VCCA residency, March 12-19, 2012

Just completed a week residency at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. 

 Full Spectrum, 24" x 18"



Back of Full Spectrum, color aide swatches

Images and Photographs:

 

my studio (VA2) the 2 white windows straight ahead

Wonderful having an empty studio.  I arrived with matt acrylics, 5-24" x 18" cradle-supports faced with arches and several box supports as well, everything ready and primed and the studio raw with no history.

I began each day with a walk. On the walk I "noticed color". In the studio I used the noticed or located color to set a palette for the day from swatches of color aid paper I had brought with me. I used only those chosen colors for that day. The palette range usually fell into 8 to 9 colors.

On the walks, occasionally, I picked up an interesting item to remember the place. These I placed in the box supports and worked on them with an unrestricted palette.

Day 1 VCCA:
                                       walk:

 

 color study

Day 1

Back of Day 1, color aid swatches

Day 2:
                          walk:

back of painting

Day 3:
                               walk:

back of painting

Day 4:
                               walk:

back of painting

Day 5:
                          walk:

back of painting

Open studio (aka filled studio, last day), etc.: