What a stunning painting, Deborah! The analogous palette is so warm, passionate, and fiery. Gold & orange are also the divine colors of illumination, so it feels like we are being bathed in enlightenment and urgently emerging out of the beautiful pool of red.
The dripping lines, textures, and flowing movement are like a murmuration of starlings. They create shapes and guide our eyes to the gold/orange, and then scarlet drips back down, pushing us back into the orange. I can't see what it is, but in the bottom right corner of the red, there appears to be an organic form layered in the translucent paint.
It was interesting to read this at the end of my day, as I literally just had a conversation with a student about knowing when "it is finished."
"When it comes to the point where the conversation between you and the piece is slowing down and you are just tinkering for the sake of tinkering…. it's done. But if it is still speaking, even if it is begging you to change it and you are frustrated and angry… keep working!," I said.
I am also all too familiar with the trouble with naming a piece. Usually, something pops out, and it sticks. Maybe it comes from thoughts I had whilst creating it, maybe music I was listening to. But a title has to fit. I feel the same way with my written pieces here on Substack.
'Like Two Lovers in Conversation'—it's a perfect title for your graceful and beautiful painting.
Thank you also for the kind inclusion in such a wonderful post. 🙏
I'm so glad you enjoyed this, Michael. Your enthusiastic response to my painting warmed my heart. That organic form you saw was a happy coincidence, a gift from the muse, when I used crushed tissue to sponge away some paint. I love what you saw as murmuring too. I hadn't thought of it that way, but it's so apt. Another gift from the muse.
What you told your student about how to tell if a painting is finished is perfect.
It was your post about creative conversations that inspired this post. Thank you for that. These exchanges have been another inspiring conversation. It's what I love most about Substack, these exchanges.
Wow the colors are an invitation so greatful for your creative journey so generous and wonderful. Thanks
Thank you so much, Claire! Your response to my painting makes my day!
Thank you I will always treasure your comment just like dancing dance without a care that freedom unlock I so support your creativity
I love that, Claire, "dancing without a care"! Thank you again.
Deborah thank you for sharing
Thank you very much
What a stunning painting, Deborah! The analogous palette is so warm, passionate, and fiery. Gold & orange are also the divine colors of illumination, so it feels like we are being bathed in enlightenment and urgently emerging out of the beautiful pool of red.
The dripping lines, textures, and flowing movement are like a murmuration of starlings. They create shapes and guide our eyes to the gold/orange, and then scarlet drips back down, pushing us back into the orange. I can't see what it is, but in the bottom right corner of the red, there appears to be an organic form layered in the translucent paint.
It was interesting to read this at the end of my day, as I literally just had a conversation with a student about knowing when "it is finished."
"When it comes to the point where the conversation between you and the piece is slowing down and you are just tinkering for the sake of tinkering…. it's done. But if it is still speaking, even if it is begging you to change it and you are frustrated and angry… keep working!," I said.
I am also all too familiar with the trouble with naming a piece. Usually, something pops out, and it sticks. Maybe it comes from thoughts I had whilst creating it, maybe music I was listening to. But a title has to fit. I feel the same way with my written pieces here on Substack.
'Like Two Lovers in Conversation'—it's a perfect title for your graceful and beautiful painting.
Thank you also for the kind inclusion in such a wonderful post. 🙏
I'm so glad you enjoyed this, Michael. Your enthusiastic response to my painting warmed my heart. That organic form you saw was a happy coincidence, a gift from the muse, when I used crushed tissue to sponge away some paint. I love what you saw as murmuring too. I hadn't thought of it that way, but it's so apt. Another gift from the muse.
What you told your student about how to tell if a painting is finished is perfect.
It was your post about creative conversations that inspired this post. Thank you for that. These exchanges have been another inspiring conversation. It's what I love most about Substack, these exchanges.
I think the name is just right.
Thank you. I'm glad you think so (big smile)
To me it communicates a sense of calm. Which cannot be bad!
Thanks, Titus. Indeed, if it communicates calmness, it's well worth the effort.