Acrylic on canvas
48 x 36 inches
From the series “Every Day’s a Birthday”
Tag: spontaneous art
I’m a Lot Like You Were (2018)
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 30 inches
SOLD in March 2018 to a private collector in Kansas
Latin Steps (2018)
Acrylic on salvaged kitchen cabinet door
29 x 21-1/2 inches
This is an older painting that I covered with a thin layer of gesso so that the lines of the former painting were still somewhat visible. I then followed the patterns created by the half-visible lines to build the composition of triangle shapes. The motion of the composition brought to mind a latin dancer.
Past Your Prime (2018)
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 24 inches
From the series “Every Day’s a Birthday”
SOLD in July 2018 to a private collector in Wisconsin
Fall Back (2017)
Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas
16 x 20 inches
Mounted in a vintage frame and gifted to our best friends for their home:
I Was Once a Good Little Boy (2017)
Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas
28 x 22 inches
An automatic drawing that revealed itself as a self-portrait with hindsight.
Si! (2017)
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 30 inches
SOLD in April 2017 to a private collector in Kansas
Responsive painting inspired by a live performance of Si!, a composition for tuba and live electronics composed by Karlheinz Essl; performed at Cider Gallery in Lawrence, KS on April 25, 2017 by Brett Keating and University of Kansas Prof. Bryan Kip Haaheim (North American Premiere).
This piece was one of seven spontaneously-produced paintings as I listened to Brett perform six separate electro-acoustic music compositions for trombone, euphonium and live electronics.
Here’s a video of Essl performing Si! in Innsbruck, Austria on November 29, 2015:
Wind Shadows (2017)
Gesso on canvas
24 x 30 inches
Responsive painting inspired by a live performance of Wind Shadows, a composition for trombone and closely tuned oscillators composed by Alvin Lucier; performed at Cider Gallery in Lawrence, KS on April 25, 2017 by Brett Keating.
This piece was the first of seven spontaneously-produced paintings as I listened to Brett perform six separate electro-acoustic music compositions for trombone, euphonium and live electronics.
Here’s a recording of the same piece performed by James Fulkerson (trombone) and Alvin Lucier (oscillator):
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