Concrete Nature

Concrete Nature was based on a doodle in one of my work books, the subject probably reflects the way I feel sometimes when sitting in a meeting, that one one hand you may want to fly away, but on the other hand you are grounded and focused on the topic. Maybe I was one of those kids who stared out the window during class. There is a definite native theme to the design, with the bird and the fish both connected physically to the earth. Not sure what the walking teddy bear means.

Important to any composition are the lines that define the major shapes. In this work there is one continuous line that defines the wings and face of the bird and the entire shape of the fish, starting at the top of the picture and ending in a ripple at the bottom right. This defining line provides a smooth pathway for the viewers eye to slide up and down the composition. In this painting the central line is easier to see, in some of the other doodleisms works the line is not so easy, and can often be made up of several different elements. It is none the less important to have a nice line in your work regardless of whether it is abstract, portrait or landscape.

10x11" cold press, 2008