"Mistaken Identity" "She Gets Me"
9x12 9x12
Have you noticed a subtle shift in my work lately? I spent a couple of hours painting yesterday with some great loud and quiet tunes playing in my studio and when it was time to stop painting, I stood back and looked at these and thought....hmmm. If you remember in my last post I showed the backgrounds for these and they appeared light and sunny and now they feel a bit more earthy and somber. I really like these two pieces but it's almost as if they painted themselves in a way (does that ever happen to you?). They needed slightly deeper tones and textures than I normally use and although the two women I painted last week had a similar feel, I definitely took these two pieces a bit farther...what do you think? I have a third 9x12 piece in the works and two similar 3x5 blocks to share tomorrow.
6 comments:
am just loving these earthy tones!!! and am impressed with the size too.
Just altogether wonderful!
i have noticed the darker tones ~ and remember once you mentioning whenever you try to use darker colours it didn't feel right {is that right?}. i like these, especially in that the darker colours are with different identity issues, touching on the unsettled feeling? ...
i get the work making itself thing when i make collages ~ i love it!
Love them both!! Excellent work and the colors are so rich and yummy!
That process reminds me so much of my painting days (which I miss ever so!)...everything always turned to grays and ochres no matter how bright I tried to go....must be the british blood (all those rainy days can have an effect on you)
love them :)
I love the earthy atmosphere in these! And the houses on their heads i love as well, they are just a great concept!
...GASP...your work is...AMAZING...
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