Matisse at the Pushkin

This is the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's unique artistic idea, his 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/.

Today's photo is one of my favorite Henri Mattise paintings from the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, "Nasturtiums And The Dance," painted in 1912. This was apparently painted before "The Dance" left his studio. It's a large and colorful painting, very typical of Matisse.

Last night I went to two gallery openings, one for my friend Antonio Puri at Rosemont College, and one for Erica Brown at The Arts Scene. Puri showed strong work consisting of 6 large scale paintings. They were all non-objective and very well received. Erica's paintings were, by comparison, small, but quite interesting, and reflected her Tyler Art School training.

3DSSC Paintings ... my journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso

Jay Rolfe has been working hard on his newest 3DSSC paintings. They're coming along, but it will take maybe a week to finish all the details. You can see some completed expressions of Jay Rolfe's unique artistic idea on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/.

Yesterday I also worked hard, had coffee with one of my artist friends, and visited the new exhibit at the The Arts Scene. The new exhibit was a group show that was very interesting and included a number of nice works.

Right now I'm waiting for paint to dry to go onto the next step. That's the latest on the journey of Jay Rolfe From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso.

Envisioning my next paintings ... my journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso

You can see some expressions of Jay Rolfe's unique artistic idea on his website at www.3dssc.com.

I did some more yard work today. Our Comcast phones and internet were not working, so I waited for the service tech. He came in the afternoon and fixed everything. Then off for errands, envisioning my next paintings, and then this evening to the Arts Scene for some live music at the Wednesday night Coffee House event.

That's today's step on the journey of Jay Rolfe From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso.

Gesso, painting, and discussion ... my journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso

Yesterday afternoon I gessoed several canvases. Here's a photo of Jay Rolfe starting to apply the gesso.

In the evening I went to the Art Forum at Ben Gall's The Arts Scene. It was moderated by Jeff Schaller, a local pop artist. The biggest revelation to me was by David Oleski who said he has painted for the last 8 years in front of a live video cam which streams to his website, http://www.davidoleski.com/! I showed my new painting "Attraction."

This morning I finished the gessoing I started yesterday. Here's another photo.

This afternoon I worked on another smaller "Black Hole" painting. I've already painted the black hole, and here I'm painting the swirling universe around it. I still have to add the stars. Here's a photo of my progress.

That's today's step on the journey of Jay Rolfe From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You can see some expressions of my unique artistic idea on my website at http://www.3dssc.com/.

Jay Rolfe: Art Forum ... my journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso

Don't you just love the future Jay Rolfe is projecting for himself? I do!

Last night, Thursday Feb 22, I went with my lovely and supportive wife Randy Rolfe (http://www.randyrolfe.com/) to the first of a monthly series of discussions by artists called Art Forum at The Arts Scene, the successor to the Holland Art House, in West Chester PA, run by contemporary art lover Ben Gall. http://www.theartsscene.org/ There's great food and drink at the Menta Cafe inside The Arts Scene, cheerfully dispensed by the "Dutch Masters," what I call the ladies who run it who are originally from Holland, and one of whom paints copies of Vermeer paintings. There were about a dozen artists with widely varying styles, as well as other guests, and we had a lively discussion. I now wish I'd thought to note the names of all the artists so I could credit them all. Jeff Schaller (http://www.pinkcowstudio.com/), Laura Barton (http://www.laurabarton.com/), and Antonio Puri (http://antoniopuri.com/) are the ones I knew or was familiar with. I really wish I had gotten info from the others. If you check out the websites of these three, you'll see how different they all are. I'm looking forward to next month.

That's the latest step on Jay Rolfe's journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You can see some expressions of my unique artistic idea on my website at http://www.3dssc.com/.