muse

muse
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Edgar

Edgar
Originally uploaded by jonathanfranklin65

Your Blues

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I knew it change was a coming but I couldn't figure out what it was going to be until I touched the brush to the canvas. Stay tuned.
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I knew it change was a coming but I couldn't figure out what it was going to be until I touched the brush to the canvas. Stay tuned.

House Band

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Originally uploaded by jonathanfranklin65

Well, I've been staring this piece down for a couple weeks and finally figured out what was annoying me. I'll leave it up to you to look for the changes: nothing too big but enough to make a difference, at least to me.

New Cubist Portrait

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Originally uploaded by jonathanfranklin65

This could be the final stage in the evolution of this painting.

Bride and Groom 4

Bride and Groom 4
Originally uploaded by jonathanfranklin65

A couple years ago I had somehow gotten it into my head that I should print up some giclee (art) prints. I figured that people would be willing to spend $25, $30, or $40 for an art print of a painting rather than several hundred or even a thousand... dollars for an original. That was the idea. In theory it sounded good. I had done some research and thought I was making a sound decision. The long and the short are that I ended up spending a huge bundle of money. Needless to say, the results were anything but satisfactory. I was so angry, frustrated, and disappointed by the way they looked and the whole process that I couldn't bear to even look at them. Everytime I'd see the box of prints in my studio it would stand as thick reminder of yet another on of my misbegotten artmaking failures...until yesterday.
As someone who is committed to recycling, regenerating, and reinventing things it suddenly occurred to that there might be life in those dead prints of mine after all.
Armed with a pair of scissors I decided to make some major alterations. I decided to cut the prints into strips and then weave and reassemble them back together again. In short the were.... well, you decide.

House Band

House Band
Originally uploaded by jonathanfranklin65

This is obviously a painting. It is oil painted on canvas, somewhat abstract, and very colorful. But check out the process of how it evolved from the very beginning to the end. I photographed it after every sitting or when there were some noticeable enough changes.

Yellow Guitar (127) 60x67

Yellow Guitar
Originally uploaded by jonathanfranklin65

I am very good at appropriating, especially from artists that I admire. In this case, I have shamelessly borrowed from Matisse. This painting literally took me years to paint so there are many layer of images that sacrificed themselves for the betterment of the picture that you now see.

Courtesans

Courtesans , originally uploaded by jonathanfranklin65.

I am new in the business and this is my first attempt at 'blogging.' Since I will probably be showcasing a bit of painting I thought I would pick something randomly like this piece, based on a pen and ink collage.