Lonely King and His Court

                                                                          Lonely King and His Court,
                                                                                                   C.T. Rasmuss; 2007     

So now that your here and you have read the title of this pastel of mine, how do you judge me (in terms of the painting only)?  am I an egotistical ego-maniac looking for attention, enraged like the bulldog in the middle of the foreground?  Or am I cute as a bunny, or perhaps sarcastic and smug like the man walking right through this piece w/o regard for the rest of it?  You can tell I'm angry at least can't you, but what if I were to admit I'm lonely just like the main character, the one with the skinny hard to interperate crown on..well this is me and my lonely court, welcome to me:) a palace we all have of our own..this one happens to be mine and I share it with you, why? I don't know why, and who I share it with is whoever wants to see it, and if you ever meet me (doesn't matter I guess) because like all palaces, it's our choice to live in them alone or not...

C.T.

RED

                                                                     Fractal 6-Juxtapose #2,
                                                                                       C.T. Rasmuss; 2012

love, hate, courage, force, heat, energy, happiness, well-being, aggression, anger, seduction, sexuality, eroticism, immorality, socialism, communism, passion, fire, masculinity, danger, blood, Christmas, war, Christianity, one thing all of these have in common is their link to one color- Red.  Through history, science, religion, food and drink, sports (my favorite baseball team being, the Cincinnati Reds) and even uniforms; red has represented inumerable meanings.  Red also happens to be my favorite color it seems, as it usually makes the biggest effect to my paintings; I try to reserve this color which derived it's name in many anciet cultures from the phrase 'like blood'. 

I hold out on this color as much as I can, at all costs everytime I use color; "save the best for last" I guess; sort of like blood or love and sexuality they are things that I hold sacred.  The passion I have as a human being and the fire that burns my desire to create are the reasons I believe red has such a seductuve force over me; and I ask you what draws you into this color, any of the above reasons or in fact all of them..

 

                                                                                 Fractal 6, C.T. Rasmuss, 2010

Which of these colors might you prefer over red and why?