{"id":3154,"date":"2010-03-06T08:40:43","date_gmt":"2010-03-06T16:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tule-lake.com\/artfeats\/?p=3154"},"modified":"2011-05-27T07:08:55","modified_gmt":"2011-05-27T15:08:55","slug":"the-first-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/the-first-moments\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Moments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The goal is to let nature write its own message&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here are five of six canvases that were started on April 2, 2011.  The amount of time spent on these beginnings is less that 30 seconds each.  Thirty seconds can be a lifetime for some elements of nature.  Here, thirty seconds is an investment in future imagery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/stage-one.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/stage-one.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"stage-one\" width=\"334\" height=\"24\" class=\"left size-full wp-image-3357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/stage-one.jpg 334w, https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/stage-one-300x21.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Flowers as a Political Statement<\/strong> &#8230; 4-02-11, started<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3156\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/flowers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3156\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/flowers.jpg\" alt=\"Flowers as a Political Statement, painting by Anders Tomlinson, 24 x 20 inches, acrylics on canvas.  Photos by Anders Tomlinson.\" title=\"flowers\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/flowers.jpg 500w, https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/flowers-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The first pass is fresh and vital, 24 x 20 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.  <\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Flowers as a Climatic Statement<\/strong> &#8230; 4-02-11, started<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3158\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/flowers-02l.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3158\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/flowers-02l.jpg\" alt=\"Flowers as a Climatic Statement, painting by Anders Tomlinson, 24 x 20 inches, acrylics on canvas.  Photos by Anders Tomlinson.\" title=\"flowers-02l\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/flowers-02l.jpg 500w, https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/flowers-02l-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Environmentally related to itself, 24 x 20 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Talking Tablet of Warning<\/strong> &#8230;  4-02-11, started<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3160\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/tablet-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3160\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/tablet-01.jpg\" alt=\"Talking Tablet of Warning, painting by Anders Tomlinson, 20 x 16 inches, acrylics on canvas.  Photos by Anders Tomlinson.\" title=\"tablet-01\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/tablet-01.jpg 500w, https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/tablet-01-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nature has many ways of creating marks, 20 x 16 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Talking Tablet of Hope<\/strong> &#8230;  4-02-11, started<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3162\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/tablet-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3162\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/tablet-02.jpg\" alt=\"Talking Tablet of Hope, painting by Anders Tomlinson, 20 x 16 inches, acrylics on canvas. Photos by Anders Tomlinson.\" title=\"tablet-02\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/tablet-02.jpg 500w, https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/tablet-02-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Start fast, end fast, what a plan, 20 x 16 inches & detail, acrylics-canvas.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Talking Tablet of Envy<\/strong> &#8230;  4-02-11, started<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3164\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/tablet-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3164\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/tablet-03.jpg\" alt=\"Talking Tablet of Envy, painting by Anders Tomlinson, 20 x 16 inches, acrylics on canvas. Photos by Anders Tomlinson.\" title=\"tablet-03\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/tablet-03.jpg 500w, https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/tablet-03-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The base is set, next comes clarification, 20 x 16 inches & detail, acrylic-canvas.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yellow ochre is the foundation-fundamental color for these canvases.  The paintings will growwithin an earth toned range.  There will several weeks of looking before the next application of paint, another thirty second burst.  It is not about time, it is about nature.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/art-talk-films1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/art-talk-films1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"stage-two-films\" width=\"334\" height=\"24\" class=\"left size-full wp-image-3360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/art-talk-films1.jpg 334w, https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/art-talk-films1-300x21.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Flowers as a Climatic Statement<\/strong> &#8230;  5-9-11, in progress<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3341\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Flowers-as-a-Climatic-Statement.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3341\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Flowers-as-a-Climatic-Statement.jpg\" alt=\"Flowers as a Climatic Statement, painting by Anders Tomlinson, 20 x 16 inches, acrylics on canvas. Photos by Anders Tomlinson\" title=\"Flowers-as-a-Climatic-Statement\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Flowers-as-a-Climatic-Statement.jpg 500w, https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Flowers-as-a-Climatic-Statement-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Environmentally related to itself, 24 x 20 inches, & detail, acrylics-canvas.