Evolution

Once again, I saved intermediate steps and made a Flash to show how this piece evolved. From start to finish in six phases. Near the end, I added a few drops of black India ink.

On White 1

Many of these images created over the last few years, such as the backgrounds for Twitter, or this site, were on black. These are On White. The Flash gives you an idea how the artwork evolves.

On White 2

On White 3

Blueglow

Holiday Glow

These swirled-paint textures were created as back-drops for a commercial HTML email system. You know, one of those "fancy emails" you get.

The bottom one was the back-drop for a holiday e-card. Mostly covered up by text, I put them here so you can see what they looked like.

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Wet Edges – Nov 6, 2003

I would have guessed Painter, but it’s Adobe Photoshop.

Kryptonite Gas – Jul 14, 2002

Found on a write-able CD archive disc, I can’t remember why I called it that. Corel Painter.

SFMOMA Tickets

At the beginning of the third millennium CE, people still disengage from the network to do things in so-called real time. Colorfully printed strips of paper such as these afford entry to places of recreation and amusement.

Picasso: Seated Woman Poster

Now through the end of the month you have time to see Picasso and American Art, a San Francisco exhibit showing Picasso’s influence on contemporaneous American artists. On view are a range of works from Picasso to Pollack.

Allow me to interpret this painting, since the subject may not be obvious. In it, the artist tenderly embraces a seated model. That’s Picasso’s head in profile, on the right. Get it? No?

Cubist Study

I was able to capture one photo, before security dutifully advised me that taking pictures was not allowed! I believe this study was done in 1906-1907, around the time of Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. The influence of Cézanne is apparent. Picasso had transitioned to cubism, and it was works such as these that introduced him into American consciousness.

Thunder and Lightning Both Arrive

Thunder and Lightning Biting Through

Cellular

More digital paint.