4.16.2010

Continuing On... Opens Tonight!

Stop by if you're in Chicago!

Continuing On...

303 West Erie Art Space

Opening reception Friday, April 16, 5:00-8:00pm

Exhibition continues thru the beginning of May

Open Fridays & Saturdays 11:00 - 5:00 pm
or by appointment

ContinuingOn@hotmail.com  773 746 8998

4.05.2010

Matisse at the Art Institute

French Window at Collioure, 1914

The first time I saw the exhibition (Matisse: Radical Invention 1913-1917), I walked by this painting and was confused. I stopped, looked and walked to the next room. I walked back, read the label and looked. I looked again and again. Then I went to the museum shop and bought the postcard. This painting has inspired me to do a more abstract interior. I am excited by the large blocks of color even if it's actually unfinished.

The Piano Lesson, 1916

Today I went back through the exhibition to visit the French Window at Collioure only to be stopped by this painting. The strange composition has me stumped. It's fantastic and odd. Unfortunately, there is no postcard for this work.

4.03.2010

Bed with Chandelier

A new painting has begun, and Eli is cheering me on.

Composition inspiration: September 2008, Domino Magazine

Color inspiration 1: Lapeyrouse Wall, 2004, Peter Doig

Color inspiration 2: The Seine, 1953, Milton Avery