In 2011 I made a painting called Land Escape, it depicted some abstract figures floating and standing around, with a wispy pastel landscape being torn apart. I saw the painting again while searching through the archive and noticed that the back of the painting was blank, almost inviting an new painting. Its a bad habit I know, but painting on the back of other paintings saves space and materials. If I personally love a painting or think its a masterpiece in my mind, then I will never paint on the back. In this case, the A-side painting was okay but very bland. Recently, I painted a series of Deep-A.I. (artificial intelligence) inspired paintings, and I thought, gee, I can come up with images like that without using A.I. For 'Return to Land' pictured above, I emulated the Deep A.I. style, but with a completely original abstract design. The A.I.-inspired style included an unusually blue sky, the 2D/3D hybrid shapes, and a nonsensical collection of objects. I think I nailed it? Lets call this style P.J.D.I. The title is a counter-point to the front-side painting, which showed a person escaping, but this painting suggests a person landing and staying.
Return to Land, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, January 2023 (No. 1813b)
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