A compendium of daily image making by Craig Stephens
Friday, July 06, 2007
three sunflowers 5.5x7
I drove by a bunch of these sunflowers growing along the side of the road so I grabbed a few. The stems are really tough. They were hard to pick. Next time I'll bring some scissors. Sold
This captured my youngest son's attention most of all, he has Aspergers and looks at your paintings on here each day. He commented that our sunflowers do not have 'brown bits in the middle' which opened up a bit of dialogue between us as to how dif countries have dif climates and plants mature at dif rates. He needs to build his conversational skills so thank you for your part in this. Your paintings reach inside us both.
I am an artist living in Northern California. In 1993 I graduated from
U.C. Davis where I took classes from Wayne Thiebaud, Dave Hollowell and Roy DeForest. I currently teach high school art in Placer County California. On this blog I have posted 1000 paintings in as many days. I took a break from that strict schedule for a couple of years but since the beginning of 2014 I have been completing one small painting on a daily basis. The practice of completing a painting a day suits my disposition and aesthetic. I have also found that modeling this sort of daily practice for my students is important. I am making these paintings available on ebay. Thanks for stopping by and check back often if you like what you see.
2 comments:
This captured my youngest son's attention most of all, he has Aspergers and looks at your paintings on here each day. He commented that our sunflowers do not have 'brown bits in the middle' which opened up a bit of dialogue between us as to how dif countries have dif climates and plants mature at dif rates. He needs to build his conversational skills so thank you for your part in this. Your paintings reach inside us both.
This is so simple yet so effective. Lovely painting.
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