Remember this bad boy? It was my first half hour painting from Wyanne’s Paint Free Class.
It seemed to have potential, and this stage got some good feedback even though for me it was far from finished:
The primordial soup stage {isn’t that a great expression?}: at this point I was contemplating the meaning of life, and energy, and connection, and other such Important Matters. I was also playing a lot with orange.
There was some dripping. Of course.
Then after an extremely frustrating conversation with someone I’m very fond of but who is not renowned for open mindedness, I painted out some things I would have liked to have said to them.
Meanwhile, the whole ‘three sections’ thing really wasn’t working for me, even though I was seeing chakras and a figure and stuff like that.
It was quite cool that that white circle really glowed against the rest of the painting, but it was altogether too dark for me. So I did this:
And there it sits, temporarily stalled again, until my creative spirit decides to let me know what it needs next. I’m in no hurry; it’s not like I don’t have a bajillion other half finished canvases to work on. 🙂
And also, there is a definite feel of ‘story-ness’ to this painting; each layer is about something different, some different developmental phase, seemingly unconnected to the one before but as a whole they will come together and be the final painting. I really love that. It’s kind of like life, if you want to get all deep about it. 😉
What amazing colours and patterns, like being in a dance with designed universe!
Beautiful!
Hugs!
Julie
Love seeing a painting's story – it's all part of it, as you say.
I can't stop laughing at, 'the wtf layer' – haha!
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This is so cool–like your daily diary on canvas–layer after layer–an excellent art therapy!!
Wow – so many layers. I really like the selection layer with all that white space….but then that's me. I wonder how it will turn out in the end…this story. Fab!!
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When you're a legendary artist and your work is being preserved and analysed and dissected I can't wait for them to xray your work and try and figure out all the layers and previous paintings. 😀
I'm liking this all very much: your thoughts as you went, the layers of meaning, the trials and re-doings, the process, all of it. I really love the way you write about it, too. ~kathy
So cool seeing all the stages! Staying tuned for more!
Love to see your processes as well!! I also have many half done canvases 🙂
Great lesson of "unattachment", Tara! The way you painted over stuff and all…I like it the way it is now, actually. Let us know how it turns out.
This is fascinating – can't wait to see where the painting takes you next! I really like the second version.