couple things ...

sketchbook goauche paintings and atop is a small commission.

Commissions

A few commissions, both 40"x30", that I completed at the back end of last year.

Out with 2011

and in with 2012.

A couple of small paintings that were laying around the studio. I figured I would finish them before the end of the year. So now as I build towards my one man show I will be putting up more process laden posts versus final images, at least for a month or two. That doesn't mean I won't post any paintings but not the ones that will be used for promotion and will need to be under wraps till early March-ish.

To this point I think with the internet age of sharing everything via multimedia sites and virtual friends its important as a creative to hold some things back. Keep them to you and only you as you think through them and not have others see or give feedback till you are ready. Furthering that thought, for most painters the creative process is often a private intimate thing that has become more and more public with online demos, blogs, and ateliers in abundance. All of which I am appreciative of and find very interesting. However, retaining some of that inward reflection on your work as a painter is crucial for honest development. Take it for what you will in this new year.




Future Memory - 15" x 10" - oil on illustration board mounted on panel





Silent Cities - 12" x 12" - oil on panel



The Language of Weather - 5" x 7" - oil on panel


Thank you all who follow this little blog here and leave comments. I am quite terrible at responding to them on the blog. If you prefer to send an email versus a comment I'll always get back to you.

Freshies

Searchlight - 8"x8" - oil on panel



Lucent Atmosphere - 8"x10" - oil on panel

Recent . . .

. . . . painting. " Landing" , 36" x 24", oil on canvas

Green Hill Center for NC Art Winter Show

The 2011 COLLECTOR'S CHOICE & WINTER SHOW at the Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art opened up this past weekend. I was invited to show a selection of still-lifes which are below. The event is quite popular. It would've been fun to be there to see all the work on display. However, I am in Oregon, and by proxy or default or dumb luck I was asked to contribute even as a (now) out of state artist.







All of these are 12"x12" or smaller and their details can be found at my website.

If you are in the area go see the show on display from December 3rd, 2011 to January 15th, 2012.

Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art
Greensboro Cultural Center
200 N. Davie St.
Greensboro, NC 27401

Phone: 336-333-7460
Fax:  336-333-2612

greenhillcenter.org

More simplicity

Behind Winter's Veil, 10" x 10", oil on linen





Heavy in the Sweet Air, 8" x 8", oil on linen


While I am working on a few commissions I continue to work from life. . . provides balance and creates discoveries. They feel honest when I work on them. Just me and a simple piece of fruit.

Small B&W

Distant Terrain 7" x 5" Oil on Panel It is amazing how paintings come together or in this case not, or really not very easily. This tiny piece is a culmination of a months effort off and on. Painting, letting it dry, repainting, wiping out parts that didn't work while keeping areas that I felt were resolved. It's based on a real statue, this type of imagery is present in many cultures, but is not a copy. The environment, the plinth it stands on, and the lion itself are all resolutions found while painting and not predetermined. In saying this I think it has a quality I couldn't find if it was a direct interpretation of an actual object. Also if anyone knows why the NEW blogger is absolutely crap for formatting, please let me know. Is it my machine? Can I utilize the older version? If anyone has an idea please drop me a line in the comments section. Or I might have to get rid of the blog or switch to another blogging program. Much thanks.

Naranjas

"A Wheel in Time" - 14" x 11" - Oil on Panel

"Touching Distance" - 8"x 8" - Oil on Linen I got nothing. Enjoy your day.

Kicking off next Friday will be a group show at RLS. Since I moved across the country my life has been a bit hectic, so my painting is getting in just under the wire for the show. Judging by the above images of the work there will be great paintings in abundance. I believe a preview of the show and most images are up at the RLS website if you are interested. The theme revolves around fortunes found in fortune cookies. As we all know some are banal others poignant, many very literal, with other fortunes more ephemeral, making a translation to a visual medium (like painting) more complicated. I'll be as curious as you to see the artist's work and their fortune. I'll post my image when I can, should be soon. Thanks all.

Personal Project

Amaranthine, 20" x 16", oil on panel

Sometimes these things take awhile . . . .

