My Abstract Art

[lyndon taylor]

I'm an on again off again abstract artist, but these are some of my better works, click on this link to see my webpage of art; https://www.taylorsfineviolins.com/my-art.html

unfortunately the forums format won't let me upload the images

[lyndon taylor]

lets try try this

[lyndon taylor]

Oh great it works but you don't see it till the message posts, here's another one titled "Standing Still"

[Sam Vara]

Many thanks for sharing these, Lyndon - they're great. I like the "Standing Still" one best.

[Garrib]

Cool stuff, Lyndon. Thanks for sharing. Are you still painting?

[lyndon taylor]

Cool stuff, Lyndon. Thanks for sharing. Are you still painting?

Actually no, my last series was commissioned for a gallery show in 1999, I haven't painted since, my most active time was the early 80s when I was in my 20s. The early ones were oil paint thinned in paint thinners like turpentine, on gessoed white canvas. The 1999 series was acrylic paint thinned in water on raw canvas.

I should point out that in the Abstract Expressionist tradition these works are quite large, on the website the largest is 6' x 10' and the smallest about 2' x 3'. The dimensions are noted on my website.

When I was creating my violin business website I decided it was an opportunity to showcase some of my other projects as well as violins, so I have a page devoted to my clavichord (keyboard) making with pictures and youtube recordings(https://www.taylorsfineviolins.com/clavichords.html), and a page devoted to my Abstract Art. It actually was some bit of trouble to borrow and photograph as many of my paintings as I did, only 3 of them are still in my possession, 2 more with my parents, 2 with my brother, a couple others with friends etc.

[No_Mind]

The website is filled with wonderful information. I am tad envious since I always wanted to play musical instruments but never learned.

It is a very Dhammic profession too. In the subcontinent classical music is considered very close to Hindu philosophy (almost all of Indian classical music is explained in philosophical terms .. Since the earliest times, music was treated as a manifestation of the divine. The Indian deities are identified by their musical instruments with Shiva playing the Rudra Veena and Krishna playing the Indian flute)

In the spirit of East meets West here is Yehudi Menuhin (violin) with Pandit Ravi Shankar (rudra veena) the treat is 8:30 onwards






No_Mind

[Bundokji]

Thanks for sharing Lyndon. I have been reading your posts since i joined the forum, but never thought that behind the posts there is a good artist.

This makes me imagine about all the interesting humans behind the computer screens who are active members of this forum!

[Subharo]

Edit: (I basically asked No_Mind the origin of his username, making a guess that was not correct).

[retrofuturist]

Greetings Lyndon,

lets try try this...

That was cool. Kinda like going through a funkadelic car wash in the 1970's...

Metta,
Paul.

[SDC]

Thanks for sharing that, Lyndon. Always nice to know something personal about another member.

[No_Mind]

Back when I was a layperson, this was the sort of thing I listened to. And I had several Easterner friends. A few of them quite close. I also made the good acquaintance/friendship of two Indian (citizen) Buddhist monks while in Sri Lanka. Both were former Hindu monks.

PS: There is actually a Ninja Tune called "No Mind". When you chose your username No Mind, did you have this tune in mind?

Bhante, this is the etymology of my user name

My user name is taken from a conversation the protagonist (Tom Cruise) has with a samurai when learning the art of Japanese swordsmanship, in the film "The Last Samurai."

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Samurai: Please forgive, too many mind.
Tom Cruise: Too many mind?
Samurai: Hai. Mind the sword, mind the people watch, mind the enemy, too many mind .. [pause] no mind.

Your mind is distracted by too many things - the sword, the people who are watching you train, the opponent .. you have too many minds .. empty your mind .. have no mind. It is also called mushin in Japanese

No_Mind

[Pseudobabble]

I like. How do you paint them?

[lyndon taylor]

You mix a small amount of oil paint with a cup half full of paint thinner, or a small amount of acrylic paint with a cup half full of water. then do so for several colours, then pour the liquid paint on the stretched canvas, then tip the canvas to make the paint run, and colours blend together. The whole painting process takes only a few minutes, mixing the paint takes longer, and the real time goes into stretching the canvas and making the frames, that's the reason I lost interest in painting, too much pre production drudgery.

[binocular]

The whole painting process takes only a few minutes, mixing the paint takes longer, and the real time goes into stretching the canvas and making the frames, that's the reason I lost interest in painting, too much pre production drudgery.

Maybe you should take up the pointilist style. There, the ratio of pre-production to production is much more in favor of production.