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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Some new things happening in the studio.
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Another little study. Colored pencil on paper. It had been a long time since I had a colored pencil in my hand. I forgot just how nice and smooth Prismacolors are.
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A new little study that’s hanging around in my studio.
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This is the last time you’ll see it before the opening of Collider at the PSU Littman Gallery. The show is curated by Jeff Jahn, and contains a slew of fantastic Portland abstract painters. Opens First Thursday in September.
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Some small studies of hanging dropcloths. All are acrylic and enamel on paper.
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Occasionally, I get bored and make piles of things in the studio.
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While waiting for freshly primed canvases to dry, I decided to combine some scrap pieces of wood together by covering them in glue. Tomorrow I will see if I was successful.
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You can see the red under-painting beneath the pattern, which matches the red used on the hanging rag.
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This looks better now.
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This one is getting close. Almost done. Very close. The pattern hanging on the top right will likely be replaced with something else.
Details as it stands currently:
48 x 36 inches
Enamel, acrylic, pencil, primed and unprimed canvas -
The sun finally decided to come out today, so I was actually able to throw open the door of the studio and get some real light in the place.
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I got bored and made a pseudo-Gerhard Richter squeegee painting.
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Added a layer of white over the cadmium orange underpainting.
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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.
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