playing with vibration and the dog walk

This is a new oil of mine. I have been working the landscape with only the vibration in mind.
Yesterday, after trolling online, I found this quote by Wolf Kahn."Rothko has given us permission to simplify our paintings by using color bands." Hmmm.
If you like that quote, check out this link to a Wolf Kahn publication titled Wolf Kahn,  Towards a Larger View:A Painter's Process. You can see the whole thing online. The publication is one I never saw before and speaks straight to my heart. In it WK shows how he takes his smaller plein air or memory pastels and allows them to morph into a large oil. Enjoy the read.

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freedom

10x10 oil on wood

48x42 oil on wood

10x10 oil on wood

6x6 oil on wood

Recently I read the biography of R.A. Blakelock called, The Unknown Night. I thought it was written better than most biographies and it held my interest. You probably wonder why  I mention this book. I will get to that. Blakelock painting career lasted through the Hudson River School period,  the Luminist period, onto the Tonalist and even  till the time of the Ashcan School, quite a progression of art. He is best know for his moonlit landscapes and his struggle with schizophrenia.
What struck me most was his freedom. He, like George Inness, did whatever it took to create the feeling/image in his head. He scratched, scored, and wiped. He varnished between layers (like Maxwell Parrish) and even used a silver underpainting. He is a restorer's nightmare and that is why you often can't see his paintings listed in a museum's inventory.

Blakelock, Landscape at  Moonlight (oil)

 Still you wonder why I mention this. Freedom. For some crazy reason Blakelock has set my mind free. Therefore as long as it is archivally sound I will try it. You can see some of my recent explorations. Textured gesso, pastel underneath with liquin on top, pastel on top of oil, scratching, and rubbed in color are a few methods I am trying now. I am trying to find a way to create the vibration I desire...that Rothko like vibration, but from my heart.

Stop any persnickity behavior. Embrace the process.