update

I am back hard at work on my last supper..I wished I had my geometry studies up for viewing still but they are being considered for other uses and patents etc. I will post new last supper drawings over the weekend.


alex

michelangelo and Da Vinci

As you may know Da Vinci and Michelangelo were rivals. Da Vinci was kind of jealous of Michelangelo and often berated sculpture as as an art form. He felt that painting was superior because you cant control how light falls on a sculpture as ones chooses a light source in painting. Da Vinci was a bastard child and did not have a noble name as did Michelangelo Buonorrati. Michelangelo was proud of having a name of noble lineage and tried often to keep his wayward brothers and cousins in line as not to damage the family name. Da Vinci felt a bit of a stigma because his name Da Vinci only met where his was from ( the town of Vinci) I believe a large part of his life was a compensating factor to make his name into something noble. The average life span was just over forty in the renaissance and both Michelangelo and Leonardo lived well past the expected life span for their time. I think Michelangelo actually made it into his late 80's or even 90.

my assistant

I would like to thank my assistant for all her help this summer! She is now back in college and I am lost and fumbling about blindly, again. Anyone who bought art this summer can thank her for being the brains behind the outfit and putting it all together so it was organized and made sense. My goal is to get rich and famous so I can hire her full time to run the organization upon graduation.

All the best, Jacqueline!

alex

Dali's Last Supper

I viewed this picture in person twice. Once in Washington DC (where it resides) and once in Philly when I went to write a magazine article about the Dali Retrospective in 2005. This painting is one of Dali's masterworks. There is a lot going on here I will get into later in detail. Dali, like Da Vinci, was very interested in geometry especially The Platonic Solids, one of which is featured as a window that looks out into the landscape of Dali's birth (Port Ligat in Spain.

back to Da Vinici!

I just completed a memorial painting for a close friend and can now focus solely on my last supper painting! In an ideal world an artist can laser focus on one project but there are always many distractions and we are stretched ever thinner like a drum head across our day to day to realities. Modern life spins like a top and our need for spiritual and religious fulfillment grows exponentially outward. In the ancient world the medicine man provided this outlet for the tribe. I read a book written by the Indian chief Black Elk and he espoused the theory that artists were the medicine men of modern life. That is a lot to take in but I do believe there is a very basic human need for a psychic life, a life outside the rat race and money chase and that is why people seek out the arts, music, etc. Painting this painting for a good friend was a very pleasant distraction!

geometry

please note that I removed my secret geometry posts for reasons I will explain later! Certain parties have expressed interest in my methods and there are some business interests being discussed as well I can't elaborate on. I can only say it is very positive! I really enjoy sharing my methods and will give more info. soon.

Da Vinci's Dream

I was lucky enough to go 1,000 feet up today in an ultra- light aircraft. This air-craft has no cockpit (you are exposed to the elements with goggles and helmets.) We flew over the south shore of eastern long island and flew low over camp sites on the beach and waved to the people below. It is truly a life-changing experience to fly that high exposed wide open to the sky. I could never describe it in words or art--I guess those hundreds of painting I made of the people taking flight in my "Strange World" series were a precursor to my bird- like flight. I thought of Da Vinci and how much it would have meant to him to have one minute to soar in the sky as I did today. It made up for an entire summer of nothing but work!