SketchCrazed – surreal, lurid, unzipped

in steemsketchbook •  5 years ago  (edited)

SketchCrazed is an opportunity for me to share the very strange artwork I do. The common thread is in the attempt to explore new relationships of form, contrast, and pattern, and to see where they take me.

The Shaman’s Dance


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The original ink drawing

When I started painting again, around 9 years ago, I went through my drawings to find things I felt might translate to paintings. This is one that I chose. I didn’t realize how much it would change on canvas. Everything changed – orientation, details, interpretation. My drawings are not made to use as paintings, so many elements in them require interpretation to translate into colored shapes instead of suggestions in ink. I have to flush them out and give them clear definition.

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The final acrylic painting

I was seeking to capture a wild sense of shape and detail, a kind of explosion of form. The painting loses the idea of the shaman figure, but gains in visual interaction and complexity.

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Details, details…

Once I am done with a piece and have moved on to new projects, I can come back later and observe it from a more detached perspective. Then I can enjoy the overall piece as well as the little pockets of textural patterning and shape here and there.

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surreal, lurid, unzipped

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