Recent Painting Experiments and a Bookmark Video
Another busy week, and I need to step back. There is a Chinese saying I often think of: 骑虎难下, qí hǔ nán xià—once you are riding a tiger, it is hard to get off. It comes to mind whenever I get caught up in too much activity. So: off the tiger!
I had planned a different video for this post. As a counterweight to the abstract work below, though, this quieter clip of my painted bookmarks seems more fitting. It uses the introduction I showed recently and a new ending. Now I wonder whether they are a little too grand for the subject.
Minors
The painting below is a new experiment. I keep seeing contemporary work that relies on effects I find close to kitsch. I wanted to try something in that direction and see whether I could connect it with my own painting.
That brought back some sketches from a year or two earlier. I had put them aside, but took them out again to look for a more sensitive meeting point between realism and abstraction. There are a few things here I would like to pursue.
Major
The next work gives me more pleasure. Its abstraction will not appeal to everyone, but for me it marks a step forward. I found a different kind of depth, especially in the upper-left area. That is something I want to follow.
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