The Professor went to the first of two International Art Fairs in Houston. It was all nice, clean and proper - saleable. What did he expect? It is a commercial world. Art buyers want acceptable products that do not trouble them. He enjoyed the spectacle of the dealers booths filled with short skirted, attractive young women selling in many cases Knock-offs of Knock-offs particularly hard edged stripped pictures or horse statues of the found-material style.
He did see his friend Forest Moses’ paintings; these he always enjoys, rough and tumble and still sellable…how is that possible? He admits he is like a child with his nose pressed against the candy store window. His work is so unlike what he saw.
He has a show at The Museum of Southeast Texas in Beaumont,Texas next June and a three person show in Austin at St. Steven's school. It is a start.
In Houston it has been raining for over three hours for the first time since we cannot remember.
The Professor is painting in the studio. Here are some new works.
Sign 49x43
Scenic View 16x9 08-2011
Magic Landscape 14x12 08-2011
Unexpected Waterfall 15-9 08-2011
Needles Eye 72x24 09-2011
New Territory 12x16 WC 09-2011
Waterfall 1 12x16 10-2011
Waterfall 2 12x16 10-2011
Waterfall 2 12x16 10-2011
Waterfall 4 12x16 10-2011
studio 10-2011
10-2011 work in progress
studio 10-2011
studio 10-2011
studio 10-2011
After many years of classical, pop and slop, an artist that now does the depreciated "hard-edge, stripe" paintings respond to anything herein, expecting .... more commercialism castigation? Sorry to say that a few of these cursed things have sold, to so have offended The Professor.
ReplyDeleteAs stated much earlier, congratulations, again, on your AMSET solo, June 2012, and the Austin St. Stevens exhibition.
Still like what you are doing in your studio.