The daily dose of art WASTE NOT

When working with the clay it is easy to quickly accumulate dozens of prints in a matter of one or two days, many of which do not deserve to be made public.  Over time I have learned to use them as background support for small drawings and paintings, usually done with pastel, ink, or acrylic.  Most of these are small, usually less than 12x12".  Here is a sampling of these "enhanced clay prints":

Autumn Barn  6x4

Purple and Green  6x4

Tuscany on clay  6x12

The daily dose of art THE GRIME OF INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPES

There is no accounting for personal tastes.

                                     

Pastel enhanced clay mono types

The Daily Christmas Card

Pastel enhanced clay mono type

THE DAILY INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE #9

Two glorious industrial scenes pulled from my imagination, both are pastel enhanced clay mono types.  Each measures approximately 15 x 30".

THE DAILY INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE #8

Here are two of my most extravagant paintings in the industrial landscape series.  Like most of the others, they are clay mono types enhanced with soft pastel.

Oliver's Skyline  aprox. 24x36"  available framed

Industrial Skyline #6

THE DAILY INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE #2

Today's industrial landscape, like many that will follow, is a clay mono type enhanced with soft pastel.  It is difficult to estimate, but the balance is probably 70-30 in this piece, with the pastel being the dominant medium.  They are really fun to create because there are no boundaries as to what can be done.

Prairie Grain Complex

Clay mono type-soft pastel

22x30

THE DAILY INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE #1

For the past year I've posted the Barn a Day and the Daily Urban Landscape, and it is time to move on. For something totally different I thought I would begin posting a daily Industrial Landscape.  The gritty texture and dark colors fascinate me and invite imaginative interpretation in form and color.  I have chosen the very first Industrial Landscape I created to initiate this series, which also happens to be my very first clay mono type.

The First Industrial Landscape

Clay mono type

12x44"

THE DAILY URBAN LANDSCAPE #37 the Urban food market

After hanging around the alleys and backsides of the urban scene it is refreshing to walk around to the front, and what can be more refreshing than fresh produce. Below are two of the many food markets lining the tiny streets in the old section of Bologna, Italy.  The first is a watercolor, the second a mixed media drawing on a clay mono type.

the DAILY DEAL #8

Today's offering is a framed clay mono type - An Urban Skyline

framed 13x16

Image 6x9"

$50.00 plus $10.00 S&H

THE DAILY DEAL #2

Today's deal is an 8x10 mixed media - an enhanced clay monotype on paper mounted on a cradled panel.

Clay landscape #21 with 3 Trees

mixed media on 8x10 panel

$60.00 plus $10 S&H

Payment options:

1.     Personal check to Gallery 5 at 803 Madison St. Paducah KY 42001

2.     Call me at 270-366-2837 with credit card info

3.     I will email you an invoice via Paypal

4.     Pay at the gallery if you are in Paducah

BARN OF THE DAY 34

 

Untitled Barn

Pastel on clay mono type

10x5"

Sold

BARN OF THE DAY 18

I rarely throw anything away, and as a result have accumulated a drawer filled with scraps of clay prints that never "made it" out of "failed work" bin.  But, with a little ieffort they can sometimes be turned into interesting backgrounds for imaginative landscapes.  I place in evidence Purple Green.

 

 

 

Purple and Green

pastel on clay mono type

7x5"

$50  S&H included