Notions, Transitions and Sentiments

When I started painting the Circles Series, I would describe my frame of mind as very much thinking about circles. The images are literal. The colors are layers and layers of paint applied as I was working out the ideas I wanted to convey about circles. One element that has continually fascinated me has been little bits of color peeking out from behind the top layer of something. (I think if graffiti in addition to fine art examples.) Because of my emphasis on thinking about the shape, the first part of this series will have "notions" in the title. (I'm still working on exact titles for each piece.)

I made sense of the second part of the series after seeing all the paintings together. One example is posted here (the red on a green background) and another was posted earlier. They definitely express my development of the series,  linking the other two groups. As a result, they will have "transitions" in the titles. This group has seven paintings, and they have also undergone myriad layers of development and paint.

The final group is a significant change from the original "notions" group and reflects an integration of my previous work (in nature themes) with the circles theme. The shapes have an organic quality and are inspired in part from sea foam on the sand and river rocks. These pieces will have "sentiments" in their titles.

Comments

[Heather T.]

Interesting that at least in the three you chose to illustrate your comments, there's a kind of breakdown, moving from very contained circles (see the black line outlining the outermost circle) to scattered fragments.

I'm delighted you're having time to explore this stuff... =)

[Brenda Marks]

Yes, these are representative of the three parts of the series. I do see them getting much more abstracted and organic as the paintings progressed. I'll probably be adding more to the series, and the paintings will probably add more to these three themes. I see adding other more variations on the orb theme.