Comments on: Cross Pollination at Green Space http://fredhatt.com/blog/2009/08/12/cross-pollination-at-green-space/ by Fred Hatt Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:38:22 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: fred http://fredhatt.com/blog/2009/08/12/cross-pollination-at-green-space/comment-page-1/#comment-1090 fred Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:43:18 +0000 http://fredhatt.com/blog/?p=568#comment-1090 The psychedelic aesthetic definitely had its effect on my development. I was a kid in the '60's, and although I was growing up in Oklahoma, where the local culture was more "Okie from Muskogee" than "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", my dad subscribed to Avant Garde magazine and Evergreen Review, so for me the trippy hippie style was quite appealingly exotic. The psychedelic aesthetic definitely had its effect on my development. I was a kid in the ’60′s, and although I was growing up in Oklahoma, where the local culture was more “Okie from Muskogee” than “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”, my dad subscribed to Avant Garde magazine and Evergreen Review, so for me the trippy hippie style was quite appealingly exotic.

]]> By: Jim in Alaska http://fredhatt.com/blog/2009/08/12/cross-pollination-at-green-space/comment-page-1/#comment-1089 Jim in Alaska Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:38:43 +0000 http://fredhatt.com/blog/?p=568#comment-1089 I don't see the cubism influence, Fred, but we each bring our own history/likes/conceptions to a viewing. If I were to sum your work in a single phrase, to tell someone to check you out, I'd call it sumi-e on acid. Obviously I prefer Sengaii to Duchamp & bring that viewpoint when saying to myself; "Damn, Fred does good work!" :-) I don’t see the cubism influence, Fred, but we each bring our own history/likes/conceptions to a viewing. If I were to sum your work in a single phrase, to tell someone to check you out, I’d call it sumi-e on acid. Obviously I prefer Sengaii to Duchamp & bring that viewpoint when saying to myself; “Damn, Fred does good work!” :-)

]]> By: Lori http://fredhatt.com/blog/2009/08/12/cross-pollination-at-green-space/comment-page-1/#comment-1087 Lori Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:08:53 +0000 http://fredhatt.com/blog/?p=568#comment-1087 Ah, I think your previous post must have been subconscious in the back of my head. I like cubism because the multi-dimentional approach should -- by virtue of the fact that you are seeing several "takes" of the same thing, i.e., the same image repeated, but slightly differently each time -- offer you a much richer, deeper view of that image. Ah, I think your previous post must have been subconscious in the back of my head. I like cubism because the multi-dimentional approach should — by virtue of the fact that you are seeing several “takes” of the same thing, i.e., the same image repeated, but slightly differently each time — offer you a much richer, deeper view of that image.

]]> By: fred http://fredhatt.com/blog/2009/08/12/cross-pollination-at-green-space/comment-page-1/#comment-1082 fred Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:31:08 +0000 http://fredhatt.com/blog/?p=568#comment-1082 Thank you, Lori. The "comb" effect you asked about on the ink drawings is done with a fan brush. I think the traditional use of the fan brush is to use it dry over oil paint for blending or feathering. But it makes various interesting expressive paint effects. Bob Ross of "The Joy of Painting" used the fan brush to make trees. With ink, it makes a single line if used on the side, and when the brush rotates towards flat, the line spreads into multiple parallel lines. In the last paragraph of the previous post, "Time and Line", I related some of what I'm doing to cubism. It's interesting because I never really loved the cubist paintings, but I thought the ideas behind the cubist movement were interesting, and I think they have influenced me in a way. Thank you, Lori. The “comb” effect you asked about on the ink drawings is done with a fan brush. I think the traditional use of the fan brush is to use it dry over oil paint for blending or feathering. But it makes various interesting expressive paint effects. Bob Ross of “The Joy of Painting” used the fan brush to make trees. With ink, it makes a single line if used on the side, and when the brush rotates towards flat, the line spreads into multiple parallel lines.

In the last paragraph of the previous post, “Time and Line”, I related some of what I’m doing to cubism. It’s interesting because I never really loved the cubist paintings, but I thought the ideas behind the cubist movement were interesting, and I think they have influenced me in a way.

]]> By: Lori http://fredhatt.com/blog/2009/08/12/cross-pollination-at-green-space/comment-page-1/#comment-1081 Lori Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:49:38 +0000 http://fredhatt.com/blog/?p=568#comment-1081 Fred, these are some of my favorites so far on your blog! I love the color AND movement, as both set the mind and heart racing. Some questions - did use some sort of comb to create "Cross-Pollination" 2 & 3? I've not seen this before... Also -- and I've seen you use this practice before on works posted in your blog -- do you think that your practice of "turn[ing] the paper to different orientations while working, so if you look at them from different angles you may be able to pick out recognizable body parts" is similar to the concept of cubism-- showing the subject from several viewpoints? How do you think your process is similar or different? Love it, by the way! Fred, these are some of my favorites so far on your blog! I love the color AND movement, as both set the mind and heart racing. Some questions – did use some sort of comb to create “Cross-Pollination” 2 & 3? I’ve not seen this before… Also — and I’ve seen you use this practice before on works posted in your blog — do you think that your practice of “turn[ing] the paper to different orientations while working, so if you look at them from different angles you may be able to pick out recognizable body parts” is similar to the concept of cubism– showing the subject from several viewpoints? How do you think your process is similar or different? Love it, by the way!

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