Additional Projects

These are some new landscapes that I am working on that are part of a suite of the four seasons. The top piece (summer) is on Mt. Cadillac in Acadia National Park (done). The next piece (autumn) is a view near Brunswick,ME on a Foggy Oct morning (almost done). The third piece (spring) is a marsh near Rowley, MA (unfinished). The suite will finish out with a winter view of the autumn location.

The bottom vertical pieces are additional works dealing with the idea of thresholds, but in this case they are oil paintings (both unfinished) that are painted over archival photographic prints on a stretched canvas. I am curious about the relationship between painting and photography, and how they both impact our ability to visualize the environment.


Sorry for the somewhat droll description of things guys, I started by cutting and pasting from the other loose ends blog  (http://jamesmullenpaintings.blogspot.com/) that I am sending a curator towards about possible inclusion in a landscape show at a small school in NH this spring.I guess that I am reluctant to direct anyone to this site at this point, because I really appreciate that this is our own space where I can let my freak flag fly without worrying about self-editing. But if you guys feel differently, I am happy to talk, since all things change (y'know, like rivers. Do you like how I brought that all back?)  I am really excited by some of the possibilities for this stuff, but just need to find a way to get more time to work on it. Maybe I need to find a way to utilize the iPad more since it is so portable. I know, bitch, moan, bitch, moan...