This is the one more. It was supposed to go last but you know how nutso blogspot is about where it puts your paintings and how stubborn it is about letting you arrange them. The last four are shown in their final form.
Then I wanted to start a new one. The rule of Ken's latest abstracts is that if something begins to look like an actual thing has to be destroyed at birth. And in the first one I just started out with some blues and a bit of maroon and without my being aware of it until too late, a sailing ship hove into view. I could still destroy it, but I kind of liked the water and I think I will sail on with this and see where I end up.
Actually, that first one does look like a boat, but more like a pirate ship that's been abandoned...or like some ghost ship with a spooky story behind it. And since that's already on my mind, your second painting is of a very pale ghoul wearing a black hood. Then there's the tiger and finally, a snake staring right at you. And once I'm in this mindset, the armies now look like teeth. Maybe I'm just channeling Elaine Truver here, but I'm enjoying it!
ReplyDeleteI was thinking_____dead. Roach. But maybe I've been in the city too long. But I do like the water. And I like the vertical touches on the black shapes. I think you're onto something here.
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