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Happy New year!!
Subject is Secondary
By
Armand Cabrera
There has always been much made about the subject of a painting. Some subjects always attract the ire of judges and critics. This seems lazy to me; I think a painting should be judged on its emotional and technical merits regardless of the subject chosen by the artist.
Subject has always been secondary for me. It is just a vehicle for my expression of something more intangible. Even in portrait or figure painting it is more about the abstract qualities and the facility of the paint handling for me than the person or people in the image. Getting a likeness is more than just measuring.
It is the arrangement of color and value and shape that makes beauty not the subject. I am after the light in a scene or the assortment of colors a season has mixed up and presented to me. It is not so much a place as it is the underlying qualities that make that place interesting at a particular time of day or season combined with my emotional response. In my opinion it is these things that make an image timeless and it is their expression I am looking for when I paint.
Armand Cabrera Still Life Paintings
The still life show is coming along and I’ve finished seven paintings so far. I am able to paint one a day with a day in between for arrangements and sketching out ideas. I’m hoping to have them finished by the middle of next week so I can get back to landscapes now that the weather is so nice.
Summer Basket 11 x 14
Bad Dreams Volume 1
Bad dreams is the title of my friend Gary Winnick’s graphic novel.He wants to get it published in hard copy and has a Kickstarter campaign to help him accomplish that goal.
Here is a link where you can read more about what it is and all of the really cool stuff you can get for supporting its publication.
