February; Out Of The Dark Night Into The Light

Or As Hurc Might Say . . . ”OLYMPIAAAAAAAAA . . . !”

40” x 32” x 1/2” acrylic on stretched canvas by John R Redmond

Hello Everyone,

Late January is passed and now we here in Canada are zooming out of the darkness into the light.  Olympic games are cheering folks and I decided to do some paintings as an antidote to the cabin-fever-daze.


The Galerie 240, Ottawa show ‘Looking Back’ which features some of my paintings is still up and available for viewing.  You can see more about that toward the end of this posting or head back to earlier postings.


First I prepared two 40” x 32” x 1/2” pre-primed canvases with layers of white textured undercoating then I applied the fluid acrylic colour.  A brush rarely touches the canvas.  I dribble, spatter, and  spray pour the colour and allow the fluid motion of the waterborne paint to be my technique.  Sometimes I move the canvas around to let the paint flow in a manner that pleases me.  Occasionally I will soak up some water with cloth of tissue.  I react to what happens on the canvas and add layers of colour as the situation moves me.  Mine is a planned spontaneity.  Things happen on the canvas accidentally on purpose.


This piece has a landscape look.



Detail of 40” x 32” x 1/2” abstract acrylic painting  on stretched canvas by John R Redmond

























Detail of 40” x 32” x 1/2” abstract acrylic painting  on stretched canvas by John R Redmond


Below are lyrics to a song I wrote in late 2007.  Perhaps it will help you to roll out of the February northern night.


Out of the light
Into the black night
With fearless life
Roll on light of dawn
We were long before you shone
Flowing field, enraptured dream
Fathomless, edgeless, mysterious stream
Long...
Out of the light
Into the black night
With fearless life
Together we dance, together we fly
Together we laugh, laugh at the sky
Tetherless possessions to bind
Rock free forever; cradle mind
We . . .
Out of the light
Into the black night
With fearless life










Ten thousand faces, crowded direction
Salut the tree of our reflection
Gypsy vision strumming a world play
Footprint in silence, trekking a fire way
Salut . . .
Out of the light
Into the black night
With fearless life


 

 
 

Detail of 40” x 32” x 1/2” abstract acrylic painting  on stretched canvas by John R Redmond

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40” x 32” x 1/2” acrylic on stretched canvas by John R Redmond

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Looking Forward ‘Looking Back’

The new show at Galerie 240  opened in early January 2010.  I’ll post some photos of the Vernissage in a near future blog posting.



One of Tom Wilson’s paintings is ‘Looking Back’ with three of my 72” x 30” x 1/2” panels.


‘Looking Back’

Artists whose work will be on display

include;
Tom Wilson, John R Redmond,
Debabrata Murkerji. Jeanne Wilkinson,
Eamon, Karl Ciesluk, Leona Brown,
Banna M Khalesi, Zdravko Jolic,
Matthew Kennedy, Brenda Gale Warner.

The show at Galerie 240 located in the market area of downtown Ottawa runs through mid- March 2010.

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Click on the Galerie 240 link to read more bio and info about the show. http://galerie240.com

Galerie 240
Representing fine Canadian & International Artists

For more information: 240 Guigues Avenue, Ottawa Canada K1N 5J2
613.680.0866

You will find Galerie 240 located at 240 Guigues Ave. at King Edward Ave. in the market area.  You cannot enter Guigues Ave. from King Edward.  Galerie 240 is in a house built circa 1870. Located on the South side of Guigues, it has a nice big front porch.

Below is a bird’s eye view.



Galerie 240 is in the center of the above photo. Click on the map or bird’s eye view for more map info.

Three of John R Redmond’s 72” x 30” x 1/2” acrylic paintings hanging in Galerie 240 in 2010.  Flow Motion carries on.

Meow…

Acrylic paintings by John R Redmond at Galerie 240, Ottawa
 


 

 


 

 
 




















See you at Galerie 240
or maybe on Mount Olympus,


 
 

John Redmond
Ottawa, Canada