Art: T.Scott Stromberg

While reading a post on the Geniant blog recently, I noticed it stated that the author could be found during his time off "relaxing in his studio while listening to classic jazz and attacking a freshly primed canvas with a palette and paintbrush." I rarely (OK, never) find art I enjoy when following leads from tech blog sidebars, but I must have been in an optimistic mood.

My Google search paid off when I found the great abstract paintings by T.Scott Stromberg. He talks about them in his bio:

The Swirling Eddies are created by first using a squeegee to apply the initial under painting. Then a pinstripping brush is used to create the spontaneous swirls. I then fill in the negative space with texture and color blends. The process of creating this work is very primitive, cathartic and divine. I feel the results are powerful. I am hoping to increase the scale of this work in the near future.

From my own dabblings in abstract art, I understand his feelings. I may have to get a pinstripping brush to experiment with myself.

Category: Art

Twitter: April 2007

• Buying a couple t-shirts and thinking about creating my own if the quality is good (http://tinyurl.com/358z73 | http://tinyurl.com/3xm694). 03:24 PM April 30, 2007 from web
• Adding a bunch of my feeds to Jaiku. The aggregated entries look a little out of sorts at the moment (http://jabbott.jaiku.com/). 10:39 AM April 30, 2007 from web
• Bobbing my head to some great mashups in Matt Hite's 55-minute 'Boombox' DJ mix (http://www.beatmixed.com/mu...). 03:54 PM April 27, 2007 from web
• Posting a couple drawings on Flickr and Etsy (http://tinyurl.com/2n9h4l) after mounting them on blue and rust. 01:23 PM April 25, 2007 from web
• Enjoying the shapes, patterns, and hints of Matisse cutouts in the collages on swallowfield (http://tinyurl.com/2d2wrx). Via Design*Sponge. 11:51 AM April 24, 2007 from web
• Enjoying the abstract paintings of John M. Adams on http://www.thefullempty.com.... 11:12 PM April 23, 2007 from web
• Listening to music on CriticalMetrics.com. They aggregate music recommendations and playlists to give you the buzz cuts. 09:00 PM April 22, 2007 from web
• Pretending I'm in Antarctica (http://tinyurl.com/258fhp). 10:24 AM April 20, 2007 from web
• Admiring photos of interaction designer Chanpory Rith’s printed portfolio: http://tinyurl.com/27gq6j. 10:38 PM April 19, 2007 from web
• Bobbing my head to "Tell Me When to Go" on Mad Decent Worldwide Radio mix #13. Listen online or subscribe: http://web.mac.com/diplo1978/. 03:26 PM April 19, 2007 from web
• Grooving to Antibalas this morning. The track I.C.E is available for download at the end of this review: http://tinyurl.com/27hjyu. 08:49 AM April 19, 2007 from web
• Browsing the online highlights of the Met's Greek and Roman art collection (http://tinyurl.com/2pvyd4). There is so much to see at the Met. 10:59 PM April 18, 2007 from web
• Listening to Real Time w/ Bill Maher via the podcast. I watched Politically Incorrect before it got pulled and am glad to have Bill back. 11:55 AM April 18, 2007 from txt
• Jamming to the Cure, live in Amsterdam in 1980, "Jumping Someone Else's Train" (http://tinyurl.com/22gzoe). 11:27 PM April 14, 2007 from web
• Laughing at an Easter photo from 1908 via Kottke (http://www.shorpy.com/node/196). 02:55 PM April 13, 2007 from web
• Checking out a list of great Photoshop work (http://tinyurl.com/355zqr). This makes me miss Coudal's Photoshop Tennis. 09:27 AM April 13, 2007 from web
• Admiring several colorful paintings from the 1950s and 60s by Howard Daum on artnet (http://tinyurl.com/ysnq6w). 12:20 AM April 13, 2007 from web
• Installing a Greasemonkey script called Tin Foil Hat that displays a TinyURL link's target as a tooltip (http://tinyurl.com/2zk5dq). Nice. 04:00 PM April 12, 2007 from web
• Watching the Coca-Cola Black History Timeline featuring bottles going back to 1893 (http://tinyurl.com/36nfx5). 08:43 PM April 11, 2007 from web
• Starting a new book, The Creative Habit. NPR spoke to the author a few years ago (http://tinyurl.com/2ecjfm). 10:48 PM April 10, 2007 from web
• Enjoying Miranda July's unusual website for her new book (http://noonebelongsheremore...). 09:50 AM April 10, 2007 from web
• Digging the Lightbox Greasemonkey script on Flickr pages (http://tinyurl.com/352z3l). The keyboard shortcuts are great. 10:20 AM April 08, 2007 from web
• Setting up external hard drive backups with Syncback (http://tinyurl.com/az34g). 11:28 PM April 06, 2007 from web
• Listening to a great track from a band I saw last year at Lakewood: "If You Talk Too Much My Head Will Explode" (http://tinyurl.com/2r2lu2). 11:04 AM April 06, 2007 from web
• Listening to the Stooges self-titled debut from 1969. Sound Opinions recently profiled it on their podcast (http://tinyurl.com/2yla2g). 02:17 PM April 03, 2007 from web
• Using the online ClearType Tuner for XP, which natively only offers on and off (http://tinyurl.com/6e3cc, IE required). 09:24 AM April 03, 2007 from web
• Digging deeper into Photoshop smart objects (editable instances, smart guides, etc.) with a video tutorial (http://tinyurl.com/3cg6rk). 10:26 PM April 02, 2007 from web
• Bought the latest t-shirt from Dan (http://simplebits.com/tshirts/) after DKR replied to Dan's Twitter (it's complicated). 11:41 PM April 01, 2007 from web
• Watching a nice unofficial video for Peter Bjorn & John's track "Young Folks" (http://tinyurl.com/2fyjeh). 09:32 PM April 01, 2007 from web
• Listening to Refinery 29's spring playlist (http://tinyurl.com/373vbd) with the PlayTagger bookmarklet (http://del.icio.us/help/pla...). 08:24 PM April 01, 2007 from web
• Checking out music on www.daytrotter.com after seeing it called the best free live music site by Esquire. 10:41 AM April 01, 2007 from web