Tuesday, June 9, 2020

forgetting is part of life


1. Kiki's Delivery Service - Jiji are his babies 

I think this is the first painting I ever abandoned. I don't think I meant to, but I was a very elementary painter attempting something far beyond my capabilities. I wanted the skills of color mixing, something I wasn't afforded until my artistic skills were already practiced in drawing. Ever since abandoning this painting, I've felt my ambition drain from me like water in a strainer. It's likely not coming back. 


2. A painting I began around you. 

I was around a special person when I began painting this. Our date birthed this painting, like a grotesque, half-formed ghoul. You cried on the floor of my room on that date, I was at a loss. Now the colors remind me of loss, and backstabbing, and unkind friends. I'm not sure where I was taking it anyhow. 


3. Purple, why is it always purple? 

A black hole is right. I don't know what possessed me to grasp such a dark color palette, without attempting a background color first. This was a sad attempt at figuring out how brushes work, and anyone with a practiced hand in painting knows I didn't put more than thirty minutes into the conception of this painting. It would likely serve a garbage heap better than the dusty, settled corner of my room that it now rests in. 

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