Exterior temperature was an experimental work based on a doodle, which was itself an experimental doodle. The name of the painting appears in abstract letters across the top, down the middle, and completing along the bottom mound. Spend some time interpreting it and you may see all the letters. I also wrote it on the side for good measure. When painting this one, I did not think at all about the surrounding elements, and when I was finished I realized that the painting actually had an interior, and an exterior. The interior which covers the left/bottom is a very warm red-orange that gives the impression of a fire in a cave. The exterior is the cloudy sky and cold looking landscape in the bottom/right, with the electric flower thing dominating the skyline on the right. So there is an exterior temperature represented here, mainly through sheer luck or instinct, or gut feeling.
This is the time of the year when a professor (like me) needs to do a lot of planning, organizing, and managing. It is funny because as life imitates art, so does my life, which often imitates my art, which is unfortunately a little bit unplanned and disorganized. Basically I'm trying to say that at work I'm an artist at heart sometimes feeling stuck in a "type A" career surrounded by type A people. The good news is that over the years as I grew as a professional at work, I think it spilled over to my art hobby. My approach to paining is much more refined, and somewhat more organized, although I still procrastinate like heck if I have a deadline!
8 x 11" cold press, watercolour, Sept. 2016
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