Wrapping up another summer art season. An area of thoughts about painting have been along the lines of developing scenarios that let the paint flow, mix and develop on their own. I set parameters of color, and regions of the painting surface for mixing to happen. This system leads to abstract landscape style compositions.
This summer 2023 I have been working exclusively with Acrylic paints. I feel that the setup and working/drying time has worked with my attention span and schedule. I have been thinning down the paints with water. I haven’t had the budget for getting any mediums. The use of old latex house paint makes the Artist grade Acrylic paint behave in some unpredictable ways. I always welcome that!Below is a small body of work that I created using scrap wood panels that were used as painted wood grain samples. Not sure if this work is finished yet. I feel it could go in a couple of different directions. Perhaps it could be a background for something painted on top, or just a stand alone abstraction. I need to keep them around and see how I feel in the future.
Archangel Thunderbird
This group evolved from a scrap piece of plywood that was used as a table top cover. It had random paint stains left from other projects. I was using the sulfur yellow color to blend in with actual sulfur powder in a larger series of paintings about the American revolution. I cut down the larger board into smaller fragments. I was holding onto these scraps for quite a while until I found this use. The yellow sulfur color made me think about a sulfur cloud. I added wings. Imagine an Archangel of sulfur and thunder.
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