tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72786122980606952782024-02-07T01:22:15.703-05:00Michael VelkovichA journal about picture making.Michael Velkovichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08970283078015269392noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7278612298060695278.post-79261102329286904712014-11-03T00:48:00.000-05:002014-11-10T00:52:33.581-05:00Art Studio Visit in AtlantaWhile in Atlanta I visited the <a href="http://www.tulaartstudios.com/" target="_blank">TULA art complex</a> on Bennett Street with my friend Ken. The building has been occupied by artists for decades. I found some surprises to share. Immediately on entering the building the paintings of <a href="http://www.alexitorres.com/" target="_blank">Alexi Torres</a> were on display. His pictures intrigued me. The door had a "open" sign so we stepped in and were glad we did. Alexi was at work on a very large canvas but stopped to greet us and make us feel welcome. The combination of the scale, his subjects and a unique painted weaving technique created compelling paintings.<br />
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I enjoy seeing artists' studios since they offer a unique view of the workplace where the pieces are made. The tools, furniture and stacked paintings tell so much more that the art gallery or museum does not.<br />
Ken and I had just left the High Museum after viewing Cezanne, Van Gogh,Toulouse-Lautrec and many more artists from a private collection of European and Impressionist paintings. In fact, I had so much opportunity to practice my "esthetic judgement" and satisfy my visual appetite that I thought I was quite worn down. But as I entered Alexi Torres's studio I became re-energized and again aware of why I enjoyed the art experience so much.<br />
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<br />Michael Velkovichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08970283078015269392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7278612298060695278.post-73414859487491430932014-10-10T23:59:00.000-04:002017-09-25T08:35:50.375-04:00Panoramic PhotosSince 2005 I have had these panoramic photo prints rolled up but never mounted. While touring Utah and the southwest I made various attempts at wide angle photos using a digital SLR camera. I digitally stitching them together using a function in Photoshop. The best ones were printed at a service in Georgia nine years ago. These are 12 in. high and 48 in. wide or more. I wanted to finally display them properly.<br />
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I was referred to Tom Brock to mount them for me. He runs<a href="http://www.imaginefineartprinting.com/index.html" target="_blank"> Imagine Fine Art Printing</a> in St. Augustine.<br />
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The paper on those old prints had deteriorated so Tom offered to make new prints using his modern Epson giclee printer. With additional editing by both of us the quality of the images improved enormously! There was so much more to see which was lost in the older photos. The mounting was flawless. He offered a black sintra PVC board as the substrate with just a small border to protect the print edges. I did not want glass so he suggested a hanging technique called a French cleat. I was familiar with this when hanging cabinets. It was an ideal way to display these very wide pictures securely, flat and with a shallow space away from the wall.<br />
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I enjoyed working on this project with Tom. He is meticulous and demonstrates a mastery of his printing technique. We both had strong memories of these places like Lake Powell and Canyonlands and we shared stories of our times there. He's an excellent resource for photographers and artists in the north Florida area.<br />
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Michael Velkovichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08970283078015269392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7278612298060695278.post-79856612474407477322014-10-08T21:29:00.000-04:002014-10-16T21:34:56.559-04:00Nothing Very Much To SeeI have come close to the finish of this painting on canvas and perhaps this is the completed version.<br />
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It has gone through so many stages beginning in 1984. In the last month I've renewed my interest and included some recent ideas and energy. The visual layering is still an important aspect. In this particular painting the earlier spiral design was very dominant. It took special attention to cover yet also retain this spiral or at least some aspects of it. It retains a reference to some artistic themes I was focused on decades ago.<br />
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A couple of phrases are included at the bottom. I had some fun with the letters, their meanings and visual movement. Its the movement of the eye across the picture which fascinates me. I am feeding the vision while provoking the mind to consider some implications of an overused expression.<br />
