In my beginning, I wanted to achieve a uniformily smooth surface
without brush strokes which I failed to do with oils or acrylics primarily
due to my inexperience; therefore I resorted to spray enamel on masonite.
I also did some other paintings with the same medium while I was
experimenting with other techniques.
Although I really like Piet Mondrain's neoplastism style and try to
emulate it in most of my paintings, I will admit I deviated from it in my
early works.
I also love triangles and manage to incorporate them in several of my
paintings.
When I ventured into colors other than the primary colors, I had great
difficulty reproducing any color a second time.
I believe this is from ym pastel color blindness.
From then on, I have only used primary colors in all of my paintings.
Ocassionly, I still deviate from my interpretation of the neoplasticism
principles and include a diagional line or triangle or maybe even a circle.
I still love the titles of my paintings as much as some of the
paintings themselves.
In 1989, I had a resurgence in my painting at the encouragement of one
of my co-workers whom I consider to be a 'real' artist.
He entered one of my paintings in my behalf in the Paris Art Fair, a
local amateur county art show; it won a "Honorable Mention" ribbon!
Surprised both of us. :-)
I also won three ribbons in the Hunt County Fair that same year.
I am always sketching new ideas for future paintings as well as
impressions of paintings or situations that I like.
I get ideas from tv, magazines, museums or store decorations.
Currently, I have been electronically recreating some of my paintings
as well as documenting these ideas and sketches that I plan to paint in the
future.
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