I have always been fascinated by puzzles, in this case an entire surrealism scene has been depicted as a flowing puzzle that spans the ground, sky, and everything in between. A small group of people stand at the bottom of the scene, one holding a puzzle piece probably wondering where it goes. To he right is a funny looking insect-alien hanging out. Scattered buildings on the warped horizon suggest a city scape.The puzzle piece effect was done by first establishing the colour washes, letting them dry completely, and then overlaying the picture with the outline of the pieces. To make the outline I used various tones of grey, tinted in some places with red or blue to suggest light reflection. In the middle of the painting I made the outline quite light, to suggest a sun effect illuminating the picture. It helps to study the shapes of puzzle pieces before trying this, there are a few familiar repeating shapes that you see throughout the picture. Maybe one day someone will print this and make a puzzle out of it?
11x15" cold press. 2010
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