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This is currently still on unstretched canvas. I may keep it this way. Its feeling as an object is akin to a rug, tapestry or banner. It makes it a bit different to display, having no structure to hold it up. I will let it be for a while to wait and see. Absolutely!Michael Velkovichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08970283078015269392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7278612298060695278.post-90986221700274136992014-10-01T08:32:00.003-04:002014-10-02T23:08:47.640-04:00Winterhawk StudioHere is the look in my studio yesterday. I needed to pull out a large canvas from the back of the stacks so I spread them out in the available space and on the floor.<br />
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There is a span here of paintings from the 1980's to last month. My cell phone was set on panorama mode and stitched these individual stills into a wide view automatically in the camera phone.Michael Velkovichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08970283078015269392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7278612298060695278.post-79889681042557184162014-09-27T17:01:00.002-04:002014-10-02T23:10:48.128-04:00Methylcellulose has arrived!My online order for methylcellulose showed up in my mailbox today. Its my 1st order from <a href="http://modernistpantry.com/" target="_blank">Modernist Pantry</a>. It came in a distinctive metal foil packet with 50 grams of powder. You mix it with water into a gel and use it as a glue.<br />
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The package photo is printed on metal foil and reflects light as you move it around. Colors from the room and window appear in the illustration of a cook. The package is also remarkable by the attempt to make the product and service personal. It came with a cute photo of a child, Chloe, and a note from the family who sent it and their phone number. The invoice describes it as low viscosity and is tagged with a note "packed by Mike".<br />
My research led me to this as a reversible paper paste for mounting drawings and prints. It's sold as a cooking ingredient now but was used in wall paper paste years ago. Now its hard to find retail. A doctor friend told me it is also a weight loss ingredient.<br />
Wall paper is adhered with vinyl and acrylic based pastes these days. Since they polymerize as they dry they are not reversible but must be dissolved with a solvent. You may already know how hard it is to remove wallpaper.<br />
I've used this paste years ago to mount paintings on paper to plywood. That was not wise and now I need to separate the art from the wood. Chemicals in the luan plywood panel is leaching into the paper, staining it. Those pictures are valuable to me, about 30 years old and worth the effort. I'll share that project in the future.Michael Velkovichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08970283078015269392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7278612298060695278.post-56355352095870018292014-09-26T15:35:00.000-04:002014-10-15T22:14:37.392-04:00Michelangelo's DavidHere in St. Augustine, Florida there are many tourist attractions. Living here for six years I have come to take some of them for granted and ignore others. Taking advantage of the slow tourist season in September I visited <a href="http://www.ripleys.com/staugustine/" target="_blank">Ripley's Believe It or Not</a>. I will pass on the contents inside the attraction and focus on what really surprised me. Just before walking away I noticed something behind some tall hedges right out front. Hidden around a corner I found the sculpture "David" originally by Michelangelo. Actually this is an exact facsimile of the same size and from the same Italian marble quarry.<br />
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At the base I found it is titled "Magnificence in Marble: the Sollazzini and Sons' David". It's 17 feet high! Apparently it was made in 1963 for the New York World's Fair and purchased by Ripley in 2007. What an impressive object to have here in St. Augustine! I probably saw it at the World's Fair when I was a kid. I was curious about the way it is screened from the street. I assume that is to hide the nudity and genitals from those that might take offense.<br />
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The anatomical feature that struck me was the right hand, so enormously out of scale with the figure. Standing before the figure you actually look up above your head at the hand of David holding the stone. All these issues are very old and have been analyzed for centuries.<br />
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I saw the original in Florence in 1976 and recall that experience clearly. I probably saw this one in NY and can't recall. But I am pleased to have found it here and can now add it to my list of things to show visiting friends. I can't yet get over the fact that no one ever mentioned it to me before.Michael Velkovichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08970283078015269392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7278612298060695278.post-31986873457344019492014-09-22T15:59:00.000-04:002014-10-15T22:15:06.410-04:00Plasma is stretched after 30 yearsI have nearly completed the relining and stretching of my painting, Plasma. This is the first look at how it appears, properly mounted after it was begun 30 years ago.<br />
