Details are overrated
12″ x 12″ triptych, Oil on Canvas(click for larger pic)
This is the by product of me having a lil fun yesterday. I wanted to paint empty spaces, i like the flatness and the whiteness of this. I actually started painting this life, when night falls and the light faded, i used photos i took, stitched it in photoshop, print it out and use it as reference.
This is a start, i think i might just run with this for abit.
SL.
July 11th, 2007 at 4:15 am
very creative, i like how the 2nd frame is completely abstract, works as a picture, and conceptually as well.
the empty space between the foreground and the background.
do another?
will make an intresting series
July 11th, 2007 at 10:01 am
one idea:
add text.
spam email to everyone
you know about yr run.
-chinyew
July 11th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
kind of illustrative quality of this one is nice
open space, open door makes me think of possibilities…
July 12th, 2007 at 2:24 am
making it now…
add text on the painting? spam? why? no one’s visiting the site?
thanks verna, but what makes this pieces has that illustrative quality?
SL.
July 12th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
hi, sean.
so far so good?
i see progress. Be free to explore.
Do u have any specific concern that u have been anticipating for audience to comment? in terms of artistic approach, subject matter, techniques.. etc?
As an audience,i would love to see u play with different color palletes.
You may want to try something that you never wanted to try before?
cheers,
jordan.
July 12th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
yeah sean,
any?
-chinyew
July 12th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
yeap, this one is for me done with a new way of painting, kinda excited bout it, i have done another with a very different pallete, just that my photographer is asleep.
rephrase: ” Do u have any specific concern that u have been anticipating for audience to comment? in terms of artistic approach, subject matter, techniques.. etc?”.
in plain english please. i’m not sure what you mean.
cheers.
SL.
July 12th, 2007 at 9:43 pm
for me the illustrative quality is in the perspective of the door area, also the darker lines in lighter areas (windows & floor lines, parts of the desk) – the way it looks realistic but not photographically realistic.
ok, maybe “illustrative” is not the correct word to use…
correct?
what’s that?
funny trying to use words to describe visual imagery
but yes, I do like the “impending” feeling of this one, and your brushwork is also very nice.
V
July 12th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
(edit:
the overemphasized perspective of the door area, which is not strictly realistic…. ha, am I being too explanatory now?)
(hee)
July 12th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
post something already man, help us dymistify this whole artist life thing…
what goes on behind the paintings?
July 12th, 2007 at 11:54 pm
hi,sean.
quote:”plain english please. i’m not sure what you mean”
ok, i try my best to clarify my question.
Here is :” what do u want to hear from our comment in terms of colors, brushstroke, composition, subject matter and etc.”
That’s it.
cheers,
jordan.
July 13th, 2007 at 12:26 am
happpeninggggg…
-chinyew
July 13th, 2007 at 1:34 am
wowza! happening indeed….
thanks verna for clarifying! i do like exaggeration/deviation from the norm, but i think everyone of us see things differently, just wanna paint what i see.
jordan, what do i want to here? from you, i’d like to hear more about what you feel bout my work, nothing too substantial…..
and yes, i am still waiting for da photos….zzzzzzzzzz.
thank you all.
SL.
July 13th, 2007 at 6:21 am
Seeing the door opened,seems like you are waiting for something/someone to come in/go out. Your ‘details’ make me imagine the story behind the painting.
July 13th, 2007 at 8:34 am
The contrasts are great. You have an open door of potential on one end, and kinetic creation on the other. The wall of white seems to be a literal (albeit metaphorical) line between the two, along with a window to the outside world contrasted against a framed print: a window into the abstract world of the artist and the voyeur, who inevitability interprets and creates the meaning of the piece. Just as I’m doing now.
It’s great.
July 13th, 2007 at 8:43 am
Also, the piece forces the eye to move left to right, and right to left, rather than focus above and below, as is the case with more “squarer” canvases. This left-to-right (right-to-left) movement, to me, seems mimetic of linguistic narration: a story unfolding, and then moving backward in retrospect. The piece is also split into thirds, which ties the piece to a common technique of arranging the composition into thirds – so there is attention to craft, which is nice. And the subject has his shirt off, which suggests a possible nakedness, or honesty, to his writing. Really, really nice piece.
July 13th, 2007 at 9:02 am
And a couple more things, haha: the molding (ie, the line that represents the molding)on the floor raises in height from left to right, implying a kind of journey, struggle, or evolution. This also reminds me of Matisse’s painting (the name escapes me) in MoMA that is all red, often interpreted as its own reality because there are no definitive lines suggesting a room. In this piece here, the open doorway and the door to its right parallel the canvases painted within Matisse’s painting: where the positioning of objects within the room inevitability define the room. Oh, and the subject’s shoulders are slouched over, suggesting that he spends a lot of time doing what he’s doing. And the stacks of paper (and his protruding and slow-growing gut) seems to suggest that as well. Physical sacrifices (no gym) made for intellectual gains (thinking, writing, expressing) in his corner, his own world. Ok, that’s all for now.
