SoWal Virtual Art Gallery

[Mark Partington]

Thanks

'n Joe...........yoos b a watercolor fan. I'll say it....3times????:graphite is underated,beautiful,& understated. You're an elegant gentleman & I hope to see you at our next polo match!

Now....I'm 2 days runnin amok & people think...hugh? Why's that Mr Mark....what could make you run with no sleep for so many hours you ate nary a dogflie & are sufi-like in your stream of conciousness naked ape agog????Been eating the white paint.?Economic times causing restless gaps in you self aprobated asthetic binge you restless poet warrior????

Well once in a while I actually hit it dead on....the Universal in the particular;The creation thats more than its subject. I've been working on this oil so long I'm not tired anymore.
So....last nite I set my toy camera on "movie".....& filmed the finishing touches & highlites, glazes & scumbles on this piece.
I'll upload it even though I'm hooked to this thing with a soupcan & a string......& of course...I'll debut this one here in the VAG.

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power,theworld may finally know peace"

jimi hendrix

 

[Mark Partington]

'sacred heart"

Rarely do I find 'moments of glad grace' concerning my work. I'm on a journey like many, who understand inspiration just does not walk in and sit politely, it's slacks neatly creased.
The more I see, the more I paint; and I'm still chasing shadows.
Once in a great while some things seem to just appear on the canvas and you know you had little to do with it...as has happened with this piece. I think Joyce called it asthetic arrest; a kind of profound stillness.
'Sacred Hearts" is the subject...and at first glance: not unlike a painting I did of a Lama- the subject has a way of making you not merely look, but slowly see there is something more happening.
I did a painting of Jesus. But there IS more to it; that gaze; the asking.
It's here that you find the Universal in the particular: a look in the eyes. A cry for compassion where so often compassion doesn't figure into the bottom line. A place where we sometimes become so isolated by design, we become hard, sarcastic or disappointed and saddened.
Yeats said "things come apart at the center, the best loose all conviction"...
The world we live in is demanding on so many levels , some do their level best to negotiate fragmented moments of any clarity. Why do we Hate? Why do we Fight? We War over things that a resonable explanation of what 'victory' would look like is incomprhensible.
"when the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace"-j. Hendix
A few are aware of this and hold onto that awarness, embrace sorrow and doubt as part of life ...and invite uncertainty as a traveling companion.
I hope this piece reaches even one person in a way that is more than a brief comfort.

 

[Mark Partington]

A dream goes on forever....

Its that time of year when the Family is celebrated & together celebrating various things. We're fortunate enough to do this all year around....it really takes the pressure off. I love to give 'my girls' suprises...when ever I want; some gifts cant be held in your hand.

This is also the time of year I make some of my best work for my family...(no; the tie wont cut it anymore)

This beautiful image is a detail from a painting in Ruskin place during the Easter service at the Chapel. There is an amazing asthetic going on in that area,dreams,prayers;& some of the most diverse & wonderful art & artists on 30-a. Its sort of synonomous with 30-a art galleries; although weve grown so much here, it's the center of a long stretch of a 'gallery' hop.

This is one of my portraits where I try to create more than a facismilie of the subject or person depicted.... and stretch it into a portrait/wok-of-art.(I like the little guy climing the scub oaks in the backround.
peace
M.Partinton

 

[2bohemians]

Thanksgiving Heart
Oil Pastel on Paper
3.5 x 5

 

[DD]

Thanksgiving Heart
Oil Pastel on Paper
3.5 x 5

I heart that.

 

[2bohemians]

I heart that.

We you !

 

[ronfrazer]

I did commercial photography back in the 70s--kind of a Ansel Adams wannabe. Here's a few . . .

 

[Matt J]

I did commercial photography back in the 70s--kind of a Ansel Adams wannabe. Here's a few . . .

Seems to be a problem there.

 

[2bohemians]

Waves Cresting
16 x 20
Acrylic on Canvas

 

[Beachbummette]

Watersound Boardwalk - 36x48 - Acrylic on Canvas

DD, you will have to come see this hanging on my wall.

Waves Cresting
16 x 20
Acrylic on Canvas

This is fabulous! Such talent on this board.