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<br />Michael Velkovichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08970283078015269392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7278612298060695278.post-64103726562172158852014-09-20T16:48:00.000-04:002014-10-15T22:15:44.335-04:00Stretching And Relining a CanvasSince the painting, Plasma, was done on an unstretched cotton canvas I needed a method to display the entire piece without hiding the edges.<br />
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A stretched canvas usually has its edges wrapped around the wood stretcher bar and tacked in place. This should be done with a fresh canvas before the painting. That wouldn't work for me in this case. The technique used to restore old paintings by remounting them is called relining. The original canvas is removed from its stretcher frame and glued to a new backing, usually linen. I've seen this demonstrated at the restoration workshop of the <a href="http://www.gnm.de/englische-seite/" target="_blank">Germanisches National Museum</a> in Nurnberg, Germany when I was an art student volunteer. Its done on a vacuum table with archival, reversible glue. Museum quality restoration must use materials which can be removed without damaging the art should newer techniques become available to future restorers. These photos illustrate how I pasted strips of linen to the edges of my canvas from the back using rabbit skin glue.<br />
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This adds several inches of fabric with which to pull the painting using stretcher plyers around the edges of the stretcher. It is then stapled starting from the center of each side incrementally working towards the corners.<br />
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I did quite a bit of research and sought advice to choose the best method and to find a source for quality stretchers and braces. I haven't purchased stretcher bars in a long time. I have been using pre-stretched gallery wrapped canvas. I found that wood of the right type and dimensions are rare and expensive. Decades ago in Georgia I cut my own stretchers from local poplar and basswood . The miter joint used in this craft is unique and complex. It must be expandable after assembly to account for changing humidity and its effect on the canvas tension. I never found the correct name for the joint on any woodworking site, nor any instructions on making your own. I would just copy a commercially made example from an art supplier and scale it up to my materials. The closest name for this joint I found was a mortise and tenon miter. But that omits the subtle detail added to make it expandable using a small wooden wedge called a key. You may find this in photos of painters studios that include paintings turned to the wall exposing the back.<br />
Making my own stretchers using this joint wasn't feasible for me since the 72 in. length of each of the four sides was beyond my machinery. So I finally chose a 72 in. stretcher kit from <a href="http://www.utrechtart.com/" target="_blank">Utrecht Art Supplies</a><br />
The package came damaged in shipping but their customer service was excellent. They sent a second package immediately and provided return shipping labels.Michael Velkovichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08970283078015269392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7278612298060695278.post-70437669245859295182014-09-13T22:32:00.000-04:002014-10-16T21:32:11.311-04:00Reworking a SpiralI chose another painting from the 1980's to revise, continuing the process after a long pause. This time it was quite a strong image. Over time an original image can be perceived differently. Difficult to describe, I became dissatisfied with it. There was no reason to accept it just because I once considered it finished. Not anymore!<br />
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I've got new colors and used another approach to mixing and overpainting. That previous painting, "It Is What It Is", was satisfying, especially in how the lettering gave me a new element to play with in the color field. The shapes could appear in layers moving forward and back as the eye roamed the picture. I could cover up a form yet it has a strength of its own resisting my masking. The new layer may be transparent enough to reveal what once was.<br />
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This time I am working from top to bottom. I don't know why. I usually don't. Its interesting to alter my habitual approach. There is still more to do here. I need a way to push back on the past image and morph to something fresh.Michael Velkovichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08970283078015269392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7278612298060695278.post-35554948594862445312014-08-29T22:09:00.000-04:002014-11-10T01:06:41.457-05:00It Is What It Is<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This painting began its life long ago at my Neely Farm Studio in Norcross, Georgia around 1984. Its been rolled up, never stretched or mounted, moved about and stored for decades. I only worked on it for a short time, waving my airbrush around freely with only two or three colors.</div>
