What is Painting?
What is
Painting?
The funny
thing is that I am better off saying nothing because
it is undefinable.
But having a mouth and fingers becomes a liability
sometimes so I will give it a try.
The easiest thing to explain is What is NOT painting.
So here is a short list:
Painting is not sculpture but I guess on some level
it does have dimension.
Painting is not Drawing yet I am positive I could
have a fine argument over that one.
Architecture is definitely not painting.. I think
this one might slip by although architects readily
point out the lyrical and painterly aspects of their
work and the light.
This return to light seems to come up all the time
when trying to figure it out
So can a blind person paint? I am sure quite a lot of
people would say that modern art was painted by blind
people.
How about his is a painting a movie? here we might
stumble upon a reasonable no way. How foolish I can
be since the directors will certainly disagree.
This can go on an on...
Should I get a Masters Degree in Fine Art? comments welcome and encouraged
I did a quick calculation and the cost is 48K based on the units needs to obtain an MFA from a BFA. This is not undoable especially over a period of time however much has happened since I graduated University of Florida, BFA 1982 with a Minor in Architecture.
The original plan was to go to Ohio State and obtain a masters in Architecture then go back and get involved in Environmental Art and build giant projects.
Instead I took a right turn into my family business and today I am a Co-CEO or Global Response Corporation www.globalresponse.com with a focus all all things technical and certifications in Nortel – Microsoft, etc. Today, I find myself in the role of chief psychologist of a technical staff of 18 plus consultants keeping me totally insulated from the day to day and focusing instead on the big picture. It seems I have focused on PICTURES my whole life as I never stopped, not for a day or even a minute creating something. When it was not art it was software design and a business.
So fast forward and my art collection has grown considerably. Now I love making art, and viewing it, and studying in general just about anything I can get my arms around.. From Tax law to Mythology, Graphic Novels to War and Peace.
And it would be nice to have the designation of Master of Fine Arts, as designated by a peer group of experts.... For no other reason then to help the world understand that as fun as this may seem... And it is. It’s serious stuff with transcendental messages that can not be communicated in normal conversation. Not spooky weird messages but conversations with humanity at a level equivalent to our highest consciousness. That is a tall order usually best discussed over beer. But most of the conversations are alone with the feedback and inspiration rare but highly motivating. Basically you pretty much know when you did something right and you know that while your doing it your setting the example for others. I guess if there is one word to describe it’s Leadership, maybe Creative Leadership just to put it in context.
All this said I can go on and on... But to do a formal study program I would like to know if it is possible to receive credit for work between formal college and today then to refocus on the gaps, understand the cost and come up with a reasonable plan of attack that will allow me to continue my duties at work, send 4 kids to college (the first one going next year) and keep my wife from throwing everything in the house at me (just a little joke, she is very supportive and is encouraging me to do this).. .but their are subtle truths to jokes never-the-less and I have lots of things that I have to do to have “my time”.
That said I have 2-3 weeks this summer to dedicate full time to art, anywhere in the world. And I seem to find at least an extra 10 hours a day working on art as my mind runs in parallel so although I am chained to a desk I have allocated sufficient space in my mind to continue work on the Fine Arts. Kind of like Einstein, he did his best work while acting as a patent officer looking over others new ideas! This statement might be a bit bold because I have no nuclear intentions but it sure does make a point... And it’s funny.
I guess you can see by this thread that I like to keep things light hearted, intense, focused and goal oriented. So I am very excited by your response or the response of your executive team/director.
To get an idea of my work please share my web site(s) - www.shoosty.com (there are links their to my new blog www.shoostystudio.littleoak.net
What would you do?
Pasted Graphic
Abstract Wife
Figure Study
My first son - The place of birth
Hospital room - thank you!
]This is the room where my first son was born. While
mom and he rested I took some timeout while still
filled with the excitement of having a child. This
pristine image is what I came up with. Thank you
world for giving so much attention to child birth
that he was delivered via C-section a perfect child.
Birth Room -
C-Section, 1990, Shoosty Oil on Canvas 14" x
12"
Columbus Ship
Columbus Ship
Reproductions of the ships Columbus sailed came to
Florida as part of a tour showing there muscle and
ability to make the journey. They are small boats
smothered with tar with small quarters to protect the
sailors and a catwalk to access the yard arm. I took
the day off and painted what I saw. The Captain was
pleased to see someone so interested in his ship that
he gave me a private tour. Painting has given me a
free pass to many events.
Oil on Canvas 10" x 8", Shoosty 1989
HeartBeats Flutter
Shoosters Drive-In
Alligator Basking on the Rocks
One of the best national parks in Florida, Shark Valley is located on highway 41 near the Southern Tip of Florida. It is a single lane loop that is about 7 miles one way to a lookout tower in the pristine Everglades. As far as the eye can see there is Everglades from this point. The only thing interrupting the view is Turkey Point Nuclear power plant. The power plant is so far away that it hardly disturbs the peace or the view. The most exciting thing about this park is that the Alligators are free roaming and you are encouraged to take you bicycle for the trip.