Thanks for bearing with me here at Studioflint. I have moved from Raleigh, NC back to the lovely, albeit more overcast, Pacific Northwest and to Portland, Oregon. As it was my home two years ago I am very familiar with the city. It feels good to be back. The new studio is just about set up and I should be posting on the blog regularly. Newest piece sent out to Robert Lange Studios before driving 3000 miles. Symphony, 48" x 36", oil on canvas

This is a head drawing . . . done for fun and traded for other original art.

The title of the post reflects the bizarre nature of creativity and how 'Symphony' went unfinished for a couple of years. I left it hanging in my house while I looked it over many times, wondering what was the 'right' way to complete the narrative. I think the painting needed space to breathe, not to rush it, and let the idea marinate till it was ready to pop out. One of those situations that taught me about the importance of patience and risk.

Stairwell

from the sketchbook. . . . . . . . more updates (with paintings) on the way.

Belated

Article on group show at RLS:

How'd they do that (my title, not the articles)

Have a look at the show,RLS, and see many varieties of approaching color harmonies, color relationships, and color mixing used to create a piece. In some cases a few artists have multiple paintings and their corresponding palettes.

Looking at these provides insight into working processes, problem solving , and visual literacy.

July Group Show

Coming Up!

July Group Show at Robert Lange Studios

Opening Reception:
July 15th 5:30 -7:30PM

As part of the Palette and Palate evening, where top restaurants come together with great galleries across Charleston. Sounds Delicious! My question is, are the pantings made of marzipan? I guess there is always next time.

The show structure pairs the paintings with the palettes used to create the piece. A few examples are below, mine's top.

Expanded roster exhibition so make sure you have a look at the variety of work on display. Use the link at right to go to the RLS website.

Where are you looking?

Sketch for a painting . . . a painting that may or may not get done. And this will be piled on the scrape heap of art history, my own personal art history.

Back from vacation, go have one yourself if you can. . . .does wonders.

Make . . . .

. . .Believe.

Funny how I may start with reference for a painting. Then through twists and turns of the creative/painting process I end up abandoning the ref for my imagination. Things get pushed and pulled with the paint. Layers get applied, layers get scraped off, areas dry and then I try to leave the marks that don't need to be adjusted. This painting is consistent with that description. Really just searching for the "right" paint application.



Night Points east, oil on panel, 7"x5"

Close Ups

A few close ups of the title painting, Invisible Cities.

Solo Show Coverage

Here are a set of pics from the opening of the show. Since I don't have a smart phone, like the rest of the world, or have a Facebook page, like the rest of the world, or use Flickr, like whomever, I put them on the blog. Lacking all of this stuff means I couldn't post images as the event was happening. I know we are all so use to the 25 hour news cycle and everything on demand and instant food but its not in the Studioflint's budget, both time and money, to get my media outlets modernized, yet. Maybe at our next board meeting we can discuss these upgrades and have them in place for the fall. Woo hoo, exciting times coming ahead.

Anyhow, enjoy the pics and thanks for dropping by.
















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To explain a few things:
- The small gouache (opaque watercolor) paintings are the ones clustered together and framed behind glass. I usually have a set of smaller works that provide a wide range of subject matter.
- At the end of the night artists sign the door; so me and the two musicians etched our names next to many other talented individuals.
- I'm laughing because its 95 and humid and I am melting towards the end. Oh we suffer for fashion, its not just you ladies.

(All photos courtesy of Robert Lange Studios. There are many more covering the show on their website: RLS.com)
Show is over and its on to the next paintings/shows and back to the studio. I'll leave you with an imaginary head painting/ experiment. The head is oil on paper.

Today . . . .

. . . head over to The RLS Super Blog as the paintings gets hung for the show. There will be pics of all the works in the gallery today and throughout the weekend covering opening night. So far they have a collection of my small gouache paintings up on the wall. (Please use the link in the updated links section at right). All the artists from the gallery use this blog to post works in progress, finished paintings, and other musings of being an artist. Good resource.

My website has been updated with all the work for the show: www.joshuaflint.com
If you want to see the paintings in more detail, I'd head over there at some point by using the links section.


Enjoy your weekend!