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Jack Rosenberg
ART Habens
scale, subject matter, material, mark
making, flexibility, tolerance; all allow me
freedom to make various artistic choices.
This sense of liberation enhances and
contributes to the distinctive qualities of the
final artwork.
Each painting begins with a few essentials:
composition, subject matter and
content/context. As the painting progresses,
it evolves. I may have a particular point of
view; but the canvas might express
something which conflicts with my intention.
The canvas and I continue this “discussion”
until we come to an agreement. At this point
the painting may be at quite at variance of
the original concept, and evolved in to
something new (and hopefully wonderful, or
at least interesting!). This dialogue is a
critical part of the art making. It is mostly
intuitive but a bit analytical. This is where
the magic happens, in the “zone”, as is often
discussed.
Each series begins with one or two images
that I find interesting or stimulating. Then I
take them through my process of
transformation, look at the results and see if
there is a pattern, trend or discovery to be
made. After further exploration of additional
images through the same artistic lens, I may
find that I have created a (mostly) cohesive
series of paintings. It may not be an obvious
theme, even to me, until there are several to
a dozen images which may suddenly lead to
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