Wave Block Prints

are all framed up and ready for sale on the internet.



HERE

Not much "Art" lately, but plenty of art

A friend of mine made a funny comment to me today. He was suprised that I didn't know all about fontface.com and some other pretty basic graphic artist things. He said, "you're an artist and you don't know about fonts?" Sure, I know about fonts, but I think that he had a misunderstanding of my artistic training. When I got my undergrad degree, the user interfaces for graphic arts on computers were still fairly tech-heavy and awkward. Add that on top of my interests being messy, thick paint,and it's pretty easy to understand why my personal art world is quite different from how the graphic art world has grown over the past decade.




http://www.cafepress.com/artandwater.110921958


I took a Photoshop course in 1993. It was really frustrating back then, but I managed. I am forever grateful that I took the course because I have found myself using the program more and more every year.


Lately I have been making an effort to play a little bit of "catch-up" and really diving into the computer world. Of course, my twisted desire for a genuine, (and often complex) understanding of things will lead me into some frustrating corners. But, I'm sure I'll come out of it with a good understanding.

(At the very least I'll have some cool images for tshirts. Nothing wrong with that!)Women's Tshirt

something old, something new

http://www.cafepress.com/artandwater/92109
some postes of older work

http://www.cafepress.com/artandwater/92393
tshirt I designed about the "water" part of things.

Prof. Chris Witcombe talks about art and water

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/water/art.html

Art and Water

time to update the artandwater main site with new art and a new look
that is the project for the rest of this winter
I should have the first update mid-February here and at
www.ARTandWATER.com

artandwater related

blue wave cycle

a complement to the Red Wave Cycle with the wave centered around a different part of the plate, creating more of a pinwheel feel, which to me, makes the cycle spin faster, like blades on a prop, be that air or ocean.

A set of four waves comes in and surfers argue over which is the best of the four. They can look identical from a distance, but closer examination reveals subtle differences. It might just come down to personal preference.
Each wave builds up, tumbles over, and cycles through the back side of itself in a summersault. Over and over again, lapping against the beach.

Red Wave Cycle

Surfing Print Sale (big wave fun)

Wave Prints

I thought they'd have to be more expensive, but after selling several outside of the kayaking world I found a way to offer a much better price to those in the kayaking world. So, have a look at these and let me know if you could imagine having one of these hand made prints hanging on your wall.
(information is printed below each photo)


This is the original proof that I made. I like this one so much that I'm keeping it. It is up here so that you can see what the prints look like with a mat around them. The mat opening is about 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches. It crops the image a little bit, but cleans it up nicely.



Group #1
Each of these four ocean wave prints are inside a 9" x 9" frame without a mat. I enjoy them this way, but you can order one with a mat if that is what you wish. There are only 6 copies of each one made. One of each are already gone.

They sell for $60 each. Please specify which ones you want. For example: say you want the green wave with yellow/gold sky from group #1. (yes, it's more gold in real life than in the photo)

Kayaker Prints

Group #2
Each one of these is also inside a 9" x 9" frame without a mat. If a mat is included it will be about 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 like the first picture in this posting. Only 6 copies of each of these, except for the one with the yellowish sky and green wave. That has 12 copies because I liked it so much. 2 copies of that are already sold, and one of each of the others is already gone.

$60 for each one of these that you'd like to have.

Red Wave
This is also in a 9"x9" frame. The sky is a bit more orange that can be shown on the internet. Only 6 of these were printed. 2 of them are already sold and shipped, so that leaves just 4 available if it's something that you'd like to have.

Price is $60 like the others.


Surf Kayaker Group
These 9" x 9" framed prints have an image size that is a little bit larger than 6" x 6" and are available in 4 different kayak colors and 3 different colors of water. 4 are shown here as an example of what they look like framed. The full range of options are available to be seen in previous posts, aranged by color of the kayak.

Each cost only $60
red kayak
orange kayak
yellow kayak
blue kayak


Kayaker Prints

quantities are VERY LIMITED on each of these because of the exceptional variety of options available. If you like one of these, it would be best to jump on it as soon as possible.


Red Wave Cycle
This matted image is 10" x 10" and the frame measures a bit over 19" x 19".
I really enjoy this one. It's the first one I hung up in my place. It reminds me of the cyclical movement of waves. It's a movement that sometimes throws us around for a wild ride, and at other times we can move and flow with for a more gentle experience.
This image has four times the printed surface as the others, and is over four times the size when framed. Shipping can be FREE in the U.S. but only if we can keep a reasonable price of
$125.
There are only 5 of these made and there will be 5 made with the blue on blue color scheme before I stop making them. (1 of the red colored ones is already spoken for)

Now, I'll have to take this post down at the end of the month so that I can keep selling these outside of the kayaking and surfing world. Order now if you think that you can, and would enjoy a piece of original art made by a fellow fan of fun of waves. Or, write down what you want and we can make a deal in the near future.

