She could claim that she ran from monsters and fiends, but instead she ran onwards, towards the future. Albeit an uncertain future, it was a future nonetheless.
This week, I drew from several different sources of inspiration. You can see some influences from early Picasso, to Eskimo print-making. I started off building up the background in a band of vertical stripes. Then I drew and painted the central figure, which was later collaged on top of the background that had different colored washes. Afterwards, the twisting shadows and shades were drawn and cut out and they too were incorporated. When the piece was dry, I added some shading with charcoal and some different textural elements with opaque resin.
beautiful!! love the style and the vertical stripes patterns!
ReplyDeleteThis is superb! Full of energy. This struck a chord with me and reminds me of my own running dreams...
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Lovely! I like the textures and spots behind her.
ReplyDeleteWell done!
Awesome stuff--looks like youput a lot of thought and effort into this!
ReplyDeleteWow that's amazing. The mixture definatly works.
ReplyDeleteVery cool piece.
ReplyDeletebeautiful! there's a lot to discover in this piece!
ReplyDeleteWhoa! Astonishing...
ReplyDeleteReally nice piece. Love the layering and the symbolism.
ReplyDeletean inspiring run!
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful piece, almost getting lost in it!
ReplyDeletegreat job Andrew!! I love this one!
ReplyDeleteExceptionally well done Andrew. Those who master natural media are the real artists, I think.
ReplyDeleteVery good, i like it!
ReplyDeletethanks for nice comment andrew!
ReplyDeletewould like to see your jewelry some time :-)
Wow, a beautiful piece.
ReplyDeletereally beautiful !!!
ReplyDeleteit has magic ....
Nice work. Do more.
ReplyDeleteAndrew, you make me feel lazy! This is so beautiful! So much going on tha tI could look at it for days and probably still miss something. I love that! Hope all is well with you!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful! I adore all the layers and where she is placed on the canvas is wonderful. Great composition and feel to the whole piece!
ReplyDeleteI really love this piece. It sorta of reminds me of old tapetries. I like the layers look.
ReplyDeleteI love this piece too! I love all the textures and little hints of mystery.
ReplyDeletepowerful. great job. love the figurative-abstract transition.
ReplyDeleteDamn, this is an excellent painting. Great job. Adding shading with charcoal is a very good idea.
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