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* came about after finding her favorite song after 40 years on You Tube; a beautiful new version of a old classic coming back with a vengeance: You Tube: Mar Azul-Cesaria Evora - Marisa Monte.
"#12, part of my brush drawing collection spanning over some 30 years and consisting of several thousand drawings and prints.*these have never been shown before. All are drawn on arches paper and in spite of aging are in excellent condition. Hope you will enjoy them as much as we revisit them after all these years
thank you!
p.s. I will number them for my own record keeping; they are not in order for some are private and others may not be suitable for viewing for all ages.
*three panels intended to be shown together; have tried several times to photograph together but my camera for some reason left outside panels blurred.
part one, above: " thrust into the arena, drenched in blood, between the conscious and subconscious with no way out." best seen on black
*wax carved figure of prisoner of war from photograph. "Post Cards from the Front" set
original caption read: "Bandit der sein Maul nicht mehr ofnete"
* from a new series based on the poetry of Toby Munoz "la paranda" first published in 1974. "artists are such trashy good for nothin bunch". youtu.be/yQEmDckFwms
* colored version: /plugged into Sigmund Freud, afraid of intimacy they wait/ vintage post card treatment, colored version to follow. #16 of "living room" series
Abstract Art Portrait
Acrylic on canvas
19.2x25 in. (49x63 cm.)
SOLD
Prints Available at:
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In Jason.W. Buel's, " Land and Sea", the Ya-te-veo ("Now-I-see-you") plant is said to catch and consume large insects, but also attempts to consume humans.
It is said to be a carnivorous plant that grows in parts of Central and South America with cousins in Africa and on the shores of the Indian Ocean.
There are many different descriptions of the plant, but most who have lived to see it's modus operandi agree that the innocent agave like petals on approach will open up to reveal a pinkish fast swelling tongue similar to those of the chamaleon lizzard with which it wraps up it's victim and swallows them, than closing it's leaves. After a period of some six weeks it opens up to expel it's remains which when fermented the natives will drink. I have heard many stories but have not seen the actual plant, even though there was one on exhibit here in Los Angeles at the Botanical Gardens some years ago; when we got there it was removed for fear it may emit poisonous gases. My monotype above is drawn from imagination.
p.s. would love to hear from anyone who actually has had any experience with these fascinating plants.
*this set is inspired by an ongoing exhibit of same title by one of my favorite American artists; Diane-Marie Kramer, who's works are presently on exhibit at the KOA gallery, University of Pittsburgh-Bradford. The exhibit may be seen in it's entirety on her stream under: "she wolf"
It is best seen on black
*# 6, of a set of twelve portraits titled: "dementia"
**"tie me downs" slang term for "straight-jackets" used as prevention of patients hurting them self.
*"from Geisha girl to Chorus girl; I can be whatever you want me to be" Opening dialog at the "sinful mile"
p.s. this set is best seen on black
*"lifted and carried on his huge shoulders as if he were a mere rag doll, he carried him to his "querencia" / a place favored by him for his previous encounter with the picador, and a place of temporary refuge, only to drop his prey and lower his head to scoop him up once more, this time as if he were a woman's scarf"
P.S. as reported in the press the following day of the tragic event at the plaza of Maracaibo.
from my notes on bullfighting..
*from a selection of sketches, drawings and portraits of people known to artist, their dreams, anxieties and life styles as perceived by artist. Sketchbooks are the diaries artists carry in their heads until put on paper, they are made entirely from the stuff we carry in our heads, they are not copies of other people's art and are not made to please anyone except artist who may or my not use them in future for the making of art. They are neither good or bad; I don't even know if they can be categorized as art, all i know they are revealing to what we feel within ourselves and what we think of those that have influenced our art. The portraits are not as they or the world sees them but as we perceive them to be. In short they are nothing but impressions of them at the moment which can often change within minutes or hours. There are some of course who never change for the better or worse. When viewing set, should anyone be interested in the character or image drawn, you are welcome to question them in my comment box and I will gladly answer your queries.
Thank you!
p.s. I am posting them with the intend of publishing several hundred of them in a art book with notations on how some of them evolved into paintings, most of which appeared subconsciously.
as expressionists we express all of our feelings and emotions that may be difficult to express otherwise. We distort, we dissect, brutalize, torture, distort and if necessary cut into little pieces what is unbearable to us, in short we stop at nothing to achieve our goals. Most of us use bold colors, use heavy forcible brush strokes and sometimes when anger takes over simply splash paint, mostly red and black on canvas completely neglecting any sense of order or composition. We are not interested in creating good art or bad art. Our aim is simply to make statements. For the most part our "art" is not popular nor has it any redeeming value. What it does offer is brutal honesty of how we see our friends, foes, relations and above all the world around us. In my portraits of friends I have often been accused by painting them as caricatures and not flattering in the least, and I have to admit that, once I get to know someone well enough, that is how I see them, for that is how I see myself.
It is by studying myself that I have discovered the Caricature that resides within us and is the one that we do our utmost to hide from those around us.
When very young I was much taken by the "German Expressionist" dancers, enormously popular in Latin America, namely Mary Wigman, the inventor of of "Audruckstanz" dance form and the dances of "sorrow and pain" by Rudolf von Laben, The director of the Deutsche Tanzbuhne.
While taking an interest and study of the Bullfight, I discovered the true art of "expressive" dancing in Flamenco, realizing that the "Ausdruckstanz" had it's roots in Flamenco, rather than in German culture as it was "sold" and I was delighted to have made that discovery for at that time I hated anything that was connected to German "culture"
Since I needed more than a canvas to express my anger and emotions I embraced this art form and used it ever since as a form of exercise during and after my painting activity. I don't consider it a dance per se, but rather a further expression leading to a healthy life style.
*Babicka, Czech for Grandmother, a childhood image of her as she tried to protect her loved ones from what she called a "falling curtain", I am told. I was not included for I had a different "Protector" and his name was: Karl Hermann Frank.
*completed portrait; mixed media. gesso covered, cutout standee, acrylics, sitting on vintage lawn chair photographed against "living room" background.
p.s. art studios used to be called "living rooms" for it is there that artist lived. youtu.be/hptx-ofa5Uo
* this painting after several attempts could finally work and could have been finished to-day had I not run out of cobalt blue /right corner/ the color of choice for this powerfully loaded painting! So far, best seen on black.
*when the opening tune comes on the screen, he recalls hearing and remembering it as a four year old in 1939, no longer seeing what is on the screen, he remembers it as "the ride of the Valkyries", a horrific, bone chilling, tune written and directed by the devil himself; Richard Wagner. A German import of culture that has brought with it the greatest blood bath mankind has experienced.
part 2
*used straight jacket on plywood, latex; privately owned, from traveling exhibit titled: "art and the Law" curated by Gerard Cafesjian of West Publishing, St. Paul, Mn.
*vintage art by Stefan Krikl.I am presently in the process of scanning, cataloguing and posting all of my art works going back over sixty years; a monumental task since it involves thousands of paintings none of which I presently own. Should anyone be interested in titles and approximate dates of execution, kindly refer to the reference numbers posted bellow paintings and I shall gladly supply details wherever available.
Thank you.