This is the Five Elements painting for Fire.
It is the third painting in the series commissioned by my son, Sensei Joshua Copson for his martial arts studio, The Blue Dragon Dojang.
Fire represents power, intention, endurance, passion, and the indomitable spirit. Furthermore, Fire teaches us to harness power, and build the endurance needed to use it.
The shapes […]
This is the second in the Five Elements series commissioned by my son, Sensei Joshua Copson for his martial arts studio, The Blue Dragon Dojang.
Water represents the fluid, flowing things in the world. Water teaches us to flow in our movements, find the supple center of balance and become flexible in […]
Earlier in 2017, I accepted a commission from my son, Sensei Joshua Copson, a 4th-degree black belt, to create a series of five paintings for his martial arts studio, The Blue Dragon Dojang.
He has developed Five Fold Way framework for martial arts instruction. These paintings embody the progress in their spiritual studies of his Oh Do Kwan students. […]
Xanadu Gallery of Scottsdale, Arizona has selected my recent painting Soul Mates #7 for the cover of their latest catalog and prominently on their homepage.
Xanadu Gallery is all about selecting outstanding and eclectic artwork. In the legendary city of Xanadu (from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem) Kubla Kahn gathered the finest art and treasures from the […]
By popular demand (Joe Popular of Nyack, NY demanded it), I am making my recent painting, Soul Mates #7, available as a reproduction for affordable purchase by the rabid fans of The Mindstream, the up and coming prog-pop/space-blues/rock musicians that commissioned their debut album cover art from me.
I am happy to make these reproductions […]
Sometimes the internet works to bring about serendipitous connections and even cross-promotions.
A while ago, I commented on a video posted on Facebook for the emerging band The Mindstream. Their lyrics held similar sentiments to my thoughts about my series of artworks about real and imagined Soul Mates.
They, in turn, liked my art and likewise saw the connection and so commissioned […]
Did I slip into a parallel universe? I woke up today and things have changed. Apparently I have a cat.
And a teenage granddaughter living with me.
Too many cars in my driveway. My studio building has been converted into a rental property and people are living there – my daughter and family. They’ve got dogs and puppies. Do […]
The move to the new studio is complete and a blank canvas beckons.
I may have had the vision already and maybe it is yet to come as I work, but every new canvas is an intimidating invitation to creativity.
And not just a blank canvas but also a freshly painted wall and pristine floor.
I am hesitating to get […]
It’s not a big secret that I get inspiration from astronomical pictures from the Hubble Space Telescope and even use them liberally in my digital collage prints. (It’s all ok. They are paid for by tax dollars and therefore in the public domain.)
I guess we all reach an age when simplification, consolidation and downsizing is an appropriate energy dynamic to step into.
I’m a little wary of that because I want to continue expanding my awareness and artistic vision and building new neuro-networks in my aging brain.
None the less, I have decided to give up my studio building and convert […]
I tend to think my paintings are more cerebral and spiritual than emotional, but here is one that embodies a bit more of my current emotional state than usual. Sometimes you cross a line and just can’t go back – no matter whether that threshold is physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual.
This painting’s effects produced 80% by toothbrush, 15% airbrush, 5% […]
These swirling vortexes of red, yellow, and blue exploit a common cliché for making variations on a theme. Here I am follow a tradition in printmaking of bundling similarly themed work into suites.
Better together. Installation view of Red, Yellow, Blue […]
Follow the progression as this painting unfolds from blank canvas to finished artwork.
Mixed Media on Canvas
24 x 30 x 1.5 inches
Inyo is a Paiute word for “where dwells the Great Spirit.”
At a time of personal crisis, the context for my artwork was gifted to me by the higher spirits on a three-day fasting Vision Quest in the Inyo National Forest in the high desert of California.
Up there alone in the mountains, I was impressed by […]
Yeah! Another completed painting. This is turning into a productive year. Here for your enjoyment, contemplation, and perusal is the finished painting that I showed in progress a few weeks ago.
The geometry of the nothingness of space can be described mathematically as an infinite tetrahedral array which weaves the fabric upon which ordinary matter builds the structures […]
In the rush to announce the winning entry earlier this week, I neglected to say anything about why I picked “Fibonacci’s Eye”.
Fibonacci was a 13th-century mathematician that popularized the system of written numbers that we use today. He is probably best known now among Sacred Geometry aficionados.
I use many spirals in my artwork and […]
I’m pleased to announce that “Fibonacci’s Eye” submitted by Peter Lyle is selected from almost 50 entries to win the print.
Peter submitted his suggestion on my Facebook page You can see all the suggestions there.
Thanks, Peter, for the great title and to everyone else that made suggestions!
I know I want this to be one of my triangle based paintings. Here I am trying to decide how I want to orient the triangle. That’s a piece of paper I am holding in front of the canvas that enables me to better visualize various alignments.
Sometimes I know before I start a painting what it will […]
Sometimes the hardest part in creating art is coming up with a good title that is engaging and gives insight into my process or invites contemplation. I’m looking for fresh titles.
So…
Give your ideas for a title for this print. The winner is entirely up to me and will receive a free print provided they have a domestic USA […]
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