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CONSIDER THIS is TimoNanda’s blog. Always in search of a new adventures, places to explore and people to engage with, Timo is the definition of “an artist at large”. With Martha’s Vineyard as his home-base, Timo goes beyond to discover this amazing world.


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100 impromptu PAINTINGS

July 7, 2017

WHEN YOU DO 100 OF ANYTHING, THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF DIVERSITY AND SORTING TO DO. I JUST FINISHED SORTING AND UPLOADING MY 100 FILE FOLDER PAINTINGS OF FACES AND LOADED THEM UP HERE https://www.flickr.com/people/indieman/

THIS SERIES OF PAINTING GOT ME BACK ON TRACK. FOCUSING ON ONE THING, FACES, AND PAINTING THEM ALL ON THE SAME FORMAT "FILE FOLDERS" REALLY HELPED ME TO SEE AND EXPLORE THE CLASSIC CONCEPT OF PORTRAITS. IT WAS FUN TO MESS AROUND WITH THE FORM AND THE MEDIUM OF WATER COLOR / TEMPRA PAINTS.

WHILE FOCUSING ON INCREASED SIMPLICITY WITH EACH PAINTING, SOME INEVITABLY BECAME MORE COMPLEX AND SOME WERE SUCCESSFUL IN MEETING THE CRITERIA I HAD SET FOR MYSELF. IN SOME CASES I CREATED AN ABSTRACT SHAPE AND AS IT BEGAN TODRY I WOULD SEARCH FOR THE "FACE WITH-IN". IN MOST CASES I TRIED TO EMPLOY A TECHNIQUE CALLED "WET ON WET", WHICH MEANS ADDING PIGMENT TO AN ALREADY WET PORTION OF THE PAINTING, ALLOWING THE PIGMENT TO EXPAND NATURALLY (AND UNPERDICTIABLY). THIS UNCERTAIN OUTCOME ADDS TO THE MYSTERY OF THE FINISHED WORK AND OFTEN INSPIRES A NEW DIRECTION WHICH HADN'T BEEN CONSIDERED.

I AM QUITE PLEASED WITH THIS COLLECTION. IDEALLY, FOLKS WILL BE INSPIRED TO SELECT A GROUPING OF THEIR FAVORITE FACES SO THAT THEY CAN BE PRESENTED SIDE BY SIDE.

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