{"id":347,"date":"2012-04-01T20:28:23","date_gmt":"2012-04-01T20:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccaartists.org\/?page_id=347"},"modified":"2025-11-29T14:05:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T19:05:25","slug":"bob-dawson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ccaartists.org\/?page_id=347","title":{"rendered":"Bob Dawson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bob dawson<\/h2>\n

This painting pictures is a haunting occupation.<\/h2>\n

I often ask myself why I am doing this? And the correlative question: how will people relate to it?\u00a0 As has been stated many times in this forum, I exercise my muse in attempt to communicate.\u00a0 I paint because I have to.<\/p>\n

\u201cthe purpose of man\u2019s first speech was an address<\/p>\n

to the un-knowable\u2026\u2026his hand traced the stick<\/p>\n

through the mud to make a line before he learned<\/p>\n

how to throw the stick as a javelin.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Barnett Newman<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Why I paint what I paint is a different question, one related closely to the process of how I go about creating artwork.\u00a0 Content is everything.\u00a0 I don’t do this to create decorations.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn life\u2019s vast ocean<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Diversely we sail<\/p>\n

Reason\u2019s the boat<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But passion’s the gale\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ~Alexander Pope<\/p>\n

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The process for objective work is somewhat different than that for abstracts.\u00a0 Most often when discovering something in nature, I’ll make a mental image of it.\u00a0 This vision along with digital photographs are what i work with in the studio.\u00a0 From this I start with thumbnail drawings until I have a satisfactory composition with the values established.\u00a0\u00a0 Then I do a study in various media, most often in watercolor.\u00a0 Each step along the way is combined with lots of looking and meditation.\u00a0 For important works this can take weeks.\u00a0 If I’m still inspired, I move on to the final version.\u00a0 More changes take place.\u00a0 Things often go wrong, leading to radical changes.\u00a0 During this process of creatrion and destruction my intuition must be closely monitored.\u00a0 It doesn’t always pay to cling to the original mental image or you’ll never see what’s worth saving.\u00a0 I learned this lesson long ago.<\/p>\n

For abstract paintings the process is different.. The end result that they have content is still the goal.\u00a0 The chaos of intuitive searching comes 1st.\u00a0 Knowing when to stop, to look, to study and to meditate is very essential.\u00a0 Sometime during these splashy beginnings, the paintings might start to tell me what to do next.\u00a0 To be able to communicate with it, you’ve got to be able to really see it!<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0“……….it’s because people have no idea how to look<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0that they hardly\u00a0 ever understand”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Pierre Bonnard<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Eventually I’ll intervene to give it stronger graphic impact, composition, color and unity.\u00a0 parts of the painting that don’t seem to work are often eliminated.\u00a0 Experiments\/studies are done to try out color or texture.\u00a0 The process of painting, looking and meditation continues while searching for the intangible.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “Behold!\u00a0 I do not give lectures on a little charity.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When I give, I give myself”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Walt Whitman<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Every day is a new beginning.\u00a0 Hiking further and further afield for images which stir my inner-most being and cause me to want to bring them into the light.<\/p>\n

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