Friday, July 9, 2010

New "House" Series

I went on a painting binge last night. These paintings kept me up and working until 5AM, but they were 100% worth it. I hit on something.

Here's what happened:







By far my favorites are the first two. The neutral-near-monochromatic color scheme is so rich and gorgeous, but more than that, I'm in love with the house shape. What it symbolizes. And how lonely these homes look, in their dark, cloudy little monochromatic worlds. I must take this farther.

In college, I painted a lot of mostly-empty rooms, with iconic doors and windows. By the time I left college, I had begun to feel as if I had exhausted the subject, but this takes what I loved about those paintings and flips them inside out...

2 comments:

  1. My favorites are the first two. I like the colors and the mood is wonderful...stay up...it's working!

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  2. Hey, thanks! I think I agree with you. By the way, the reds that you used in that sanctuary piece are gorgeous. I have a serious attraction to red...

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