This is a new painting, a 16″ by 2o” canvas. It has a darker feeling than a lot of the recent work and has a much more ominous tone. I think a lot of that comes from the chaotic nature of the sky and the darkness that rises up from between the field rows.
What’s this painting about? I don’t know actually. Like most of the work I do, there’s not a lot of predetermination in the way I paint so sometimes my paintings probably reflect my mood or state of mind from the particular time frame in which a piece is painted. I guess I was a bit more worried than usual when I was painting this.
Or maybe this piece just worried me a little. The chicken and the egg thing.
I often wonder if a piece reflects how I’m feeling at the moment of painting or has more effect on me after it’s done. Maybe they’re the same thing and it’s just a matter of recognition.
I don’t really know. I just paint.
This painting is still untitled. I’m still trying to gauge what I see and feel in it so a title is still sort of nebulous for me. If you have any suggestions, I’d like to hear them. I may have another contest like the one I held last year to name a painting so use this as a warm-up, okay?
Redtree Times 