Going through the collection I am finding some pretty neat paintings that I hardly remember doing. There was a time when I could remember doing every painting but now there are just bits and pieces in my memory banks for some of them which makes it hard to know what the date was. About the paintings.. in this one I used strong colours with a splashy technique. It looks like salt was sprinkled in. When it all dried I added the couple as an overlay. Most of my abstract surrealism style paintings have trees or landscapes.
New Friends, New Thoughts, 5 1/4 x 6 3/4", cold press watercolour, 2013 (No. 1570)
Here is another example with a tree and some grass and shrubs in the distance. The colour scheme is much more subdued that the previous paintings which creates an ominous feeling along with a turbulent sky. This was probably based from doodles, I can recognize some signature elements like the snail-like swirls. This one had the year (15) painted on the bottom left. As I name paintings for the catalogue I am using certain words and phrases, like "search light" or "connections".
Search Light with Snail, 5.5 x 7", cold press watercolour, 2015, (No. 1566)
LOL, this one makes me laugh.. out loud. In case you didn't know the acronym. TIL As I work from lab note-doodles, I sometimes copy graphs and curves into the art. This bird seems to be very helpful, I wish it worked for me in the lab. Another detail, I really like the waves in the distance, it is reminiscent of Hokusai the great Japanese print designer and painter. I had some small Hokusai postcards including his famous Great Wave, so it might have inspired me. From 2015 onward I got better putting the year on the paintings, so it is getting easier to complete the catalogue.
Graph Pad Bird, 5.5 x 7", cold press watercolour, 2015 (No. 1564)
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