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Well, I picked up where I left off. This time I thought to add text. I've been wanting to try this for a while. And what words and letters would I include? </div>
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There are some things Americans say that annoy me. I won't explain it. See for yourself.</div>
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<br />Michael Velkovichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08970283078015269392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7278612298060695278.post-90678606070987889752014-04-14T23:40:00.000-04:002014-10-15T22:17:14.847-04:00Looking At PlasmaAfter months of pause-and-go work on this painting I am coming near the end. I've had plenty of time to think up a title. It marks an end and beginning of seeing, my "post-cataract" period.<br />
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There has been an engaging kind of conflict finding forms that had an association to a real object and could be labeled. Should I continue to morph them and see what else they could become? Should I paint them more like what my mind labels them as? Should I paint them away as too obvious?<br />
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What I would like most is to design an original form and paint it in such a way that it is perceived as interesting, subtle and as complex as reality yet clearly artificial, but not stylized.<br />
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Michael Velkovichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08970283078015269392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7278612298060695278.post-90170311596735884842014-01-05T23:06:00.000-05:002014-10-01T23:07:30.824-04:00Progress In JanuaryThis painting has been testing my new vision. My artificial body parts (lenses) installed in December to remedy my cataracts have created visual anomalies. My depth and peripheral vision are altered. I am also adjusting to new prescription glasses. I took this project on as a fair challenge to see what seeing would be like from now on.<br />
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The six foot square dimensions were another challenge. Unless you work large sometimes you never experience the need to move around the piece. Consider the corners, the edges. What side is up? I feel I must maintain interest all over the picture. It looks chaotic now but there is a balance and I want to maintain it.<br />
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There certainly is a lot to find in this one. Things keep appearing. Should I keep this head, this fish, these bones? Should I paint them away or cultivate the thing? Consider that the original design was entirely free form and spontaneous. What will this turn into?Michael Velkovichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08970283078015269392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7278612298060695278.post-88201106752629185342013-12-24T08:55:00.000-05:002014-10-01T08:56:24.545-04:00Old Painting, New StartNearing the year end, I am looking for a new challenge, project and painting subject to take into 2014. I have some paintings on canvas that have been rolled up for decades. They weren't improving in condition having been stored and moved so many times. This one was an attempt to work on a larger than usual scale. Its dated 1984 on the back. That puts it in my Neely Farm Studio days in Norcross, Georgia. I could see that I only worked on it for a day and then never picked up on it again for 30 years!<br />
Back then I was freely waving my airbrush around from all four sides. There was no preconceived design or subject. I just liked taking my sketching method directly to large canvas and seeing what I could make of it. So here I go. Let's see what I can do with it.<br />
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<br />Michael Velkovichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08970283078015269392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7278612298060695278.post-75835622622975510802013-11-15T09:21:00.000-05:002014-10-01T09:22:00.426-04:00Five Blades - New Version<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Working from a digital painting I created a newer version on canvas. The process of planning and designing a picture on computer using a stylus and paint simulation application has intrigued me since the days of Deluxe Paint and the Amiga computer in the 1980's.<br />
This painting was originally done on my iMac using ArtRage. I have written about this on my blog in the past. This time I wanted to try out the concept and see if I would be satisfied with the process and result.<br />
I sketched out the forms freehand. The scale is much larger than the giclee print I used as a reference and the canvas is not exactly proportional. I did attempt to reproduce the same colors, blending and brush stroke qualities. It went quickly, avoiding the often long pauses deciding what to do next. I found some new features to improve the complexity while preserving the original intention, whatever that was.<br />
So I can say that digital painting for me is a useful tool that facilitates painting of hand made pictures.<br />