Feel free to email me

spbkayak@gmail.com

"over the edge" series

I also sometimes referred to this stuff as "horizon" series, but "over the edge" more accuarately captures the intent of thinking about that moment that happens just at the lip of the horizon...



this is an etching/aquatint and is one of four done like this using two different zinc printing plates. Each one of the four is a slightly different color somewhere between this orange/red/fleshy tone and a more yellow tint. The image itself is about 6"x12" with the overall paper size approx. 12"x18"
The intent was to show how converging currents meet at a falls. Look closely and you'll see that the background color (the second printing plate) is a waterfall style image also


This is also an etching and aquatint. I, personally, think that this one worked out a bit better in communicating both the "over the edge" theme with an overlapping stream. I am a big fan of Japanese woodcuts and though it would a bit of a challenge to give a small tip of the hat to the style while using a different printing medium.
The paper size is a little less than 18"x18" with each printing plate (therfore image) is about 12" long


this started as an underpainting,and the bubbly water worked so well immediately, and I just loved the powerful, confident brush strokes of the falls so much that I had to stop and realize that it was done.
12"x24" oil on canvas

purposely using a flesh tone as I thought about the vulnerability of the flesh while going over one of these horizon lines, but also the close, intimate relationship between flesh and water
12"x24" oil on canvas


I left the canvas blank in the corner as a means to think about the unknown element in a waterfall/horizon line. A super simple thought process here: I literally was imagining boofing into the unknown.
12"x24" oil on canvas

learning to draw, learning to surf

Surfing a new wave is like using a new medium to make a surface. A wave has a general shape that we recognize as being a wave. A mark is also a generally recognizable entity. Both are evidence of some kind of transmission of energy. But, each individual wave is different. Every mark is different. Every mark-making tool is different. The subtle differences have the ability to make well-trained surfers draw pedestrian, unskilled lines, until they commit the necessary time to learn each unique tool.

simple overlaps

difficult to see in the photo.... but I am amazed at how just the overlap of the transparent acrylic paint (over the pencil lines) can create such a sense of depth and layering. It's most likely because the image is so simple that the overlap and transparency have the ability to be on an equally important ground; whereas if they image was very complex that overlap and transparency would be relegated to an "oh yea, that too" kind of status.

Additionally, I am really excited how the acrylic maintains it's appearance of fluidity even once dry. I think that it dries fast enough, and has the proper viscosity to allow the streaks and variations to remain visible (as a record of both the motion of the brushstroke and the evident liquid form of the the paint)

I have played with ink before and it's a bit too flat. The acrylic emultion stands up, away from the paper a little bit. I just might have to go back and make more of these, and investigate this technique further as a way to explore some of the dichotomies that actually lead to a third state of existence.

fluid/solid
transparent/opaque(overlap)
motion/stillness

I'm really glad that I've been able to realize a new way (for me) to use acrylic paint, and it has opened up more ways to make paintings, while still actually using paint.

rare, hand colored etchings

I like to color the imperfect prints that are pullled from an edition. It makes the anomolies even more unique. Usually I just save them for friends or special events.

this one is really special to me. I made a drawing, a painting, an etching, and now this hand colored etching of this spot in Corciano, Italy. It is the ancient retaining wall that holds up the hill; the hill upon which a Monastery sits. We could see it from the roof of the studios. Being jet lagged for the first week, I was often up before dawn, so sat on the studio roof and watched this scene emerge from the night's darkness into the warm light of Umbrian morning in September. There really are a set of olive trees that stand out a little bit, in a cross. I just gave them a little bit more of that orange glow from the sun that shines so intensely in the summer. Two of the etchings are colored like this, and two are colored with a more yellow hue that reflects the late summer dry season.

a small "grabby" wave. I like the summer. I love getting out of the water and walking around on the soft, green grass in my bare feet after boating. Someone mentioned that this looked like a plant, so I decided to surround the wave with green grass. This is the only one that is colored.

river water is rarely blue. It is often brown, ochre, green; almost every color EXCEPT blue. This, too, is the only colored version of this etching. It is called "haystack". That is what some people call standing waves that jump straight up into the air, seemingly out of nowhere. I imagine that the first person to give this type of wave the name "haystack" had seen paintings by VanGogh of farm workers harvesting wheat or hay. (or they, themselves, could have been a farmer)

have you ever gone surfing in the moon's light?