Calvin Blog Carl
Calvin Ross Carl • Artist and Designer • Portland, OR
I write about #art, #design, and what is happening in my #studio.
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A group of fresh canvases are getting moving in the studio. Some will be heading off to Chicago this summer.
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Calvin Ross Carl
Red Fanged Maw
Acrylic, canvas
12 x 12 inches (30 x 30 cm) -
Calvin Ross Carl
Mascotte Papers
Acrylic, canvas
12 x 17 inches (30 x 43 cm)
2013 -
Calvin Ross Carl
Superhero Shadow
Acrylic, canvas
17 x 21 inches (43 x 53 cm)
2013 -
Acrylic on watercolor paper, 12 x 12 inches
This Sunday, I am participating in 100x100 For Josh. It’s a fundraiser held by PICA to support Josh Berger, the legendary creator of the design studio and magazine Plazm, who suffered a traumatic brain injury following a severe bike accident.
I have loved Plazm’s and Josh’s contributions to the design world for years, so I have been overjoyed to participate. My painting above will be one of the many works you can get on Sunday for embarrassingly cheap prices.
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Calvin Ross Carl
Teen Sweater Tabletop (detail)
Enamel, graphite, canvas
48 x 36 inchesI still can’t get enough of the red peeking through from beneath the black and white.
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Calvin Ross Carl
Your Job Is Done Here (detail)
Enamel, canvas
2012Note: There is some yellow hidden beneath all that black and white.
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Calvin Ross Carl
Your Job Is Done Here
Enamel, canvas
2012 -
Calvin Ross Carl and The Rules of Abstraction, in Lancia TrendVisions →
Maker of beautiful Italian cars, Lancia, did a short writeup, The Rule of Abstraction (English translation from Italian), about my artwork for their blog about artists, designers, and other creatives.
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Calvin Ross Carl
Barbell Pole (Detail)
Enamel, metal flake enamel, clay, canvas, wood, foam
6 x 72 x 6 inches -
Calvin Ross Carl
Teen Sweater Tabletop
Enamel, graphite, canvas
48 x 36 inches -
The beginnings of some new, smaller paintings. I’m using a very bright cadmium orange underpainting, which is partly inspired by my buddy Grant Hottle’s vibrant underpaintings he has been working with lately.
It remains to be seen how much of the orange will remain after a few more layers of paint.
