The second in the "Spines" series has arrived! "Spines II" is the sequel to the original spines painting which I unveiled three or four posts ago. To be completely honest I didn't really care for the Spines painting...however, out of all the paintings I have done, that's that one that has received the most praise. So, I'll give the people what they want....more spines!
I chose to not limit my color pallet and instead worked with the idea of color vs. lack of color. Or light vs. dark I guess. There is so much going on in this painting that my feeble Iphone camera really has had a tough time picking up the subtleties. The first and last pictures are probably the best visual representations.
This painting like the other was a practice in using the paint knife. I started with blues and greens in the background and then really went a bit crazy with the rainbow of color. After the rainbow was laid down I started to play with the dark idea. I incorporated the black and purple bottom portion, but still wasn't satisfied.
After staring at the painting for an hour or so I decided to add the bold white streak through the middle. At that point I went back to the paint knife to bring things together. Spines II is much like the original in the fact that I don't really like it all that much. This might be the last spine theme painting I do for a while. Or will it?
"Spines II"
Acrylic on Canvas
8in x 24in x 3/4in
$75.00
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