"Evergreens" ($30.00)

(adjusted price....$30.00)

"Evergreens are faithful through every season of the year." Attributing a human quality to an inanimate object is a wonderful way to come in the back door and make a point. And the point here is that "faithfulness" is demonstrated in nature by the very fact that evergreens are always there whether it's snowing or hotter than blue blazes. This is exactly what I think about when recalling the people I know who are always faithful. They are there no matter what the circumstances of life happen to be.

Anytime an artist can divide the space with a diagonal and still communicate the message of the piece is a good day. Diagonal lines always add drama to a piece. This one, of course, is quite abstract, but the white diagonal easily gives the illusion of a ski slope surrounded by evergreens and mountains in the distance.

There are several techniques used here that give this seemingly "thrown together" piece its structure and depth. There are many things to notice beginning with the first layer. I did use a pointed pen and moon palace ink to create some erratic lines having no idea what would show up in the final after cropping from a larger sheet. That is the fun of creating with spontaneous techniques. I know I am repeating myself, but I have learned one very important lesson after several hundred days of posting. What I have learned is that it is next to impossible to achieve a spontaneous look with a non spontaneous technique. Erratic lines are even hard to do because it is so very easy to return incessantly to the obvious things we might have done in the last piece.

One way to come up with some spontaneous lines is to study the cracks in concrete. First of all, you must lay down your inhibitions about being characterized as a "crazy woman" when bystanders look at you taking pictures of the concrete sidewalk. Never the less, it is worth the derision and embarrassment to go home with your picture treasures of beautiful erratic fault lines.

And of course there is the gesso in the second layer and then the Liquitex Pouring Medium in the third layer. The only thing that was planned here was the color selection. When communicating a concept, it is important to be convincing and making evergreens purple in all of this abstraction would not have been convincing. Making art is a "dicey" proposition, but always exciting....so perhaps you might want to try hunting down some erratic lines or simply think about these things.



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