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| Tropical Tapestry |
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| detail |
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| side view |
This brightly colored floral abstract is my attempt to create
something colorful and upbeat, because I am mourning the death of my
little dog,
Precious. When she was healthy, she was bright,
mischievious, and fun, like this painting.
This piece started out as a pure nonrepresentational abstract with
corrugated paper and other mixed media materials. After studying it a
while, I saw places that kind of looked like hibiscus/poppy flowers, so I
developed those shapes a little more.
I tell my students all the time that there is a stage (in painting) when you have
to let the painting talk to you - if you let it, it will reveal itself
to you. This only happens, by the way, if you step back and look at
your painting from a distance. You see things that are not obvious up
close.
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