Archive for March, 2007

In the studio: March 6, 2007

Tuesday, March 6th, 2007

Here’s a rough panoramic shot of two minimalist paintings: FFFF00uturo (on left) and Oräännjj. Just made some final touch-ups on the top side of FFFF00uturo. Now I’m off to the storage center with both.

A while ago, someone asked me how I know when I’m done with a painting. I think there’s two ways of reaching an end point to a painting: 1.) When you just don’t feel like working on it anymore — any further step feels like overkill, and 2.) When your touch-ups start doing more harm than good — in other words, when you find that your touch-ups necessitate more touch-ups. I’m at #2 with FFFF00uturo.

Next up: I’m looking forward to starting Like Antique Shopping 100 Years Ago (See my art blog post from March 5, 2007.) and maybe jamming out a couple of small pieces, just to see what happens.

Studio on March 6

Grant Wiggins

First post to my art blog … at last!

Monday, March 5th, 2007

Like Antiques Shopping 100 Years from NowFinally, I’ve got a proper art blog on wiggz.com! Now that I’ve redesigned wiggz.com (now in its fourth iteration since 1999), I can focus on producing fresh content. I hope to update this art blog with progress on my work, offering new designs, studio photos, and other cool bits of eye candy.

Meantime, here’s a new acid pop art design that I’d like to paint soon. It’s tentatively titled Like Antique Shopping 100 Years from Now. I’ve recently developed a series of geometric patterns — all very 1970s, but with an angular, technological twist. Like Antique Shopping has an element of that.

Also, if you have a moment, please let me know what you think of the new site architecture and design. If something looks cool or clunky to you, I would really appreciate your opinion.

Thanks for checking out my art blog and art site. Keep coming back for updates!

Grant Wiggins