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| Serpentine Belt C.T. Rasmuss, Enamel/acrylic/found objects (2014). |
Let me just say up front that: like any other piece of artwork that's lavished with texture, my 'Serpentine Belt' shown above, is better seen in person, more so than other of my paintings like it; This aside, it will act as the anchor for my New Year's Resolution of 2015, which is: this will be the first of a solid series that I'll focus on throughout out the new year.
Reason being, to create a more consistent point A to B resolution in my art this year; in the spirit of "Frank Stella's Black Paintings series", which I've provided a link to a good article on his early works and an example of his Black Paintings series which: "first announced him to the art-world of New York":
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| Marriage of Reason and Squalor Frank Stella, aluminum paint (1959).
Of course my (Jackson Method) action painting, Expressionistic style is the opposite of Stella's Color Field - Abstract Expressionistic style, this is no matter, as what I mean to take away from his example, in his series and other ones of his like it; is his focus on a common denominator, resulting in tangible results that clearly showed up in his subsequent series, which introduced evident new ideas and techniques.
* fascinating to me how Stella's "Black" series varied very little from one to the next, but were profoundly different at the same time..
In other words...If I'm more focused in a specific series such as this one due to my Resolution, it should allow me better discipline, less distractions, and a clearer goal in mind; even though I still have the slightest idea where it will go. And just like all artists it takes much faith to realize your efforts, and ensuring that they will be worth while.
Serpentine Belt - closeup C.T. Rasmuss, Enamel/acrylic/found objects (2014).
Don't get me wrong, as an artist I can focus very well, and I wish to focus on one specific idea that's simple and basic; and I wish to incorporate it through slight/varying applications, from one painting to the next, where non one is the same, and none too different so much that I end up going off into an entirely different direction(but if it happens it happens, I will just set it aside for some other time).
The element that will be my common denominator, is going to be the new final line composition: as shown above in a closeup of 'Serpentine Belt', is the solid black enamel line over gray acrylic line, which pulls it all together. I introduced this aspect in this painting for the very 1st time, and I myself believe it's an element that's entirely new in this very style of the Post-Pollock era; which I've been working on here n there over the last year or so.
In closing I'd have to believe that it's easier to stick with one way of doing it in Stella's Minimalist technique, than my chaotic action painting style, but what they share is: this approach makes it easy for an artist to get stuck, just like Pollock did, whereas Stella was able to move forward because of it; and talking to artist friend/colleague, John Sousa, perhaps if Jackson wouldn't have hit that tree, he may have broke on through, which is what I intend to do for him..proving that this method can work work for any artist, I guess you can call it a method of micromanagement or connoisseur-ism, benefiting the artist in a painterly way tho.
Here's to progress in 2015! & A Happy New Year!!!
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