Madonna with Child by CT Rasmuss

'Madonna with Child'  C.T. Rasmuss Lucid Mosaic, 2015.

So this is the first entry I've made since last August, what do I have to say for my slacking?...lol....well, sometimes life just takes a turn down some road which you wonder why you ever turned down that road; and you find yourself asking in the rear-view mirror, why didn't i just turn back, oh well hahaha!

I ended up with this painting which I cant wait to explain more, much more!!  I made some friends I made some mistakes, I made some art and I'm finally ready to make some more blog entries, why? because I can, lol besides how else can I talk out loud and make some sort of sense?..

Tonight I found myself working on another Lucid Mosaic, pondering the dilemmas I've encountered over the last year or so and decided the best way to finish the week was to honor the time my friend & colleague John Sousa took to photograph some of my favorite work.  "can i get a little help from my friends" is precisely why tonight was a good night to get back on track.

Like I said, can't wait to expand on this painting plus other work I've put off as well as telling you all about The Frank Stella Retrospective at the New Whitney, was a great visit and experience btw...Michelle, wherever you are or whatever your doing these days, it was a great time I'll never forget, thanks for all the good memories;) 

was a road worth traveling..

here's a link to original post if you'd like to know more about my process leading up to this finished painting:

http://ctrasmuss.blogspot.com/2014/12/madonna-with-child-contemporary-view-of.html 

 

Classes in Applied Painting by C.T.Rasmuss

I am teaching the first class on my newest techinque of applied painting, this is one of many examples so far; the cost is $25 per 2 hr session(all supplies will be furnished); 1st class being the 30th of June a Saturday from 2-4pm. Let me know if your interested, as this will lead into longterm hopefuly, as I plan to write a book on the process and through our course work; to be published at a later date and the first ever on this subject/medium:) can't wait to see what happens...hope to see ya there;)  Cincinnati, OH-mailto:OH-crasmuss76@yahoo.com

I am participating in the mt. Adams Artwalk this upcoming Saturday, June 9th from 12-6pm; I'll be at the Tavern on the Hill accross from Longworth's, hope to see some of you out there! Here is the intinerary:

'Time' - Leaving a World Incomplete

Time is the ultimate competitor to the artist, who wishes to encompass all he has to say within a lifetime; for eminent death lurks one sculpture or painting closer, to his utter and incomplete failure..

Homs

Homs  c.T.rasmuss, acrylic (2012).

Art for the purpose of something: means that the artist cares enough about that something, in an effort to dedicate something to the cause.

Art; According to Aristotle

"Philosophy makes plain by many reasons...how of all Nature,-her laws, her fruits, her seasons,-springs from the Ultimate Intellect and Its art: and if you read your Physics with due care, you will note, not many pages from the start, that Art strives after her by imitation, as the disciple imitates the master; Art, as it were, is the Grandchild of Creation. 

 'The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri; The Inferno: Canto XI, 97'
                      

                                                 Solar Flower, C.T.Rasmuss; liquid mosaic (2011)