Thursday, March 8, 2007

In the process of creation...

This is the beginning of a painting I started at Thanksgiving. I asked a bunch of my friends at to write things they were thankful for. You can't see the words now, but I like knowing that they are there. The words are a part of the history of this painting. I dropped orange and red and then dark violet paint on the canvas, added some water, and voila! I don't know what it is yet but I like it right now. It feels like a womb to me....or something developing, emerging...
I love this painting so far. The colors on most of my photographs are a lot less intense than they are in real life. I experiemented with this one in Photoshop to see if I could re-create the actual color. I think this is a little too bright, but more accurate than the other photos. This one also feels like something growing...maybe a seed with roots. We'll see where it goes.
This is another section of the same painting above. Like I said, the colors are much more intense in real life. But I like the paths that were created by the drops of water traveling through the dark blue paint, leaving their trail behind.

Sunday, March 4, 2007

(The comment below is referring to the creation series above. I moved the images but couldn't figure out how to move the comment with them)