I am filled with the joy of the small wonders of the world that popped out of painting this piece.
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| The Fullness and Variety of All That Had Come Before 4x5"; acrylic, ink, pencil, and soluble pastels on paper, mounted on manila stock abstract 2017 |
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Small Wonders of the World
Such heart-lifting gifts in closing doors/painting negative space and opening windows/discovering surprises.
I am filled with the joy of the small wonders of the world that popped out of painting this piece.
I am filled with the joy of the small wonders of the world that popped out of painting this piece.
12 comments:
I love Prayers for Peace, Dotty. And Drink of water from a clear spring, and the orange and reds of work in progress. And this one- The Fullness and Variety of All That had come Before. Beautiful! I hope you're doing the 30 in 30. I'll be watching!
Hi, Laurie—I was JUST thinking about you this morning! Thanks for your feedback on multiple pieces.
I don't plan to formally do the 30in30, though I'll continue to paint daily, and post at my blog and on IG, AND I will be following many who ARE doing the 30in30. I'm guessing I'll see lots of Laurie art, and for that alone I am tremendously grateful!
One of the things that I love are your color combinations. I love the variants on all your shapes, each one so distinctive but similar at the same time!
Love the shadows, the flowing white, the veiling. LOVE how each is so different, and yet there is enough similarity to bring them together as one. Hmm.... great lesson for the world ;)Beautiful, Dotty! And... Beautiful Dotty!
Carol, thanks for the 'visual language' feedback—helpful to hear your observations about the variants/distinctions of the shapes vs their similarity : )
Sheila, I KNEW you'd pick up on the shadows! They were a really fun part of this exploration for me. Interestingly, I think the white began to 'flow' more once I used alcohol to rub some of it away and reveal the underlayer. The veiling, hard as it is for me to get in there and DO, sure is rewarding once I get rolling. I love this piece! And I love that you, like Carol, enjoyed how each revealed space is so different, yet with enough similarity for cohesion—in turn, love the way you extended that to metaphor.
Thanks for your kind words!
Hi Dotty,
Painting negative spaces is indeed so interesting. By covering up something that what stays uncovered gets so much mor attention!
Hi Simone—thanks! Painting negative spaces has made for an engaging exploration, and it's only just begun. I do love what has emerged here. You can go back to my Aug. 11 "Leaf Pile" post to see the sheet from which I cut the quadrant that has now been transformed to what you see above : )
Thank you, Dotty, for the nice compliment. Actually I may not be able to paint 30. But Maybe 10 or 15. We'll see!
Whatever number you paint, it will be just right. Will you post on your blog?
Love this piece...and your title. You have a way of naming these pieces that soars! This painting is delectable...like a surprise box of chocolates. Yum.
Thanks, Jen. Yay for your enjoying my titles! I've had fun entitling my art in recent months : )
Box of Chocolates might have served well as its title as several folks have seen just that in this painting. The chocolates might taste like dead leaves, though, given that the painting started in a blog post entitled Pile of Leaves!
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