Attachment

Pod 11 In Progress

Babatola — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:47:38 +0000

This is “Pod 11″, a 6 Degrees Art Project piece, in progress.

Orbital, Halcyon On and On. Old School. Amen.

Stuck

Babatola — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:09:55 +0000

Things started well enough with this piece …

… and they progressed naturally enough …

… the only problem is that this last photo to the left was taken this past week and the very first one was taken this past week … in freakin’ 2009!!! Now that’s called stuck. I’m not going to get into all the details of why I think that is but the explanation amounts to just under a hill o’ beans right now. And unfortunately I am powerless to do anything about it – if I even think about attacking the thing directly my right arm goes weak. So I just keep it on the easel, stare at it, and try to act all tough about it “yea you buddy – I got your number”. But I just don’t have this paintings digits on speed dial at the moment. It is true that perhaps powerless is too dramatic a term, but there is something going on for sure. The titles I’ve had for it include: “DreamCatcher” and “Carnival/FunRide”. The title “DreamCatcher” will make almost no sense to the casual observer – me included. Second, I should never title a painting too early! That is just a big no no. It only serves as an obstacle to creative freedom – I’ve found that when I title a piece too early, my brain locks on to making the (unfinished) painting conform to it and it takes extra effort to break out of it and move forward. That, my fine people, is called Attachment. I am no longer attached to a title, but I’m left with a pretty bad and loitering painting at the moment.

There is always hope.

“Mercy (Extended Mix)” from Super8 & Tab featuring Jan Burton from the forthcoming album Empire coming out Sept 24th.

Nebulous

Babatola — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:56:47 +0000

Started this 6 Degrees Art Project piece this past weekend. It is clearly in a state of ugliness right now as is customary with these things. I’ve done about seven, 6 Degrees Art Project pieces over the last few months – each work is made up of six squares measuring about 6×6 inches each. I dig the format and I’ve been working with little squares since about March or so. But I think I’m getting to the end of my run with that size for now – I’m neglecting two pieces in progress that are 2×2 feet square – and frankly I’d like to paint something much bigger than that sooner rather than later.

But back to the present challenge at hand – this thing. Currently this nebulous composition is atrocious and on top of that some of the black lines feel like they are solidifying (translation: they aren’t going to be moved or painted over easily). I hate when that happens because it essentially means I’m committed to resolving the hand I’ve been dealt. But I shouldn’t really complain about the situation because that’s pretty much how my painting process works – the trick is being able to stay with a work in order to turn the ugly frown upside down. Haha, and with this one it could take a while…onward and upward…

From DJ hi_rez, enjoy.
July deep house/deep tech mix – “In One Hour” by david_hi_rez