Getting ready to write about getting ready for Alchemy . . . Coming Soon.

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Episode 1: What is Sfumato420?



One of my ideas for this site, and my YouTube Channel is to do a show that follows my path as an artist. What inspires me, what drives me, and how I deal with the many small hurdles I must over come as I live this life style.



What this will evolve into, I have no idea, but for the most part, it has been a very educational endeavor so far, and I have been learning a lot, not only about being an artist, but also about myself.



It isn’t as easy as it sounds, in fact, what you see above is about 5 hours of work. I only hope the learning curve will shorten the time period it takes to make one of these.



If all goes well, I hope this will be a weekly series delving deep into my artistic practice, and in some way, it will help motivate and inspire others to follow similar paths.



There is an amazing community of artists growing up not only on YouTube, but on the internet, and I am looking forward to communing with all of them, or at least the cool ones. :-)

One of the ideas I am trying to bring into my artistic practice is a true sense of the 4th Dimension. To actually see the journey of the imagination as it takes form. The twists and turns, the trials and tribulations, the wonderful failures and spectacular successes.



To do this, one of the tools I am trying to implement is that of video through first using time lapse photography to show a step by step progression of the various stages of creation. Secondly, incorporate a digital journal for each piece the documents each stage. The thoughts and ideas that come to mind, relationships to real world events, choices in the direction my imagination decides to make at each fork in the road, and to explore the way an artist’s passion manifests itself. Thirdly, to create a ‘show’ to be viewed on the internet that will illustrate these ideas as they are happening. Each video will have two segments, of which Part I will be a description of my intent for the specific piece I am working on, and then Part II will be the implementation of that intent. The former will be available through a site like YouTube, and the latter will be available through this site via podcasts.



I am doing this to illustrate how an artists works. Most of us only see works of art in finished forms through books and galleries yet we never see the artist’s journey. The choices they make, the missteps and the A-HA moments.



I plan not to instill a heavy sense of technique and formalization within the process. That can be found on various other websites and books. Instead, what I am interested in is capturing the essence of the passion artists experience. That edge we each get to in the heat of the moment where we get a sense of the very frontier of the collective imagination projecting from our Civilization. The place artists explore deep into the Chaos of the Unknown, the Edge of the World, and bring back such wondrous visions of potential futures, not to mention the many probable nightmares, sharing these visions with all of us.



I believe this is an important aspect of who we are as humans, and desire to share my dreams and visions with you. It is why I am doing this.

36” x 24” Oil on Canvas



This is one of the first painting I worked on when I started using Oils about 6 years ago. I haven’t touched it much, and in fact the last time I worked on it was over 3 years ago.



It has only been recently that it has been given a name - Spiritual Mitosis, and the idea is that it represents how a soul divides, reproducing itself.



Originally, the geometry was born from me trying to portray what I feel when I meditate.



Far in the background is the Star of David which I use to represent the merging of Heaven and Earth, and at the center, a singularity sits, unfolding a vibrating Universe.



To the edges, eyes evolve until all thought comes into focus, and then folds back in upon itself.



One of my recurring themes is that of a folded Universe that all generates from a single point, thus connecting all within its realm.



Beyond the center sits the Omniverse filled with infinite Buddha Minds.

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48” x 48” Oil on Canvas



Halfway there.



I have to say that I am really starting to enjoy working on this piece. Still a long way from understanding what exactly is the meaning behind every aspect. I have found so many relationships, and it feels that every little symbol has some significant spiritual meaning.



Of course, this is not the actual Aztec Calendar, though it illustrates the different parts of it. In Aztec times, it was used as a sacrificial alter.



During this second half of the year, I will delve more into the meaning of each of the parts, as well as my observations and relationships I am seeing within the realm of sacred geometry.



Keep an eye out for a journal during the second half of this year on the Sunstone page.

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