Next steps

Here’s the lowdown on the paintings posted in my last blog entry, and some subsequent pieces I’ve made in response to both of them.

The top, nine-sectioned work in the last blog entry was the one I was immediately taken with. I liked it so much, in fact, that I made two more paintings along similar lines (so to speak). All three are 20 inches square.

Here’s one that alternates squares of cut paper with acrylic lines on white fabric:



Here’s a detail shot of this painting:



And here’s another one that alternates red marker and white acrylic lines on paper, with red acrylic lines on white fabric:



Here’s a detail shot of this painting:



The second painting I posted in my last blog entry, the one containing red and white swirling lines, ultimately didn’t work for me. However, it did inspire a couple of monoprints (also 20 inches square) that seemed to say more of what I meant that painting to say:





This is a good lesson for me. Even if a piece isn’t a “success” in and of itself, it can spawn some pretty cool stuff.