Tuesday morning, October 15th, I worked on a vertical canvas from 1:30 to 4:00 pm. It measured 24 by 48 inches. Double click on images that follow to enlarge details.
Drawing with paint charts where I am in the image. Like a network of push pins in a map. The mind calculates the proportions, what is next to what, how far is it from the trunk of the tree. In the video, you can see the hesitation of the artist, the hovering brush, the turning of the head from the canvas to the tree and back to the canvas. Matisse said a painting is not an exact replication of what you see. It is a an organization of brushstrokes. Dabs of mixed color.
This drawing of mine tells you what parts of nature I was deciphering. What a remarkable process. It is a translation from living plant matter into neighborhoods of pigment-infused polymer emulsion.
"Me at the Instruments - Stearing My Underwater Vessel- Complete With Sonar Equipment And Air Tanks" by Karl Marxhausen. Pencil and Wax Crayons on Paper, March 3, 1990, Norwalk, California
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I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT MY HUSBAND KARL.
WHEN HE JOURNALS AND COLORS AND DRAWS ANDWRITES ----- WHEREVER HE IS ------IT TAKES HIM AWAY. IT MEANS SO MUCH TO HIM. REMEMBERING GOD'S PRESENCE.
JAN MARXHAUSEN
Nelson Atkins Print Society Presentation: Intersections With Fred Geary - Karl Marxhausen
THIS IS THE SATISFACTION OF RESEARCH. +++ WHAT THE LORD BRINGS YOUR WAY FOR YOU TO FIND +++ AND THE ENERGY TO PURSUE THE DOORS HE OPENS.+++ BLESSED BY HIS NAME. +++ JOEL MARTY
IT WAS A YELO CAR. A BRIGHT YELO CAR. SEVERAL OF THEM. AS THEY PASSED BY, I COUNTED THEM. THEN AN IMPRESSION CAME - I WAS NOT ALONE. THAT I WOULD FIND MY DESTINATION. AND I DID. BUT IT WAS THE LARGE "K" ON THE SIDE OF THE RED BARN WITH THE WHITE CIRCLE AROUND IT THAT MADE ME CRY. MY FIRST NAME STARTS WITH A "K." AS WE PULLED INTO OHIO THERE WERE THREE OVERPASSES WE DROVE UNDER. NOT A RUSTY BROWN OR DINGY GREY. ALL THREE WERE BRIGHT CANARY "IN-YOUR-FACE" YELLOW!!! THREE IS MY FAVORITE NUMBER. HOW TO EXPLAIN IT. FOR ME, IT WAS A PRESENCE BESIDE ME, REMINDING ME I WAS BEING THOUGHT OF, I WAS NOT ALONE. OFTEN ABSENT FROM MY THINKING, SURPRISES COME. MY ANXIOUSNESS IS TAKEN AWAY. CALM SETTLES IN WHEN HIS KINDNESS COMES. karl marxhausen
"ABOUT YOUR DAD: THE BLESSING THAT CAME INTO HIS LIFE WAS CONCORDIA. THIS SETTING HELPED HIM BECOME THE PERSON HE "BECAME."AND BY SETTING I MEAN THE COLLEGE AND THE CITY OF SEWARD. NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. IT WAS THE PERFECT SPOT FOR HIM."
JACK DUENSING, SEWARD, NE.
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Welcome. In retirement my art shows up as words typed on the page. The world of Harry Alfred Fowler fascinates me. My town is a rural farm community. Fowler worked in Kansas City. He brought art folks together. I've been pursuing discovery since 2011. Like Fowler I am gleaning from many sources to share the delightful nuggets that appeal to me. I too have organized, self-published, done art, learned, tried it out. New ground, new discoveries, these fuel my dreams. A book of my own with drawings. In the meantime there are dishes to wash and daily routines to follow. Thanks to friends around the globe who have been a resource to me. History ties a name to a place and a time and then is published and used by the rest.
"SOUNDS LIKE GOD HAS BLESSED YOU WITH YOUR ART. YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION TO MANY!!"SANDY QUICK, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
"MAKES PERFECT SENSE TO ME, KARL. I UNDERSTAND THE PRIORITIES OF KIDS. YOUR DAD WAS JUST A "REGULAR DAD" EXCEPT THAT HE TOUCHED A LOT OF PEOPLE'S LIVES, AND THAT MADE HIM EXTRAORDINARY!!!" MATTHEW G. HANSEN, LINCOLN CAPITOL PRESERVATION ARCHITECT
"ALWAYS ENJOY YOUR BLOG, KARL --- YOUR FUN STORIES, CREATIVE WORKS, AND PHILOSOPHIES ON LIFE!! THANKS!" LOIS MEYER VOELTZ
"HOW COOL IS THAT KARL!! CONGRATULATIONS AND KEEP AT IT - YOU ARE DOING WONDERFUL WONDERFUL WORK."RICHARD HAMILTON, KANSAS CITY, MO
"KARL PAINTS WITH STRONG STROKES - SOMETIMES ALMOST SLASHES. HE SAYS IT ALL, FEARLESSLY, IN A FEW WELL CHOSEN WORDS FROM HIS PALETTE. HIS SUBJECTS ARE SIMPLE EVERYDAY THINGS THAT HOLD THE GREAT PLEASURES." PHIL CHADWICK, PAINTER, ONTARIO
"BRAVO KARL. YOUR LANDSCAPES ARE REALLY NICE." ELIZABETH KRUSE, PASTEL ARTIST, MISSOURI
"IT IS GREAT TO SEE THE WONDERFUL ENERGY OF YOUR PLEIN AIR PAINTINGS. I LOVE THE LOOSENESS THAT YOU ARE GETTING AND REALLY FIND EACH ONE A VISUAL TREAT."SUSAN BRASCH, painter,NEBRASKA
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