It was fun to concentrate on color and making marks and not think
at all about accuracy. I take photos of buildings all the time but I'm
not really interested in reproducing them on canvas. I've wasted a lot
of time moaning about not having a subject I'm excited about.
Then it struck me that I could assemble different architectural features to
give myself a structure to hang paint on. I drew a b&w composition in my
sketchbook and used it as a model. Color was made up and maybe it's
too simplistic but it's an experiment to alter my thought process, practice
straying from reality and try to get closer to a marriage of representation
and abstraction.
9 comments:
Cool piece Lorraine. I see a lot of great smaller pieces within this big piece too!
It has an otherworldly feeling to it. Very appealing.
Excellent painting Lorraine! Very unique.....
A wonderful idea, Lorraine! This is a striking creation of strong value contrast, beautiful color mixtures, compelling brushwork and artfully placed shapes. It really appeals to me!
Very beautiful painting and very interesting art blog !!!
Have a nice and creative week !!!
You are definitely onto something with this approach. I love the composition and the color.
your work is so happy...really full of good vibes...maybe it's looking through your new eyes and not capturing every iota of detail, but creating a mood, through shapes and colour...works like magic!
Like the use of yellow (dark & light) with some dash of blue here and there.
Love those sunlight shadows.
Bravo. This is really spectacular and I love reading about the process behind it. (More please.)
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