Leaving Denmark (so to speak) for a while, here’s a photo of me in front of one of my favorite paintings, taken in the gallery in Saltum.
I’ve since been working on two more paintings using five panels each with each panel being a different color. (My digital camera is in the hospital for repairs, having contracted sand on the lens from the beaches in Denmark. So, no pix yet.) It was hard not to repeat the same pattern of color change as well as hard because the size was slightly different, less tall. My (almost) final solutions have been to have one of the paintings to be very bright colors, the other more muted.
Another difficult part is the elimination of marks/ideas—not to have too much activity in such narrow panels. As usual, I have put down a lot of “information” and the task is, as usual, eliminating excesses. Choices. Over and over. So that the geography of the painting is concise and clear. Direct. Just right.
An interesting experience with this (above) painting is that, when I first saw it in the gallery, I felt uneasy about it. It didn't look as good to me as it had in my studio. I couldn't figure it out. I then asked them to hang it just six inches higher. And it looked much better. It was fighting with the floor. Interesting what just six inches can do.
Posted by leya at July 13, 2007 07:39 PMWhat a nice picture of you Leya!
Posted by: Jessica at July 16, 2007 06:23 PMThank you, Jessica. It certainly was a happy time, being in Denmark!
Posted by: Leya at July 16, 2007 09:35 PMI so agree, Leya you look beautiful! I want those shoes! Fabulous!
Those paintings are so interesting, very cool to see their scale. I just keep looking and looking.
I am just in the process of trying to eliminate the busy in my lastest painting, which is proving to be huge thing to over come. Very enjoyable however, to work on a painting that isn't so cluttered. Ahhhhh! (Me exhaling)