tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post3329140902017682863..comments2024-03-20T12:46:10.513-07:00Comments on The Colorist: The Hoquiam River SeriesCasey Klahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-24324584686541276082009-03-22T08:10:00.000-07:002009-03-22T08:10:00.000-07:00Maybe I did hit the "Twilight" movie part? Or, ma...Maybe I did hit the "Twilight" movie part? Or, maybe the "Twilight Zone" instead.<BR/><BR/>The whole dark shadow meme is me trying to study the plastic part of picture making - with eye sumps that pull you in. <BR/><BR/>Glad there's an edge somewhere to this. Good eye.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-58092490812964200772009-03-22T05:46:00.000-07:002009-03-22T05:46:00.000-07:00Hi Case,I see what you mean about the shadows...th...Hi Case,<BR/><BR/>I see what you mean about the shadows...they're a tad lost in the war of color.<BR/> <BR/>Something of a 'sniper' war? Focusing dead center...<BR/><BR/>I sense some unsettled feelings about Hoquiam from this.<BR/><BR/>An undercurrent below the surface.<BR/><BR/>Just a feeling...<BR/><BR/>Here's hoping for a happy/SAFE heat solution for your studio.<BR/><BR/>Garthgarthfromseattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12498023131631504357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-54678491501444593882009-03-18T10:27:00.000-07:002009-03-18T10:27:00.000-07:00from the north... with a hunger for the sun of the...from the north... with a hunger for the sun of the southAdam Copehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00597553517593344369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-27164609089197131352009-03-18T08:51:00.000-07:002009-03-18T08:51:00.000-07:00That's absolutely right, Adam. Light is not at al...That's absolutely right, Adam. Light is not at all the subject, as with the Impressionists. <BR/><BR/>I eschew shadows for many reasons - sometimes because I am avoiding the subject of light, and sometimes because my hometown upbringing was in a land without shadows (very diffuse light).<BR/><BR/>I liked how Hilary Spurling, in her Matisse biographies, described him as a "man of the north." There is an interesting thread here with van Gogh's colorism, and Fauves Vlamink and Matisse being men of the north. As, BTW, am I.<BR/><BR/>How influential nature is - even to abstractionists.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-57669912001320801912009-03-18T08:03:00.000-07:002009-03-18T08:03:00.000-07:00Understand your comments about dark forests & ...Understand your comments about dark forests & bright 'fauve' mediterrean light.<BR/><BR/>the important thing for a colourist is that colour should be the central pictorial concern, and not that the timbre of light be mediterrean.<BR/><BR/>fauvism was born in the dull light of northern France when Vlaminck switched his greens into reds.Adam Copehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00597553517593344369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-46991447501374202322009-03-18T07:18:00.000-07:002009-03-18T07:18:00.000-07:00I always saw red in the trees, and the photo makes...I always saw red in the trees, and the photo makes that evident, huh? Glad you see that, too.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes pictures take their own directions! Thanks, Adam. BTW, I thought your last cliff painting, with high blues, was excellent.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-52585301433505550992009-03-18T06:54:00.000-07:002009-03-18T06:54:00.000-07:00CaseyI can understand your reticence about not wan...Casey<BR/><BR/>I can understand your reticence about not wanting to post a photo alongside a place-inspired artwork. The advantage of doing so, IMO, is that it helps a little to contextualises the blog, the artist (where she/he is) & the place (homogenising globalisation erodes the distinctive place).<BR/><BR/>Fascinating to go to the places where art work was born. last spring I ate in 'Le Dôme' in Monparnasse where Satre, Beauvoir & Picasso used to create whilst hanging out on the terrace. Giving artwork a sense of place is anti-museum but fun. Roots.<BR/><BR/>Hope those boilers are back up now. My oil fired one has been done for years but is replaced by a woodburners. Bonne courage.<BR/><BR/>ps. funny you should talk about dark places & spots etc. All I can see in the photos is the pinkish complement to the greens but then I don't know your place, do I.Adam Copehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00597553517593344369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-81289594109913849722009-03-16T16:32:00.000-07:002009-03-16T16:32:00.000-07:00I'm looking forward to getting in the studio to do...I'm looking forward to getting in the studio to do the series! I hope that my regular Tuesday studio day comes to pass.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Deborah!Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-90223547790061373862009-03-16T13:32:00.000-07:002009-03-16T13:32:00.000-07:00Very beautiful Casey- I am looking forward to seei...Very beautiful Casey- I am looking forward to seeing the rest of the series. I think choosing your own place- and one you have memories of- will insure this work is completely your own. The memory has a wonderful way of distilling (intensifying) not only what we remember but filtering out all that is of little consequence to us.Deborah Parishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02242296435365350267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-60053983375068766892009-03-16T09:05:00.000-07:002009-03-16T09:05:00.000-07:00Thanks for the interest, Corrine.Thanks for the interest, Corrine.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-25222065732640064702009-03-15T12:07:00.000-07:002009-03-15T12:07:00.000-07:00Ury's pastel called Am Landwehrkanal im Herbst (ht...Ury's pastel called Am Landwehrkanal im Herbst (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lesser_Ury_Am_Landwehrkanal_im_Herbst.jpg)<BR/>reminds me also of Wolf Kahn, only 50 years earlier.Bob Lafondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18085582734443199505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-40363077252346806682009-03-15T10:07:00.000-07:002009-03-15T10:07:00.000-07:00Yea,Bob. I like the pictorial problems Ury dealt w...Yea,Bob. I like the pictorial problems Ury dealt with - I am looking at all of his pix at wiki commons.