2010 Masonite Panels

Some Dream of Ruins… completed 1-30-10.

This is part of the Alamos series, 36 x 48 inches, acrylics.

Building Blocks and Madonna Moment … completed 1-21-10.

Building is an Art-Tar and Madonna is from Portraits, both are 48 inches tall, acrylics.

Supreme Being and Traveler… 1-20-10, in progress.

More of the Mad Dogs and Monks, 48 x 33 inches, acrylics.

A Little Bit of Creature in Us All … 1-19-10, in progress.

Dancing Icon, 20 x 16, Waiting to Go, 48 x 36, and Revolution, 14 x 11, acrylics.

Music Maker… 1-10-10, in progress.

This piece began in 1983 and is approaching completion. 30 x 48 inches, acrylics.

Old Man in the Sky… completed 2-25-10.

Is it landscape or water scape or above or below? 36.5 x 45 inches, acrylics.

Young Man in the Sky… completed 2-24-10.

Part Art-Tar and part Jazz... 41 x 36 inches, acrylics.

Dancing Beasts … 2-19-10, nearing completion.

Dancing Beasts is related to Organic Parade, 30 x 36.5 inches, acrylics.

Organic Parade… 2-10-10, nearing completion.

The finished version of this painting was completed 5 - 06 -10, see above.

Intersnaking and Tempest in a Teapot… both completed 2-5-10.

These two works are part of the Art-Tar series, both are 48 x 30 inches.

King Fashion and Beanie Warrior… both completed 3-18-10.

Two royal members of the Mad Dogs and Monks series, 48 x 33 inches, acrylics.

Sergeant Whimsy and Bully Boss… both completed 3-10-10.

More of the Mad Dogs and Monks series, both 48 x 33 inches, acrylics.

Morning Memory and Morning Recollection… both completed 4-22-10.

A pair of winter moments, each 45 x 36.5 inches, acrylics.

Small Tempests … completed 4-18-10.

Realization, Perception and Consciousness are each 7 x 5 inches, acrylics.

In the Beginning … 5-15-10, just underway.

This is the start to a group of three, 14 x 11 inches, acrylics.

These paintings are an example of how an Anders painting begins. To see more on the starting process visit the The Process Begins post. This post – in – progress will follow these three paintings, along with others, from start to finish.

Sky Within the Cloud … completed 5-26-10.

From Softrealism series, Cloud Sky, 14 x 11 inches, and detail, acrylics.

Endgame Painting Strategy… in finishing mode.

One of 16 paintings, Profiles, 24 x 48 inches, is nearing completion, acrylics.

To see more of the finishing process for these paintings, started in 1988, visit Endgame Painting. This post follows the concluding steps to a typical Anders art work.

In the Night there was Light … completed 5-26-10.

From the Night series, In the Night there was Light, 16 x 20 inches, acrylics.

Destroyed before It was Finished … completed 5-26-10.

From the Archipad series, Destroyed before Finished, 14 x 11 inches. acrylics.

Framed in Stone … completed 5-26-10.

From Archipad series, Framed in Stone, 20 x 16 inches, acrylics.

Rising River … completed 5-26-10.

From Archipad series, River Rising, and detail, 14 x 11 inches, acrylics.

Stone Moment … completed 5-26-10.

From Archipad series, Stone Moment, and detail, 14 x 11 inches, acrylics

Urboriginal Dancers … completed 5-19-10.

We are all where we are, 37 x 51 inches, acrylics.

Views Through Forest Windows… completed 5-19-10.

Two windows in a forest habitat, each 44.5 x 36.5 inches, acrylics.

Long Shadow … completed 5-19-10.

Alamos subject and shadow, here and gone, 24 x 30 inches, acrylics.

Rings of Time completed 5-19-10.

Standing Tall is this Alamos column detail, 24 x 30 inches, acrylics

Waiting for Tomorrow… completed 5-19-10.

Miners

More Alamos paintings can be seen at alamos-sonora-mexico.com

Organic Parade… completed 5-6-10.

Part of the Earth Spirits, it has several sibling paintings, 36 x 40 inches, acrylics.

Standing Where We Stood… completed 5-4-10.

This began late in the evening of 9 - 11 - 01, 36.5 x 44.5 inches, acrylics.