Its fun!Michael Velkovichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08970283078015269392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7278612298060695278.post-92164756023775434952013-10-12T17:56:00.000-04:002014-09-27T17:57:19.426-04:00Visit to the Museum of Fine Arts in St. PeteWhile in St. Petersburg, Florida I visited the<a href="http://www.fine-arts.org/" target="_blank"> Museum of Fine Arts</a>. Its an cubic styled building on the waterfront. Best thing was the accessibility. We found a parking spot at the front door, which is actually in the back.They permit photos without flash so I was able to capture some details of paintings which attracted me. I wasn't familiar with these paintings before so I'm glad I went and saw something new for me.<br />
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This is a detail from Squire J. Vickers from 1927 titled "Cityscape With Sun". Its done on burlap giving it a rich texture of fabric. He was the chief designing architect of the NY City subway system until 1942 and was included in the 1913 Armory Show.</div>
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I also became interested in how hands were depicted in several paintings. This is a detail from George Luks, "The Musician" that's undated.</div>
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This is painted by Randall Davey circa 1920-25 titled "<a href="http://www.fine-arts.org/collection/1947/" target="_blank">Portrait of Paul Robeson</a>". Davey was a contemporary of John Sloan, Edward Hopper and George Bellows.</div>
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<br />Michael Velkovichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08970283078015269392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7278612298060695278.post-14836226103309456292013-10-07T22:56:00.000-04:002014-10-02T22:59:37.511-04:00A Totem CompletedI've stopped working on this latest picture so it may just be finished. It once was a figure. Since then so much has happened. Colors have built up, forms filled and filled again. Thin paint runs down and later is surrounded by its thicker cousins. It was fun to paint. Nothing too serious. Just keep putting things in the corners and around the sides. It is gallery wrap canvas. Find little nuances. Make mini pictures inside the big picture. But keep the balance that a totem must have to keep standing.<br />
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36in. x 48in.<br />
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Michael Velkovichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08970283078015269392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7278612298060695278.post-81191129260109517192013-09-04T22:34:00.000-04:002014-10-02T22:35:08.726-04:00A Figure EmergesSomething I haven't taken up in recent memory is the figure. I realized that the human figure was a fitting subject for me to try and something new. After a few large pencil drawings I grew confident I had a workable layout.<br />
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As the photo below illustrates this figure is rather geometric. It is my attempt to render the suggestion of a figural form as it mirrors my own form. First sketching the lines as gestures at the end of my arm. Then laying out some environment by dividing up the picture's rectangle. Its not a self portrait yet the canvas occurred to me to be a mirror at the end of my extended arm, hinged to my shoulder.<br />
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I thought there must be a head, so I included a semi-circle. It could be a hat. There should be eyes, shoulders, arms, legs, a torso. Well by that time I didn't care about a figure so much as the design of the forms and the qualities of their colors.<br />
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This is no figure. It is as always a picture with shapes, colors and hopefully a germination of some life of its own.Michael Velkovichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08970283078015269392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7278612298060695278.post-80280226613149859072013-08-30T16:12:00.000-04:002014-09-27T15:39:58.934-04:00Awarded First Prize in Abstract Painting<br />
My painting "Crosscut" was recently awarded <a href="http://blogfromthecenter.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">first prize</a> at the Premier Gallery's exhibit, <a href="http://www.tacjacksonville.org/exhibits/" target="_blank">"Concepts-Abstract Art"</a>.<br />
<a href="http://www.tacjacksonville.org/premier-gallery/" target="_blank">The Premier Gallery</a> is located in downtown Jacksonville, Florida at 50 N. Laura Street, Suite 150. Hours are Tues.-Fri. from 11-3pm. The gallery is in the lobby of the Bank of America tower and the paintings are visible from the street.<br />
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This group show of 20 artists will be on view until Oct. 1, 2013. The exhibit includes four of my recent original paintings on canvas and are for sale at the gallery.<br />
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Each phase was painted on a new day. Starting with ink and brush on paper this drawing came at once. There was no planning. The design process integrated computer graphics, photography and digital painting.<br />
