Spirit Painting
Thoughts and feelings about knowledge combine with the thought that we came from the sea.
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There is something very spiritual, primeval, and simple, about watching the sun setting on the horizon while looking out to sea.
The Spirt WIP
110 x 120 cm paper glue and oil on Canvass
The Spirt WIP
40cm x 65 cm paper, glue, and oil on Stretched Canvass
I transferred a photo of the spirit painting onto a smaller canvas and have started reworking the image -the new scale is interesting.
Louise Bourgeois's thought sketches - Hokusai's waves, Van Gough's stary night. A Chagall like Lilith woman in the sky. The Yin and Yang fish coupled with the Salmon of doubt, a nod to Douglas Adams and his thoughts on knowledge.
It made sense there was a balance which I would like to try and retain.
I printed up the photo of daisy looking out to sea. It worked well on the transparent paper and I stuck it down with the EVA on the larger canvas. I gathered up my small oil sketches and references and set to work on the larger canvas.