Small Tempests … completed 5-2-10.

Familiarity, Mindfulness, and Recognition are each 7 x 5 inches, acrylics

The Yings and the Yangs … completed 5-2-10.

Ying Yang Long Shot and Ying Yang Torso are both 44.5 x 36.5 inches, acrylics.

The intention for all my work is to promote showings of a series – group. Before they are displayed in public, I will sand the paintings’ finish coats and apply the last additions – deletions to the works. At this point, new finish coats will be applied, the paintings documented in great detail, placed in their frames and wrapped for travel to the gallery or public space. And, I will be done with the group. The journey is completed. Yings and Yangs await their concluding moments, bold gestures, as do I.

Two Birds … completed 6-25-10.

A simple painting, a simple song, 24 x 48 inches, acrylics.

Whales When the Oceans Left … completed 6-25-10.

This work pays homage to the modern art movement, 24 x 48 inches, acrylics.

Looking Through the Past … completed 6-25-10.

Started in 1983, this 24 x 48 inch board, has seen moments of action and sleep, acrylics.

Empire Umpires,,, completed 6-25-10.

Another work joins the Water series, 10 x 20 inches, acrylics.

Refugee Referees … completed 6-25-10.

A questionable water realization, and detail, 20 x 16 inches, acrylics.

Making of Rocks … 6-22-10, starting the endgame.

Five panels, each 24 x 12 inches, started in 1990, set aside for 12 years, completion begins.

Making of Rocks finally making it to the finishing table is a moment of joy and reflection for Anders. This heralds the last group of smaller Anders paintings to be completed. Left to finish are large paintings and mural-scale multiple panels. All the little boards from the past are finished. New small canvas are underway, but they will be finished within a couple of months of their start, they are a different breed of Anders art. Change is real.

Music Maker … completed 6-15-10.

The epic journey of Music Maker, 30 x 48 inches, is complete, acrylics.

Dancing Beasts … completed 6-15-10.

Dancing Beasts, part of the Earth Spirits series, 30 x 36.5 inches, acrylics.

Tempest Brewing … completed 6-15-10.

Brewing Tempest from the growing Architexts series, 9 x 12 inches, acrylics.

New Creature Rising … completed 6-9-10.

From the Architexts series, Creature, 14 x 11 inches, and details, acrylics.

Waiting for Day Break … completed 6-8-10.

Another Night series work, Waiting for... 16 x 20 inches, acrylics.

Music Maker… 6-5-10, progress continues, completion nears.

Music Maker, 30 x 48 inches, is going into its last pass on the workbench.

Brain Talk … completed 6-4-10.

Another Softrealism piece, Dancing Small Talk, 14 x 11 inches, and detail, acrylics.

strong>Year of the Bird … completed 7-27-10.

Year of Bird began in 1988, now free to fly, 48 x 48 inches, with detail, acrylics.

Desert Storm … completed 7-27-10.

Sister imprint to Who would of Thought..., 42 x 46.5 inches, and detail, acrylics.

Three in Search of Food … completed 7-27-10.

Texture, shapes and color give voice, 48 x 48 inches, and detail, acrylics.

Native Resting … completed 7-22-10.

Anders Art with Southwest seasoning, 48 x 48 inches, acrylics.

Who Would of Thought of Thinking … completed 7-22-10.

The message is movement and media, 46.5 x 42 inches, acrylics.

Sea-Weeding … completed 7-22-10.

This is about as simple as Anders is, 48 x 24 inches, acrylics.

Mask Surfing … completed 7-22-10.

Jester with Habitat Mask and no way of seeing, 48 x 24 inches, acrylics.

Looking Behind the Future … completed 7-10-10.

A four part salute to interconnected species is complete, 24 x 48 inches, acrylics.

Urborginal Horizon … completed 7-8-10.

There are sounds that are not to be heard, 14 x 11 inches, and detail, acrylics.

Urboriginal Food Chain … completed 7-5-10.

There are feelings that should not be shared, 14 x 11 inches, and detail, acrylics.

Urboriginal Social Mixer … completed 7-1-10.

There are aromas that will not be inhaled, 14 x 11 inches, and detail, acrylics.

strong>Making of Rocks 02 … 8-21-10, nearing completion

These five panels were featured on 6-22-10, each 24 x 12 inches, one more pass, acrylics.

