in the About the Artist section. The show is up until 6/23.
Despite the pandemic closing everything down, my annual dual show is now up at the gallery. They are doing their best to give virtual tours and they can have showings by appointment. Perhaps by the next week or two they will be able to selectively allow the public in. It's great to see so many Kitsune together (not in my home!). There is one more in the window . Will post my latest statement concerning this series
in the About the Artist section. The show is up until 6/23. It has been a long time since I have posted. I realize looking back that it is perhaps in my best interest to wait before featuring my latest work because I so often keep working on paintings after my initial thought that it is finished. I will have to delete a few images from my blog and site.
That being said, the Kitsune series is now officially Kitsune:Ghost &Shadows. The series consists of 17 paintings thus far. I have made a video so one can view 16 of them (one is at 3Stones Gallery) in my home and in the studio. See my ldk-art page on Facebook or view it on Youtube from my Video page. There is so much I can talk about but I tried to keep it to a minimal so one can just LOOK. You'll see influences from 3 artists: Kiyoshi Saito, Paul Klee and Stuart Davis. Using color to balance the composition is key. Every painting has to have it's own unique palette.
Inuit/japanese Inlfuences: Torii and Sedna 2019 This is the 2nd painting in what seems to be another series. This time about Torii. Torii are the gates that divide the mundane world from the spiritual. This work is on canvas and is enveloped all in the many ranges of red. It seems to suggestive a subtle narrative. Sedna (the Inuit sea goddess) seems to be floating through a series of Torii. Did she come down from Mt. Fuji? ![]() This is a small painting on canvas. It started out as a painting with a Matisse influence that was not working out. 90% of it got painted over. Now it has more of a Paul Klee aura. I used his The Goldfish, 1925 and the Black Prince, 1927 for the dark the dream-like palette with luminous highlights. The images are Japanese and Inuit. It all relates to transformation. This is my most recent painting. Inuit/Japanese Influences: Torii & Fox 2019, pastel, gouache on paper (41"Hx29.5"W) unframed ![]() You can see here what helped inspire the painting. We notice so many of these cloth rectangles over entrances in Japan. when I found this one (on the internet of course) I was thrilled. This is over my studio entrance from the house I took many photos and projected them onto paper and did over-lays. The fox is Kitsuni, the assistant to the god Inari, and has the power to transform. The syllabics say "fox" in Inuktitut. Lastly, a few of my life drawings. I will be continuing the weekly sessions until June. It's good practice for me. I haven't used figures in my works for many long years!
![]() ![]() I am quite excited about the upcoming show at Three Stones Gallery. You'll see many more photos for my September update. ![]() I have made one more painting featuring a polar bear created by the Inuit artist Saila Pauta. Pauta's bears are very highly collectable and he is one of the Inuit culture's most famous artists. |