The Day's Work - Paintings of C. Litka: 2017

Saturday, December 2, 2017

October & November 2017 New Works

12x18"30x40 cm acrylic on hardboard Yellow & Burgundy Mums

18x24" 45x60cm acrylic on hardboard Market in the Rain

18x24" 45x60cm acrylic on hardboard A Beach on Belbania

18x24" 45x60cm acrylic on hardboard Misty Morning in the Hills

6x8" 15x20cm acrylic on hardboard Rainy Shoppers

6x8" 15x20cm acrylic on hardboard Rainy Morning Street

18x24" 45x60cm acrylic on hardboard A Wild Autumn Day

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

September 2017 Works

18x24" 45x60 cm acrylic on hardboard Walking in the Rain

18x24" 45x60cm acrylic on hardboard First Light in the City

12x16" 20x40cm acrylic on hardboard Pine Lane

12x24" 30x60cm acrylic on hardboard Hollow Creek

Friday, September 8, 2017

August 2017 Works

18x24" 45x60 cm acrylic on hardboard Twilight on Mere Island

6x8" 15x20cm acrylic on hardboard Summer Field

18x24" 45x60cm acrylic on hardboard Road to Camtre Harbor

18x24" 45x60cm acrylic on hardboard Road to LaCarn

18x24" 45x60cm acrylic on hardboard Sunset after a Storm

Thursday, August 3, 2017

July 2017 Works

6x8' 15x20cm acrylic on hardboard Summer Days 2

6x8" 15x20cm acrylic on hardboard Sea Shore

6x8" 15x20cm acrylic on hardboard Glimpse of the Sea

18x24" 45x60cm acrylic on hardboard Along a Sandy Road

18x24" 45x60cm acrylic on hardboard Sunset, Mere Island

Monday, July 17, 2017

In addition to painting, I write and self-publish stories as well. I published my latest book on 13 July 2017 for free in most ebook stores. Amazon requires a $.99 price, but will, at their discretion match their competitor price, so it may be free on Amazon (US store) as well.

For more details on the four science fiction novels I've written and published you can visit my writing blog at:

https://clitkabooks.blogspot.com/

Friday, July 14, 2017

June Art Works

12x24" 30x60cm acrylic on hardboard Summer, Early Morning

6x8" 15x20cm acrylic on hardboard Another Rainy Morning

6x8" 15x20cm acrylic on hardboard Summer Road

6x8" 15x20 cm acrylic on hardboard 9 oclock

6x8" 15x20cm acrylic on hardboard Forest Road

18x24" 45x60cm acrylic on hardboard Cottage Over the Hill

6x8" 15x20cm acrylic on hardboard Street Scene in Greens

Sunday, June 11, 2017

May 2017 Works

12x24" 30x60cm acrylic on hardboard Near Sunset

6x8" 15x20cm acrylic on hardboard Roadside Trees

6x8" 15x20cm acrylic on Hardboard Avenue Morning

6x8" 15x20cm acrylic on hardboard Rainy Day

12x24" 30x60cm acrylic on hardboard Autumn Early Morning

6x8" 15x20cm acrylic on hardboard Damp Day Along the Embankment

6x8" 15x20cm acrylic on hardboard Damp Evening

Sunday, May 7, 2017

April 2017 Works

A bunch of small paintings using one of my most common motifs -- the London Square. All, except noted are 6x8" 15x20cm all are acrylic on hardboard.

The Usual Suspects 1

The Usual Suspects 2

The Usual Suspects 3

The Usual Suspects 4

The Usual Suspects 5

The Usual Suspects 6

Autumn Hill 12x24" 30x60 cm

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

March 2017 Works

18x24" 45x60cm acrylic on hardboard Market Bound

18x24" 45x60cm acrylic on hardboard Boat and Branches

18x24" 45x60cm acrylic on hardboard Island Trails

Three piece depicting the Archipelago of the Tenth Star -- a setting for on of my novels. The premise is that you have islands floating in a vast ocean of air. The small islands have no gravity, so there is no set up or down -- it simply depends on where you are standing.

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Feb 2017 Works

18x24" 45x60cm acrylic on hardboard Among the Islands

24x12 60x30cm acrylic on hardboard Considering the Stepping Stones

18x24" 45x60cm acrylic on hardboard Island Trader

What I'm Up To

I think artist’s statements are largely needless. Paintings speak for themselves. And yet, here I am set to rattle on about my approach to painting. Now, if you're of the same opinion as I claim to be, skip this and enjoy the paintings, but if you want a hint as to what I’m trying to do, here’s the words.

I approach painting via two different roads that arrive at the same place. The first is that I paint only “studies” or sketches. Back in the day artists painted quick studies to get the colors and features down to use as a guide to paint a finished studio painting. Funny thing is of the paintings I’ve seen together with their studies, I’ve always preferred the loose and spontaneous studies over the stiff and polished finished painting. For that reason I’ve chosen to paint only studies.

My second approach to painting is inspired by a quote from the writer, Raymond Chandler: “I guess maybe there are two types of writers, writers who write stories and writers who write writing.” He considered himself of one of the latter, as do I which is to say; writers who’s words are entertaining in and of themselves, independent of the story. Perhaps painters could be divided the same way: Painters who paint pictures and painters who paint paintings. While I don’t consider one type superior to the other, I aim to be a painter of paintings. I want to paint paintings that capture a moment, inspire or recall a memory or mood, but which, viewed longer or closer, or with one's glasses on, prove to be clearly paintings: paint brushed into shapes on a surface. That these mere shapes can create an impression they’re something else, for a moment, or at a distance is the independent interest I would like my paintings to possess, not because they realistically reproduce branches, or water or what ever, but because they don’t. What I don't want to paint is places or post card scenes, even though landscape are the medium which I use for my painting.

The Day's Work - Paintings of C. Litka