Finished writing and researching about Gerhard Richter. I was very inspired by his room at the new Modern Wing at the Chicago Institute of Arts! This above painting was originally intended as an underpainting but when I blurred it.... well, it really was fascinating. I touched up some details but left a blurry, hazy atmosphere. It's dark but not as dark as the photos. Included a detail below.
Detail of the bottom of the Richter inspired piece. Painting very dark this semester and it's hard to photograph.
My last bird one... for now. I told my mentor April the last one from a few weeks ago was it, but I forgot I was already working on this one. I think it's done and I think the bird flocks are done. They lost that uncanny/paranormal/extraordinary sense to me.... I guess I feel they are now familiar and I'm ready to move on.
My UFO pieces at the last residency were small. 8 x 10's mostly. I feel a couple of these deserved more consideration so I'm redoing this one larger. You can go find the original somewhere in the Semester 2 blog. This one is around 30 x 24.
This one is exciting to me. Just the right amount of ominous and beautiful. Working on lots of layers and I really like the light vs. dark interaction on the edges.
2 comments:
Love, love, love the first one! My initial reaction was 'whoa'. I enjoy the unsure feeling I get when I look at it. Can't wait to see it in person....
B- that first one was super cool. Made me want to read something supernatural. :)
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