I set out a few weeks ago to practice addition and subtraction while painting.
And that is precisely what I've been doing of late.
In the process I've discovered with new awareness that visual subtraction often takes place, ironically, by means of addition. Though much may be obscured from view, nothing actually gets taken away. Though I repeatedly have to let go, nothing is ever truly lost.
A bit of the history of this piece:
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4.75 x 5.5"; acrylic, ink, and oil pastel on paper
abstract
2022
4 comments:
I wasn't paying attention to the size of this piece. It feels like a large project to me. I've been sitting her, traveling through the pathways, taking it all in. I love everything about it. The geometry, the organic shapes. The ruggedness, the palette... Bravo, Dotty!
Sheila, plain and simple: thank you so much for your appreciation of the geometry, organic shapes, ruggedness, palette—your feedback on visual language is always so welcome and informative. And I love knowing you have been traveling all the pathways—when I began to simplify, I found myself wanting to create paths from one place in the piece to another so that became a way to 'subtract' so I could open up paths, AND I felt like the piece gave me a chance to create a maze. Fun!
There are so many intricate little details, it's lovely to enlarge the picture, take a close look and plunge in this little wonderland.
Simone, yay! You plunged in just as I did as I was having a conversation with brush, paint, and paper! Thanks for your comment about the intricate details.
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