My ArT
Even though I don’t get as much time as I would like to paint and create art (mixed media and paintings) I still continue to carve out some time to explore my creative muse. I enjoy juxtaposing my old photographs, text and paint in a form of abstract visual narrative about my life’s journey – the ups, downs, and in betweens, in addition to synthesizing my highly expressive and impressionistic abstract style with external references from the landscape.
The first few mixed media paintings are a new series I am working on exploring issues of faith and spirituality. They are details of larger works.
Question of Faith #1 9/08
Question of Faith #2 9/08
Question of Faith #3 9/08
Question of Faith #4 9/0
Those Were the Days #2 – Mixed Media 06
Cezanne Forgery – Painting Study 06
Those Were the Days #1 Photo Collage / Installation 06
Would love to have you enter our juried exhibition this year. Here is the weblink to more info: http://www.artsinwayne.org/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=12&z=1
Thank you,
Catherine
mr K,
Loved your site. I like the idea of using old photographs that you may have hundreds of to create something new. I like the way your self portrait incorporated photographs, text and paint, sort of a mixture of who you are, as I know you, Art Teacher.
I didn’t really get into modern art, as far as researching and collecting, but then when i started learning aboutit in your class, i realized i have been doing it all along! My photography, my penchant for looking at things in the sky and trying to photograph them, my framing my son’s artwork to display. it is new and great to see this, and I realize that modern art doesn’t need to be weird, or gory, to be considered modern.
Just a thought, did you do the crossroads painting?
Your artwork is great! love it, love photos. Your class, to me, has been a work of art. You have taken such great pains, such time, such care in putting it all together, and yet you still have time to post thoughtful responses to us poor ‘peons” in the art world. did i spell that right? You still find the time to care aobut learning. so many teachers I have do not.
so many teachers my kids have, do not.
NOW>>>>>>>
Encouragement: this is where i was about 6 months ago, torn between my desire to have independence, money, job security, and my desire to help disadvantaged young people learn. I live in an area where kids mostly don’t have a chance, they are the product of demographics, poverty, drug abuse, and it is hard to stand by and not help any longer. so i too, was hit hard by a sermon, on DVD no less, and this was after I had prayed for a definite sign to pursue my psychology and teaching degree, I am older than 40 with 2 school age children as well. I NEEDED A DEFINITE SIGN. the lady on the screen, in her sermon, suddently turned around and pointed her finger at the prompter, and said, ‘god is calling some of you to teach, and you know it, and you have known it for a long time. ” I’m telling you , i couldn’t have been hit with a 2 x 4 any harder, i almost fell out of my chair!!! it was a Beth Moore seminar, and we were watching a DVD to go along with our study. She was not speaking on teaching at al, this just came from out of thin air. OK MR K—I GOT MY SIGN. NOW IT SEEMS, YOU HAVE GOTTEN YOURS. WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH IT? I believe you know, you just have to go slowly. However you choose to fulfill your destiny, do it with all you’ve got. Life happens and the one thing we can be sure of is, it is unpredictable. so go while you can, do what you must, be at peace inside. You have the talent, you have the desire, now figure out the means.
I wish you all the luck and blessings in the world, and will continue to remember you long after this class is over (May 1, 2007)for everything you have given me in this class, everything you have inspired me to be in this class, all the effort, time and talent you put into US. THANK YOU.
kAE
ha great work !
haha love ya
pat the control of space in your lastest work can only be described as semi obtuse with a sence of casual reality so i have to ask andei….”is that art”………
i concure with terr….
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Hi Patrick,
Are you interested in joining our Art/Fashion Show next Saturday, June 21st? We are looking for contemporary artists/photographers…
If you are not please spread the word! The show is entitled Art’s Evolution is going to be great fun and hopefully keep contemporary arts alive and growing in Carteret County! http://www.shoptothebeat.com
I ld love to see so many and many people more, like you, in this world… creativiity and expression are both so important !
thanks for the positive feedback Ernesto – I say less inner (and global) conflict and more art making.
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I love your work. I’ll have to find a way to show you some of the mixed media stuff from my past work. The collage, layers, etc. are things that we have in common. I’m not sure – but did that come from ECU? ECU had a definite look to it for a while.
Thanks Gary! That means a lot coming from you. I suppose I have been influenced by the work being made at ECU in the 80’s however, I like to think I have put my own little twist to it and have evolved since then in my creative sensibility. Yes…I would love to see more of your collage work. Keep making art! Patrick