In the past 9 or 10 months I have been
working on combining flat space with 3-Dimensional space in my art
work, which has pushed me to work on developing abstract pieces and
works with strong repetition of form. As you saw from my post On To the Bedroom! I recently created a large abstract painting to go in my
bedroom. I combined a lot of elements and different applications of
the paint to come up with a work that I really enjoy.
Just this past week I completed another
abstract work in which I added the element of symbols (in this case: words). I
used a line from a poem of mine and translated it into 4 different
languages, rewriting the line over and over. I would tell what it
says, but, well as I was told recently after receiving a message in
Spanish (that utterly confused Google Translate) just enjoy the
text for what it is: symbols. Maybe that isn't how that person
actually meant it, but what matters more is how I took it (and ran
with it, and eventually came to the idea for this piece I am showing
you today).
This leads me to my final point before
the painting reveal. Let things in your world inspire you. I feel
that so many of my peers get caught up in using their internal eye
only, putting down only their deep, personal thoughts. Be inspired
and stirred up by what is around you! I don't mean making hundreds of
propaganda posters for whichever presidential candidate you will vote
for this upcoming election . . . but I do believe that when you let
the world around you soak in a bit more, that internal eye sees a lot
more. It's like stirring up the debris at the bottom of water: maybe
you can't see as far down any longer but you can see a lot more that was hidden in that water now.
I'm actually reminded of a verse, Proverbs 18:4
The words of a man's mouth are deep waters, but the fountain of
wisdom is a bubbling brook. I honestly have no idea what that
means and have been pondering it for some time, but was repeating it
over and over to myself as I wrote this post. So do what you will
with it, and enjoy my painting:
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| all taped off before the final touches! |
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