Progress of a painting - "This Infinite Struggle"

The Wheels of Time

...some of my paintings stay unfinished longer than others. Sometimes years pass by until a painting finds its way to completion. "This infinite Struggle" was one of these 'slow burners'.

I think I started this canvas about 4 years ago and spend just a few days on it until I got stuck somehow and left it on my studio walls for the next years. It already had a nice composition of abstract forms and patterns but I couldn't find inspiration to complete it. Then one day I came across a phot of two sparrows, fighting with each other over a crumb of bread. I instantly loved the idea of 'war & dispute' happening in nature also. So I had to make a painting out of these fighting birds and this old blue canvas matched just perfectly.

I always trust the process and work very patiently on every piece. Sometimes when you don't know how to go on, It's maybe good to let a painting sit for a while until it all comes together naturally.

Patience is a virtue ;-)

The painting looked like this for a long time, until...

I found these two fighting birds which got me excited

Detail of the finished piece

"This Infinite Struggle" | acrylic on canvas | 50cm x 90cm | 2014

 

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."

baruch spinoza 

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