September already

I took a class at the Provincetown Art Museum in August with Robert Henry. The link in his name will bring you to a video about his life in art with his wife of more than 50 years. Celebrate. He called the class: the Taproot of the Imagination. Having studied with Hans Hoffman and developed a style that is spontaneous and intuitive, he was a challenging teacher for me. I enjoyed watching him walk back and forth in the studio, paint with a butcher knife or squeegee and change an area he had worked on for quite while because another idea came to mind. I will think about the concepts and approach to making art. My paintings from the class I leave behind but carry on with the ideas. He said to do what you do well. I use color well. I have started doing canvases again, and using oil bars. So here are a couple new ones.
This one is on canvas and a rough canvas at that. I used oil bars to form the lights and used a palete knife to add color and cover the canvas. I had started with an acrylic underpainting to create a composition. I do like the light at the end of the day and it is when I get out most often to paint. An advantage with this is I can work on a bigger piece without taking forever to do it. This is 18"x24".
I have a sketch of the next one. I notice it is rather blurred. In Henry's class we used a reed to draw, with sumi ink, a beginning idea. Though then we drew from our imagination, I find drawing has always helped me think through what I want to paint and this is the same. The reed pen is less precise even then other tools I have used. So you can see the effect. He used feathers too or string tied to the end of a stick. I will try that too.

This one was done on a panel. The effect of oil bars is slightly different on a panel. This was a day of bright color.

I have a few more to add here. They are in progress. I was back on the Cape in early September. I am working out two paintings from that trip. I have a couple I have done in Concord recently as well. Those are for a 6x6 show with the NHWomen's Caucus for Art. An itsy painting is an interesting design problem.