"Black Hole"

Artist Jay Rolfe recently put another photo on his website www.jayrolfe.com/ is of his 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas painting of a black hole called, guess what(?), "Black Hole." This is the version that's 42" x 42" x 2.375". It's the photo of the day today.

That's the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his innovative 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create Uplifting Conversation Pieces.

Artist Jay Rolfe With "Black Hole" 3-D Painting

This is the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's unique artistic idea, his 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/.

Today's photo is of artist Jay Rolfe and his 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas painting "Black Hole" which is hanging in the artist's dining room.

It rained today, wiping out my plans to be outside using my saws to cut some pieces for my new sculpture. Instead, I went on errands to gather materials for other projects.

"Yellow Brick Road" ... my journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso

Yes, Jay Rolfe is working on another "Yellow Brick Road" painting. I painted part of the mortar between the yellow bricks today, all in one direction. I'll do the other direction in a few days. Here's a photo of progress so far.

I also painted more of the swirling universe and some stars on the smaller "Black Hole" painting. I still have to find a title for it, and I'll probably name it after one of the many named black holes in the universe.

I spent 4 1/2 hours painting this afternoon. So this evening I'll take off and spend it with my fantastic wife Randy Rolfe (http://www.randyrolfe.com/).

That's today's step on the journey of Jay Rolfe From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You can see some expressions of my unique artistic idea on my website at http://www.3dssc.com/.

Jay Rolfe: New Painting ... Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso

Don't you just love the future Jay Rolfe is projecting for himself? I do!

I'm excited that I just finished creating a new painting. It's a prototype for one of my huge paintings. (All my paintings are huge.) It's "only" 5 feet square. I'm planning a painting that is 10 feet square, and I wanted to see how it would work out in a smaller size and with pre-stretched canvases. (I make custom three dimensional stretcher frameworks for all my paintings.) I rarely create prototypes, but the huge painting I'm planning will take a couple of months to complete. So proving the concept seemed like a good thing to do. Plus, I get to keep the prototype. I'm glad, because I think the prototype is awesome!

My new painting is called "Black Hole (prototype)". Here is a quick and dirty photo of it. It's made up of five canvases bolted together. The center canvas, the black hole, is recessed, giving the painting three dimensions. (All my paintings have three dimensions.)

"Black Hole" will join my other paintings in my Universe category. You can see the others on my website. Click on www.3dssc.com and then the word Universe. When I created my 10 1/2 foot long rocket called "The Right Stuff," I had Tom Hanks in mind. I understand he collects space and rocket themed paintings, and of course he starred in the movie Apollo 13. Maybe he would also be interested in the final version of "Black Hole." Jay Rolfe would love Tom Hanks to collect his paintings.

"Black Hole (prototype)" by Jay Rolfe is the latest expression of my unique artistic idea on my journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You can see the results of Jay Rolfe’s unique artistic idea at www.3dssc.com.