2/4/09

more new work

new piece
not unlike my others ,
still making women/package/explosions
this time i put a little person insider her heart area
cheering
the banner says "between"

5 comments:

bradner said...

dude your watercolors are so fucking BEAUTIFUL! my favorite part is the background...that deep, blood red...and the blue/green on the left looks like some kind of portal. also i like the contrast of the background with the girl. having minimal washes on her really sticks her out.
i'm not sure if i'm a big fan of the wings. it's not that i don't like them there...i'm just not sure if it's necessary. the wings and text...those are symbols. it's like...you need to tell the viewer something on top of what you're already showing them. and what you're showing is enough for me. those washes in the back and the crazy etchings on the girl say more than the text and wings ever could, i think. like rothko can say so much jus painting squares...i dunno...i guess i'm maybe reading too much into just some wings and text.

lightgeist said...

cool bradner , thanks

those backgrounds are always a tossup
you never know if they are going to work out

so, i know this is vague
but are you getting a sense freedom/ celebration in the face of chaos in this?

its a good point about the words and wings. im not sure i want redundancy either. the word is minor enough but the wings came about as a sortof a sketch idea. and i like the fact im working with birds now .
with the gals in this series i just try to fill them up with stuff.
do you think its cheesy?
hehe
i didnt really think about it.
maybe im getting lazy
thanks man
nice to get the mirror=-trav

lightgeist said...

i think with my next one im going to use my lightbox.
blow up the drawing
and trace it..or transfer em'

it came up in a talk with nater

moll said...

i love this background too. the genius must have been hanging out.

stargrazer said...

some of the ephemeral background washes are completely opalescent. It's marvelous.