So I begin again. 2 canvases, both 3' x 2', primed and ready to go. I prefer a smooth surface, free of the canvas texture, so this takes 5 coats of primer and sanding. And of course, I don't have a specific image in mind as i start. Here is the evolution of one.
!!! Blurt- draw doodle, wipe it out and gesture again until the balance feels right.
Open blank spaces seem to have so much possibility, but I guess I'm the one to explore that field. Who looks at art with their imagination fill in the gaps these days? So I fill it with some color and substance. I think i want a slate blue painting...
There is a mystery to the pieces that I'll live with and eventually figure out what it might all mean. So I tweak the forms and colors for awhile..
Stepping stones. The seed and flower lurch out beyond their location, pulling their field closer while it seems like it should be a bit more settled.
My eye keeps wanting something to bring it back around into the composition and it would make sense that those (tiny) trees are marching off into the sunset/moonrise.
and now for some contemplation. cycles of life, decisions between options, things not quite seeming like what they are and some things that we'll never truly understand. Acceptance of abstraction might be the answer.
so on this note i think i should mention that there are often paintings that fall off or out of the linear series concept of art that we have been led to believe in.
