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Spontaneous Marks – Intuitive Paintings I am publishing my last painting set of 2016 titled Spontaneous Marks, which consists of 8 studies on 11 x 14 in. paper I painted in December. While my last intuitive painting sets were dominated by large-scale colour applications, this set is defined by fewer marks and colours. For this painting set I tried a…
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Abstract Nautical Noise – Intuitive Paintings I’d like to share Abstract Nautical Noise, which is the second to last intuitive painting set I created in 2016. These nine studies were produced over the course of four months, from August to November, and I reworked them several times. Nevertheless, in this series, I still worked intuitively; I spontaneously incorporated shapes and…
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Four Abstract Seasons I’d like to share a set of intuitive paintings I worked on in September 2016, which consists of four diptychs. As in my previous set of studies titled “Marks on Large Greens“, I continued with the mark-making approach for the backgrounds. However, in this set, I allowed some geometric shapes to extend across each diptych, thus connecting…
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Marks on Large Greens – Intuitive Paintings I’m sharing my new set of intuitive paintings which I titled Marks on Large Greens. The first snow in Quebec came extra early this year, and it was perfect timing to incorporate some vivid colors by posting this series of bright green abstracts. The series was done back in July, and is inspired…
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Nine New Intuitive Abstract Paintings I’m back from summer vacation and posting a new set of nine intuitive abstract paintings, which were painted back in June. I created these three at a time (in sets of 3). I’m still very much enjoying the spontaneous approach to painting, without any sketches, drawings or photos, as it creates an interesting element of…
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Spatula Stripes – Intuitive Paintings After my return from Connecticut, Nevada and Arizona, I am finally catching up with posting recent studies and paintings. You will find my third series of seven intuitive paintings entitled Spatula Stripes, which I painted shortly after the Spatula Textures set at the end of April. While the last series focused on textures, I worked…
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Spatula Textures – Intuitive Paintings In early April, I worked on a second set of seven intuitive paintings. These are spontaneously painted studies without prior planning or sketching, making the process all the more fun. This time, I focused on textures achieved with the use of spatulas, as I would like to improve my background textures. In contrast to my…
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Off-Whites and Greys – Intuitive Paintings As you may know, I am currently working on studies for my Exclamatory Intermezzo series, which is characterized by a fairly strict, mathematical pattern. Although I am enjoying the effect of the cut-outs and stripe patterns of this series, the weaving and cutting work takes a great deal of time. With my first participation…
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With the current temperatures being around -20°C to -30°C (from a European perspective: North Pole), I have more time to spend on painting. As I wrote in the last post Leave Grey … out of the picture, I returned to my exclamatory pattern and just finished Blue Rectangle in front of Cactus. In this painting I weaved the paper stripes behind…
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This month, I finished another study Leave grey … out of the picture following the looser approach of my Exclamatory Intermezzo Series. Just as I did in my last study Leaning toward … Yellow, I spent more time on the backgrounds and reduced the pattern of the exclamation marks and stripes. Although I enjoy developing abstract ideas, I kind of…
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