{"id":2700,"date":"2020-09-21T21:12:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T21:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billcorrigan.com\/updates\/?p=2700"},"modified":"2021-10-13T21:55:47","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T21:55:47","slug":"hemisphere-dancer-and-pilar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billcorrigan.com\/updates\/?p=2700","title":{"rendered":"“Hemisphere Dancer” and “Pilar”"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was invited to participate at the 50th ArtFusion Live<\/a> event at Hemisphere in Bayshore.\u00a0 A dozen artists painted while diners dined and Mind Open played\u00a0great Jazz\/Rock\/Boogaloo\/Bossa\/Psych\/Funk sets.<\/p>\n

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“Hemisphere Dancer”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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“Pilar”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect.\u00a0 When it comes to painting I’m an autodidact and am always at a loss for explanation when a classically trained artist asks me about my paints and methods.\u00a0 One fun example is that I taught myself how to paint horizontally.\u00a0 That is to say the canvas is flat on a table, parallel with the ground.\u00a0 This stems from never having a need to buy and easel.\u00a0 It’s fun, I ponder how in heck they can paint vertically and they ask me how I came up with my style.<\/p>\n

As the band plays some fantastically crafted musical artistry of themselves I began painting.\u00a0 My first work turned out to be yellows and blues.\u00a0 I named her “Hemisphere Dancer<\/em>“.\u00a0 That what Jimmy Buffet\u00a0named his\u00a0seaplane…fun…<\/p>\n

The second one was one filled with blacks and purples.\u00a0 I started adding blues and earth tones and wasn’t sure where it was going and it seemed to yell at me “Stop!\u00a0 I’m done!”\u00a0 So I stopped.\u00a0 Who am I to argue!?!!\u00a0 LOL.<\/p>\n

This second one I named “Pilar<\/em>“.\u00a0 That is the name that Ernest Hemingway gave to his boat that rests today on a mountain in Cuba.<\/p>\n