WINTER 2025 11
A R T & C R A F T
For Episodic Director
Rudi Bloss, water is
a place where he can
exercise, meditate,
ay, an fee aie. Its
a passion that splashes
oer into a arts of is ifeincuing is
ersona art. s art of a series eicting
swimmers, swimming pools, and water
creatures, the painting Backstroke is a
erfect exame. Its ase on one of is
teammates on the Masters swim team at
urans oen oa uatics.
Bloss began Backstroke with a few
setces of te simmer. I ten create
a gri on te an canas an roe
the body down into simple geometrical
shapes without losing the dynamic
ose, e says. fter raing te ines
it an acryic en, e coate te canas
it a re acryic ase coor. it te
ines sti isie, e escries ing out
the shapes with color as "a little bit like
ainting y numers.
As the red underneath "bled through"
the other colors layered on top, the
painting took on a slightly warm
unertone. is roies a sute
contrast to te istinctie contours,
which Bloss credits to his admiration
for Bauhaus, Cubist, and Mid-Century
Modern styles, with their emphasis on
saes, comosition, an coor.
After more than three decades focused on
directing, storyboarding, and designing
characters, Bloss decided to take
aantage of a recent onturn in or.
Instead of scrambling for another job,
e iote to is ease. f te resut
his ongoing, water-inspired series—he
says I oe tat Im finay utting
my entire energy into my on art.
ee more of osss or at
www.worldofbloss.com.
STROKE OF GENIUS
TAG MEMBER RUDI BLOSS FINDS ARTISTIC INSPIRATION IN WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE.
ARTIST: Rudi Bloss
TITLE: Backstroke
MEDIUM: cryic on canas
SIZE: 24" x 18"
