Sunday, August 06, 2006

Manifesto

No, not a manifesto on art, the creative process or some other high brow mumbo-jumbo; it's the name of the piece.

I started playing with pen and ink lately and put together this piece. It's worrisome. I liked it immediately and that is always a bad sign. In a couple of weeks I'll probably hate it and delete the post.

Mixed media, collage, pen and ink, acyrlics on paper.

2 comments:

Trudy Bentley Rech said...

Don't delete this post or painting. It is interesting. I am also an artist. I work both representationally and abstractly. I really am drawn to Manifesto.
I found your site because you updated it and it scrolled on the Blogger Buzz. I had just finished updating my blog. Your site is added to my favorite blogs. I was very interested in your reaction to the DADA exhibit. Will visit often.

Chris Beacham said...

Thanks Trudy. I'm a beginner so support is appreciated!

I was very disappointed in the MOMA version of the exhibit. They did not provide the very moving contextual images and discussion that I found very useful. Also, the arrangment of the pieces seemed nearly random and failed to tell the story of the different cities.

Still, it is worth a visit. I enjoyed it because I was able to learn from the techniques something I couldn't do last Spring.

I'll check our blog. I wasn't able to paint much in NYC but I did come back with many ideas.

Chris