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| Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. 1945-1980 Moved to Europe 1980 In 1983 I moved to Denmark and purchased a home and studio on the shores of Limfjord . Professional Painter since 1983. My paintings are mostly Abstract Expressionistic in nature and are based on landscape and figurative studies. They are also based on my subconscious, involuntary gestures. Following both what I imagine and what the painting has to say about it's self. |
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I'll have to think, just happened here when i heard someone was leaving.
too bad the reasons...you shouldn't let all that bother you, in this day and age that is nothing.
so much crap you have to get used to
I'm a 3rd generations skandi, my dad a full blood swede, I'm from Venice so that makes me 2nd 3rd whatever
either way...wish i knew ya when you were here
so I wish you the best and will check out your work.
be well
Mark Erickson
--
NO DESOLATION: New Orleans After Katrina
a book of photo collaborations of La Nouvelle-Orléans
[link]
Polaroids & Sci Fi - Graphics & Wanderings
[link]
I did try the SF Art Institute, but
that must have been way before your time (1962)
Thanks for your thoughts, just time for me to
say no to the overwhelming commercialization
of ART on the web. I pay for bandwidth too
and my environment effects my ART. It (my subconcious) does
not need to be assaulted hourly with greed and
blatant disregard a minimum of civility in the
quest for greater commercial success.
Time for myself to back off, and say no to being
a part of the great grinding wheel of commerce.
I'm one of the lucky ones that have come to a point
in life where I do not have to bastardize my work in
hopes of gain.....
Thaks again for your thoughts
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My web site [link]
I see that post semi abstract expressionist thing in your work. Have you always painted this way. ever tried anything different.
For 10 years i was a photo realist.
Then got bored with that and started again doing more POp abstraction.
My grandmother in NYC studied with Hans Hoffman and Franz Kline and from that when i was a kid it stuck in my head. But all that now seems so done and old.
I can see all you say,but i have always lived in major US cities of art.
I never let that shit get in my way.
Paint is the deal and the rest are the times we live in.
Once they let the cat out of the bag, no one will ever get it back it.
Wish you the best in paint and life
will keep an eye out with what you do over time.
Don't get too comfortable, push the envelope from time to time.
best from the wet west coast of oblivion
Mark
--
NO DESOLATION: New Orleans After Katrina
a book of photo collaborations of La Nouvelle-Orléans
[link]
Polaroids & Sci Fi - Graphics & Wanderings
[link]
Yes I tried most of the ways to lay the paint down
including Photo Realism. Problem I have is that
I choose to live an isolated life in countryside.
So given that choose, I follow my own thoughts
and wishes and will never be *on the cutting edge*.
I used to keep in touch trough magazines, but the art
seemed so far from my traditional studio life that
I gave up trying to *keep up*. And I decided early that
realism was a cheap trick to cater to the mind of the viewer.
I only wish to paint and see my own egocentric self on my canvases
I think an artist can easily lose his/her way by being
too *clued in*. De Kooning for example. I dislike his later
works, and I'm sure it's because he wanted to *stay relevant*.
I prefer the Cezanne model of the artist in isolation perfecting
his own vision. Cezanne of course used the impressionist contempary
model as a starting point, but then left them all behind to develope
the roots of abstraction and color.
Whatever makes up the individual should be *on the canvas* without the
distortion of concious pandering to the art world.....and that's
a road that's hard to follow, we all want to be liked, it's human.
Thanks you for the kind wishes...........I'll be fine......and covered in paint
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My web site [link]
I grew up in distinctly different atmospheres.
Art and my dad's military side. So we lived all over the world.
Now I find myself in a huge warehouse in Oakland waiting for the rain to stop.
a true movie plot.
Cezanne, Matisse and old wild Bill Dekooning still does it for me.
Dekooning is one of my favorites. Those 40s - 60s works were simply sublime. His long time boozing did not help at all.
His last works were fairly distracted by his illnesses. I met Elaine Dekooning at SFAI at a lecture. What a gal. She kept saying Bill this Bill that. We were all enthralled students even though we were not. Think I was maybe 30ish. I lit maybe 6 of her cigarettes that eve as we all got her to go down to North Beach for a few drinks with some higher ups from the Institute.
All interesting times.
Well paint calls...gonna work till the rain stops then head into the city for a meet-up at an old hangout
wishing you the best in paint and solitude
we all could use it these days
'best...covered in paint...good one 2
Mark
--
NO DESOLATION: New Orleans After Katrina
a book of photo collaborations of La Nouvelle-Orléans
[link]
Polaroids & Sci Fi - Graphics & Wanderings
[link]
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