Protagonisto: another new one but familiar

Thursday, October 18, 2012

another new one but familiar

Our Immaculate Lady Pigeon, 24" x 18", 2012 acrylic, charcoal, soft pastel on canvas

This painting was once called my "first painting" a long, long time ago. I couldn't bear to look at it anymore, so I started working on it again. I heard Walton Ford in an interview once say that it takes a lot for a painting to stand the test of time. If that's the case, then do I sell them as soon as the paint is dry (a gallerist's dream) or hold onto them for a while and wait and see if they stand up to time?

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PROTAGONISTO

is not a word in any language. It's one that this artist created by using the word 'protagonist' and adding the letter 'o', which is the closest language tool we have to the circle. For me the cyclical nature of life, of transformation and reinvention, is what I'm most interested in exploring.

This blog is about art. Not just visual art but the art of life. It took me a long time to get to contentment (35 years!). Visual art and the old threads of my experiences in literature and theater--protagonistas everywhere!--have woven (or perhaps unwoven) me into the man I was intended to become. This blog documents my development as an artist and I hope inspires one to take action to fulfill his or her own intention. It's a blog about the process of becoming someone who desires only to wear art and literature meat.