Books, Books and more Books

 

I always like doing book-themed work and my latest series is using various ink and book-shaped rubber stamps. 

While still keeping myself informed, I also have cut way back on news, especially the mainstream, compliant, corporate media.  I have stopped watching almost all TV news.  And the good news is more time to read books.  BOOKS!   Keeping reading and stay sane.

Reading while Painting

I almost never make art in silence.   There is always music playing in the background, unless I stream television and/or read.  Read?  Well, to be exact, I read by listening to audio books.   While I am working on my Chaekgeori-inspired series and painting books — listening to audio books seems appropriate.

I am not sure the books I listen to influence the actual works of art.  But something does happen after spending hours working on a painting and listening to a book at the same time.   There is some art I have done that, for me, will always have an association with what I was listening to at the time.

This latest painting of another artist’s shelves and workspace will forever be linked with Paul Binding’s The Stranger from the Sea.  There is nothing like getting lost in an engaging tale while absorbed in the minute details of pens, pencils and paint brushes.  

Stay Home, Make Art, Read Art Books – Day 30

Today has been more of an art maintenance day, labelling and varnishing some finished pieces.  Time to take a break and enjoy some of the books in my vast art library (this is just a sample).