Another experiment from May 17-18. I think the spacing between the white and yellow dribbles gives the painting a sense of isolation, separation, and division. The lighter area at the bottom is a result of my poor photography. The background color is consistent in the original. 16″ x 20″
Another from May 17-18. As with several of the others, I saw a color I liked and toyed with it and with different methods of dribbling and splattering paint. 16″ x20″.
Another from May 17-18. I found an interesting color of spray paint in Lowe’s or Home Depot and used it for the background. For contrast I used shades of yellow. I used a paint-loaded artist’s brush to string/dribble the paint. For some reason that escapes me, I thought I would throw in a line of dark brown. I regret that decision now, and would omit it if I could re-do this one. On the other hand, it does break the pattern of the overall work. The work is 24″ x 36″.
This is another work from May 17-18. I wanted to toy with shades of brown, house paint, and spray paint. I sprayed the entire canvas with a sort of light tan/umber and then sprayed the edges with shades of brown. My goal with the house paint was to bring out as much contrast as possible. I tried something different in its application; I dipped an artist’s paint brush in the desired color and strung/dribbled it across the canvas, producing thin threads, or flicked it sharply to produce sharp, violent splatters such as the yellow ones in each of the lower corners. It is 24″ x 36″.
I struggled for a name and came up with “Anasazi Autumn” only tonight. I chose autumn because of the autumnal colors and Anasazi, because I created it in Aztec, which is in what was the heart of the Anasazi region about 800 years ago.
Desert Sun is another of those that I created on May 17-18. I tried to use some of the colors (acrylic and latex) that are found in the desert in the Four Corners area. I used horizontal, dribbled lines for contours of the rolling landscape and a single, dark brown line at the “top” to simulate the mountains that can always be seen in the distance throughout the Four Corners area. I wanted to give the sun the impression of being dominating, so I made it unnaturally big and roughly textured by laying acrylic paint on thick and then texturing it with a paintbrush. The painting is 24″ x 36″.
