Andre Derain's 'Big Ben' Revamps Cincinnati's Mt. Adams in the 21st Century.

World is for our Children   C.T. Rasmuss, oil on canvas; 16"x12" (May 2014).

However small this particular painting may be, I'm completely satisfied with it; and as you can see in the original photograph I took early this spring(April)...that the power of this transition from reality to super-reality is self-evident and why I'm so pleased!

Well I tried for half an hour now tryin to upload photo, which I must concede to "fate" for not allowing for me to reveal the plainness of my photography skills, but I do still have my preliminary sketch for 'World is for our Children'; which I actually did after the 1st painting above, I made it specifically for the final work, still in process below..

BTW:  The photograph I took was on the Ohio River, Kentucky side's view of Mt. Adams                    Cincinnati, OH (spring of 2014); Purple People Bridge (L) Brent Spence Bridge (R).

World is for our Children   C.T. Rasmuss, ink in artist's sketch book; 6"x4.5" (May 2014).

So next is the Final-final stage, which was the purpose of the smaller 16"x12" (original) oil painting; this panel happens to be 48"x36", a very common size used by the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, also below and last but not least I've included Andre Derain's 'Big Ben' which has been the biggest influence on me for this particular quest..   



 

World is for our Children  C.T. Rasmuss, oil on panel; 48"x36" (May 2014 - work still in process).

CHEERS!!!

Big Ben  Andre Derain, oil (1904).

The Scream; A Compositional Study by C.T. Rasmuss.

Scream Compositional Study  C.T. Rasmuss, permanant marker (2013).



The Scream (Norwegian: Skrik) is the popular name given to each of four versions of a composition, created as both paintings and pastels, by the Expressionist artist Edvard Munch between 1893 and 1910. Der Schrei der Natur (The Scream of Nature) is the title Munch gave to these works, all of which show a figure with an agonized expression against a landscape with a tumultuous orange sky. Arthur Lubow has described The Scream as "an icon of modern art, a Mona Lisa for our time."

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As you see above, I've completed a study of The Scream in marker and paint pen; but as I'd like to mention- in my style: 'Scribble"; it is a quick study and great way, I've discovered: where in breaking down Masterpieces into their basic componants(including direction of movement)...where by also ending up with a beautifully finished replication of the original.  Notice particularly how I marked the main focus areas in circles, this is the secret I feel, into retracing the Master's steps..

The Scream  Edvard Munch, Oil, tempera & pastel on cardboard (1893).

 

Monarch Butterfly: Art Class at Michaels with C.T. Rasmuss.

                                                          C.T. Rasmuss, Acrylic (April 2014).

Well I happen to be working at Michaels again, a corporate structure fitted around supplying America with it's Arts & Crafts needs.  As an artist, I need and desire my freedom to paint what I wish.  I also wish these same freedoms for my students.  That said, as a teacher employed here it's also my responsibility to communicate the store's needs, to sell a product, in particular Grumbacher paints and brushes, which I use myself when cost is not so much an issue or they're on sale.

Given these precepts, I'm reaching out to the community to participate in any class that they find interesting (this being the subject matter).   In most classes I teach, it's at the discretion of the individual student or preferences of the class as a community as to what we paint, but at Michaels it will be the same for everyone; in this particular class it would be what you see here: A Monarch Butterfly, and given the same freedom as myself, the student's also encouraged to do it their own way!!

So artist-world, I tell you now that I love what I do and in working for a corporate structure such as Michaels or any other similar system, I will do my best to do it my way and love what I do, for this is a means to an ends; to help further me in my personal pursuit of my American Dream and artistic happiness...and the same to you!!!