Abstract Art : modern art

July 15, 2013

New Art on My Website

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I just put six new paintings on my art website. I finished them a couple of weeks ago, but it always takes a while before I get around to scanning or photogaphing them, sizing them in photoshop, and finally using Dreamweaver to insert them into my web pages.

I put every new painting in three places on my website: (1) in my gallery of new paintings, (2) in a catalog of square, horizontal, or vertical paintings, and (3) in my listing of all unsold original paintings. I try to make it as easy as possible for people to find what they are looking for.

Here are two of the new paintings:

Modern Art 35, 24" x 24" acrylic on canvas.

Modern Art 39, 24" x 24" acrylic on canvas.

Jul 15, 2013 1:00:00 PM | abstract art, abstract paintings, modern art, modern painting

July 01, 2013

Hanging Americana Winery & Cafe Exhibit Today

I'll be hanging an exhibit of new as well as older paintings at the Americana Winery and Cafe today. The cafe has smaller spaces for hanging, so I'll be showing paintings that are 16" x 20" and 20" x 20" in that space. Here are a couple:

Modern Art Fifteen, 16" x 20" acrylic on canvas.

Modern Art Thirty-Seven, 20" x 20" acrylic on canvas.

I'm also hanging some much larger pieces in the winery tasting room, where the ceilings are high and there is plenty of wall space. Several of these paintings have deep reds, which look better in real life than they show in a photograph:

The Knife Cuts, The Petal Falls, 48" x 48" acrylic on canvas.

Cliff Dwelling Two, 48" x 48" acrylic on canvas.

My daughter will be helping with the hanging, so it should go smoothly. I'm bringing my tool box, measuring tape, and lots of extras that might be needed, just in case.

Next time I'll post photos of the exhibit hanging.

Jul 1, 2013 1:00:00 PM | art exhibit, modern art, modern painting

May 10, 2013

Today's Featured Painting: Modern Art Three

MODERN ART THREE

At play in the languid sun.

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May 10, 2013 11:30:00 AM | modern art

March 25, 2013

Six New Abstract Paintings Are Now On My Website

There's always a lag between making an abstract painting and getting it up on my website. I usually do groups of four to eight before I think about it. First, it takes time before I'm sure the paintings are finished. Then, I make sure the sides, top and bottom are painted to match the front image.

The next step is to scan each painting on my Epson high resolution scanner. I scan the paintings in sections, and use "photomerge" in PhotoShop to knit the images together. After editing, I have a high-resolution image file from which my giclee prints are made.

Recently I added six paintings to the new paintings gallery on my website. Here are two:

Modern Art Nineteen, 20" x 20" acrylic on canvas.

Modern Art Twenty-One, 20" x 20" acrylic on canvas.

Mar 25, 2013 1:00:00 PM | abstract paintings, Giclee Prints, modern art

January 05, 2010

Six New Abstract Paintings on Canvas Available on Website

I finally got around to adding my six newest abstract paintings on canvas to my website. It seemed to take me a long time to finish this group of 48" x 48" canvases, but I was working on paper paintings as well, so I wasn't all that unproductive:

Foothold on the Pinnacle

The Knife Cuts The Petal Falls

Jan 5, 2010 11:10:16 AM | abstract painting, modern art

November 27, 2009

Article in Auburn Citizen re "Abstract Design"

The Auburn Citizen newspaper recently had an article on "Abstract Design" about my exhibit and that of quiltmaker Sjoukje Schipstra, titled "Abstract Design a Thing of Beauty for Artists." They took most of their information from my artist's biography, but one line they didn't is: "Although understanding and viewing abstract art may be difficult, even new viewers can enjoy Taetzsch's large, colorful paintings."

More pics from exhibit:

That's me holding a glass of white wine.

The large limited edition giclee print on canvas is of Summer Traveler.

Modern Art Three and Modern Art Four.

Nov 27, 2009 1:59:00 PM | Abstract art, abstract design, modern art

November 25, 2009

"Patterns In Abstract Art" - Pics from Museum Exhibit

We are back from our trip to California and slowly getting over jet-lag. Yesterday my brother-in-law Jim Kirsner gave me a cd of the photos he took of my exhibit, "Patterns in Abstract Art" at the Cayuga Museum. Here are a couple:

Modern Art series & In Field on right.

Abstract Patterns series and Sound and Fury Two

Nov 25, 2009 11:23:11 AM | Abstract art, Cayuga Museum, modern art

September 10, 2009

Completed canvas: "Modern Art - Foothold on a Pinnacle"

After applying some final touches on this canvas, I was ready to name it: "Modern Art - Foothold on a Pinnacle."

Foothold on the Pinnacle, 48" x 48"

After this, I am moving on to a new group of colors as an antidote to the reds and oranges.

Sep 10, 2009 1:01:00 PM | modern art

April 01, 2009

ECKHART TOLLE ON "MODERN ART"

I've been reading Eckhart Tolle's The Power of Now, which I cannot praise enough. However, one paragraph about "modern art" surprised me:

Because we live in such a mind-dominated culture, most modern art, architecture, music, and literature are devoid of beauty, of inner essence, with very few exceptions. The reason is that the people who create those things cannot--even for a moment--free themselves from their mind. So they are never in touch with that place within where true creativity and beauty arises. The mind left to itself creates monstrosities, and not only in art galleries. Look at our urban landscapes and industrial wastelands. No civilization has ever produced so much ugliness. -- p. 98

In my own experience, visual art, music, and literature have been a means of transcendence and a refuge from the noise and ugliness of daily living. It is when I am creating art that I am most "out of my busy mind" and present in the "now." This is why reading such a paragraph was a shock to me.

Certainly we can find ugliness in the arts just as we can in the rest of our contemporary world, but being present with a painting, a piece of music, or a work of literature often provides a pathway out of our ego-dominated minds and into the peace of Being. I hope Eckhart will reconsider his judgment.

Apr 1, 2009 8:00:00 AM | modern art

March 02, 2009

Revisiting a "finished" abstract painting

I had signed and titled seven canvases in my "modern art" series, but as I was reviewing them, I decided no. 6 didn't look quite finished:

Modern Art Six, 40" x 40"

I began by filling in some of the whirlpool-like centers, mixing the acrylic paint with water and gloss medium. I didn't want to fill in all the shapes, but to leave the background showing through in places. Here's what I had at the end of the session: