Between Silence and Substance: The Generative and Transformative Power of Pictopoiesis A deeply rooted cycle of regeneration and transformation threads through my work, progressing over four decades. Central to this ongoing evolution are pictopoiesis, semiosis, and symbiosis – three guiding forces. Pictopoiesis is the art of painting as if it were the cultivation […]
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The Symbiotic Evolution of Art: Cultivating a Living Painting
A painting in progress involves a continuous cycle of conscious removal and return, as I work on it and then step back to reflect on it. This dynamic, a bodily experience in which I am both creator and viewer, is significant in pictopoiesis. The painting evolves like a living organism, a growing and developing body […]
Pictopoiesis: The Living Nature of Oil Paint
Synopsis Pictopoiesis, a methodological theory rooted in oil painting, explores the concept of imbuing paintings with a sense of “aliveness.” Oil paint’s unique properties, including its responsiveness, organic origin, dynamic drying process, layered depth, and reactive nature, contribute to this perceived vitality. Through the interplay between the artist, medium, and the painting’s own developing […]
Painting as a Form of Cultivation
J. Waring Rago Artist’s Documentation Concerning Painting as a Form of Cultivation about a Particular Set of Original Works on Prepared Paper 21/12/2023 I approach painting as a form of cultivation, and these recent works on paper exemplify this. I prime only a central area (variable in size and shape) of the paper to delineate […]
Poem a Day
As a start to the day, I love to receive these poems, courtesy of the Poetry Foundation, and this one, along with so many others I have received, is beautiful: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/157534/christos This led me to prompt the ever-so-popular AI bot (see below dotted line at the end of this post) which always gives me a […]
A Point of Reference – Emily Dickinson
Also a botanist! – I still have my herbarium and must not forget to show some visuals of it on this blog. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/emily-dickinson
Song (Breathe)
Song (Breathe), a small painting (oil on aluminium 25 x 25 cm) is concluded: Houses and rooms are full of perfumes, the shelves are crowded with perfumes, I breathe the fragrance myself and know it and like it, The distillation would intoxicate me also, but I shall not let it. The atmosphere is not a perfume, […]
In Progress
Orientation…
A Painting Completed with Reflection and Research in Parallel
Oil on aluminium, approx 125 x 125 cm Gallery of some detail; On reflection, a line of thought arising: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_Emporium_of_Benevolent_Knowledge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koine_Greek Further refs: https://www.google.com/search?q=absurdity&rlz=1CCTTSD_enGB720GB720&oq=absurdity&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absurdism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisyphus https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/episteme-techne/ https://www.google.com/search?q=emporium+def&rlz=1CCTTSD_enGB720GB720&oq=emporium+def&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Luis_Borges