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Recent Art
Art, it’s my outlet, especially as of late, there’s something that I can say outside of myself and the words I’ve collected within that convey something deeper, in a surrealistic manner. Take for example the image above; it’s a collab piece done by my son and I.
I had already doodled a lame face on a solo canvas, leaving it in a corner collecting dustz. Well, apparently he found it, Z ended up bringing the canvas to me with a grin and a gentle pat at his chest. (It’s ‘please’ in ASL). I ended up giving him some options, he’d been familiar with the paint pens and likes the shaking that’s called for when using these types of pens.
He chose the color and location on the canvas and voila.
This originally was intended to be a new face that I was working on; apparently this was not what my subconscious wanted to do. one of my favorite parts to do with my painting is the waiting game…it’s something that I wish I learned to use with more in my life, but either way it’s a technique I’ve come to truly love when I’m making a new piece. I call it Patience. I know what a revelation, right?
And maybe I’m not the only person who does this but it is something that I’ve truly come to use as an advantage for myself. So, I will tend to use three colors, regardless of what area on the scale, and stay with three for a while. But that’s not all, I will do a dollop or a poor, I’ll start the beginning of a face, or something small innocuous, like a dimple, wrinkles, teeth. I walk away, and I’ll walk away and stay away for days working on other things of life, writing, stories, more paintings, and school. But then I come back. And what happens is the initial idea has been squashed, squandered and obliterated. I then start out from that base foundation that I originally painted and stem from that as been fortuitous. And I’m hoping that eventually it will be seen by others.
Side story: I’m a massive fan of Ray Bradbury and his short stories. One that has always stuck with me, among too many to count. Anyhow, it’s a favorite, and it’s being paired with a tulip collection I’ve been working on since I married.
C’est La Vie
Good night and good morning, good morning and good night. May the day to come be better than yesterday, graceful and blissful.
NOSCE TE IPSUM
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