Prometheus - the human project II... it had a life of its own!

Today I completed a painting that was meant to be the second of a series...

I wanted to give more of a role to Chinese black ink with this one, however, a few technical mishaps sent me back to "real painting". 

This weekend is the start of a multi-artist exhibition at the St-Laurent community center. A few of my paintings are featured (below: the Avatar)...

Prometheus - the human project... leveraging rice paper and Chinese black ink!

I started a new painting using the momentum from the previous painting...

Deeply moved by recent events in Paris, I give an artist's point of view on the faith of mankind!

A break from painting!

Over the last 4-5 weeks, I have done very little in the way of art, feeling the need for a prolonged period of rest! I did add finishing touches to my last painting though...

I would like to create a "more commercial" series using Chinese black ink and acrylics for my major painting exhibition in November of this year. In the interim, I feel the urge to respond to the events in Paris, which left me stunned...

Happy New Year to anybody visiting this post!

Setting foot on new grounds!

My last experiment was inconclusive, but in an attempt to make a half-step forward with at least something, I painted a face haphazardly with Chinese black ink on rice paper. I hadn't touched black ink for 7 years! I then pasted the torn rice paper on cotton/linen and added glazes of transparent and semi-transparent colors with acrylics.

The result agreed with me! I see potential for a Zen-like series in preparation for a major exhibition in  the fall of 2015. Collage exercises an irresistible attraction for me, it seems!

Note: I had tried this approach 7-8 years ago but without much success. The idea is to leverage the one gazillion tones of Chinese black ink.

Starting a new one with an idea in mind...

Last week, I leveraged the group studio in ville St-Laurent to advance this new work...

With this one, I would like to throw a monkey wrench into the picture using colored rice paper in my collage technique. My intent is to subjugate my rational mind! ;-)

Dragon lady II... another collage experiment with Chinese rice paper.

Using the group studio in ville St-Laurent, I completed this painting which was started a few weeks back...

 

I would like to have a few paintings under the theme "metamorphosis" at the upcoming 2015 painting exhibition to be held at the community center in ville St-Laurent. This one could fit the bill...

Dragon lady (getting close to final)... A third experimental painting with wire screening!

Today I took some time to advance my last painting project...

Some minor color adjustments and further minute details should do it for me. The use of wire screening is a challenge... but it's worth the effort, in my view!