Out of Africa
© 2005 SA Barone
Mixed Media
40"x 60"

Experimental Painting Gone Bad?

For the last few weeks I have been working sporadically on a rather large sort of experimental painting. When I first started I covered the canvas with various shades of red. All of those wonderful vibrant Cadmiums, Crimsons, Naphthols, and Alizarins. I added various colorful papers and smeared on pumice and modeling paste. I added little bits of twine and string that I found lying around. My experimental painting was beginning to shape up . Then I had the bright idea to add some darks, one thing led to another and I covered up some of the really good places on the painting. I had too many darks, so I added more lights and more texture. The painting began to look interesting again. All that paint and texture from underneath was showing through in various places. Awesome, I thought, however, I felt the piece still needed work, so I put more paint, paper and texture. To my horror the painting was now a monstrosity.

Now I was mad. I felt the only thing left for me to do was grab my largest palette knife and attack the painting with raging enthusiasm. When the smoked cleared I had more texture, more paint and it began to look like something again, but... it still needs work.

I will not quit, I will be in my studio working until I have a painting worthy to hang on any gallery wall. Then and only then will post a picture of this painting.

I refuse to believe it is a painting gone bad!

Have a wonderful day!

Untitled and Unfinished

We had our family reunion this past weekend and had a fabulous time. Lots of fun, great food and awesome cousins. Among the things I love about my cousins is the fact that they appreciate art, especially my art. Some of my cousins have bought several pieces from me over the years and a couple of them have had me do commission paintings for them. I always love it when I do a painting for someone I love; it always seems to be just a little more special than the others.

I am doing an experimental piece right now in my studio and I'm beginning to wonder if I bit off more than I could chew. I guess I'll see when I finally get it done. It has several different types of mediums all over it. Lots of texture and papers, gritty stuff, stringy stuff, paint, and more paint, I even threw in a couple of silk leaves. This is going to be one crazy painting. I really hope I like it. When I do these kinds of paintings I can never tell if I'm going to like it or not until I'm finished. Sometimes I don't start liking it until I have hung it in my house for a while and studied it for several weeks. If after that length of time and I still don't like it, well, it either gets painted over, burned in the backyard burn pile, or given away to some unsuspecting family member.

I have attached a little snippet of my new work in progress. Stay tuned for the finished product!

NEW WEBSITE IS FABULOUS!

My new website at sabarone.com is up and running and it is fabulous. Please stop by and check out my online gallery!

Here is a photo of my front page:

FIORE AZZURO

Fiore Azzuro is available for sale. Check out sabarone.com

Fiore Azzuro
© 2010 SA Barone
Acrylic on Canvas - Framed
30x30













Close Ups

LITTLE PAINTINGS ARE SO MUCH FUN!

I just posted two of the paintings I finished for the 20/20 show. They will be hung in the 20th Street Gallery in Sacramento. Sometimes, doing a lot of small paintings can be a real pain but when done they all look so great together.

One is called the Koi Pond. I used lots of paint and some orange paper that reminded me koi fish. The other painting is called The (mini) Matrix.

Have a wonderful day!

WOW! BUT IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME!

It has been such a long time since I blogged, just before the family reunion to be exact. The reunion went off without a hitch. We had so much fun it should be against the law. I can't say enough nice things about all my cousins. They are an incredible bunch of people and so are their kids.

I even sold some of my art work which was awesome. I love selling my work to people I know. That way I'm assured that each one of my paintings, which are like my children, have a very good home and will always be well taken care of.

Actually I'm painting like crazy now for three new shows. One show is 20 small paintings, and the other show I have to paint some kind food. I'm doing beets on a piano, - so fun! A friend painted eggplants sunning themselves on the beach. It's going to be a very fun show.