Notebook

Notbook is an informal collection of ideas, paintings and photographs revealing the creative process of contemporary artist Chris Page.

Snap Shot Series 01.04.2017

Instead of the usual walk, I stood on the dike of the Connecticut River in Hadley, watching the changing world of the sky. These photographs are the first of my Snapshot Series, where I will be taking average shots of the landscape and making them look as good as I can. 

Blue Painting on Sky Walk Photograph

I came across this painting on a digital print from one of my sky walks the other day and decided to photograph it. I am thinking this is going to be the beginning of an extended series of painterly sky works.

 

Blue Painting on Sky Walk Photograph  2016 acrylic on digital print  8.5 x 11 inches

 

Walking 12.26.2016

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Walking at Fort River Conservation Trail the day after Christmas. The clouds cam in as a solid field of gray. The rain started soon after I got through walking

Sky 12.24.2016

The  brilliant blue of the winter sky creates a large qualitative difference with the dark and light clouds in the Tao Sky photos from December 9, 2016

Art trip to Washington D.C.—December 2016

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The Phillips collection and The East Building of the National Gallery got most of my attention during a four day visit to Washington D.C. Some of my favorite artists including Barnett Newman and Mark Rothko were well represented. The Dwan Gallery show at the National Gallery was particularly satisfying. The little Jake Berthot (below) was at the Phillips.

 

Laib, Wolfgang, Wax Room: Wohin bist Du gegangen – wohin gehst Du? (Where have you gone – where are you going?), 2013, Beeswax, light bulb (Phillips Collection)

 

I had a great trip to Washington, D.C. in early December, 2016. The East Building of the National Gallery of Art is reopened and the new tower that houses the Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman paintings is impressive. Other artists and shows on view that captured my attention include, Anselm Kiefer and his lead airplane, Robert Motherwell, Alfred Jensen, Mel Bochner, Cy Twombly and Barbara Kruger. The Dwan Gallery show was a great opportunity to see the Spiral Jetty drawings of Robert Smithson along with the giant wall mounted photographs. Isamu Naguchi was at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and I was able to see one of my favorite sculptures of his: Sky Mirror. Jake Berthot was at the Phillips along with Arlene Shechet's Intersections: From Here On Now and Whitfield Lovell's The Kin Series and Related Works.

Flying 12.11.2016 — 12.15.2016

December 15

December 11

Flying between the cloud layers I am in a temporary world of light and dramatic form.

Remembering the Incoming Rain

I found this painting on photograph that comes from a walk taken July of 2015 on the grounds of the Clack Art Institute. The walk was part of the exhibition SkyWalk. This did not get exhibited at the time.

Remembering the Incoming Rain,  archival digital print 8.5 x 11 in. 2015

Sky Observation 12.01.2016

December 1, 2017 4:04 PM Amherst, MA   ©2016 Chris Page

December 1, 2017 4:04 PM Amherst, MA   ©2016 Chris Page

Edgeless Dichotomous Sky Fragment—observed twenty minutes before sunset. 

Walk 11.27.2016

Getting back to my walking practice after getting the show up at BMAC and surviving the election distractions.

New Show at the BMAC

EYES TOWARD HEAVEN An installation of paintings, photographs and video by Chris Page opens October 28, 2016 5:30–7:30 PM at the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center. Show will be up until January 8, 2017

Sky Moment I  acrylic on canvas  6x14 ft. 

Sky Moment I  acrylic on canvas  6x14 ft. 

 
 
 

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