2012 Canvas
Last modified: January 10, 2013
Canvas provided a departure from a watercolor paper dominated 2012. Canvas offered another texture, another sensibility, other options and limitations. Canvas feels right whenever it is being worked in its own expressive realm. Anders is the willing servant.
On Our Third Day Out Again, Again and Again … 8-30-12.
Repetition was becoming annoying, 20 x 16 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.
She Was of Aware of a Clear and Present Stranger … 8-13-12.
There was a smell in the water, 20 x 16 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.
Pursuing labor Saving Devices … 7-29-12.
What could be wrong with more leisure? 20 x 16 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.
Organic Consequences Driven by Human Nature … 7-27-12.
Drive slow and smoothly, fat chance, 20 x 16 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.
Replication Implications and Selections … 7-25-12
Discerning rhythm and rhyme, 20 x 16 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.
Sailing Without A Vessel … 7-20-12.
Warnings on the winds swirled all about, 11 x 14 inches, acrylics-canvas.
Mama E. Has a Toothache… completed 12-19-12.
It feels better than a hive of angry bee stings, 20 x 16 inches, acrylics-canvas.
Reginald After Mid-Terms… completed 12-17-12.
Who cares if he doesn't intend to graduate? 20 x 16 inches, acrylics-canvas.
All Departures Are Delayed… completed 12-16-12.
Did there have to be reasons why it was? 20 x 16 inches, acrylics-canvas.
Six Friends Turn Bad… 12-15-12.
Their neighborhood club became a gang, 20 x 16 inches, acrylics-canvas.
The Well Traveled Roads Always Ends… 12-14-12.
Something about getting there was... 14 x 11 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.
The Leader Was In a Hurry… 12-13-12.
There was only so much to listen too, 14 x 11 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.
All Arrivals Are Cancelled… 12-12-12.
Could it have come at a worse-better time? 20 x 16 inches, acrylics-canvas.
Aphrodite Has a Headache… 12-10-12.
There was no party tonight under the moon, 20 x 16 inches, acrylics-canvas.
Hercules is Nursing a Hang Nail… 12-8-12.
He cancelled today's feats of strength, 20 x 16 inches, acrylics-canvas.
Cleopatra Missed her Scheduled Tanning Session… 12-6-12.
The pasty look was out - bronzed was in, 20 x 16 inches, acrylics-canvas.
A Surprising Rebound… 12-4-12.
It was unexpected and against the odds, 20 x 16 inches, acrylics-canvas.
Armada Sailing to the Nearest Exit… 12-3-12.
The memorial was stolen by non-believers, 20 x 16 inches, acrylics-canvas.
Second Chances Can Be as Good as Gold … 11-27-12.
Don't look a gift opportunity in the id, 14 x 11 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.
Princess of the Mists … completed 11-15-12.
It was a matter of birth and human nature, 20 x 16 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.
Enlightenment Considered … completed 11-6-12.
Concepts are worth reconsidering, 14 x 11 inches & detail, acrylic-canvas.
Land of Much Fires and Scarce Water … 8-31-12, in progress, detail
This painting will be completed in September, 24 by 36 inches, acrylic-canvas.
Perpetual Motion Monitors … 7-19-12.
For every action there is an equal and, 20 x 16 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.
Sleeping Gladiator and Imaginary Friend … 7-18-12.
Dream with both enemies & friends, 14 x 11 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.
Surveying Spiritual Steps … 7-17-12.
Appeasement does not come easy , 14 x 11 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.
Organic Mouthpiece … completed 7-8-12.
From beyond the Twilight Zone, 14 x 11 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.
No One to Talk To … completed 7-7-12.
Vacations spots come and go with the time, 11 x 14 inches, acrylics-canvas.
Todays are Todays – For Todays … completed 6-15-12.
Just when we finally had time to think, 10 x 8 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.
Tomorrow is Tomorrow – Not Today … completed 6-12-12.
The line for renewal was too long to wait, 10 x 8 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.
Irvine the Tormented … completed 6-12-12.
All those years, all those expensive lessons, 10 x 8 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.
Rascal The Improbable … completed 6-11-12.
Chew, chew, chew, all day, all night 10 x 8 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.
Waiting for the Power Transmission Lines … completed 6-10-12.
A new age was beyond the bending river, 8 x10 inches, acrylics-canvas.
Yesterday is Yesterday – Not Today … completed 6-10-12.
There was no need to give up hope, 10 x 8 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.
We Are Consumed by Personal Riddles … completed 6-9-12.
Advertising makes the world go roundly consumeristic, 8 x10 inches, acrylics-canvas.
Visiting Flowers as Climatic Change Statements Revisited … completed 5-6-12.
And if the assumptions are wrong?, 24 x 20 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas,
We Saw the Lights … completed 4-06-12.
Seven days out and we could see the city, 10 x 8 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.
Listening – Waiting – Listening … completed 4-05-12.
If it wasn't for us what then who, what, why? 8 x 10 inches, acrylics-canvas.
Fox Whole Rhumbas … completed 4-04-12.
Danger came with every move, every wish, 8 x 10 inches, acrylics-canvas.
We Fell Where We Fall … completed 4-04-12.
So much for balancing truth & justice, 10 x 8 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.
Against the Wall … completed 4-03-12.
They say the sky has eyes and a memory, 8 x 10 inches, acrylics-canvas.
Don’t Ask if You Don’t Have Answers … completed 4-03-12.
Some times it doesn't pay to pay, 10 x 8 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.
Power to the Powers … completed 4-01-12.
There were no succession rules, 10 x 8 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.
strong>Monorovia After the Seige … completed 3-18-12.
Getting nowhere, slowly, without a compass, 11 x 14 inches, acrylic-canvas.
The Hike … completed 3-12-12.
It was another day of following the leader, 11 x 14 inches, acrylic-canvas.
They Didn’T Tell Me it Was a Secret … completed 2-8-12.
It all turned on their lacking hope 10 x 8 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.
Mr. Magoo’s Daydream … completed 2-8-12.
The Daydreamer leading the blind, 10 x 8 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.
Let Us Agree Tomorrow … completed 2-7-12.
If only there was an only there, 10 x 8 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.
An Endangered Moment … completed 2-7-12.
The path was overtaken by shadows, 10 x 8 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.
All That Was Left … completed 2-6-12.
They didn't say anything about this, 10 x 8 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.
Monster Man Eating Big Storm … completed 2-6-12.
You don't read about this online everyday, 8 x 10 inches, acrylics-canvas.
We Understood Little That Was Being Said … completed 2-5-12.
We heard to dress warm for twenty tears, 10 x 8 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.
We Waited Until We Couldn’t Wait … completed 2-5-12.
If we only knew now what we did then, 10 x 8 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.
Fox Hole Rumba … 2-4-12, in progress
Looking for a bridge to cross without a clue, 10 x 8 inches, acrylics canvas.
Here are small paintings that tell big stories of the Human Condition in action.
To see more of this new series in progress visit The We Paintings.
©2012 Anders Tomlinson, all rights reserved.
