For quite a while, I have been wanting to get the human figure back into the wild biology paintings. Dreaming the universe is the first way to do this that has made sense to me.
I am reworking an old painting, Whirlpools, that had nice flow and density and interesting details, but never really crystallized as a painting. I am getting ready to add a large outline drawing of Julia's head that will almost fill the whole canvas and a few painted post-it notes to represent ideas.
It is one week later now than when I wrote the paragraphs above. I am excited about how the three components are coming together. The outline of Julia's head gives me a lot of opportunity for rich color, when you look up close. And she seems totally integrated and interconnected with the rest of the water/fish/air/movement around her.
The work seems very open and linear, though, and I wonder about getting a bit more atmosphere or weight into it.
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