Pink Sand

 

Pink Sand, work in progress, 40" x 40", Andrew Portwood, 2021

 An abstract landscape,..with beach color and abstract shapes, and pink sand...All in my mind that is....memories of the gulf coast and of course that one trip to the Bahamas - where they do have pink sand and snorkeling...which made quite an impression on me...I started this painting several weeks ago, then put it down and came back to it....I have to analyze it of course...but I realized that this is an "abstract memory postcard" from our Bahamas Trip...over 30 years ago...and that building on the right is the hotel where Howard Hughes lived at the end of his life...so the locals told us....because I remember standing knee deep in the surf and my feet sinking into that pink sand which is very fine like silt and looking up at that hotel. When I paint, I always chase this blurry/fragmented image/idea in my mind that eventually comes into focus...Then after I get to maybe a "finish", I can recognize and usually connect it to an actual event or story in my own life.....sometimes :)

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Sold, Three Trees

Three Trees, 30" x 40", acrylic paint on canvas,SOLD, Andrew Portwood, 2021

 

A recently sold painting through my Chairish page...Very Thankful!: Andrew Portwood Studio/ St. Charles Apartment, Three Trees, 30" x 40", acrylic paint on canvas, Andrew Portwood, 2021

So, I am really loving living now in New Orleans...I've been here 4 years...this is my 5th summer. Everything with the studio is great...staying productive and painting alot of artwork...Making paintings, painting paintings. I have to re-iterate this fact and keep on proclaiming my self because My identity is sacred to me. I have been painting and drawing since I was five years old....I am pretty sure I know who I am....55 years I have known that I was an artist...and being an "artist" translates and manifests itself into many things...depending on your vehicle of expression that you personally choose.....whether it be writing, dance, performing arts, music and visual art. I am primarily a visual artist but also a musician...self-taught...not a professional music guy, but Ive been playing guitar since highschool and was in a band and played in jams and parties in college...my friends can attest to that, and I love jazz and rock and good music and that attracted me to Nola as well...just like everybody else here....so HERE is where the conundrum begins....there is another Andrew Portwood in New Orleans that is a music guy...he is younger and has red hair....i don't know if he is real or fiction. but people are confusing our identities....I am just trying to do my thing and I'm sure he is doing the same....I have recognized him...as long as he does the same for me....don't ride my coat tails....I am sure that we can coexist and help each other out...right? So maybe I'll get to meet him, or...maybe we have already crossed paths.  

Anyway...happy to announce that I have gotten on board with two new AMAZING art galleries....Myer Vogl Gallery in Charleston, SC and Blueprint Gallery in Dallas, Texas!...looking forward to showing work and establishing strong & productive relationships with both.