So as previously mentioned I have this obsession with trees, in particular the leafless kind and the way they look against the sky (I once had an art obsession that dealt with a disembodied hand and rail road tracks). I have finally mailed off my first completed piece based on my little obsession.
I know it's going to a good home....(oh so corny and true).
Anyways.
For the first attempt at my leafless trees I decided to go free form. This piece establishes a baseline for later attempts, a way to measure my success in achieving my goal of the perfect leafless tree sky. I am hoping that each attempt will reflect a new medium or approach, resulting in steady improvement. (Of course this is all subjective, thus my opinion is the only one the will matter in my search for perfection)
(This is a highly amusing statement: I don't believe in perfection. I believe in timing, and things that work together and the line from the Rolling Stones song. "You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need.)
It was really kind of fun to create this piece, I got to spend time smudging pastels to create the blue sky. (I also believe more adults should finger paint.) It's a pretty simple drawing: create blue sky, draw black twisting lines that interconnect. I found myself trying to think about the way in which wind and time has shaped the tree branches. Imagining the branches trying to grow in straight line but wind and storm over time twisting and pulling it in a different direction as it grows.
There was, of course, a gluing accident. Please note the small white gap on the lower right hand side. Sometimes you come across the perfect metaphor for your life: slow down, don't rush, things take time so try to enjoy it. Otherwise you end up with splotches that don't fit with the rest of your picture.
Mistakes just have to get made sometimes, no?
