Today's featured artwork is named "Retraction Abstraction".
The colors in this piece are tan, off white, black, white, brown, gray, and burnt sienna. Where did the name come from? Well that is always an interesting process. I have to tell ya most paintings tell me their name before they are finished. In this case I finished the artwork. Took it to photograph it and while taking pictures that is the name that came to me. Why? Don't know. As I have said many times to people, I refuse to control the creative process, if that's what comes to me than so be it. Some artwork I just have a tough time naming. Nothing really comes to me or to many, it is at that point that I seek help from others. I believe that those paintings are meant to be named by someone else and usually the name that gets decided on fits the piece perfectly, so hence meant to be!
This particular piece of artwork was born of frustration. I was feeling that all my emotions were twisted into a knot and I was trying to untangle them as you would untangle hair. Did this painting untangle my emotions? To a degree, but being me I think my emotions stay in a tangle most of the time. There is always a struggle to a freedom within . Always seeking freedom of my mind and of my work. Always seeking to understand what it takes to be an artist and always wondering when I will feel I am there. Sometimes I believe I am and others not quite. My job creates frustration. On that note I am going to paint . Take care and make someone smile today. Good for your soul. :)
Thinking of doing a holiday painting giveaway again this year.
What do you think, should I do it and what should be the criteria of entry???
Here is its link.
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