This has so many layers of stuff on it I've lost track. It was an old painting that I covered with torn pieces of hand painted tissue. I thought the surface was too blotchy so I put a thin layer of gesso on it. I tried a rather geometric abstract on it in watercolor and wasn't happy with that either. By now I have nothing to loose so I just began to play with colors and stamps and collage. Finally I stopped when it was a painting I liked. Along the way I had collaged the words happy and walk. This made me think of Psalms 1, so at the end I collaged that below it towards the bottom right. I'm still looking at it to decide if I'm really finished, but I think I am.
How exciting to find a painting in a "lost" painting! Gorgeous colors!
ReplyDeleteIt looks finished to me. It is beautiful - colorful, interesting and balanced. Very nice!
ReplyDeleteThis is one of my favorite ways to create...when you just keep adding on and you just have a hunch when it's complete. I love the surprises that result (like "happy" and "walk" occurring together) and how those associations can birth an overall concept.
ReplyDeleteLovely work.