"ENCOUNTER" - WATERCOLOR PAINTING (WR)

This is "Encounter," a watercolor painting on 10"x14" Arches cold pressed 140 lb paper (c) 2016 Wes Rehberg (still shaky with execution in the new medium - working a dialog between technique and vision nevertheless)

"CURANDERA AND HER CAFE" - WATERCOLOR PAINTING

 Updated - "Curandera and Her Cafe," watercolor painting on 9x12” Arches 140lb cold pressed paper wr -  (c) 2016 Wes Rehberg, retitled.

TWO NEW WATERCOLOR SKETCHES IN FIELD BOOK

Takeoff on Rembrandt drawing, "The Beggar," on 7"x10" 140 lb field book paper (c) 2015 Wes Rehberg

"The Diner," 7"x10" 140 lb field book paper (c) 2016 Wes Rehberg

"TO SCHOOL, PALESTINE" - WATERCOLOR PAINTING

This is "To School, Palestine," a watercolor painting on 10"x14" hot pressed 140 lib paper
 (c) 2015 Wes Rehberg, adapted from my photo

FOUR MORE WATERCOLOR SKETCHES IN FIELD BOOK

Continuing the adding of watercolor sketches on 7"x10" cold pressed paper in a field book -- quick sketches, usually in the morning ...all are (c) 2015 Wes Rehberg

"Not Van Gogh's Shoes"

"Yard Nuts and Stones"

"Bananas"

"Central American Iconography Card"

THREE WATERCOLOR SKETCHES IN "FIELD BOOK"

Beginning to use a small field book to watercolor sketch as the spirit moves -- semi-abstract and expressionist take offs from indoor objects, visited places, as well as drawings and portraits in the public domain -- No pre-outlines on 7x10" cold pressed 140 lb paper. Exploring this new medium loosely... The first three sketches... (c) 2015 Wes Rehberg

"CAFE DE LOS ENCUENTROS" - WATERCOLOR PAINTING

En route- "Café de los Encuentros Abstractos" - watercolor painting on 9x12” Arches 140lb cold pressed paper wr - third month into watercolors (c) 2015 Wes Rehberg

NEW - "LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN BOULDERS" - WATERCOLOR

New -- "Lookout Mountain Boulders," watercolor painting on Arches 10x14" cp 140# paper (c) 2015 Wes Rehberg -- haven't got a sense of watercolor style and technique yet, slow coming

NEW - "RIVER MORNING" - WATERCOLOR PAINTING

New - "River Morning," completed, watercolor on 9x12” Arches 140# cp paper - 3 months into watercolor work now, figuring it out - (c) 2015 Wes Rehberg

NEW - "TWO MEN" - WATERCOLOR PAINTING

New - "Two Men," watercolor painting on 9x12" Arches 140 lb cold-pressed paper (c) 2015 Wes Rehberg

NEW - "TWO CAMPESINOS RESTING" - WATERCOLOR PAINTING

So ... "Two Campesinos Resting" - watercolor 
10x14" hot-pressed 140 lb Arches paper -
(c) 2015 Wes Rehberg

NEW - "TRAIL WALKER" - WATERCOLOR PAINTING

New - "Trail Walker," watercolor painting on 9x12" Arches cold pressed paper (c) 2015 Wes Rehberg

NEW - "WINDOW" - WATERCOLOR PAINTING

New - "Window," watercolor painting on 9x12" Arches cold-pressed paper (c) 2015 Wes Rehberg

NEW MEDIUM - WATERCOLORS - BEGINNING ATTEMPTS

I've begun working in a medium that has intimidated me, watercolors, encouraged by my artist spouse. Below are images of a few of my early attempts and experiments. Still figuring out how the medium works. Difficult. All images are (c) 2015 Wes Rehberg.

"Street Refugee 2" -- a 9x12" watercolor on Arches cold pressed paper.

"Street Refugee 1" - 10 x 14" watercolor on Arches cold press paper

"Lightwave" - 9x12" watercolor on Strethmore cold pressed paper

"Radiance," watercolor on 9 x 12" Strathmore cold pressed paper

NEW - "STREET VENDOR" - ACRYLIC PAINTING

New, seems complete - "Street Vendor' - acrylic painting on 18"x24" canvas, touch ups maybe, expressionist (c) 2015 Wes Rehberg

NEW - "THE LETTER" - OIL PASTEL PAINTING

Seems complete now - "The Letter," oil pastel painting on 11"x14" vellum Bristol paper, evocativist mood. (c) 2015 Wes Rehberg

NEW -- "DISPLACED CLOWN AND MIRROR" - OIL PASTEL PAINTING

New – “Displaced Clown and Mirror,” oil pastel painting on 11” x 14” mixed media paper, Evocativist style – Sennelier and Mungyo Artist Premium oil pastels with mineral spirits wash © 2015 Wes Rehberg

NEW - "TWO CHATTANOOGA HOMELESS MEN (DECEASED)," OIL PASTEL PAINTING

"Two Chattanooga Homeless Men (Deceased)," oil pastel painting on 12" x 18" smooth Bristol paper, Evocativist style, evaluating (c) Wes, adapted from my video clips.

INVENTING "EVOCATIVISM" ...

Inventing "Evocativism " - a figurative and abstract esthetic category
Postmodern, spiritually intuitive, ethical, just and musically rhythmic way of seeing and creating. Visually artistic. Imperfect.
Working on this as an artistic category, style for me. Fleshing it out for and within painting and drawing and what I've worked on in the past. Philosophically, too.
Indicative. Evocative. Free to ramble and wander. Conscientious.

Wes Rehberg, Ph.D., Visual Artist

CREATING AS SACRAMENTAL? ... (plus work in progress)

Can creating art (or anything) be thought of as a sacramental task, sacrament through sacrament to sacrament? From the love actor through a work of loving to what appears to be an object that's really an incarnation of love, a subject. Holy, then. Mindful. Unafraid to address both the beauty and pain in life. Serving up a paschal meal, a passion play. Concrete. Embracing. Unitive despite difficulty. Into the mystic and material at the same moment. Michelangelo's "Pieta" and Van Gogh's "Starry Night." The mundane and transcendent joined. Inviting compassion. Present.

Including work in progress:
"Somali Refugees" - oil pastel painting on 12" x 19" vellum Bristol paper. (c)WR - continuing refugee and displacement theme