Through the Spyglass 1

Through the Spyglass 1

18"x18" acrylic and Posca acrylic pens on canvas

I am re-working a series of 4 paintings that were initially created in a time of chaos. But the paintings were too chaotic to find a way into and throughout. They were composed of light gesso washes, gesso, perfect grey, red, violet, and a little gold. They were created in a time when I felt like the universe was taking me for a nauseating spin. So they were not easy paintings for anyone to look at. Created years ago, no one even commented on them as they hung on my studio walls. 

So recently, I had the idea to cover the compositions with blue-green that I had mixed too much of for my last completed painting. I felt calm, like I could create something meaningful from the chaos. Since the compositions were circular in form, I had the idea that it was if I were looking at chaos through a spyglass. I broke down the larger forms with small marks using the Posca pens. It was fun to spontaneously follow the acrylic paint marks that lay under the surface of the blue-green. Interlocking forms emerged in the light-dark dynamic. There's a lot for me to learn in the process. (I'm calling it "exploring the spontaneous quirk.") There's a lot for me to learn in seeing and accepting the chaos, in transcending and transforming.