Okay....I think I finally got myself headed in a new direction. I'm not there yet by any means but I'm working on it. I have my grandmother's old Singer sewing machine and have always wanted to include it in a painting. I used to do a lot of sewing with it and am no stranger to those ole Jiffy patterns so one thing lead to another. I cut the last painting in half and flipped the pieces over. Waste not, want not and also it takes the pressure off to create something frame-worthy and allows me to relax and experiment.
Funny where inspiration can come from. I was looking online for different decorative patterns but found nothing I liked. Then I received a home decor catalog in the mail and found wonderful patterns on their selection of rugs. This is also a new composition for me but I think it works. My palette consisted of Ivory Black, Prussian blue, cerulean blue and Quin. pink. The pattern piece is diluted walnut ink and I added some silver leaf to the Singer and the bobbin in the lower left corner.
4 comments:
Wonderful new perspective & patterning! Love you new ideas & experiments. Keep on keeping on - and please keep sharing!
Very inspirational.
Thank you, Pat! I do plan to keep at this but probably not to the exclusion of everything else. I like the idea of freedom of design and color choice. Shirley's work is so exciting and that inspires me a great deal.
Quando i nostri piccoli amici ci lasciano rimane sempre un grande vuoto dentro noi,ma consola sapere che hanno vissuto una vita felice e piena di affetto.Un abbraccio
gloria
Thank you, Gloria. I tried to give him a very good life. He was much loved and I know he knew it.
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