Follow your bliss...: What's on my easel?

Monday, August 31, 2009

What's on my easel?

Bones of the Earth, August 29, 2009, acrylic monotype on canvas board with sumi paper collage, 20 x 16,

Although I scribbled my signature on it yesterday just say to myself "It's done", I'm not completely satisfied with it...don't get me wrong, I like it...OH I HAD SO MUCH FUN...you betchya, I had fun...I love the colors, I love the texture, but I think I got into trouble with the orderliness of my shapes...the structure...if only it were more higgledy-piggledy...well, I'll have to think about what I might do next to make it right...

4 comments:

layers said...: You and I seem to have the same issue with our work--- this sort of order and structure creeps in when we want looseness and 'higgly-piggly". I have also been working on a painting that I am trying to loosen up on.
But I do like yours and love the textures and subdued colors.; 12:59 AM
secretfragileskies said...: Your work is beautiful, spare and ephemeral. It reminds me of the seasons we are moving into.; 1:26 AM
Poetic Artist said...: I seem to love it. You have so much texture and softness. Yet strong..; 1:32 AM
Mary S. Hunt said...: great mystery to the piece!; 7:29 PM

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