"Bridge the Gap"

($40.00....6" x 6" mounted on a 1/8" depth clayboard panel)


"Bridge the gap between focused and unfocused thinking." Focused thinking means to give all of your attention to one thing. It is extremely difficult to focus if our thoughts are all over the map. Just try shutting down all audio input and focusing on a single thing. Setting a time limit will also help to make decisions quicker without "fussing" over things.

This is a piece created with Liqitex Pouring Medium and Acrylic paint. From across the room, it looks like an aerial view of water with a strip of land spanning across. I decided to have three windows that were created by cutting out from the leftover sheet that this piece was cropped from. I wanted to visually show that by breaking up the space with windows that also create a hard edge was a way to interpret my quote visually. By doing this, I control where the viewer wants to look. The white dot in the largest window is where the eye wants to go so I began the lettering in that area. Windows will also create shapes within the piece to break up all of the diffused edges from colors mingling together. In design, too much of the same thing will leave the desire for more contrast.

The impact of color from across the room is phenomenal and the lettering takes a back seat. In fact, the lettering blends in so completely that it cannot be read from across the room. I like the way the lettering blends in and quietly steps out of the design space. Just a few more things to try or think about.

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