Coming to your emotional rescue - Candy Darling... A shot at Warhol's muse!

This is my third painting of this series...

... exploiting a "tear and repair" approach to convey a certain level of emotional distress on the part of the subject. In each case, I want the style of the the repair to remind the viewer of  the artist most directly linked to the subject, in this case Warhol.

Climbing Mount Washington... Liked the palette!

Over the past weekend, I climbed Mount Washington, the highest peak in the Northeast of the USA (the most prominent East of the Mississippi), teaming up with my step son. Above the tree line, Nature's palette was a real revelation...

... gotta do something with that!

Emotional rescue II final... Trying to add multiple layers of meaning!

I finished this painting while trying to remain true to my new "emotional rescue" theme...

Adding many layers of "meaning" has become a more serious objective of mine. My use of rice paper was more strategic with this one, a new trend I intend to keep, not to lose completely what I've learned working on raw canvas.

Emotional rescue II - step I... another run at Claudel!

I have a backlog of ideas to implement for this series, so I'm starting with this one...

... a portrait of Claudel, whom could have used some emotional rescue... at some point in time during her tragic life!

Note: I did a portrait of Claudel with metallic paint a few years ago...

Emotional rescue I final... Trying to reach a balance in textural effects!

After a short break in the Sandbanks area a week ago...

... I decided to open the doors for a new series...

... dealing with emotional rescues in a graphic fashion. I will call this one:"Come to my emotional rescue". Evidently, this start with a "boo" is likely to lead to much softer subjects!

Note: This one is an attempt to regain the textural look I had before while using raw canvas as opposed to Chinese paper...

Charleston blues - letting accidents lead the way!

I finished this painting in a hurry...

... deciding to go with the flow rather than control the outcome. Although I haven't changed the way I paint, the torn up Chinese paper surface is totally responsible for the new look...

Note to self: "When it comes to painting surfaces,  toggling back an forth between torn raw canvas pasted on primed canvas and torn Chinese paper pasted on primed or raw canvas... all of a sudden... becomes an irresistable two-pronged avenue for me!"

Vintage woman I - step I... Getting started on a new series!

Yesterday, I did a first pass on a new canvas using the techniques that I've developed through my last four experiments...

My intent is to do a short  series on "vintage" women  as a means to take a break from more engaging subject matters...

Note to self: "Despite my wish last year to do away with goals or explanations regarding my art, it seems that I can't live without them!"