…and I am very pleased. It's funny, when I started them earlier this week I thought it wasn't going well and even commented to a friend that I'd had a "bad painting day". But when I returned to them yesterday, a couple of glazings seemed to coax them into something I liked, even though the composition and color scheme hadn't changed all that much. Sometimes I think it's as much my state of mind as it is what is actually happening with the paintings. I know this because there have been many past paintings that I have disliked, and sold without much thought only to (years later) come to appreciate them and wish I could do more like them. Anyway, these two didn't have to wait years for me to get excited about them, they will be included in my submission to the Emerging Artists' show. Here they are in their completed state. And below are a couple of pictures of them in progress, during the texture phase.
I haven't officially titled them yet. For now, they have been tagged Reclamations 34 and 35, but I only designate numerically for commissioned pieces. These two deserve titles, I just haven't come up with the right ones. They measure 18” square each and are acrylic on cradled hardboard.
In the photo below, you can see the circle masks that are in the process of being laid down.
This next photo shows the complete texturization with masks removed, revealing the circular "debossed" areas and the assemblaged domed circular pieces.
2 comments:
1) I LOVE these, especially the blue one! FANTASTIC.
2) I LOVE your new self-portrait in the sidebar! I really hope you will do a full series of figurative work in the 'sad girls' style, but maybe even throw in a few male and animal figures! I think it would be completely publishable as a coffee-table book of art. Honest. :-)
Oh K! Thanks for commenting. I love the blue one too. It was inspired by a beautiful new tub of paint I bought at Nova Color: "Indanthrone Blue", which tints beautifully!
And interestingly, I have had the recent urge to do figurative stuff again. In fact, I was going to start something this evening but then I got sidetracked updating my website.
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