thegreenlight dailies

Starting a bird sanctury

2009-04-30T20:20:00.000-07:00

I've been asking around or free items, for the creaton of a bird sanctury next to where I live. So far I've received one bird bath and these dried gourds. Thanks Cathy! I painted them with simple, primative patterns and will cut them in halve or thirds to glue back as a series of bird bungalows. Back to that later...

Similiar thing with words this time

2009-04-29T22:23:00.000-07:00

Truely a good effect for a series of author paintings. Fear and Loathing...

Birch on fabric

2009-04-22T18:23:00.000-07:00

I liked the way the textile played into this piece, it appears as the ground cover of fallen leaves.

New abstract

2009-04-22T18:13:00.000-07:00

Finished this piece last night. It will hang at the Kress Gallery in Asheville. Part of a new abstract phase I currently explore.

Some backstory

2009-04-08T18:57:00.000-07:00

Well, I didn't finish the work I wanted to last night, I got caught up more with the organizational stuff around the studio than with actually painting... which is a good thing. But sometimes it takes all night...

Anyway, this is good, I needed to first show something of where I've come from. And since I matured with my experience of paint_live, I should start there. Somewhere. So, I take you back to California, just north of the Golden Gate Bridge in Fairfax. I was renting a room for two weeks and apparently exploring the nature of wet climates. Blah. It rained 11 out of 14 days. But I'm not complaining, it was beautful. So one day I decided to see about painting at a local venue to pass the time (Fairfax was a quiet town) and I found a good place that agreed and went about preparing myself, not knowing what I might do. At this time my focus was on painting portraits in live spaces, mostly musicians, but in this case I was inspired to paint Clint Eastwood. San Francisco had elements of him and I knew heading back (to San Diego) that I would be stopping in to the Hogs Breath Inn, a restuarant he owned in Carmel. So I thought it was a good choice. So this piece goes back about four years. Painting for moist people. I never did run into Clint...

Officially flipping the switch

2009-04-07T10:52:00.000-07:00

The "greenlightstudio" represents the lights I've had illuminating outside all of the studios I've owned in the past. A green light showing through the darkness inviting friends over and telling people that I was in the studio working, but come on in. Greenlight also means "moving forward". It stuck with me, so here we are. "paint_live" on the other hand, is out of the studio, painting in performance, on the road...

No photo post yet, nothing new to show. Tonight I will be painting the likeness of the Appalachian's with a new style I've been working on. We'll see what happens.

See you later...

light's on.

you could say it's about time

2009-04-06T20:52:00.000-07:00

This blog has been created for my friends of "paint_live" performance art, and clients who have asked to be kept in tune with my studio work. I paint everyday, work everyday, and hopefully have time for this blogging stuff. (I'm new at this) So hopefully everyone will be pleased. My next engagement to paint_live is on April 23rd at the Pisgah Brewing Co. in Black Mountain. The band performing will be The Vertigo Jazz Project. Tickets are free. Starts at 7pm.