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| "Tuesday" 24"x36" oil on canvas |
This is the end of a story. This painting had a whole life before that looked a lot different. I think there is a metaphor there.
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| Version 1. It started like this. 36"x24" |
It started about eight months ago. I thought I had the route planned out.
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| Version 2. I rendered up the bird. I was so optimistic. |
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| Version 3. I liked it so far, but there was something missing... |
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| Version 4. |
I know what it was missing... a semi, a red sky, bicycles and a whole lot of angst.
I had to mess it up. That is my M.O. Bring on the hate mail.
This didn't just happen overnight. This painting sat in my studio for a few months with the red sky and semi additions, taunting me, making me sad.
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| Version 5. This is calmer. |
So I decided to take it in a whole new direction. I tried to keep my favorite elements, but in the end, of course, they all had to go, because that is how life is. I mean painting is.
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| Version 6. Put a bird on it. |
I liked the bird, but there was a problematic area around it's feet. I tried.
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| Finito! Bene. |
Just like life, add a bike and every thing gets better.
