This is the most up to date version of Disconnect and it is the most incomplete of the entire Triptych in my mind. The color palette is terrible & I feel like the fabric is too flat... maybe I should redo the entire background. The map, or some map, I do want to include for symbolic purposes. This one needs tons of work.
6 comments:
Dalen,
Have you considered making the fabric background a map instead of fabric? That might be a good visual and conceptual transition between the fabric of contentment and the newspaper text of intensity.
Map in this reminds me of Vemeer.
Lisa, thanks for the comments. The map idea for the fabric is a good one... the newspaper words on the fabric are related to what is out there in another sense (mostly singles ads, call for a good time, etc.). Saying anything I've ever made reminds someone of a Vermeer is so sweet! After I made the piece I was looking at some art history texts & say the painting of the couple by Kokoscka (sp.)& was startled by the similarity... I guess you never forget what you see. Things are always trapped in your mind somewhere.
Dalen,
Color choices for this piece, as you have them now, are too happy. The background could be a map, as Lisa suggested, but I think a darker, or antique look would be better as a background. Like you see on one of the old globes.
I really like where you are going with these-a true representation of the ups and downs of relationships.
Sandra
San,
Thanks for the color comments. I hate the pink & am going to redo it completely. My original thought was to have the male looking to something "brighter" or the grass is greener elsewhere idea. The old globe map colors for the fabric under the female really intrigue me....
Hi Dalen,
I wanted to let you know that your detail of the human anatomy throughout your pieces is really quite wonderful and very fluid. You're doing some great things here.
I do have a comment for the Disconnect piece. I think you need to show some reflected color in this piece to unify the background and the figures. You already do a great job of this in your other figural paintings where you have subtle blends of blues and purples in the indentions and edges of the figures. Something similar in this piece would help it to work better with your background colors. The antiquing that Sandra mentioned would also bring the warmth of the skin tones delicately into the background.
Lynn has some artwork that she stained with tea that looks like aged paper. That could be fun to play with on other papers or sketches to see if it would give you an appealing antique look or not. I hope this is helpful. I think you are definitely creating some nice work.
Kelly
Kelly,
This is a great idea about other types of papers (perhaps stained with tea or otherwise having some type of color component). Thanks so much for the comments about the anatomy & complements on color...it is good to know my direction is not off on all of the works. I don't know why this one is such a challenge unless it relates to the fact that I am not feeling this at the moment which makes it harder for me to relate. I think you and Sandy are both on the money in terms of direction.
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