A hopefully helpful word or two

October 6, 2011

Besides his traditional media paintings, you'll find a lot of Mr. Morrison's "digital medium" paintings here as well. How does he "do" these? Using the computer "paint" program, Mr. Morrison completes his digital medium paintings by manipulating his computer mouse manually on his mouse pad, much as though the mouse pad itself were his canvass and his mouse his paint brush. However, the images he paints so carefully on his mouse pad with the mouse, actually take concrete color and shape not on the mouse pad but on his computer monitor screen (many people find this way of painting digitally quite difficult). The computer paint program provides a palette for him as well, from which Mr. Morrison manually accesses his colors. Mr. Morrison, unlike, say, his fellow artist Mr. Andy Morgan, does not use a touchscreen when manually painting via the computer paint program (digitally). Mr. Morrison prefers the aforementioned mouse-as-paintbrush method, while Mr. Morgan likes to apply the plastic tip of a pen cap or pen barrel directly to a computer touchscreen, with the touchscreen acting as his canvass and the pen cap tip (or barrel tip) his brush.

It should be noted that Mr. Morrison rarely paints in the digital (computer paint) medium any longer. A few years ago he began concentrating on the more traditional media-- acrylics, watercolors, chalks, and the like. Further on down (after you scroll past a few more of Mr. Morrison's digital paintings), you'll find another whole batch (forty or so) of Mr. Morrison's traditional media paintings.

It might interest you that Mr. Morrison has provided a link to Mr. Morgan's artist's website. Near the upper right hand corner of this page, you'll find the word "SIDEBARS"; beneath "SIDEBARS", click "Links You Should Check Out"; then click the link to Andy Morgan's artist's website. Like Mr. Morrison, Mr. Morgan has also taken up the more traditional media of late. The two artists often work together.

Mr. Morrison has also put up photographs of the famous flower beds that, in the Spring and Summer seasons, have for decades wreathed a festival of colors around the house he grew up in. (Yes, he still lives in that house). Again, find the word "SIDEBARS" near the upper right hand corner of this page, and look just beneath it; this time, however, go to-- and click-- the words "Inspiration for my paintings: photographs of home". 

You'll find other interesting tidbits as well, under "SIDEBARS".

But most of all: PLEASE check out all of Mr. Morrison's paintings and comment about his work!!!  He'd like to hear from you.  What thoughts have you?

Thanks for visiting, and come back. (And please encourage others to come here!).

Oh, almost forgot-- expect more paintings to be posted.

Later,

Jerry Morrison