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-63655361706603755502009-03-15T10:05:00.000-07:002009-03-15T10:05:00.000-07:00I enjoyed seeing your post and the photograph and ...I enjoyed seeing your post and the photograph and the image. I like hearing what influences you and how you are trying to strip the elements down to mood of a place.jafabrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04490900607853203086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-54184064221014737832009-03-15T09:56:00.000-07:002009-03-15T09:56:00.000-07:00Thanks, Bob. There is something very cool about b...Thanks, Bob. There is something very cool about being remembered in this way and I appreciate it very much.<BR/><BR/>On a newsy note to my readers, I had the pleasure of receiving an e-mail from the mayor on Friday, who caught wind of the HR Series via his Google alerts tool.<BR/><BR/>Looks like I'll have some venues to show this series - yikes! Better get in the studio and resolve these images.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-7221099382002156992009-03-15T08:40:00.000-07:002009-03-15T08:40:00.000-07:00Casey, I discovered an artist that I had not prev...Casey, I discovered an artist that I had not previously seen before, a German named Lesser Ury. I bet you have heard of him. I saw a reproduction of a beautiful pastel landscape at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lesser_Ury_Birkenwald_im_Fr%C3%BChling.jpg<BR/>and I immediately thought of your work.<BR/><BR/>BobBob Lafondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18085582734443199505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-71909235338086166702009-03-13T07:51:00.000-07:002009-03-13T07:51:00.000-07:00I'm glad for your comments, Tom. Welcome to artis...I'm glad for your comments, Tom. Welcome to artist blogging!Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-21669254488447089262009-03-12T23:58:00.000-07:002009-03-12T23:58:00.000-07:00CaseyHenri Matisse what a wonderful source of insp...Casey<BR/>Henri Matisse what a wonderful source of inspiration during winter's homestretch. I checked out his interiors there is so much warmth. Another interesting category of his work are his cut outs. His management of color is what fills his paintings with warmth are what leads others to appreciate his mastery.<BR/>I think sharing a inspiration source is a nice gift. It allows others an insight into what one is interalizing. I think Little Hoquiam River shares a similar vibrant sense of color and temperature as Matisse's creations,excellence.Tom Willahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02237634763205525797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-50459954405477903722009-03-12T20:18:00.000-07:002009-03-12T20:18:00.000-07:00Muchas gracias, Loriann and Jala.Muchas gracias, Loriann and Jala.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-50055466362121112392009-03-12T16:28:00.000-07:002009-03-12T16:28:00.000-07:00Casey, your work just gets better and better and b...Casey, your work just gets better and better and better... If I ever become rich, I'm going to buy it all!Jala Pfaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01186623108399217523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-88682342632680534892009-03-12T15:45:00.000-07:002009-03-12T15:45:00.000-07:00Casey,Your art does stand on its own and majestica...Casey,<BR/>Your art does stand on its own and majestically! Posting the photo was interesting if only to show how much of a master you are. You find inspiration in the place, but the painting is a true experience for the senses. What beautiful use of color! <BR/>WOW!!!!<BR/>Loriannloriann signorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16738796573576452724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-28567493189423196682009-03-12T08:03:00.000-07:002009-03-12T08:03:00.000-07:00But, I am a hermit! Ha ha! This long winter has ...But, I am a hermit! Ha ha! <BR/><BR/>This long winter has me feeling that way - zero degree temperatures as I write, the furnace in my studio catching fire (everything is ok, we are fixing it now), deadlines looming, and today both little ones home from school sick!<BR/><BR/>This makes every one of my heater systems that have given up in this long winter!<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your support regarding influences, Petra - I know my art stands on its own and is authentic by itself. But, I am learning tremendously from these grand masters of Modern Art - and it helps me to process that.<BR/><BR/>You are ever the fine photographer, Petra, and it is integral to your art. Myself, I have to keep it at a distance. Mostly, I don't want the association with *real* visuals, and want to let the art speak for itself.<BR/><BR/>In the instance of this Hoquiam River Series, I am bringing in the place as an element. Same thing with the music - I am revealing influences and ideas. But, you are right - the paintings stand alone just fine. On the other hand, I am also not afraid of the extra data for perhaps the same reason - the art is strong enough to support the backstory, too.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-88737074866224243342009-03-12T06:46:00.000-07:002009-03-12T06:46:00.000-07:00Hi Casey,while I read your post I wonder why you m...Hi Casey,<BR/>while I read your post I wonder why you mentioned "violating your practise of not posting a photo..."?<BR/>I always find it extremely interesting how artists interpret a photo or the scenery of an outdoor place or any other subject. This has nothing to do with a potential argument that "this does not look like the original".<BR/>I am also a bit irritated that you often mention other artist's work to influence your own as if you doubt that your work could stand on its own.<BR/>We ARE continuously influenced by all kinds of things within our personal environment, often subconsiously. So it is natural to pick up ideas and transform them in our thinking and working, intermingle them with thoughts, bits and pieces so that we cannot truly say any more which ones are completely our own.<BR/>As visual beings, not living as eremits without any social or other contact to the outer world - we cannot exclude influences by any means - even if we would like to do so!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com