I can't believe it's been almost three months since I posted. It's the standard excuses: Life happened. It's good stuff: some contract work, traveling, a bit of house remodeling. But it's time to come back.
I went into this piece with an idea in mind. The outcome is kind of different from the ones where I just go into reactive mode and see what happens. And, of course, months later, I see it as almost figurative. This is one of the fun things that happens with abstract art: People want to see recognizable things in it, so their eyes find them. In this case, I see someone standing under a tree, and I can see his shadow.
I still get annoyed when people say they "see" this or that in my paintings, but you can't really control the responses to your work. Admittedly, I too, saw the figure and tree, at first. It's the way we're wired, I guess. Nice work, either way.
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