tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51201901997746993612024-02-18T21:27:39.471-08:00evan crain art.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00017528143105690734noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120190199774699361.post-79162629786960547922019-04-11T10:34:00.000-07:002019-04-11T11:03:17.851-07:00MILWAUKEE IN SHADES OF GOLD<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Fully aware of how much I've neglected this blog, I thought I'd sit down this afternoon and just post some images of the project I did for Tied House, in Milwaukee's 3rd Ward. I made this piece combining elements of landforms, history, and architecture of Milwaukee. As the decided place to mount this painting was in a room with large windows letting in natural light, I made a good amount of it with layered metal leaf. With metal leaf being so great at reflecting bright and subtle light, the painting constantly changes with the time of day, interior light, and continuous traffic of customers. Even as you move from one side of the room to the other, the changing light will bring different elements and details to life, while others disappear. It was definitely a fun project and I hope people have fun checking it out. </div>
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<br />.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00017528143105690734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120190199774699361.post-71757766229384247712015-03-24T23:33:00.001-07:002015-03-24T23:36:01.201-07:00WAITING OUT THE STORM<br />
Today I finished a smaller painting. It is, more or less, a collage of techniques, materials and ideas I have been exploring in a number of larger paintings I've been working on recently. The main theme is basically the aftermath of internal(mental) warfare and dealing with the impossibility of someone being able to escape them self. There's a lot more to the idea, but I think I would like to keep it simple tonight and leave it at that.<br />
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Here are a few images I decided to post from beginning to end:<br />
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<br />.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00017528143105690734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120190199774699361.post-20989168204626550052014-10-29T14:17:00.000-07:002014-10-29T14:20:02.311-07:00IN DREAMS AND EXIT STRATEGIES<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a fairly large painting I finished about 4-5 months ago. Since then I have taken on several other projects, so as usual, I've fallen behind on updating this blog. Either way, Here it is. I have titled it In Dreams and Exit Strategies. To keep the explanation short, it basically has a lot to do with goals and complications. Using a combination of materials like metal leaf, graphite, canvas, paper, lace, and twine, I tried to create a confusing dream-state swirl of gritty sadness and a sort of delicate beauty.<br />
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As you can see, I have also posted a detail image so you can get a better view of the different materials. I have also posted a few "in progress" images in case you are like me and like to see the process of artwork being created :)<br />
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<br />.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00017528143105690734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120190199774699361.post-41853405691834951152011-03-30T20:51:00.000-07:002011-03-30T22:13:38.081-07:00NEW PORTRAIT<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTjSmaairVrpFnYP9CaklseC-TpAha-QfbvZuwXtE0M986jZtcFRcIjp66pu7OEIuf0acJ_ISFqZ0nGLflpgphikVFih7GLVU76iLUdc3lpoKZJBLimZ0pafFxZdaB63s2XsEX_14Zra8i/s1600/MRXrdSM.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTjSmaairVrpFnYP9CaklseC-TpAha-QfbvZuwXtE0M986jZtcFRcIjp66pu7OEIuf0acJ_ISFqZ0nGLflpgphikVFih7GLVU76iLUdc3lpoKZJBLimZ0pafFxZdaB63s2XsEX_14Zra8i/s400/MRXrdSM.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590089526497998978" border="0" /></a>I finished this earlier today. While waiting on larger paintings to dry, I decided to do a small painting in a more traditional portrait composition. I have more, larger scaled, full figure paintings of this model lined up. So, until then....http://www.blogger.com/profile/00017528143105690734noreply@blogger.com0