From the Artist: During our summer vacation in England and Scotland we visited the Eden Project in Devon. This painting is my personal impression from feelings and experiences of the first week of the holiday. As with many of my other abstract paintings, there are a number of mixed acrylic mediums involved here. Interference, iridescent and gloss to name a few. Certain areas of my abstracts change their affects in different lighting situations.
From the Painting Guide: When I first saw this, I thought it was a pastel painting, not acrylic, given the many bits of strong, broken color. I imagine in real life the interference and iridescent aspects give the most wonderful effects as the light changes, something that a photo could never capture, like on a butterfly's wing.
Things to Consider When Looking at This Painting:
Composition: Color, not just shape, needs to be considered in the composition of an abstract or abstracted painting. When I look over this painting, I can see how the shapes of bits of flowers are the starting points, then woven them into a rich pattern. The echoed lines in the top right-hand corner, which are so angular, make an interesting contrast to the rest of the painting is full of gentle curves. It's like a paisley design; your eye flows around and around, and the more you look the more you see. But the large cream shape jars a bit for me; it wants to be a candle flame which then doesn't fit with the rest.
From the Painting Guide: When I first saw this, I thought it was a pastel painting, not acrylic, given the many bits of strong, broken color. I imagine in real life the interference and iridescent aspects give the most wonderful effects as the light changes, something that a photo could never capture, like on a butterfly's wing.
Things to Consider When Looking at This Painting:
Composition: Color, not just shape, needs to be considered in the composition of an abstract or abstracted painting. When I look over this painting, I can see how the shapes of bits of flowers are the starting points, then woven them into a rich pattern. The echoed lines in the top right-hand corner, which are so angular, make an interesting contrast to the rest of the painting is full of gentle curves. It's like a paisley design; your eye flows around and around, and the more you look the more you see. But the large cream shape jars a bit for me; it wants to be a candle flame which then doesn't fit with the rest.