×

Archives

  • June 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021

Categories

  • Art Space in Mind
  • Ecosphere
  • Insects
  • Journal Entry
  • Life Aquatic
  • Lifeforms
  • Mixed Media Artwork & Thought
  • Noosphere
  • Oil & Coldwax
  • Pattern & Art
  • Plantae
  • Pointillism

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

HOW TO SHOP

1 Login or create new account.
2 Review your order.
3 Payment & FREE shipment

If you still have problems, please let us know, by sending an email to support@website.com . Thank you!

SHOWROOM HOURS

Mon-Fri 9:00AM - 6:00AM
Sat - 9:00AM-5:00PM
Sundays by appointment only!

NEWSLETTER SIGNUP

Subscribe to my FREE newsletter and stay up to date with the latest news.

This is a Spam Free Zone!

Follow me on your favorite Social Media Platforms
  • SUPPORT

Art of Craig Allen Lawver: Online Journal of Art & IdeasArt of Craig Allen Lawver: Online Journal of Art & Ideas

Acrylic Pointillism, Oil & Coldwax, Mixed Media Original & Custom Fine Art for Your Meditation, Office or Living Spaces - Shop Online or Email for More Information

T (760) 880-8725
Email: studio@craigallenlawver.art

Craig Allen Lawver
16-566 Keaau-Pahoa Rd #188-205 Keaau, Hawaii 96749

  • Home
  • About
    • Statement
    • Bio
    • Curriculum Vitae
      • Event Portfolio
    • Site-Map:Guide
  • Gallery
    • Pointillism
      • Ocean World
      • Landscape
      • Skyscapes
      • Insect Specimens
      • Elemental
      • Under the Microscope
      • Cell Series
      • Clone & Replicant
      • Pointillist Sketchbook
    • Coldwax & Oils
      • Abstraction
    • Mixed Media & Materials
      • Symbol & Cypher
      • Decorative Work
      • Modern Metals
      • Decorative Finishes
      • At Play in the Studio
    • Art Installations
  • Shop
    • Originals: Pointillism
      • Giclee : Hand Embellished
      • Limited Edition: Giclee
      • Prints: Archival
    • Originals: Coldwax & Oils
    • Originals: Mixed Media
    • Checkout
  • Journal
    • Acrylic Pointillism
      • Historical Context
    • Coldwax Painting
    • Mixed Media
    • Journal Archive
  • Newsletter
  • Contact
    • Privacy Policy
  • No products in cart.
  • Home
  • Pointillism
  • Archive from category "Pointillism"
April 1, 2023

Category: Pointillism

Pointillism: Paint by Dots is a constructed context for my Pointillist artwork. Painting slowly, with individual dots of pigment, has left me some room, for contemplation. Written words then, provide a tool for comprehension. Like roots in the soil, they seek depth in the visual.

You are looking at thousands of individual dots of paint, when ‘seeing’ one of my Pointillist paintings. In short, these dots are placed on a surface, one-by-one. Background color shows through on some works.

On large, detailed artworks, I layer dots on top of one-another. Typically, I apply paint on the surface until there are no ‘undotted’ areas remaining. This builds form, detail, shadows, and highlights. It becomes quite tactile.

And yes, some paintings do require hundreds of hours of working time. Dot-by-dot, hour-by-hour. In process and outcome, dot and canvas size are, of course, determinative factors. The physical size is crucial, in fact. It subsequently affects the degree the painting may appear impressionistic, and the distance that viewing is optimized. In essence, it dictates how the surface is visually read. This, in addition, to the many hours you might expect needed, to get the painting done.

The natural environment is a source of inspiration. Landscapes and visible life. I am, in addition, fascinated by the minute, unseen lifeforms that surround us. And inhabit our bodies. Also influential are, the ways in which all these forms of life then interact, react and are shaped by non-living parts of the Ecosphere. These include the soil, minerals, water, and air.

In my work and Pointillism: Paint by Dots, the dot is analogical to the molecule or atom. Atoms, molecules and cells form into collectives, and so do dots of paint. In the constructing of something larger, both represent sub-units or building blocks.

gallery-insect-specimens

Journal Entry: Art & Microscope, Life’s Journey and Viral Infection

Saturday, 05 June 2021 by Craig Allen Lawver
Reading Time: 13 minutes “All sorrows can be borne if you put them in a story or tell a story about them.” - Isak Dinesen.
  • Published in Journal Entry, Lifeforms, Pointillism
Tagged under: Blog, essay
gallery-modern-metals

Journal Entry: Heavy Metal & My Search for Being & Self

Saturday, 13 March 2021 by Craig Allen Lawver
Reading Time: 12 minutes “A mind that is stretched to a new idea never returns to its original dimension.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
  • Published in Ecosphere, Journal Entry, Mixed Media Artwork & Thought, Noosphere, Pointillism
Tagged under: Blog, essay
gallery-symbols & ciphers

Journal Entry: Symbol, Cypher, Art and Brilliant Visual Explorations

Monday, 01 March 2021 by Craig Allen Lawver
Reading Time: 13 minutes “The language of art is powerful to those who understand it, and puzzling to those who do not." - Richard Leakey
  • Published in Journal Entry, Mixed Media Artwork & Thought, Noosphere, Oil & Coldwax, Pointillism
Tagged under: Blog, essay
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

Reflections in the Queen’s Park

gallery-landscape

Series: Along the Trail 20"x20" acrylic on canvas

Search for More

Monarch & Caterpillar

gallery-specimens

Series: Butterflies 24"x30" acrylic on canvas

Menu Items

  • Home
  • About
  • Gallery
  • Shop
  • Journal
  • Newsletter
  • Contact

The Code 1

gallery-under-the-microscope

Series: Virus & Mutation 24"x24" acrylic, acrylic texture medium on canvas

Facebook: Craig Allen Lawver Art

Searching for Meaning

gallery-symbols & cyphers

Series: Symbols & Cyphers 12"x12" acrylic, acrylic texture mediums, metallic paint on canvas

Journal

  • Journal Entry: Art & Microscope, Life’s Journey and Viral Infection

    Reading Time: 13 minutes “All sorrows can be b...
  • Journal Entry: Heavy Metal & My Search for Being & Self

    Reading Time: 12 minutes “A mind that is stret...

Starlight is Elemental

gallery-sky

Series: Universal Truths 24"x24" acrylic, metallic paint on canvas

Humuhumunukunukuapua’a

gallery-ocean world

Series: Fish 12"x24" acrylic on canvas

Seasonal Newsletter

Modern Metal Multicolor #1

gallery-modern-metals

Series: Modern Metals 16"x22" mixed media, plaster, acrylic, metallic paint

Facebook: Craig Allen Lawver Art

Aweoweo: Hawaiian Bigeye

gallery-ocean world

Species: Priacanthus meeki Series: Fish 12"x24" acrylic on canvas

Thank You!

NAVIGATION MENU

  • Home
  • About
  • Gallery
  • Shop
  • Journal
  • Newsletter
  • Contact

GET IN TOUCH

V.M (760) 880-8725
Email: studio@craigallenlawver.art

SeanAllenDesignsllc
16-566 Keaau-Pahoa Rd # 188-205, Keaau, Hawaii 96749, US

  • GET SOCIAL
Art of Craig Allen Lawver: Online Journal of Art & Ideas

© 2015 All rights reserved. Craig Allen Lawver

TOP