If pressed, I'd probably say I carry the word tension in my mind with a negative connotation.
And yet, the exquisite tension intrinsic to the creative process of painting is precisely what pulls me back over and over again to my studio. That tension lives in a place between pain and pleasure that is compelling. Positive.
I'm grateful to have kept experimenting with this particular painting.
I'm grateful for the physical properties that allow for surface tension on water and the gift of autumn leaves that perform a delicate dance on the stage of a pond.
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Humming a Ditty 5.5 x 8"; acrylic, ink, watercolor pencil, oil pastel, and collage on heavy card stock abstract landscape 2022 |
6 comments:
Had to really enlarge in a new window to really get the effect of those bright red splatters. I think that the ones in the water areas alone would create more tension. Just a thought!
Carol, smiling at your thought about limiting the bright red splatters to just those in the water, with the potential for greater captivating tension—I played with that idea myself. Now I'm thinking maybe I'll try returning to it … thank you for your feedback on visual language.
I enlarged the picture, and I love all the tiny details and wrinkles and drops and tiny line. A world in itself!
Yes to tiny details, wrinkles, drops, and tiny lines! Thanks for exploring them. This was truly an exploration for me—considerable what-if experimentation and learning that were very satisfying. I really got immersed in process.
Bringing me calm today. Most grateful to you Dotty. :)
So glad to know that, Sheila. Many's the time a painting of yours has calmed, uplifted, given me a new perspective, brought me joy : )
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