"purple.mar.tin"
Sometimes doing this art is like being at the dentist, other times like having a good Irish coffee. Tonight I can taste the whiskey and not the lead.
This Bandito worked late and came home 'round midnight. TV was horrible and finally he poached, not eggs, but a landscape. Here, not here.
I know I am on thin ground here - first the soft trick of color inversion - then the fact the composuitiomn almost is a mirror image. I think the color variations to the left do pull me back into the image - still the jury is out. Possibly hung-over (not me, though).
The original is a lovely landscape. For Debi, who encourages so many people 'round here, in daylight and yes, 'round midnight.
I added my last name to the blog - yikes to privacy.
9 comments:
beautiful landscape
It's good to get to know you better....A while ago, our dear friend Debi challenged all of us to "show our faces"...that was a very tough thing to do :)
John, because of my own quirky way of seeing things, I tend to favor your non-abstract creations. This is one of my favorites. Really. May I make a suggestion? There are several sections within one piece which could really stand alone. I would suggest that you take one section of this collage for example and try to spend a bit of time listening to it and see what comes up.. I hope you don't mind that I am taking the liberty to give you my opinion..but I sense that you are really engaged in your artistic creations :)
buenos dias senor mora, how wonderful to make your acquaintance. i am enjoying your commentary as much as your creations which still astound me in their contrast to my own. i love the palette of this piece. it reminds me of the mirage on a highway on a hot summer's day
John Mora...I like the sound of it and it goes with your art very well. I love this artwork, perhaps because you poached from my daughter :) The trees mirroring then re-mirroring has some sort of basic geometrical appeal to me. I'm enjoying your work day by day!
Thank you everyone...I really appreciate the imput and camraderie (if I could spell that word I would have more friends).
Neda - thanks for your suggestions. I poached the pic off Debi's blog and then cropped it. The posted image to was quite small to begin with- smaller sections would be too small to have details when enlarged. I really need to move away from MS Paint - the size you have on screen is quite small - you cannot make image smaller than actual size. But, I do love it like an old 45....and learning something new (Corel or PhotoShop) with different options is ( fil in the blank) at this point.
I also like the way MS Paint looks - primitive. 24 bit seduction.
Bobbie and Sue, I wish I could so a PhotoShop Vulcan mind meld ala Mr. Spock.
Hi John,
Good to know you more! I am enjoying this ... for me, one set of the trees at the top and the water under it .. with maybe a little more is great ... right there.
Only because you are mentioning it, am I saying anything.
Good luck!
~ Diane Clancy
www.dianeclancy.com/blog
Thanks, Diane. I have set image aside and will look at it soon - fresh eye, possibly an exacto knife. I still like the original to the extent that, to me, it borders on breaking too many rules, yet it still works.
Ballet without rehearsals.
Damn, I know I commented here...where did it go?
Good on you for being brave and putting your name to your blog. It's just like signing your art...
You are right, Lisa . I did not think of it that way.
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