While watching the Pats game
I played with a small pad, marker and watercolors.
Trying to think abstractly
I started with 5 shapes of varying sizes and color.
No reference.
That didn't last long.
This became the pizza we had during the game.
This became an appetizer plate
And of course, a beach scene.
It's funny how our brain reads shapes and
we immediately identify them as something.
I find it a challenge to think of
just shapes and their relationships with each other.
The final session of the online class I'm taking is "Finding Your Voice".
We've been gathering, compiling, and analyzing our personal visual influences; including paintings, as well as other art forms. It's been a revealing and eye-opening exercise.
I recently submitted these pieces to the Copley Society Holiday Small Works show, where I noticed a common thread in my work.
Corner View 14 x 14 oil
From Above 14 x 14 oil
Sky Lit 14 x 14 oil
Cross Roads 10 x 8 oil
I clearly have a tendency toward a structural composition, with "geometric clarity."
Stay tuned!