Modified Contour – Studio (Oil on canvas, 2005)

This is a contour paint drawing of an art studio which I did in 2005.  I refer to it as a “modified blind contour” because the subject matter was sketched without ever looking at the canvas.  The process was then reversed in the painting stage by focusing my attention entirely on the canvas - without referring back to the subject matter.  From memory, I tried to make sense of the garbled mess of line on the page and create an abstract view of the studio space. I am happiest with the brief moments of clarity in the painting.

Column at Dusk (Oil on canvas, 2005)

In 2005, I started playing heavily with monochromatic and grayscale techniques. This is a piece where I mixed together a fleshy salmon-like tone and then worked through shades and tints of that color until I found what I considered to be interesting combinations.

Around this time, I found a textural appreciation for the bristles of the paintbrush.  I began to emphasize the linear patterns of the brush by focusing largely on geometric compositions. The canvas itself is a rectangle.  The strokes of paint create clusters of thin line. A single color moving in multiple directions reacts to the light differently. Vertical and horizontal elements are distinguished.

The composition is dealt with a 2/3 horizon – the shade variation illuding to a landscape.  The darker register at the bottom is heavy like earth, while the lighter tint forms an illusion of  ”sky.”  The subtle emergence of shape in the upper register are to create a balance of  movement with the darker tones.  The piece is also split into three distinctive parts from left to right – the dominant centerpiece a sort of column.

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Untitled (charcoal, India ink & gesso on paper, 2006)

This is a figure study of a model from Spring ‘06.  I built up a quick base sketch in charcoal and then loosely brushed out the highlights with India ink and white gesso. Like many of my pieces, the face is left unfinished.

This piece was partially influenced by the work of Francis Bacon, whose disturbing images often appeared in a blurred state of motion.

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Untitled (Oil and paper on canvas, 2005)

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Untitled (oil on canvas, 2005)

Greetings & Salutations

Welcome to http://TayArlE.wordpress.com!

I’ve created this space to share my thoughts, musings and creative works with an indefinite audience.  I enjoy dabbling in writing and painting, as well as a variety of  other artistic media. Whether that defines me as an “artist” is up to interpretation. 

Personally, I see art as something without boundaries that is often limited by the need we have to make sense of  our surroundings.  Art challenges the brain’s capacity for deciphering the stimuli of everyday life.  Art relies on our senses to provoke an emotional response.  Art is no stranger to debate or criticism, but never ceases to engage a reaction. Our artistic understandings are sculpted by the shared bonds of what it is to be distinctly human…

Now that we have that out of the way, it is my sincere hope that this blog will serve as an avenue for furthering my own self-expression, as well as a medium for connecting to others on a deeper level.

Thank you for stopping by.

~Tae