by Lynne Ayers

How hard can it be?!  Some look at abstracts and say “My two-year-old could do that.”  Abstracts, good abstracts are hard to do so that they look cohesive, balanced, interesting, engaging.  I’ve been trying and not particularly successfully.  I find that I have trouble making shapes (Again, how hard can it be?!)  I am fascinated by line and get lost in the details; I find I want some structure yet when I try that the piece seems to lack energy.  My shapes look blobby and mushy.

So I’ve been investigating shapes, using photographs, cropping down to interesting shapes and/or colour combinations. I’m also using collage to help in the process.  I took a cut up painting and dropped the pieces on a surface.  Maybe something will engage in my brain and filter down through my arm to the canvas with energy and purpose.   

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