Taking time out to paint was tough this week especially today, but I found a moment to sit in the backyard area and do a portrait of our composter and climbing vine in the background. I also got in the sliding door on left and kitchen window on right which were reflecting the bricks and air conditioner on the wall behind me. The composter has seen better days, it is a black plastic thing that is crumbling, at this point it is just sitting on top of a pile of dirt! That near black soil is actually the very rich compost spilling out. I think the vine has roots going under and consuming the compost. It was all in shadow due to the location.
I had an idea today for a series called 'real or imagined?' As I was cataloguing my art there was quite a difference between my abstract and landscape work. For one thing the abstract is done in studio and landscape on location. I thought about 'real or imagined?' where I would start an imaginary surrealism painting in studio, then go out on location to finish it from real life material. Or the other way around, start a landscape and then finish as surrealism. For example, I could have left the composter blank, and then added in a 'dalek' later on. If you don't know what a dalek is then you better call the Dr.
Our Composter, with Climbing Vine, Fall, 5 x 7", cold press, watercolour, October 2020
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