What is in A Name?

             China Sky, C.T.Rasmuss (2011)



"well done, revolutionary and transient and yet permanent as an experience here this photo." 
 
                                                                                                                  Fred Tarr

I'd like to thank my friend and colleague Fred for this comment on my painting that I posted in an artist group on FB; as I was pondering on what approach I would take on understanding my painting 'outloud' earlier today.

Before I came across this comment, my approach was going in the direction of discussing the way I came up with the title for the artwork; months after I had finished it, I picked it up for about the 8th or 10th time and it suddenly came to me, China Sky.  Able to reflect on this piece again, I realized the most important aspect of this piece(to me as the artist); I look at it and think of China, because of the correlation to the sun coming up over the Himalayans and their national flag for some reason.  

I get a pure satisfaction gazing into it, similar to peering up to the sky on a uniquely beautiful morning, but as if I had been in China which I've never been to.  Hence the close relation to my friends response, an act of fate if you will; all boiling down to a title that makes sense to me because I realize it's not an abstract but a transient..experience, a truth derived from pure creativity and resolution by way of giving the experience a Name.


C.T. Rasmuss

Edgar Degas' Blue Dancers, Meets Scribbles.

 

Painting by C.T. Rasmuss is currently on display at:

The 10th Annual Watercolor Art Show at Evergreen,

presented by The Greater Cincinnati Watercolor Society.

 

Opening: Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012; Noon-4pm.

230 West Galbraith Rd.

Cincinnati, OH 45215

 

Public viewing hours

9/23-10/28 I Noon-4pm

 

                                                                    Scribble of Degas' Blue Dancers,
                                                                                                    C.T. Rasmuss; 2011.

A scribble is a drawing composed of random and abstract lines, generally without ever lifting the drawing device off of the paper. Scribbling is most often associated with young children and toddlers, because their lack of hand–eye coordination and lower mental development often make it very difficult for any young child to keep their coloring attempts within the line art of the subject.
Adults also scribble, although generally it is done jovially, out of boredom (as in doodling), as a form of abstract art, or to see if a pen works. (wiki)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribble

Well of course this is a Wiki reference, but it's written by the people for the people, so it's also popular opinion, giving it all the credit it;s needed for the purpose of this blog.  The artwork above, as you see is a painting I guess you can say, since technically I used paint pens to make the colorful scribbles that this composition is comprised of.  This Scribble was my attempt at rendering one of the great French Impressionist, Edgar Degas; it's a technique that I set out as an experiment to capture the Impressionist's great works of art in a new and modern medium without cheapening the theme or taking away from the originality of the Masterpiece by the master.

This Scribble is of Degas' Blue Dancers as seen below is I believe in my best opinion, my reproduction is not only a justifiable attempt in a modern medium, but also to put to rest any opinion that scribbles aren't just abstract lines associated with young children and toddlers or done out of boredom as doodling; but that these children and toddlers as we all once were, actually have something to say in these so-called 'just scribbles' and the people doing it out of so-called 'boredom' are possibly in the act of some kind of solace, producing something of importance.

                                                                            Blue Dancers; Edgar Degas; 1893 oil.

Art Reviews of C.T. Rasmuss

"The work is quite professional in that the artist knows what he is doing with paint, makes a composition with a visual idea in it, and executes it well."
                     Prof. Peter Plagens, Hofstra, Newsweek art critic; 2008.

"They were hypnotic...The surface detail of each piece is organic and colorful, starring at them one at a time gave me the impression that I was viewing microscopic divisions of Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory."  

                      AEQAI.com, Dustin Pike; Jan. 2012. 
                                                             

ZipLine   C.T. Rasmuss,  Acrylic (2012).

                                                  

"...“contained chaos”, small (8”X12”), mosaic-like works…Probably a dozen colors, glitter and strings of tiny black and white dots swirl in what looks like a bubbling pool of matter from which all life will spring."
                                                             
                                     City Beat, Kathy Swartz; Jan. 2012, (11-17).

"...much of his work is abstract; sometimes viewers see shapes or patterns not seen by Rasmuss, leading to further discussion and interpretation."

                                      Cincinnati Enquirer, Sue Kiesewetter; Aug. 7 2012.

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

 

UNIVERSAL THINKER  -  Art by: C.T. Rasmussen

Opening Reception:  Friday; August 17, 2012 (6-8pm)

The FCAC Art Gallery will  provide free hors

d’oeuvres and non-alcoholic drinks, a cash bar

will also be provided for wine and beer.

Artist’s Statement:

I wish to inspire mankind’s imagination, to take culture itself beyond our knowledge of science & technology, in which we all can better live in peace. I approach it by using: neo-modernist and abstract expressionist concentrations; through the use of proven, new and mine own experimental techniques.  http://www.pjasmfineart.com/

Exhibition runs from 8/18/12 to 9/29/12;

Days open: Mon.-Fri 8a-8p, Sat. 9a-1p;

Closed Sundays.

This event will be held at the:
Fairfield Community Arts Center. 

411 Wessel Dr.

Fairfield, OH 45014

Ph. 513-867-5348

Astrology/Astronomy...A Universe according to C.T. Rasmuss.

I am only a novice in the fields of Astrology and Astronomy, but they are still interests of mine, and no matter how little I am aware of their truths/facts and myths, I can best express what I know in my own way; therefore this is my understanding of the basic composition of a universe.

C.T. Rasmuss

Art Deco?

Fill in the Blank  C.T. Rasmuss, acrylic (2011).

Would you classify this artwork of mine as Art Deco, based on the many definitions of Art Deco? 

I'm asking you, the viewer to help me decide this matter...it's an example for when art is at its most subjective, vulnerability - Classification. 

After all, it's just a harmless little word, and no where near as important as the essence of what it truly is (which I personally feel is utterly indescribable beyond any written word-as is human emotion and logic itself).

Here's a Wiki definition of Art Deco if you'd like a quick refresher on this classification:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Deco

none the less, I've now given it a proper title after going back through and editing this blog...Thank you for assisting me in 'thinking' aloud!!!

Joan Miro inspired Ceramic Piece; by C.T. Rasmuss

Like many great artists Miro invented his own language, but individually he created a new species characterized by their many geometric forms, through his style of automatic drawing; My piece: Basic Survival, pays tribute to this by means of automatic sculpting with clay, into similar geometric shapes of my own creative style.

A link to a good Joan Miro site, enjoy!: http://joanmiro.com/style-of-joan-miro/

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.

Artists: According to William Shakespeare

Photograph by Roy Jones Jr. (2010).

Artists: According to William Shakespeare

"Do you hear, let them be well used;

for they are the abstract, 

and brief chronicles of the time:"   

-Hamlet's reference of the players(actors) to Polonius; 

Act II, scene ii (Hamlet).