Here's a new 2' square painting, "Temporarily." This was originally going to have a lot more elements -- a couple ghostly icebergs painted floating in the "water" and on the horizon; also a sunken city that I spent quite a bit of time drawing pillars and urns and broken pediments for. Then I attempted to transfer the drawing of the ruins using a piece of paper bag and an oil stick -- total disaster. So I quickly wiped it all off. After a lot of consideration (and some urging from Randi to leave it simple), I decided to stay with this composition. I was trying to juxtapose something like a beautiful sunrise with a gathering storm -- or a tropical sky with arctic waters. The idea that a beautiful sky above reveals nothing about what is sunken and hidden, at least.
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hmmm...i'm really bad at critiquing abstract stuff usually so sorry if i don't make any sense...i like the orange and blue..i love the hard line going through the middle...but something about this seems "unresolved." i think maybe it's the yellow cloud....i really don't know. maybe it's a question of temperature...the top color feels real hot and the bottom one is cold and then that cloud is only warm...maybe if it was more like a cloud and like...the warm color was seeping out from behind but the front was colder...i dunno...but i like that you were going to put more on there and then decided not to. very brave!
I had a lot of trouble getting a color-accurate photo of this one. The whole thing is very vibrant in person, and there's a lot more going on between the pinks/peaches/oranges and blues (which are nearly invisible) in the top half, and lots more interaction between the yellows and oranges in the bottom half. I took the photo under full sun, so maybe an overcast photo is in order.
Not to say I shouldn't follow up on your suggestions in future pieces.
love it
i really connect with this one
im not so much a fan of these drips since they are close to the darkest thing on the piece in the photo, but bravo,
i really connect with it heart-ily
I wish I could transport this piece to you so you could see the real color interactions...
It makes me think of a turquoise and gold piece you once painted, that is similarly in two halves.
Kind of stark, flat, yet kind of suggestive of great volumes of space and/or water. At least in intent.
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