I’m back, after taking some time off…

Here is an experiment. I call it an Inside Out Drawing, it is 16 x 12 inches, acrylic on canvas.

It is called an inside out drawing because, for me, drawing usually happens at early stages of making a painting, where layers of paint then move over/into/out from the original drawing/marks. So it feels strange to lay down on a bare canvas what will be not only a backaground of shapes and forms of various colors, but the basis for, or hints about, the drawing that will be made over the top of the colors.

In this case I find the figure on the right as we look at the painting especially intriguing in that it seems connected in some way to the clear red area underneath it – a bareback rider on a rushing horse?  Does that make the white figure a memory of former rides or a premonition of a fall about to happen…?  Someone is balancing (or alarmed) in the upper left quadrant.  There is lots of motion and movement indicated…the red energy is somewhat calmed by the blue.  As usual, there are multiple ways of seeing and relating to this painting according to what it brings to mind for you the viewer.  

Next time I plan to briefy discuss a fascinataing book I’m reading..about imagination.   See you then.