July 13th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
wowza that, sean.
-chinyew
July 14th, 2007 at 1:11 am
i’m impressed Dave, some of your analysis are spot on. the rest make sense. some i didnt even realise that it was there when i painted it. Maybe that’s why i’m a painter.
do you paint Dave?
thank you for sharing your insights, really appreciate it.
SL.
July 15th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
I appreciate Good (capital G) art, and I think this piece fits the bill because it just works. I don’t paint, no. I’m 25 with a huge affinity for myriad artists’ philosophies and their respective works. But I love observation and interpretation. I think outside interpretation gives meaning to the work, allowing art to be interactive – a sharing of energy between the piece and the viewer. The artist’s intention is only a single window into the meaning of the piece, and although it should be included to provide context and insight, it’s still only one interpretation. Quite literally, once the piece is finished, it is no longer owned by the artist: the piece, ideally, is its own existence. And trying to find the voice of the piece is most important. My interpretation of it, as seen above, is but only one interpretation too. But I think the important thing is to look at every piece….to LOOK at every piece…and the more you analyze, the more you listen to other points of view, etc., the higher the chance of seeing the piece in a new light, or in a different tone or mood. And in doing so, a converged understanding is not only possible, but inevitable. Paint what you feel, paint what you think, because there are those of us who truly try to understand, and to gain more insight during this short life each of us experiences. Thanks, Sean.
July 16th, 2007 at 3:35 am
Hi Dave,
How did you stumble upon 30day artist?
It’s great to have your feedback and interprtations.
I used to be more articulate, especially towards art… now adays maybe i just appreciate art, without words…
it’s refreshing to read you’re well articulate comments!
and refreshing to here comments from a non art-maker.
you make 30day artist a better place dave.
do you have a website or a blog?
July 16th, 2007 at 10:08 am
i-ming, thanks for the kind words. I don’t have a website or blog because I find those kinds of mediums to inhibit expression, in the sense that “articulation” is best conveyed when it is reactionary. As I’m writing to you, your comments are fresh on my mind, and it allows me to arrange words in a more fluid manner; but if I were to have a website/blog, it would almost obligate me to fill the space (like a canvas), and it always creates a block – at least for me. I think it’s also true with art – that the best kind of inspiration is that which is in immediate proximity. An image, a conversation, a comment on the 30dayartist website – whatever it is – creativity seems to flow naturally much more when it’s reactionary, as opposed to sitting down with the intentionality to write or paint or express. That’s my two cents, anyway. And on a side note, this piece is still growing on me with every look, which is a sign of its distinction and worth apart from other works.
July 16th, 2007 at 10:21 am
And I noticed the comment box on the side of this page that poses the claim that “Sean is Dave Fischer” haha – as I said, I’m 25, and I live in New York, and I do not paint. But if I were Sean, it would be extremely problematic for “him” because in saying “Thanks, Sean” in one of the posts, it seems that “I” am a little self-absorbed – at least in the negative, psychological sense. So no, I am not Sean – I’m merely an outsider peering into his work.
July 16th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
thank you Dave for clarifying, i must admit that i feel similarly about having to fill this blog with paintings daily, of course failing to do so as you might have notice…but the quota of 40 paintings has it’s purpose, it’s a different sort of challenge than making great pieces….
i’m not good with words, but it will do me good if you do comment on my coming pieces, you comments are very inspiring…
hey, you mind showing me around NY if i do go there in the future? heh…
SL.(not Dave)
July 16th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
I appreciate your comment that you find my words inspiring – visually, you’re works do the same for me. I would show you around NY but alas, I might not be the best as a tour guide (although I’m sure you’re being facetious: which is the only word in the english language where all of the vowels are in order: “facetiously” includes the “y”). I will look out for your soon-to-be released pieces, but I tend to restrict my comments to pieces that I find moving – and this is totally a personal preference-type attitude on my part. One interesting thing about this website is that it almost parallels the practices of some of the first abstract expressionists, namely Pollock. One exercise that Pollock loved was pretty cool: he would try to paint a particular hour of the day, like, for example, 3 o’clock. Trying to translate a conceptual notion of time into color, form, or non-form is a way to open the boundaries of an artist’s mind. So this site (30 day artist) could be the modern extension of such a practice. Keep it up.
July 16th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
in the second sentence, I meant “your” – not “you’re” – I hate typos.
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