We all know the earth is round right? At least most of us do. And we know the atmosphere surrounding our planet is curved like the cover on a baseball. About this time of year, on a crystal clear night, as the sun drops below the horizon, one can perceive the curvature by viewing the gradient of light on the horizon from golden yellow to blue to the black of the night’s sky. Some sunsets are just more memorable than others.
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It was a two martini kind of sunset. Bombay Sapphire Blue, like the sky. Shaken not stirred, with a twist.
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It was a wild weekend weather wise. Towering thunderheads dominated the horizon as another cold front out of the northwest drifted down on the Island Chain. Small Craft Advisories were issued due to an increased pressure gradient and a E-W oriented surface ridge anchored itself some 200 nautical miles north of the Big Island. Strong Kona winds, blowing 25 to 35 with localized gusts record over 50 mph. A powerful and large NW swell with peak open ocean swells near 15 feet was expected to arrive Sunday night on Kauai. Saturday night was punctuated with thunder and lighting. What fun!
“I continue to get further away from the usual painter’s tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc.” – Jackson Pollock
My first posting in 2017, an abstract, digital rendering of a lonely, fading, passing pau hana cloud, made me consider the thought that so many things in life are fleeting. The cloud was there and then it wasn’t. But while it was there I was able to take the time to see it and appreciate it.
Today, when I ran across Pollock’s quote, I considered that when strung together all those fleeting moments contribute to one’s ability, as an artist, to grow. In Jackson’s case, as an artist, he migrated from tradition and embraced free form abstraction. I get it and so did the Impressionists.
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In my case, while I still love and strive for crisp sharp images I continue to find myself gravitating to the freedom and diversity abstracts provide in creating what I’m calling Impressions of Paradise. In the Impressionists case, they actually rebelled against artistic standards. They painted with the intent of providing the viewer with a sense of feeling or mood rather exact detail.
In the coming year, I plan to continue exploring the rendering of mood while mixing in traditional photography. I hope you will follow me in this adventure. As always, comments and thoughts are encouraged.