Chromatic Junkyard; Abstract Painting

 

Chromatic Junkyard, Acrylic on 300lb arches C.P. watercolor paper, 2003

 

I was browsing through my painting archives when I saw a thumbnail of this painting which I did in 2003. I remember I had several paintings going at once at the time and one of them, this one,  was going quite poorly. I gave up on it and  for the next few days it became the depository of all excess paint. Hence the title, Chromatic Junkyard. I kept beating on it and eventually began to warm to it again.  I'd completely forgotten about it until I saw it again the other day. It felt like seeing an old friend, so I guess I like it now. I've always wondered if there might be no bad paintings at all, just unfinished ones.  Of course some of them need a lot of 'finishing'

Comments

[Ed T.]

Great painting! and great title, it does like like a beautiful kind of color junkyard; Illuminated by a giant light bulb with a red center. Very nice,.... -Ed

[Vinyl Wall Art]

nice painting. i really love this. thanks for posting this one. keep posting.

[Portrait Painting]

Beyond tracing with pencil and tracing paper, there are really no well known methods of transferring an image onto canvas in coordination with oil paints.

[lyn]

Painting really is amazing. It makes every artwork unique.

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