Paintings from 2021

It has been said that art is about evoking an emotional response. The artist creates items, situations, and events that are born from their insides, their guts, their unarticulated thoughts, their pre-emoted emotions, and present them to others possibly to have someone express agreement, sympathy, or just an acknowledgment that they, too, have experienced. Through this process of agreement, our perception of reality is manifest. With this in mind I present my work in the hopes that others will see, agree, and confirm my own emotional response to what I experience as I navigate this life.

Dream landscape. Acrylic on paper, 2021 © Stuart Dummit.

This is a little 9″ x 11″ acrylic painting on paper. I love the atmosphere and color of this one.

Seated figure. Acrylic on canvas. 2021 © Stuart Dummit.

About 24″ x 32″ this is one of my favorites. I doubt if it will ever leave the nest. But I could be wrong. The colors and textures and, again, the atmosphere are key.

New Ambient Series for the Days of Isolation

Finding Bones on the Moon

I have started playing with recording not necessarily “lo-fi” music, but audio using tools I have or which cost next to nothing. Here is a piece in progress being made using Apple’s Garage Band. Pretty basic stuff, but there are some real possibilities here. Take a listen – headphones help to hear some of the nice round bass notes and the sweet panning and timber tricks. No high end mixing, editing, no EQ work or mastering. Let me know what you think.

©2018 Stuart Dummit – Recorded at DEStudios, Sacramento, CA

in progress…where do I go from here?

Untitled. ©2018 Stuart Dummit 16″ x 20′ acrylic on canvas

A painting in progress….not sure where to go from here since the original intent has been altered by the process of making the picture. I do these things and there isn’t a big, deeply meaningful motivational driving force. I don’t know… what do you think?

Pop-up Exhibition at the Verge

Had a fantastic experience with the Verge Center for the Arts here in Sacramento, and a pop-up exhibition featuring some of my work along with the work of Jason Clark. There was a screening of the bio-pic “Tom of Finland” and a showing of photos, paintings and multimedia works, and some fantastic conversations and meaningful interactions. Here are just a few of the images from the event.

The crowd prior to the screening of “Tom of Finland.”

Artist Jason Clark in front of some of his work.

Fernando and Mike – they set up the event and ran the bar. Awesome men.

Artist Jason Clark addressing the crowd.

Me, Arianna (Gallery Director,) Jason (artist,) and Ronn (Sacramento Valley Leathermen organizer.)

Some attendees in front of a few of my photos.

More of the amazing crowd.

Artists Stuart Dummit and Jason Clark.

So many thanks to Arianna and the crew at the Verge Center for the Arts, artist Jason Clark, organizer Ronn Darwin, Fernando, Mike, and all of the people who came out and made the event a success. Thank you!

All images ©2018 Stuart Dummit.

Vessel 1

 

Back to painting for me. 16 x 20 inches, acrylic on canvas, produced in Sacramento, CA in May of 2018,  This is based on a small watercolor painting I did some years ago. You can see some major and minor changes in design and coloration, but the basics are there. I will probably continue to work with this basic imagery. There is a post-cubist element to the construction and design, and an attention to color application and, in the case of the new work, a painterly approach.  I would love to hear comments on the images – what impact do they have on you?

 

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all images ©2018 Stuart Dummit

just a dot

 

It has been a while. I’m still here. I still make stuff. I am happy, I am sad. I am like this drawing; I exist as individual dots that, when seen from a distance, seem to imply a coherent whole, but, in fact, there are only individual, isolated dots. And what do they imply? A dot. An implied dot.

Just one, single, implied dot.

 

 

 

 

from the archives

This photo is from earlier this year, but it certainly is in the spirit of the recent series. There is an element to the implication of tall boots hidden by pant legs that is often interesting. How tall are the boots and can you tell when the top is hidden? Look. Can you see the top edge of the boot under the denim or cotton of his pants? Is it because the fabric is loose, or are his leg muscles pushing against the shaft of the boot and the material forcing the mouth of the boot to be visible? When you can’t see the top of the boot, could it be because it is tall enough to not be seen below the knee? How thick is the leather, how close to the leg does it fit?

Belted Wescos

All images ©2017 Stuart Dummit

The project continues. A theme emerges.

Belted Wescos I, II, III

iPhone 6 – Snapseed, Photoshop, Lightroom

as things change

Things are changing. I have relocated to Sacramento and I now consider this home. I am doubling down on my efforts to do the things I want and to succeed in all of these efforts.

©2017 Stuart Dummit