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By the third step I was working on canvas with pencil and acrylics. I began laying in the color scheme and building the forms with brush strokes. This process went on for a second day. There were judgements about transparency, color contrasts and the illusion of a shallow depth with overlapping planes. Although there was a lot of geometry I wanted it to remain loose and be rendered quickly.<br />
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Lastly, I resolved the challenge of stark and vividly colored forms by uniting the composition with transparent white. I had used this solution decades before in rendering large spirals on canvas. The painting was on the verge of failing, exploding into chaos. I was more pleased that the picture evenually returned to the initial rendering on paper that I had begun with.Michael Velkovichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08970283078015269392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7278612298060695278.post-56740469112535715942012-01-10T12:58:00.000-05:002014-10-02T23:03:55.618-04:00New Year Painting<div style="text-align: left;">
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<br /></div>Michael Velkovichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08970283078015269392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7278612298060695278.post-70264146160414346062011-05-31T21:03:00.006-04:002011-05-31T21:29:59.957-04:00Castleberry Studio restored<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3bGSqc6VXCTCKH59jYQXPo8a2NliOaWIMGO_I7Rf13ek9basu3HyldVBjXwmjR2oRiVBNfOyTbVy447zqdNoty8zp9On3MDKsd7AJR3vNnW5bVAgaAvg2lBRHPpPdf7YIcQnoPBC70_E/s1600/StudioRoofCastleberry_s.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3bGSqc6VXCTCKH59jYQXPo8a2NliOaWIMGO_I7Rf13ek9basu3HyldVBjXwmjR2oRiVBNfOyTbVy447zqdNoty8zp9On3MDKsd7AJR3vNnW5bVAgaAvg2lBRHPpPdf7YIcQnoPBC70_E/s400/StudioRoofCastleberry_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613055185266578402" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA8LNWDxJzij6MRY12l5p5IU_LP2tCwnivi7hAfosmSHWsW3P1C_Mj8BnPIOqcfyhZefK83XDqhJpwPPNqg2_kfjFqtvEjXGK616TMIiS6aB-unF0vxoX9frQu7_qVfRytyXJPES9bygQ/s1600/StudioRoofCastleberry_s.jpg"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbxaKy7PiyePx4-q4Zv3Xgl4h_CgtN0f4ReRmH39ThcjyxYk8aqF52wbzLoZZDpuMPFS_jzWpvFNSSxAGfTt8Tk3SIF1behOah4kw63tfq_2V2_pyVmONKG5ZmDfYokdwRTNB1O-3LPbU/s1600/StudioFrameCastleberry_s.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 392px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbxaKy7PiyePx4-q4Zv3Xgl4h_CgtN0f4ReRmH39ThcjyxYk8aqF52wbzLoZZDpuMPFS_jzWpvFNSSxAGfTt8Tk3SIF1behOah4kw63tfq_2V2_pyVmONKG5ZmDfYokdwRTNB1O-3LPbU/s400/StudioFrameCastleberry_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613054549914564658" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It's fun to dig out old photos, scan the print and restore it with a computer.<br /><br />In 1985 I was living in Cumming, Georgia and building a painting studio. Our daughter, Katherine, was on the way and there was a rush to set up a place to work. I built it out of rough sawn pine from a small local mill. The lumber was fresh and heavy but low cost. I attached it to an old aviary shed that came with the property.<br /><br />These photos were pock marked with white specs of dust and tiny hairs. One was originally a Polaroid print, which has no negative. It is remarkable how one can balance the colors, bring detail back to the shadows and sharpen the features.<br /><br />I never did finish the building with glass windows. It stayed dry and was fine with a little heater in winter. There was excellent light from a clerestory above and I made some things I really liked there. I call it the Castleberry Studio.Michael Velkovichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08970283078015269392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7278612298060695278.post-9037519582727945782011-05-11T21:26:00.002-04:002011-05-31T21:25:22.063-04:00Visit to Gainesville, Georgia<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIL2kCUxKhIXayJaRDXYe0izk_8_JPjNu6A3EqUgLStAP7V3SoCOWL0GxKx3mnoe60cGF02wRSjsOqyvhr0tK2UR81rQQKTbhRBD8QbYg1u9JRndl2XX9x26US0v_OvVLeLXUDEWYRdL4/s1600/Spiral_stage_7309s.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIL2kCUxKhIXayJaRDXYe0izk_8_JPjNu6A3EqUgLStAP7V3SoCOWL0GxKx3mnoe60cGF02wRSjsOqyvhr0tK2UR81rQQKTbhRBD8QbYg1u9JRndl2XX9x26US0v_OvVLeLXUDEWYRdL4/s400/Spiral_stage_7309s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605634942796916082" border="0" /></a>Spirals on Stage<br />1981<br />watercolor on paper<br /><br /></div>A significant amount of my art work is in the collection of <a href="http://www.theartscouncil.net/">The Arts Council</a> at the Smithgall Arts Center in Gainesville, Georgia. I had not seen much of the works on paper since 1986. Among the drawings, prints and watercolors are two lithographs I did when I was 19. Gladys Wyant graciously invited me back to Gainesville for a chance to go through the print drawers. It was intriguing to see things I had made in New York , Germany and my studio on the Neely Farm in Norcross, Georgia. I made a lot of spirals in those days.