Visual I.V.

One moment of inspiration

I'm still trying to figure out how to post some pics of my work. So far it's not working. I spent yesterday visiting my old haunts trying to find something that would speak to me. I visited the art museum where they were displaying the art of Jim Suddath. A man who paints with mud. In the back woods, the man takes - say - and old piece of plywood and uses different shades of mud to compose his pieces.
The one that really spoke to me was "John the Baptist." While everyone has seen the chapel High art paintings of Saints and the like this one was so "elemental" that it really said to me " if John had asked to be painted I think this is how it would look." The gritty unkept prophet he was.

posted by David Hicks @ 1:47 PM