It is March 9 , absolutely a Spring day ( and Emma's bd). I was out in the garden the first time this year, rootling around just to be outdoors… and so this seemed the right piece for today.
I think that this painting started as a flower picture because I have two more similar paintings that I did on the same day and they are both of flowers .
It was at least ten years ago and I was using an old technique of crayon resist which has to do with ink not adhering to the paper where wax crayon has gone down before. I also remember blocking off bits of the painting with cut-outs and using spatter painting with a toothbrush. I should have taken down some notes as I don't really remember .
At some point, I started seeing images of birds on the page and that is when I started pushing the design to be three birds in perhaps a bird bath ( a basin) and a tree.
It's the feeling of glorious spring, and color and exuberance that caught me… a painting that got away from me…I just love when that happens.
This painting was exhibited in the Musee d'art Naif in Nice as part of a student exhibition.
Your instincts were spot on. The painting sings.
ReplyDeleteBruce B.