When it just isn't working, paint over it!

April 19, 2023  •  Leave a Comment

Uhoh, about to paint over it!

When I got this piece out of storage (story lower down) I tried to simplify it, as I realised how 'busy' it was looking. I was liking the direction it was taking. Love the shapes of the people running away, and loved the 'skeleton' figure bottom left, but as I simplified, realised those two elements just don't belong together. One was quite abstracted to the other side's slightly more realistic feel.
It simply is not working.
So today, it becomes, whiter and whiter, creating a beautifully virginal textured background, ready to start completely over again. Eeeeeeek. I feel almost a loss at the elements I like in the various areas. ;)
Whenever this happens - and believe it or not, MANY artists, even the most famous, worked over canvases when something just wasn't coming together, I wonder if everyone else feels the same way.
And, I am also wondering - what is about to evolve once its a textured canvas of white again.
Let's see. :D


 


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