Fun:
• tearing pieces of handpainted pink collage paper;
• tearing and cutting pieces of handpainted black collage paper;
• cutting a piece of black and gray collage (the vertical strip left of center) from a Shutterfly calendar I made using images of paintings from a Jane Davies class I took in 2016;
• arranging and rearranging all the bits and pieces into a composition;
• spreading glue;
• pressing all the bits in place; and
Funny:
• discovering, once done, that instead of covering the printed side of the piece of card stock I'd garnered from a recent solicitation from my son's alma mater, I had covered the blank side, leaving myself no place to write a message on my postcard!
This piece has been under refrigeration for a few days. It could stand as is (once I paint over the message side of the card!), but I'm going to take one more look tomorrow, after it's been online overnight, and consider some possible tweaks before making a final decision.
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| work in progress |
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10 comments:
How dramatic the pink and black are! Some sort of a face is trying to emerge! Sending a bright sunny day.
The emerging face made itself known to me as well, and I accentuated it a tiny bit. Not sure where it might go next. Thanks for the bright sunny day—that's exactly what we had on hand as I posted this one vs when I painted it.
This is simply elegant...that mysterious face, the little black dress of a border...love
OMG—LOVE your reference to the "little black dress of a border." YES! That's exactly what it is!
LOVE the colors and piece-iness. I see a cat, sticking its tongue out for a treat. And a smaller cat, black and white. Love the black curve, and shapes and the torn edges. :)
Sheila, it is just so much fun to hear what you've seen in my little torn scraps of paper (and thank you for loving those torn edges along with me!)—never once did I see a cat, let alone two, and now I do! Thx as eer for your thoughtful feedback.
So - you can tell a lot about a person from what they see in an abstract.....I should have waited to read everyone else's comments because now I see everything!! Although the black/white striped cat dominates for me. Love the contrast with the 'black dress border'.
Thanks, Janet! I have to work REALLY hard at this point to step back and see this piece with fresh eyes!
I forgot to mention that your artwork echoes the printed side....'paws' and 'red'!
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