Action Jackson

"There is no accident."
This is a except of the Hans Namuth 1951 film documenting Jackson Pollocks technique coined "action" painting. Truly one of my biggest influences. The understanding of his philosophy and technique helped me come to the realization that the art of creation is the true artists art.
The finished result is for everyone else.

and then there's this guy...

Now I won't say he's an idiot, others have.
I like him....his art is............interesting.
(thanks Art Bell for that lesson)
...and hes damn funny too.

Robert Rauschenberg - Erased De Kooning

The genius of Robert Rauschenberg is not only his art itself but his ability to convey not only visually but verbally its meaning. Nothing he does is arbitrary or accidental. He has a reason for it all. Abstract does not imply the piece is created without reason or thought. As I have realized myself and explained to Uncle Nutjob; what I appreciate the most about Robert Rauschenberg is he does not dismiss the often asked question of artists, "What does it mean?". He can tell you because he was fully conscious of his art when he did it and why. Every stroke of the brush has purpose.
...and the guy is damn funny really.

Horns & Atlers

I have not been painting at all for a couple of months now but I thought I would post this. A rough color blocking of a study for my antlers and horns series I have bottled up in my head, along with a wide assortment of other wild animals and domesticated farm creatures. I think this was the last thing I started before the studio was torn apart for remodeling....still without a ceiling and lighting at this point.

Deviously Deviant

Prints available at Deviant Art!



Moonlit Trees

watercolor &
india ink
on paper

Junk-A-Doodles

With terms like Woogie Wedsday and Junk-a-Doodles, Holli Conger's website A Girl Who Creates was one worth bookmarking. I recently had time to revisit it and really explore it and her other sites. All Great! Fun for artists of all ages. I'm glad to have something to call my found object art other than found object art. Junk-a-Doodle is so much more fun to say and describes them better, they really are much more like little doodles.

http://www.agirlwhocreates.com/
http://www.thetypejunkie.com/blog/
http://www.junkadoodles.com/
http://www.holliconger.com

Origami Masters Face-Off

Solar Burst

'Solar Burst'
Acrylic on Canvas
36"x48"
C. Otto

Focal

'Focal'
Wood Block Print on Papyrus
C. Otto

Time Lapse Painting

glumbert - Time-Lapse Painting

Blue Nautilus

I've completed this painting
some time ago. It is still
one of my favorites.

In the Beginning...

In the beginning....

....there was empty space. Like a goldfish I grew to fill it.
Give me a soap box and I'll Stand on it.
Don't give a soap box, and I'll kick you in the nuts and take it from you.
No not really, I'm passive....

....aggressive. AH HA!

Now let me explain, I'm not gonna preach from that soapbox or anything, I don't care enough about you to tell you what to do.
I'd rather watch you flock up on your own then to tell you how you were wrong.
That's how you learn right? I want the box to keep you off it. Why stand on the box when I can put stuff in it? I always have stuff that needs boxes to be inserted into.

I won't laugh at you, really. I'll laugh with you... later...when you reflect on your own stupidity.

My point is......not really a point at all...in fact, it's more of an oval.

Oh yeah, this site might have the occasional rant. However I'm not witty enough or interested enough (just keeping it real) to do it on a regular basis. What you might find here is some of my favorite paintings or creations of other sorts and links to others I find interesting and, by default, you should too. Ultimately I hope you might see something you like that I've done and like it enough to donate me some of your hard earned cash (or your drug money obtained in dubious ways and laundered thru your Canadian mob connections). You know, like you do at church. Just think of me as your reverend. Instead of salvation, I offer you ART in exchange. My absolution comes at a much higher price. (Can Canada claim to have a mob? I've never heard of one.)
Look. Buy More Art! Thats what I'm saying, and hey why the flock not mine!

Buckle up the captain has just turned on the fasten seatbelt sign and suggests you start smoking, It's makes the turbulence more enjoyable.

"Come on Charlie, It'll be an adventure!"