November Preview

It's time for the mad artist to find a warehouse, barn, or other larger facility. You think this is crowded, I've got almost 100 canvases finished, another 30-40 not yet touched, and 100 yards of roll canvas to store. I'm having a blast.

This is the hardest stuff I've done to date, and none of them save one will make it to the finish line this month. Some of them are b4 and after (well, during). Faces are hard for me.

October Production

A good month for dogs, arf! These are the pick, but I'm still holding one back. I started five difficult pieces that are all eating my attention.

Holy Night: Christmas Carolers, Carriacou, Grenada, West Indies












Haters' Hell: Do Not Tolerate Ignorance



















North of Cuba

September Production

There are two more that just aren't going to make deadline, so I put this up early; I'll replace the post when the others are finished. September was a good month. And the two coming are something even MORE different from me. It is PICASSO Lowbrow, after all...

OK, let's get to it.



Coast 1.
























Kites at D Beach 1.
























SOLD Quantum Candle: Heisenberg Still Life.


















Unnamed Red Again


















Latina Dancer























SRV























Unnamed Sail




















The following are part of the charter flag series. It's moving along.

Blowing Chrome off the Jackstaff, Guadaloupe, FWI




















Reaching Saba, West Indies




















Leeward Reef, Bora Bora, Tahiti, France.



















Southeast of St. John Headed to Norman Island, BVI: St. John, US Virgin Islands, USA


















SOLD Quantum Starry Night: Flourescent Sea off Arecibo, Puerto Rico, USA.





















Overtaken Towards Marina Cay, Drakes Passage, British Virgin Islands, UK

Sept. Progress

Yes, I blatantly copied. Thanks, Buzz!

August Production

Black Stars, Black Sand Beach

















Tropical Fruit


























Sailor Take Warning

























Jouvert 1985























Mercedes 4




















Unnamed Red























Mantas 2



















Mantas 4

















Mantas 7


















St. Lucia

Where to Go with This

Yeah, the painting is a blast. So what?

I've put together a short, not-well-researched or polished business plan for Picasso Lowbrow. It strikes me that adding something about teaching in here is important. So, we slowly walk that way. And head out to scout the community college campus today, armed finally with business cards. No, silly, not for students, but for teachers. Well, age-appropriate students, maybe... Wait, that's another blog.

It would be fun to incorporate art, physics, and some basic chemistry into a one-hour or so presentation I could give to teenagers at school, though. Show them how WDP works, have a hands-on situation so they create as well as listen, and at the same time sneak some science into it.

Peek at Work-In-Progress

This is a bit of detail from another 48x48. I got all the lumber I need now to be able to set up smaller bulk canvas pieces.























Using WDP means sometimes the water gets away from me after I go to sleep. I woke up and found the "shirt" had run up through the sky and down almost to his knees (not shown). Workaround? Wipe off the paint in the sky, come up with the idea for a tie-belt around the shirt at his waist (also not shown).



















Here it is midway through completion: Jouvert 1985.

Monthly Production Release Schedule

That's how I used to write as a tech manager. But, sometime in the first week of a new month I'll publish pix of the cream of the previous month's production. I really gotta get/find/figure out how to get professional photos of the stuff. Even if it's just a half-dozen or so to start. AND get a professional web site, not just this blog. Oh well, one step at a time, I've heard said.

This sneak peek is an unnamed piece in the "Red" collection. Be sure and enlarge the photo enough to check the detail, if you would please.

The Studio

Here you have it. There's a half-bath and kitchen downstairs with the studio, I live upstairs in the loft and office with the full bath.

Problems with WDP

1. It goes quick.

Once the paint hits the water, you're committed. That's why it's so important to have all the prep work finished and tools handy before you start. Even if you're doing only a section of surface at a time, you can't turn your back on it until the water stops flowing.

2. It eats canvas.

Complex pieces take days, but a free-form WDP session can consume any size surface in a matter of seconds. I've only tested it on 48x48 as the largest surface, but I'm not foolin' -- seconds. And then I spend minutes trying to control the water flow.

3. It's too much fun.

I just counted and I've produced 31 pieces since June 16, not including the 8x10s, sketches, and working/test surfaces like the walls and tables, all covered with paper drops cloths. It's habit-forming. Must be the thinner and oil paint fumes.

4. It's messy.

Thus a major part of the creative appeal! Tool clean-up is vital, and I covered the floors and walls so spillage won't damage the apartment. Splatterwork of any sort can throw paint a dozen feet or more, so be warned. However much coverage you think you need, triple it. Or work outside or in a barn or warehouse.

PS: You can't roll canvas with WDP on it. It wrinkles the paint.

Just a Tease from the "Mantas" Series

Creating a 48x48 WDP Scenic

Just waiting for it to dry thoroughly so I can roll it up until time to mount it.