I am calling this painting, for now at least, The New Phoenix. It’s a new piece and is an extension of what I term my obsessionist work. This is a 30″ X 40″ canvas and really seems to have a glowing vibration in the light.
It also has the depth into the picture plane that I feel is the difference between effective and less effective paintings, particularly my own. I’ve been looking at this piece for several days and feel that it’s a very strong example of one of my iconic images. It has a bold look with great contrasts yet still has the calmness and quiet that I want in my work. Strong yet thoughtful…
This piece has a certain degree of empathy that I find attractive. I can’t quite describe what mean or how I see it- just a feeling I see in this painting. Empathy is an important term for me, in my work and in many aspects of my life. I want to write more about it at some point not because I want to bare some part of my self but because as a whole I think empathy is lacking in many of our lives.
But today I don’t want to go any deeper into that subject. I just want to look at this painting a bit more before it goes out into the world alone…
Redtree Times 