Canyon of the Non – Gods … completed 8-17-10.

This is one of the Jazz-scapes series, rhythmic textured terrains, 24 x 60 inches, acrylics.

Here, long natural arcs make peace with wind and water erosion.

Details from Canyon of the Non-gods, 8-15-10.

Gold Desert Blood … completed 8-17-10.

If Anders intended to keep his work this would be one, 24 x 60 inches, acrylics.

Landscape and sky become one.

Detail from Gold Desert Blood, 8-15-10.

Swimming in a Miro Sky … completed 8-17-10.

Bright and bold, 24 x 60 inches, swimming or flying?, acrylics.

Many of Anders’ works juggle juxtaposed elements.

Details from Swimming in a Miro Sky, 8-14-10.

Looking for the Mother … completed 8-23-10.

Climbing in this reality would prove challenging and rewarding, 24 x 60 inches, acrylics.

It is not about destinations or origins, it is about being.

Details from Looking for Mother, 8-23-10.

Indigenousness Graffiti … completed 8-17-10.

Marks from other eras are marks for every era, 24 x 60 inches, acrylics.

Do we need to understand everything we see and hear, let alone feel?

Details from Indigeousness Graffiti, 8-14-10.

strong>Human Nature … completed 8-4-10.

Texture upon texture upon texture since 1984, 24 x 48 inches, acrylics.

Three Wise Spirits … completed 8-04-10.

Interrelated elements seeking harmony on a sea of change, 24 x 48 inches, acrylics.

Was It All A Dream? completed 8-4-10.

Never-Never-Land seeping across multiple realities, 24 x 48 inches, acrylics.

Ten Milli-seconds Over Conception … completed 8-4-10

This board has traveled many miles with Anders for 25 years, 20.5 x 48 inches, acrylics.

Compass Syndrone … 9-3-10, nearing completion

Energy, contrast, depth and spirit... 48 x 48 inches, and detail, acrylics.

Time Machine Tuning Up … 9-1-10, nearing completion

A multitude of moments and styles converge, 30 x 16.5 inches, and detail acrylics.

Transformation Realization … completed 9-1-10.

Elements mingle in a creative stew, 30 x 16.5, and detail, acrylics.

Y.A.H.- You Are Here … formerly Compass Syndrome… completed 11-22-10.

We are a point in a turmoil, a moment in space, 48 x 48 inches, and detail, acrylics.

Y.A.H.- You Are Here … detail of the center of attention… completed 11-22-10.

The center of the Universe depends on ones' definition of the Universe.

Y.A.H.- You Are Here … detail of peripheral activity… completed 11-22-10.

So often we think the world is what we see... it is beyond much more...

Modern Madonna and Orphan … completed 11-6-10

Another portrait, another relationship, 48 x 21 inches, and detail, acrylics.

Tribal Leader Wears His Tribe … completed 11-6-10.

His Royal Robe offers security, 32 x 16 inches, and detail, acrylics.

Time Machine Tune Up… completed 11-6-10.

An earlier version was presented 9-01-10 and then... 30 x 16.5 inches, and detail, acrylics.

Supreme Being … 11-5-10, nearing completion

This is one more pass from completion, 48 x 24 inches, and detail, acrylics.

Darker than Deep … completed 12-31-10.

This board has always encouraged Anders, 30.5 x 28.5 inches, and detail, acrylics.

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Afternoon at the Panteon in Alamos, Sonora, Mexico … 10-23-10, nearing completion

A palette knife painting of a Mexican Graveyard, 24 x 30 inches, and detail, acrylics.


During October Anders edited 28 video clips that can be viewed at Alamos-Sonora-Mexico.com.

Making of Rocks 02 … 8-21-10, nearing completion

These five panels were featured on 6-22-10, each 24 x 12 inches, one more pass, acrylics.

Two for the Road … 1-02-11, nearing completion

Soon it will be time to fly. 48 x 24 inches, & detail, acrylics on board.

Inner and Outer Converge at Lighthouse Point … 1-02-11, nearing completion

Negative space will matter, 31 x 25 inches, & detail, acrylics-masonite.

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