Above, see the work in progress “The Songs of Captives” (working title for now).
The piece is on 3 16” x 20” canvases, which will be hung with an inch separating them.
This will be a collage piece, although some of it will be used to practice techniques for “Summer Clearance,” and the collage techniques will be a new approach for me, as you will see as the piece progresses. I have been planning out a number of canvases using different collage techniques, and also, as with “Summer Clearance,” a number that use none at all.
“The Songs of Captives” is a line I borrowed from the Spurling bio on Matisse. At one point, Matisse had over 300 birds (akin to his fascination with fish and goldfish due to their colors and shapes and movements)… he said that he identified with the songs of captives as they both reminded him and distanced him from his own predicament (Spurling, page 378).
There is a sound and silence that this is aiming toward that seemed perfectly aligned with this as a working title. More images to follow this week.
The piece is on 3 16” x 20” canvases, which will be hung with an inch separating them.
This will be a collage piece, although some of it will be used to practice techniques for “Summer Clearance,” and the collage techniques will be a new approach for me, as you will see as the piece progresses. I have been planning out a number of canvases using different collage techniques, and also, as with “Summer Clearance,” a number that use none at all.
“The Songs of Captives” is a line I borrowed from the Spurling bio on Matisse. At one point, Matisse had over 300 birds (akin to his fascination with fish and goldfish due to their colors and shapes and movements)… he said that he identified with the songs of captives as they both reminded him and distanced him from his own predicament (Spurling, page 378).
There is a sound and silence that this is aiming toward that seemed perfectly aligned with this as a working title. More images to follow this week.
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