GIVE ME THAT ORANGE FLOWER

Paul Crimi starts with a blank black canvas and transforms it into a platform for three dimensional objects.  At least that's how it seems.

In this November 20th session, sunny orange flowers pop out of their bright blue vase into the room.  By the end of the hour,  you'll be tempted to reach out and grab the stems. 

Paul brought three completed paintings that were started on earlier shows then finished in his Rockland,  E.T.Wright Building studio:  a painting of the Florida Keys, one of a forest, and another of a fall scene on the North River in Hanover, Massachusetts by Myettes store on Broadway.

About the forest painting, Paul says, “it's very intriguing and you want to walk through the path.  I like the entrance of it.  The way you feel.  You feel like you're present in this particular painting.”

As for the fall scene, “I put a ton of time into this.  Probably 3 weeks off and on working on it.  I think it came out quite nice. It has a real beautiful quietness, and I love the way the water goes.”

Fun fact.  Paul painted canvasses red for 20 years because the museum school he attended taught that technique.  Then one day he didn't like it anymore, and started painting canvasses black.

So we asked Paul just how does he get from blank canvas to finished picture?  'Well,” he says, “I always say a prayer before I start painting something like this because I figure he's in charge.”  CLICK HERE to watch the video.

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