Middle November

I am continuing to work the Hello Stranger series after pausing to document it at midpoint. In this lapse of time I did create a new painting. I was pleased to learn that a few of my classmates liked the blue Hello Stranger painting, so I was very motivated to create another blue painting. I wanted this to be a tonal study where ghostly whispers of optical colour meet with fuzzy edges that seemed to move. I titled it Requiem. During the process it manifested itself. I did think often upon what Sean Scully described as "studied casualness". I also wanted the left and right margin edges to increase in activity and saturation like a Jackson Pollock abstract painting. I like it. I hope you do too. John

Early November

Documenting the Hello Stranger series. Professor Clayton was helpful as always with setting up lighting for photography. Our studio is full of beautiful natural light, but whenever I photograph my work with the expensive lights I seem to struggle to capture the colour and eliminate the glare. I will persevere and perhaps bring my Nikon SLR up to shoot slides just in case it's a digital issue. John