I finished this painting and am a little reluctant to post an image because the photo I took of it is so bad, but it is the best I could do with my limited camera skills. The painting is 4ft by 5ft. I feel a liberation in working large because it allows me to dissolve into the image, which allows me to focus completely on paint and surface. I am really painting a non-objective piece because I worked out the image in collage before working it out on canvas. I have begun painting another large piece: a simplified waterfall. I am doing a little 3ft urban landscape and a boat floating in stylized water off a red dock. I love doing these simple playful scenes that act as a catalyst for complex paint application. This is where my hesitation comes into play, because the richest aspect of this painting, surface and paint application, is lost in the photo.
Monday, June 05, 2006
I finished this painting and am a little reluctant to post an image because the photo I took of it is so bad, but it is the best I could do with my limited camera skills. The painting is 4ft by 5ft. I feel a liberation in working large because it allows me to dissolve into the image, which allows me to focus completely on paint and surface. I am really painting a non-objective piece because I worked out the image in collage before working it out on canvas. I have begun painting another large piece: a simplified waterfall. I am doing a little 3ft urban landscape and a boat floating in stylized water off a red dock. I love doing these simple playful scenes that act as a catalyst for complex paint application. This is where my hesitation comes into play, because the richest aspect of this painting, surface and paint application, is lost in the photo.
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