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Talking Tablet of Hope<\/strong> \u2026 5-9-11, in progress<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3345\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/vanishing-message.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3345\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/vanishing-message.jpg\" alt=\"Talking Tablet of Hope, painting by Anders Tomlinson, 20 x 16 inches, acrylics on canvas. Photos by Anders Tomlinson\" title=\"Talking-Tablet-of- Hope\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/vanishing-message.jpg 500w, https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/vanishing-message-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3345\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Start fast, end fast, what a plan, 20 x 16 inches, & detail, acrylics-canvas.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Evaporating Conclusions and Eroding Delusions<\/strong> &#8230; 5-9-11, in progress<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_3349\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/evaporating-conclusions.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3349\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/evaporating-conclusions.jpg\" alt=\"Evaporating Conclusion &amp; Eroding Delusions, painting by Anders Tomlinson, 14 x 11 inches, acrylics on canvas. Photos by Anders Tomlinson\" title=\"evaporating-conclusions\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/evaporating-conclusions.jpg 500w, https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/evaporating-conclusions-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Messages come and messages go, 14 x 11 inches, & detail, acrylics-canvas.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/anders-art1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/anders-art1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"completed\" width=\"334\" height=\"24\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/anders-art1.jpg 334w, https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/anders-art1-300x21.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Talking Tablet of Hope<\/strong> \u2026 completed 5-17-11.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3435\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/talking-tablet-of-hope-20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3435\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/talking-tablet-of-hope-20.jpg\" alt=\"Talking Tablet of Hope, painting by Anders Tomlinson, 20 x 16 inches, acrylics on canvas. Photos by Anders Tomlinson\" title=\"talking-tablet-of-hope-20\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/talking-tablet-of-hope-20.jpg 500w, https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/talking-tablet-of-hope-20-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3435\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Start fast, end fast, what a plan, 20 x 16 inches, & detail, acrylics-canvas.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Talking Tablet of Warning<\/strong> \u2026 completed 5-17-11.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3432\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/talking-tablet-of-warning-20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3432\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/talking-tablet-of-warning-20.jpg\" alt=\"Talking Tablet of Warning, painting by Anders Tomlinson, 20 x 16 inches, acrylics on canvas. Photos by Anders Tomlinson\" title=\"talking-tablet-of-warning-20\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/talking-tablet-of-warning-20.jpg 500w, https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/talking-tablet-of-warning-20-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nature has many ways of creating marks, 20 x 16 inches, & detail, acrylics-canva<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Talking Tablet of Envy<\/strong> \u2026 completed 5-16-11.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3436\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/talking-tablet-of-envy-20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3436\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/talking-tablet-of-envy-20.jpg\" alt=\"Talking Tablet of Envy, painting by Anders Tomlinson, 20 x 16 inches, acrylics on canvas. Photos by Anders Tomlinson\" title=\"talking-tablet-of-envy-20\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/talking-tablet-of-envy-20.jpg 500w, https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/talking-tablet-of-envy-20-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3436\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rules are rules, broken or unbroken, 14 x 11 inches, & detail, acrylics-canvas.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Evaporating Conclusions and Eroding Delusions<\/strong> \u2026 completed 5-15-11.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3439\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Evaporating-Conclusions-and-Eroding-Delusions-20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3439\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Evaporating-Conclusions-and-Eroding-Delusions-20.jpg\" alt=\"Evaporating Conclusion &amp; Eroding Delusions, painting by Anders Tomlinson, 14 x 11 inches, acrylics on canvas. Photos by Anders Tomlinson\" title=\"Evaporating-Conclusions-and-Eroding-Delusions-20\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Evaporating-Conclusions-and-Eroding-Delusions-20.jpg 500w, https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Evaporating-Conclusions-and-Eroding-Delusions-20-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3439\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Messages come and messages go, 14 x 11 inches, & detail, acrylics-canvas.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a9 2011 Anders Tomlinson, all rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The goal is to let nature write its own message&#8230; Here are five of six canvases that were started on April 2, 2011. The amount of time spent on these beginnings is less that 30 seconds each. Thirty seconds can be a lifetime for some elements of nature. Here, thirty seconds is an investment in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anders-paints"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3154"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3462,"href":"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3154\/revisions\/3462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}