tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post5867856510224740516..comments2024-03-20T12:46:10.513-07:00Comments on The Colorist: Intuition and GestureCasey Klahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-56601450069834702042007-03-23T15:05:00.000-07:002007-03-23T15:05:00.000-07:00You raise a common issue with me, too.The thing wi...You raise a common issue with me, too.<BR/>The thing with me and gesture is to execute it on the actual work. Once I do a very intuitive, and loose gesture on a small study - it is almost unrepeatable in a larger format.<BR/>If I do a study that is too good to throw out, I have to go to great lengths to blow it up. My tricks involve gridding, projecting, scanning and photoshopping bigger. Any idea that will keep the "mojo" that was in the little intuitive study!<BR/>My main method, though, is to do small color studies, and small value studies, but to execute right on the final paper. <BR/>The image on this post was done at DT's abstract workshop, and it was a very focused session. But, I can get these gestures I think based on lots and lots of abstract drawing.<BR/>Hope something makes sense, here! Thanks for the question.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-42333425163037328182007-03-23T11:15:00.000-07:002007-03-23T11:15:00.000-07:00The issue of gesture is something I am grappling w...The issue of gesture is something I am grappling with at present. I can do it on a thrwo away doodle but don't find it easy to include in a more serious painting. How about you?Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16068141700005383278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-11397294462157352162007-03-21T09:40:00.000-07:002007-03-21T09:40:00.000-07:00I look at this one Casey and I hear the music.I look at this one Casey and I hear the music.Robyn Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01663604160297996421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-79748472238508329982007-03-21T09:02:00.000-07:002007-03-21T09:02:00.000-07:00Thanks, Tracy. Makes me wish, in another life, th...Thanks, Tracy. <BR/>Makes me wish, in another life, that I could add abstraction to my portfolio. Ah, for a little "free time"...Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-69548677852636308732007-03-21T08:56:00.000-07:002007-03-21T08:56:00.000-07:00I don't disagree at all, Mary. I wonder, though, ...I don't disagree at all, Mary. I wonder, though, how to impart or teach intuitive approach by asking for intent?<BR/>I'm not saying you do that, I'm just putting myself in the teacher's role and wondering what I would do to impart "nothing" to the student.<BR/>I agree that the abstractionist, to be successful, comes to the easel with a body of knowledge at a subliminal level. And a long portfolio of content of some form or another. The great Abstract Expressionists were also great essayists.<BR/>But, you should see my children's art. The boy is long on intuition and has made very coherent scribbles that those art students would envy. The girl stays in the lines, and is long on intention. Someday I will post that art.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-50229116094478797632007-03-21T06:53:00.000-07:002007-03-21T06:53:00.000-07:00I love this piece, Casey. Great energy and color!I love this piece, Casey. Great energy and color!Tracy Helgesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07510044613771862211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-57435512286581424742007-03-21T02:52:00.000-07:002007-03-21T02:52:00.000-07:00intent can be intuitive or even just to be intuiti...intent can be intuitive or even just to be intuitive, don't you think? i don't think we have to know "what" we're doing when we touch the paper or cavas but usually we have an intent around color, mood, communication or emotion. i have students sometimes who seem to think mindless scribble will produce thoughtful or thought provoking work. often it just produces mindless scribble....and they are very frustrated by their own results. in my mind some intent or purpose goes a long way. most abstract artists, historical or modern, have a pretty serious construct around their work. it may appear random but is in fact based on many layers of thought and intention.Mary Richmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987381109911597964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-55065547722402421902007-03-20T23:09:00.000-07:002007-03-20T23:09:00.000-07:00Yick. Sounds like an awful exhibit to me, Mary. I...Yick. Sounds like an awful exhibit to me, Mary. I guess if it has patronage...<BR/>As to actual gesture art (ahem), I think emotive content is important. In abstract gesture, I feel that a lack of intent helps with more intuitive marks. I don't agree with saying, "that (abstract) reminds me of [fill in the blank]".Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-81471440246401733212007-03-20T17:37:00.000-07:002007-03-20T17:37:00.000-07:00it's always fun to play--and having just come back...it's always fun to play--and having just come back from a week in NYC where I saw a whole exhibit based on mark making with bodily functions and various body parts to smear and move them....I think sometimes our gestures are best kept to ourselves ;-)<BR/>Seriously, I love doing gestural art and looking at it--it seems very alive and visceral to me. and I think gesture without intent becomes a tricky thing for some artists. it lacks content, both visually and ideologically (sp?)Now the question becomes...does it need either to be art??Mary Richmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987381109911597964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-90336517670196541002007-03-20T12:43:00.000-07:002007-03-20T12:43:00.000-07:00haha! It looks fun- I have done this but -- but my...haha! It looks fun- I have done this but -- but my end result ususally lacks any redeeming qualitiestlwesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08682492613728814449noreply@blogger.com