DOODLING on Paper STRIPS For A Journal, Derwent Inktense Pencils, and Ka...

   

How to relax by doodling on strips of paper...

DERDE VERDE The Reaction MARK HOLLIS & Sade? Psychedelic Punk Jazz

        

This Punk Music put me on my knees! But this video was so fun to do! 

#derdeverde #markhollis #talktalk #thereaction
#sade #july #10yearsafter #therollingstones #thevirgins #can #thebeatles #psychedelic #punk #jazz #music #painting

DIY: Reviving an Old Nightie By Painting & Stenciling on its Fabric, Ins...

   

Come and dream with me,

This opens an ocean of possibilities...

LUKE RHINEHART Talks About Such A Shame by Talk Talk + My Painting News

   

When Literature meets Music and Music meets Fine Art, in the end it goes in the other way... Sometimes...

PAINTING On A New Journal Page & Paper NAPKIN COLLAGE + Explanation

   

My hands in the paint is always good...

FLIP THROUGH My Draft Book / Art Journal & A Junk Stamp To Create A Page

    

Some drafts about my paintings and a new relaxing page...

Mark Hollis & The Such A Shame Video, An Explosive Combo For A Painting

   

Don't ask, I am rambling again... :-)

A 60's-70's Style Journal PAGE, in The Jennibellie's January Challenge, ...

     

By doing the Jennibellie’s January Challenge that you can find here:
http://journalworkshops.ning.com/group/monthly-challenge,
in this video, I am re-creating a 60’s - 70’s style page, souvenir of a great inspiring and psychedelic time!

The Jennibellie Monthly Challenge is a free group opened to anybody who wants to create something new.

MARK HOLLIS: 2 Years of Marvel, The Rotterdam Concert & Happy Holidays! ...

     

I have been doing my Mark Hollis and Talk Talk videos since two years! Two years!

If I had been told that two years ago, I wouldn't have believed it. 

When I started, I had no idea what I was going to find out. About Mark Hollis, of course, but chiefly about myself.

I never heard before that some Music could remove a psychological block from a person. I am sorry if I don't explain really well, even though I speak English relatively correctly, there are some concepts difficult to explain in a language which was not originally mine, even though it seems my parents were speaking English between them when I was a baby, but still...

I really would like to explain better what I have in mind when I do these videos. I am not a groupie, have never been, I am not interested in getting an autograph from Mark Hollis or a t' shirt. I can't even say that I collect his records. As long as I have all his originals albums, I am good to go, I don't need them in several versions, jackets or Publishers. I don't even collect his photos, and when I keep some of them on my computer, it is only to maybe use them as a model for my paintings, as obviously, he is not going to visit and pose for me...

So where all this is coming from? 

I have been searching and searching and searching during two years, to try to understand what exactly happened to me. Some famous Saints saw the Virgin Mary appear, I just saw the Magic in Spirit of Eden, and more... 

I have made all these videos, to compensate the fact that I couldn't talk to him, Mark Hollis, directly. I so wanted to understand his method of working, because what he made, the way he made it is so astonishing! And I have a true passion for people who do the things differently and by a very original way.

I know that I didn't find all what I was searching for, yet. And I am not talking about private facts, I am talking about this secret thing, the incredible ingredient he is using in his Music to make us addicted to it. 

Now I arrive after two years of videos, turning all this in my head, in all directions. I know only one thing: that I know absolutely nothing and that I need to search deeper and in my motivation, in my mind, but also in Mark Hollis' Music. I am certain that all this has a reason to be linked and chiefly has a reason to be.

I arrive here at a kind of plateau, probably like he arrived after The Colour of Spring, at this plateau which made him create Spirit of Eden...

I am not sure that I will have my Spirit of Eden, but I am sure that I arrived at a level where I need more, to really get deeper.

I have been very busy with the Holidays, but I am wondering if I didn't need to meditate on all this also. I understand that I cannot continue as always. I think that I must continue, but by another way. Up to me to figure out by which way. There will still be videos, but what kind?

There is the appearance, what we see first. I saw it all. Now I am in front of the deepest core. How am I going to tackle it?

I am totally aware that there is more than one person who is going to think that I am totally crazy. I don't really care. I know what I know and I feel things that I can't explain. 

I discovered that Music could be more than something we just like or even love. It can also change who we are. I am sure that Mr Mark Hollis knew it, and employed his talent and energy to use these incredible tools. Is he a magician? A therapist? (he studied psychology). He is a genius for sure.

Let me sleep on it, it is so late, I should be in my bed now. Maybe will I see the new development in a dream too?

If thirty years ago I had known that Mark Hollis was this genius, maybe I would have been very far ahead now? But no regret, only some gratitude to have had the ability to understand something essential for my Art creation. It is always better late than never.

Priming My New Mark Hollis PAINTING & December Nela ARTWALK Night, David...

   

This is how I start a painting, and this is our December 2016 Artwalk. Every new Nela Artwalk Night gets weirder and weirder...

Is MARK HOLLIS An ARCHETYPE? Pete Townshend, Keith Moon, Talk Talk & The...

  

Is Mark Hollis an Archetype? I've been studying this possibility in this video, and after shooting it, I found even more possibilities, so I think that this topic is far from being closed, more to come...

This will be the theme of my next painting.

Facing EMOTIVITY While Creating & MARK HOLLIS New Painting Update

     

I really don't know what to say...

FLIP THROUGH My Blue Junk JOURNAL - Smash Book - Art Journal

    

Another little window on my Parisian past

A New Page on My Junk & Art Journal, Layering, Gluing, Drawing, Painting

    

My thought to France

Mark Hollis Tomorrow Started OIL PAINTING The Darkest Details, Talk Talk

    

Adjusting
a few details on my oil painting, in spite of the terrible heat in Los
Angeles. I am actually in Eagle Rock, which is not far from the Valley,
we unfortunately don't have the freshness of the ocean, wish I was in
Santa Monica or Venice Beach...

The OWL #3, The Finishing Touches: Drawing, Painting, Gluing, Varnishing

  

I still have some varnish on my hands... :-)

THE OWL, How To Make A Painting Out Of A ReCyCled BOX #2, Drawing

  

A new lesson, enjoy!

Tomorrow Started PAINTING Pulp Fiction/Gilmore Girls PEOPLE, Mark Hollis...

     

The endless painting... Here is a follow-up of my previous videos about this painting. More to come, you will be kept posted when it is completely done. By hoping it is soon. 

Life has been testing my ability to overcome all the troubles which may occur, putting me down, it is so easy to say: I am depressed, I won't paint, or, I'm not in the mood. Actually, more I had troubles, more I felt in the mood, because I had the feeling that painting, was my only way to keep the contact with what I love the most. 

On last Sunday, my tax return was waiting for me to be filled, and instead of that, I took my brushes, I painted the whole afternoon, and I was feeling so good after. And you know what? My tax return is done, nobody cares if I used a few hours on my own Art, and everybody is happy.

Conclusion: don't sacrifice yourself, keep the deadlines in mind about what is so called urgent. Take the time for you, even if you must speed up after on more annoying things. What are a few hours? Nothing for the IRS, a lot for ourselves.

Persist in what you love the most.

Any question is welcome.

The Happy Accidents In Art & Music, Mark Hollis, Tim Friese-Greene & Tal...

    

Don't sweat it, embrace it, or how to make the Art creation easier...

MARK HOLLIS Hate, Strangeness, Heroes, Bowie & Stuff Ramblings

   

Does the strange factor have an impact on the way your perceive an artist?