Thursday, June 2, 2011

Foliage: Big Decisions

Today I lifted the ban on paint.  I keep a mental set of rules, rules of conduct, moves I can and cannot make—I cannot make photo copies to extend images I want to use; I can only use what my mags provide me.  Until today, this afternoon really—I had a morning session, too—using paint was totally verboten.  Not allowed to use paint.  Definitely no paint. 


But then this afternoon I really wanted some areas to be yellow.  So I made them yellow.  "It's still mostly collage, Jono," I said to myself whilst listening to some bad radio out of Springfield, America's newest tornado alley.  


Anyhow, this piece, "foliage," the diptych companion to "flowers," used to be "the shark," but the shark died because it got stale.  It was ugly and I couldn't stand it.  I'm much happier with this, but obviously I have a tender spot for the shark because I'm letting wee bits of it show through...


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