Ladies and Gentlemen, I Give You, Rick Washington

A memoir of Rick Washington as duly noted by befriending him on facebook. Facebook has it's perks, where else would I have gotten the opportunity to get a intimate peek at this long time artist. Weird haunting art. When I told him I wanted to share his skill he gave this statement. Rick is a Dayton, Ohio artist that studied fine art at the Dayton Art Institute. On facebook he shares his work, of course you got to 'friend' him first.

'My work is all paper construction, reliefs based on the slab.Various high quality paper boards and raw paper pulp built in layers and painted with oils and metallics to make them glow in certain light. For decades I have done surrealist and abstract work, but now my heart has turned to portraits.
Specifically portraits of classic film stars from movie scenes or posed photos, also historic figures have now creeped into the mix and I make the frame to relate to the image I have to have challenges and translating an old forgotten black and white photograph into a vibrant colorful relief is now quenching my thirst."


Interestingly enough above is one of his artworks.
Below you can check out the detail of a piece that the frame is a part if the art.

 

Pineing for the Seasons Sounds

I tell Barney my rescue dog that, 'it's just mom playin' the computer' when I play the song bird sounds on the web page, he stands at the door like he wants out to bark them away, but its a few weeks till the song birds come out.  When I ask him to come pose for a picture he goes into another room. He's not handsome. When I paint birds I usually end up knowing a bit about them or doing a mini study about it's life style and so on. The Whip-poor-will is a night bird and sings a dusk, liken to an owl. An early risers bird.

The bird I really pine for as fall goes into winter months is the 'morning dove'

Just to play the sound on the computer brings hope and comfort, something like comfort food does and warm sunshine. Paintings to follow.

Thanksgiving Everyday

November and I am thankful everyday and there are a ton of reasons why too. Have you ever noticed as soon as we think about the things we are thankful for everything seems to work out perfectly fine? I have. I'm painting Christmas cards and I am just plain thankful to be able to do this. Here are some of the latest cards.

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 These are traditional Christmas designs that are from kids coloring books, when I sit down to do the next nine cards (my goal is 25) I will try to think outside the normal.

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It's a Christmas wonderland out here and I love sticking to the classics, in more ways then one. Remember to be Thankful!!!!