Tuesday, November 11, 2014

I'm Not ONLY Just About 'The Olden Days'

Here are samples of some of my more abstract type of work.

The first one is a contemplative piece. 

I call it that because I was contemplating it when I got it to this stage to figure out where it was going to go, right? 

A hint of tint here and there, greens and blues and browns, a little gold maybe, a dab of orange or yellow or red ... to subtly bring out the meadow, stream, rocks, sunrise/set I saw when I looked at it first.

When the next day came and I was looking at it again, I saw none of those things.

I saw a desert.

The next day I saw the ocean.

Then it was mountains.

That's when I figured out that this piece had already gotten to where it was going.

Different people see entirely different things, and some are like me and see completely dissimilar scenes from one day to the next.


I did these circles to go with the big piece - it's 41x42; the piece (below) on black is 15 1/2 by 16 1/2 and the solo circles are in 7" embroidery hoops.


They're plaster textured with copper and bronze metallic glaze. The big one is on canvas with a narrow black frame; the middle one is on wood painted black; the small ones are on fabric stretched into the hoops. 

These photos are a far cry from good enough - the texturing picks up whatever light is around so there are highlights and shadows and such.

Anyhow ... these are definitely unlike a lot of my stuff, especially recent work. 

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