<br /><br />Bob Bowden had donated all of these and several large canvases that he bought from me back then. Bob's generosity was widely admired and I was fortunate to benefit from it. Sadly, Bob passed away in 2009 but I had the surprise pleasure of a visit with Shirley Bowden, his wife. Her charm and warmth gave me that rare pleasure of catching up with a friend from the past. Shirley's stories filled in the last few years of their art collecting adventures.<br /><br />I was able to lay out the pictures across a large conference table and privately take the time to sort out and examine them. One day was not enough. It was the kind of work done by curators and archivists, comparing subjects and recording titles and dates. It was a good day.Michael Velkovichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08970283078015269392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7278612298060695278.post-40362297094281870772010-11-08T19:04:00.003-05:002010-11-08T19:07:28.780-05:00New Drawings<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtiA2wZcWGPPHxQ6rnj1j39h8q9fTPV2Joz8RTJlkVxG1b2ni5AAhR1g3AqLWr8HNP3n0V4DUXpJEYqpWQUg6EZq4-AtkTyAsAixvoM0qVaIGTDGk7l_mUfKLgFmRmZbuBXpcA6_yDrGI/s1600/roots_idea02.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtiA2wZcWGPPHxQ6rnj1j39h8q9fTPV2Joz8RTJlkVxG1b2ni5AAhR1g3AqLWr8HNP3n0V4DUXpJEYqpWQUg6EZq4-AtkTyAsAixvoM0qVaIGTDGk7l_mUfKLgFmRmZbuBXpcA6_yDrGI/s400/roots_idea02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537334803164163186" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH2S9eI78wciy1HOFoDZ_9ao5Re4ho63OpaAsITe7Lh0SjlHxv7lvlh2UsM7v9-kfaA-EnqpiNRJKgGQFcCI8TR4xsPWaWwZXGlwInAraDw2rKlPQ4B09hkYp4I1tJGH1DmdA7A3t2zXQ/s1600/roots_idea01.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH2S9eI78wciy1HOFoDZ_9ao5Re4ho63OpaAsITe7Lh0SjlHxv7lvlh2UsM7v9-kfaA-EnqpiNRJKgGQFcCI8TR4xsPWaWwZXGlwInAraDw2rKlPQ4B09hkYp4I1tJGH1DmdA7A3t2zXQ/s400/roots_idea01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537334794041141730" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPcy8SCr7Das9d1uB0w9A77lRauo4rA28PwtDjlUtr6aRWID1YkRsX4B-Jl5e-NiKl5zf71CmxSLhzE-Hxg5Ce6NB0lqkesak7XmT0ygOk0d0UPh_q_A9PtpQs-DhY1nYcFTEGpsvWka8/s1600/new_idea01.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPcy8SCr7Das9d1uB0w9A77lRauo4rA28PwtDjlUtr6aRWID1YkRsX4B-Jl5e-NiKl5zf71CmxSLhzE-Hxg5Ce6NB0lqkesak7XmT0ygOk0d0UPh_q_A9PtpQs-DhY1nYcFTEGpsvWka8/s400/new_idea01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537334369185954290" border="0" /></a><br />DrawingsMichael Velkovichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08970283078015269392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7278612298060695278.post-33419823501262509072010-09-21T21:58:00.004-04:002014-10-02T23:44:22.415-04:00Dali in Atlanta<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdHgyck6qWx6siZCihBQ9GSsl27KgOlD9LkYNHyI8nEy9Oe9db3xo_n_A5BQzqT7z6f0p6A7UPe2NtUCucjOzmqF68TyGx-IQZqI8V8sXuABJnBeBCyYdkEmyM0yH9cm9Po1r_SZNGfRY/s1600/dali_sentimental+Colloquy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdHgyck6qWx6siZCihBQ9GSsl27KgOlD9LkYNHyI8nEy9Oe9db3xo_n_A5BQzqT7z6f0p6A7UPe2NtUCucjOzmqF68TyGx-IQZqI8V8sXuABJnBeBCyYdkEmyM0yH9cm9Po1r_SZNGfRY/s400/dali_sentimental+Colloquy.jpg" height="345" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519564164934035250" style="display: block; height: 216px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" width="640" /></a><br />
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Here's Ken outside the High Museum in Atlanta along Peachtree Street.<br />
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The High Museum is featuring an exhibit of Salvador Dali's paintings. My friend Ken and I took in the show recently. I brought with me a certain disdain for Dali as a self promoter. I was quickly impressed by the man's skill, intellect and hard work. He was clearly a master whose paintings challenge your visual perception with their scale, detail and bizarre subjects. Ken's son, Will, put it most simply, "weird!".<br />
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There were two documentary films featured in the exhibit which I had not seen before. I listened to him narrate a "happening" which featured a pig sty and female model while he directed a small crew in a TV studio. It gave me a better understanding of his thinking and the term, "Dada". He had a wonderful accent speaking English. If you follow along you hear him rattle off directions and nonsense that becomes a kind of "blah, blah, blah". That is until you pick up a few more words. He brings you back to a sudden understanding of his idea. He entices you in, lulls you with run-on sentences, then snaps you back to attention. He was very amusing.<br />
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There is also a scene or photo I recall where he kissed Andy Warhol. This section of the exhibit labeled him a favorite of the "jet set". I came out of it with a genuine admiration and affection for the man and his art.<br />
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Returning home to St. Augustine I found a postcard on my office wall with a Dali painting. I had forgotten it was there. Its not featured in the exhibit. I have it because of the bicycles.<br />
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