Alone with nature the 'gators sitting in the road like dinosaurs waiting to collect a toll they bother no one unless watching there clutch of babies. Only at this time does the park post a ranger for the protection of all.
Teenage Alligator Basking on a Coral Rock at Shark Valley Florida, 6’ x 4.5 ‘ Oil on canvas, 2004
Original Photo
Blocking out the shapes
establishing a flow
checking the accuracy with
photoshop and transparent layers
Final PaintingBeginnings - Flag Day
Beginnings
Humble Beginnings are a good way to start anything.
- Shoosty
Crayon on paper
1965
Shoosty
10 cm x 8 cm
For more Beginnings see Artist
Collections.
Abstract Color Field
Video Game War
Beginnings - Tending the Fields
It's a simple crayon sketch with a work ethic.
Horse
and Able Body
Crayon on Paper
10 cm x 8 cm
For more Beginnings see Artist
Collections.
Blessed are the Peace Keepers
I was on a tour of
Israel. I was looking for something while on my tour,
something ethereal. A sign, a burning bush or some
kind of experience to show my connection to this
place, my world, my spirit. I was tired, trapped on a
bus with Educators, Politicians, and business people.
Well not really trapped because when you put a group
together like this everyone becomes a kid. A kid with
lots of limits because we are all adults. So 15
churches later it get a bit tiring and we end of at
Beatitudes overlooking the sea of Galilee, which
seems more like a lake. Its the place where Jesus
discovered a fish with a coin in the mouth. Its a
place where magic happens... or so I hoped.
Before leaving the bus one of the fellows was reading
his bible, the section "Blessed are the Peace
Keepers", or so I thought.
I decided not to take the tour with the group but to
instead just kind of get lost. I stumbled upon
another tour group. I remember the leader giving a
lecture. I listened to it just a little until
something caught my attention... his wrap up. "and
this is this, that is that and welcome to Israel on
your six month tour as UN Peace Keepers. I got
goosebumps. here they are in real life. Blessed are
the Peace Keepers. It was a few years later when
repeating this story that I learned the real
expression is
"Blessed are the Peace Makers" It makes all the
difference in the world to learn the real
thing.
Blessed
are the Peace Makers for they shall inherit the world
10 cm x 8 cm Watercolor on Paper
1998
Watercolor IN the Dead Sea
Sitting on a lounge
chair in the saltiest sea in the world tourists cant
help but attempt the cold water. Me being from
Florida I know too much about the water and am very
happy with toes in the water and a place to dip my
paint brush.
Now that is cool... to dip your brush into an ocean,
a sea, a body of water. Not just any water but an
ancient sea and here I am in the sun looking at other
sentient beings and somehow by just touching my brush
to the sea i am grounded as a part of history
connected for all time as my tiny little watercolor
comes to life.
dipping my brush in the salty dead sea. Later I know
that I am expecting some excitement. I have no clue
what the salt will do to the pigments and how the
salt will affect the paper.
time passed and the pigments look fine. The paper
however has a punished quality with a crystalline
patina.
Dead Sea with the Jordan hills in the background,
1998 10 cm x 8 cm
Notice the salt effect on the paper
Painting
Fine Art painting provides the most freedom of expression of the arts. By being unencumbered by physical realities and the cost of construction materials you can invent windows into virtually limitless spaces of the mind.
We in the year 2007 take for granted the canvas or linen and the safety approved paints while the invention of same cost lives thousands of years of development. We are the keepers of this great cauldron called the accumulation of all of human knowledge. As good keepers we must document, protect and mainly teach the skills which we have come to learn. It is only in the continuum that any of this has any meaning. We have have advanced in the past few years unlike never before our mission is to maintain and extend the historical precedence.
shout for joy, encourage wonderment, and never stop painting!
Paintings are jewels. Not metal but the surface shimmers and the light changes around them. They are never the same. Zillions of different colors combined with human forms intended and unintended.
Shoosty 2007
Drawing
The
Ecuadorian Rain Forest. 20+ years ago I flew into the
forest on a small plane and landed on a grass
airfield to visit the AUCA indians. This is a drawing
of the inside of the stilt home that I stayed in. 8"
x 12" Pencil on paper, 1984, shoosty
Note these are the famous Wuaorani Indias also known
as the Auca Indians who use blow guns to kill monkeys
and killed 5 christian missionaries many years ago. A
movie called "End of the Spear" was produced about
them as well as many books.
here is a tour guide
Samuel Caento Padilla
18531
Glenview Ct #5
Tehachapi,
CA 93561
Phone
# 661-632-6434
http://jeci.com/