New Work and Inspiration

I have been working on a series of paintings with the theme of circles for a two-person exhibit at Lunaria in September. The focus of the series has been on understanding how to work well with different acrylic medium and paint. Most of my successful experiments have been with using a palette knife, but I've also enjoyed sgraffito. Originally, I wanted to paint a painting a week and chose a 6" x 6" format because I thought it was a very reasonable goal. I also bought larger canvases, and The Red Circle painting shown here is 12" x 12". Now I realize the 6" x 6" size might be too small.

The light bulb went on this week as I started connecting various bits of information and the integration was powerful. One of the pieces of inspiration was from a trip I took more than twenty years ago . One of the  sources was a book I ordered on a whim, Beyond Realism. Ryder describes a process for transforming an image (primarily landscape) into a series of color fields. This clearly describes how I have thought of images for a long time, but I haven't been able to articulate it. Coupled with a trip to Robin Ann Walker's terrific website, the thought-provoking ideas have been powerful this week.

Comments

[Julie K in Taiwan]

Great colors and textures. Have you thought about combining the 6x6 boards to create a larger canvas? You could do four to make a 12x12 or 9 to make an 18x18.

[Heather T.]

Oooh. Nice!