Recent-ish paintings

[… ok, a grand gap in postings … as I’ve said before, life happens, but posts sometimes not-so-much.

So, finally I surface with another series of post-posts … work produced previously to these writings, but now ready for me to show].

So, here is an aspect of my meanderings that I have not, as-yet, shared, but the time seems right now … I think it’s a Nudging.

For quite a while now, I’ve also been doing some work in a different media, a different size, and on different subject matter. Yet, while those elements are indeed looking different from what I’ve been writing about and showing you, it is not totally “different” for me – in fact, some of the elements hearken back, decades-past, to some of my first serious art work … and continuing on to today. Aspects of that continuum include double-square formats, personal/autobiographical inclusions, typography, hand-written visuals, etc..

The series of paintings, to date, number 7 or 8 … 10 -15 if I go back several years to initial works – one of which I donated to the Museum of Biblical Art in Dallas during their call-for-art-donations after a serious fire in 2005.

However, this year … however sporadically, I’ve been working on the series – resulting in a small show – more later on that. First, I’ll give some background ….