Sickness has been being passed back and forth around the Lehman household the last few day. I am thinking the homes affected by the water line break a few days ago may have been a little wider than previously thought. I can’t verify it, but it seems to correlate with the onset of this stomach ailment that we all ended up having at the same time.
I’ve been looking at doing more oil paintings in the near future and getting some more representational artwork out into the open. It is absolutely the opposite of the abstract stuff that I’ve produced over the last four years. In particular, I am being drawn back to landscape painting and classical still life paintings.
I think this has been a revelation that has happened in two parts.
Part One
Last week, my wife and I went to the Columbus Museum of Art where I spent some time gazing at a painting done by one of my favorite artists, Albert Bierstadt.
Part Two
I watched the movie, Local Color. If you haven’t seen it, then it’s like “Finding Forrestor” for artists. Younger aspirant meets master who wants to be left alone. The two become friends and the aspirant finds his voice with his paintbrush. It’s a pretty cool story (but I will admit it has it’s share of language issues).
So, this week, I’ve spent time relearning all the things I used to know about oil painting so I can put them into practice here in the next few days. In a sense, rediscovering a lost love of painting.
