Clarice and I had a blast in the studio this weekend. We added more Jackson Pollock to the blue and green painting, which I keep referring to as " Wild Sargasso Sea ." (Clarice thinks this name is hilarious.) White splotches, silver, and dark blue swirls happened here. Wild Sargasso Sea Then, the coral painting that I refer to as the "more Mondrian -ish" piece had some gold geometric highlights added to its negative space. After this, I felt like the painting was suddenly channeling some Gustav Klimt . I'm calling this one "Coral with Turquoise and Gold Incidentals." (Musical composers write incidental music to accompany or accentuate the action in scenes.) Coral with Turquoise and Gold Incidentals I still feel like my background colors of bright blue and coral on these two paintings were inspired by Kandinsky . I also felt that the lyrical, rhythmic lines might make him smile. He believed each painting captured a musical symphony. Maybe he w
ok thought that look familar, painting of it, and i agree charleston has a lot of great things to chose from to draw from.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful painting!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I love the texture of the sky!
ReplyDeleteLovely!
ReplyDeleteexcellent balance of values - makes it read very well
ReplyDeleteA very nice picture, great colours
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ReplyDeleteThis is actually "my view" of 1st Pres on Meeting St. I deleted the other tower (there are 2 that front on Meeting St.) -- just to simplify the composition. I really like to lay things out in a 1,2,3 style (tree, tower, tree). Just FYI in case you were scratching your head and thinking, "Where did the other tower go?"
pyronik--
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your comment about the sky! I really thought about that.
I did this on watercolor canvas with a coral wash background as the first layer. Then I painted the sky with acrylic blue and white mixed loosely and with a heavy, impasto application. I really like this new watercolor canvas because it does a great job of allowing both thin and thick applications of paint.