonya. After one fills-up the painting, how does he then go about emptying it out? That's what I ask myself, anyway.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-19152484870075226302011-02-22T18:29:41.375-08:002011-02-22T18:29:41.375-08:00Paula, I struggle with WK as much as any. But, af...Paula, I struggle with WK as much as any. But, after a while of reading and seeing what he does, I begin to see what he means.<br /><br />I liked a story he told about outdoor painting in Venice. he was "burdened with his own conventions" and, of course, the well over-baked scenery of Venice itself!<br /><br />Just that description alone helped me to see that he isn't a superhuman artist, but a guy struggling with making new things. Only, he wants each step up to the easel to be new. That's hard.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-65389259851273798592011-02-22T18:26:36.195-08:002011-02-22T18:26:36.195-08:00Mary - thanks for looking and reading closely.Mary - thanks for looking and reading closely.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-11759209756063998152011-02-22T18:26:08.643-08:002011-02-22T18:26:08.643-08:00Brenda - maybe in Fiji they will accept a tattooed...Brenda - maybe in Fiji they will accept a tattooed forehead. But, not in SW Washington. I know.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-87055327905897949102011-02-22T18:25:04.184-08:002011-02-22T18:25:04.184-08:00Lisa - I am very happy you read and comment. Than...Lisa - I am very happy you read and comment. Thanks for the kind comments.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-9942518906864568102011-02-22T18:24:22.908-08:002011-02-22T18:24:22.908-08:00Loriann - thanks for the kind comments. I feel th...Loriann - thanks for the kind comments. I feel that WK's words are hard, but essential. They resonate with me, too.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-36256909462294586692011-02-22T18:17:46.339-08:002011-02-22T18:17:46.339-08:00Cindy - perhaps you are what you wish. Wise. I a...Cindy - perhaps you are what you wish. Wise. I admire your path.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.com