The completion of a project is one of the best feelings ever, it’s such a fulfilling sense of accomplishment and satisfaction. This is basically part II from my March 27th blog entry titled “Finishing the Unfinished” (if you like, check out that entry so that you will understand this conclusion to my pop art table project.)
Springtime Mod Floral Table
Well, needless to say, the small table turned out fabulous! I had it professionally varnished where it now holds a crystal clear high glossy shine that will last a lifetime. I placed it in the entrance of the gallery and each person that comes in says “oooohhhhh!” I am getting pretty attached to it, so I have to be careful to keep it out on the main floor of the gallery and away from the temptation of dragging it to my car!
Last year I created a series of fun, more loose and less controlled works all part of a series titled “Spontaneity”. This is definitely a challenge for me as I am accustomed to working in a very tailored calculated format of creating where each color has a place, a value that is centered and a finishing element that tells me when I am completed.
Spontaneity Mod Floral
This style of creation is definitely a departure, using more fluid paints mixed to perfection from brushes and bottles to accomplish a look that I cannot intentionally go back and tailor. The art of my hand through the use of other tools has to be the voice. I want to go back and touch up the foundations, format, colors, but that will only make the artwork less dramatic.
Spontaneous Inspiration
This process (for me) is exhausting and leaves me left with a feeling of satisfaction that I have allowed myself to just “let it go”. To have a foundation of work that looks like something found at a crime scene is a new and sadistic interesting experience – I really love it. Many of the objects are the pertinent to the elements that I use in my main scope of work, but these pieces are a different color palette and a deeper and darker mood.
I hope to get these pieces finished this week so that I can get these framed up and on the wall for show. Stay tuned!
