24 October, 2009

Conversations

Sometimes, conversations take place over extended periods of time. Tonight, I just continued one such conversation with an artist I admire greatly, Makoto Fujimura. If you have the inclination, feel free to peruse his side of our most recent conversation. My side will (hopefully) begin in a few days, but first I have lots to think about. My company recently threw out quite a few canvases that my roommates and I rescued. I've covered half a dozen in gesso, and they wait in the basement for a creative mind and some paint. I plan to begin by recreating a horridly constructed painting of mine from high school, a sunset, because it will allow me to brush up (ha, ha...) on my painting techniques and the color wheel. After that, I hope to take a sketch I created about spiritual warfare and paint that. Mako's discussion of Rouault's spirituality has stirred up those ideas regarding art and faith which I love so much. My artwork will benefit as a result.

7 comments:

you guessed it said...

What is the Gesso for?
"This mixture is rather brittle and susceptible to cracking, thus making it unsuitable for priming canvas."

The Stranger said...

A picture about spiritual warfare? OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH! I want details!

Dt

Lisa said...

Sounds like your job is a great outlet for you to be creative!

Laedelas Greenleaf said...

Miiiiiiiiiiiik...e~ The gesso is for covering the image that was printed on the canvas. And yes, let me know if you want to get involved on Sat!
Stranger~ Come home :-) Also, I'm pretty sure you've seen the sketch (and/or heard the experience) I'm using as inspiration.
Lisa~ Yeah, it sure is! How are you?

samurai said...

So... when are we going to get to read your side of the discussion? 8)

Laedelas Greenleaf said...

Samurai~ My side of the discussion is not really something one can "read" in the traditional sense. My sunset is in the beginning stages. I may post images when it's completed :-)

samurai said...

I look forward to seeing them. 8)