Part of what's bugging me is that i'm not sure how abstract it is. Of course i know what it is and the repetitive shapes should be matching if it was realistic. Maybe it wouldn't matter so much if it was a much looser style.
Even though i'm not exactly happy with it yet, i'm pleased i've been able to control the paint much more than i could even just a short while ago. I feel my technique is much stronger and less reliant on happy accidents.
Taking pictures and looking at it here has also given me a new prospective and a few of the problems with this painting are much clearer. I'm still optimistic going forward.
These look like mushrooms. But I recently toured a mushroom farm and just wrote an article about it, so I have mushrooms on the mind.
ReplyDeleteI believe this painting is inspired by playoff season. I rather like it. Since you're an artist Phil, I think degrees of abstract are entirely up to your own discretion. I really like it.
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