Sunday, February 25, 2007

Circles Update




Two paintings in process now are growing slowly into their own. Circles and figures. Hands holding spheres. Rings binding, or is it comforting, encompassing. Whatever.
Now I'm stuck so I put on the computer to play with color and texture in the white areas. I'm leaning towards the purples and reds. WE'll see.
As some planets have rings; we are each our own planet. Rings must be supported by something. Each sphere, or person, or planet is supported by something.
Blue and yellow make green, The center and the ring make one. One of what? Yet to be determined.

Sunday, February 18, 2007

New Series

Circles #2


I am begining to believe that it is totaly impossable for me to work on only one thing at a time.
A new seriese is emerging from the pool of energy that is me.
To me these seems a bit more uplifting, but it is early in their development. Cricles #2 began as two touching hands and a solar like ring around them. It is developing in to two hands emerging from a spherical egg which is held by two unrelated hands. The ray of light energy (still too yellow orange) that is also emerging out from the egg then wraps around the central element to then blend to the bottom and cradel the scene.
The Red Sphere in the background has not totaly disclosed its pupose. This 24"x24" oil on wood panel is in the underpainting stage now. Once the design has been worked out Thicker oils will be applied.
I have a more mystical feeling about this one. The difficulty lies in wanting to have bright, bold, vivid color without creating an overwelming energy force. How to get vivid color while keeping a soft easy feeling is showing itself as my challenge.
AS with most of what I create, the final name for these new paintings will be determined at their completion. For now, they get series numbers in order of their original emergence.
Circles #1
This is a watercolor that began as a memeber of the MONOCHROMES series but the birth of the green gave it a new destiny.
Here figures, or parts of them, are stretching to support various spheres.
It does seem that my creations often consist of circles and figures.
What can I say?... They're fun!