{"id":8657,"date":"2023-04-03T00:12:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T23:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=8657"},"modified":"2023-04-03T05:15:31","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T04:15:31","slug":"art-riffing-on-an-old-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=8657","title":{"rendered":"ART: Riffing On An Old Idea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"590\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7224-1024x590.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8652\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7224-1024x590.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7224-300x173.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7224-768x442.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7224-1536x885.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7224-2048x1180.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Manolo, Spread #4, 1st state.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Having got the \u2018art\u2019 bug again, as well pursuing Abbie and Dan\u2019s commission, I\u2019m trying to pick up where I left off. Here I\u2019m attempting to resume my <em>Manolo<\/em> series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The left sketch is his face, melting ever further into abstraction. At right it\u2019s the backdrop again. The cloudscape. This time the yellow is overstated. And some former parts of Manolo are introduced, via masking off the background. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7225-1024x1013.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8653\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7225-1024x1013.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7225-300x297.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7225-768x760.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7225-1536x1519.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7225-2048x2026.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7225-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Manolo, Spread#4, right, 2nd state.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One thing that bugs me about my methods, is how, in trying to superimpose layers, things often get too busy, and something breaks down. The above would be a case in point. Trying to combine the figural abstraction and the background, somehow neither seems right. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"588\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7226-1024x588.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8654\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7226-1024x588.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7226-300x172.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7226-768x441.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7226-1536x882.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7226-2048x1176.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Manolo Spread #5, the \u2018Silent Era\u2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This frustration prompted me to further \u2018worrit\u2019 these ideas. But now in black and white only. It\u2019s another way of trying to reduce and knock back the noise! Of the two I think the pastel effort, at left (and below) is the better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"930\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7227-930x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8655\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7227-930x1024.jpg 930w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7227-272x300.jpg 272w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7227-768x846.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7227-1395x1536.jpg 1395w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7227-1860x2048.jpg 1860w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">There\u2019s mileage in this\u2019un. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1020\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7228-1020x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8656\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7228-1020x1024.jpg 1020w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7228-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7228-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7228-768x771.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7228-1530x1536.jpg 1530w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7228-2040x2048.jpg 2040w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7228-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Less sure about this one. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Running the same ideas through all these iterations allows me to explore different ideas via varied mediums. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ultimately I\u2019ll probably explore these ideas further &#8211; or not, if I abandon a vein, thinking it a poor prospect &#8211; in one of two ways: black and white prints, or full colour paintings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Esp\u2019 with the latter, whether it\u2019s going to be acrylics or oils, the opacity of the medium adds yet another different facet to the process. And I can of course do monochromatic paintings and colour prints. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The permutations are endless!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having got the \u2018art\u2019 bug again, as well pursuing Abbie and Dan\u2019s commission, I\u2019m trying to pick up where I left off. Here I\u2019m attempting to resume my Manolo series. The left sketch is his face, melting ever further into abstraction. At right it\u2019s the backdrop again. The cloudscape. This time the yellow is overstated. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=8657\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ART: Riffing On An Old Idea&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-2fD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8657"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8657"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8659,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8657\/revisions\/8659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}