Tuesday, March 24, 2015

I'm just playing with you!


 The King's Breakfast
(work in process -- the thought stage ;-)
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 24 inches
Barbara Muir © 2015
I wish that was true.  Painting is play, but
sometimes it's also pretty serious.  When
I went to bed last night, I was not happy with
with the white tablecloth background -- then I dreamt
of a great solution.  Although somewhat abstract
this painting is about a real meal, the disarray on
the table was how it really was -- this is the romance
of two people in the middle of breakfast.

But the colour was not working.  So I decided to put
a cloth that wasn't there into the painting -- voila
-- the blue.  I'm happy with it so far, but it may become
a runner and go from one end of the painted table
to the other.  I'll keep you on the scene.

Have a working-on-playing-with-art day.
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6 comments:

  1. UnknownMarch 25, 2015 at 5:00 AM

    Like you talked about in a previous post, nothing dictates the painting but you and your decisions. looks like this decision was a good one, it's exciting.

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  2. Flora DoehlerMarch 25, 2015 at 5:46 AM

    Oh Barbara, another stunning painting is being born! I love how you paint, the colours you choose, the detail in the work and the story behind it.
    Thanks for sharing the 'artist problem-solving' behind it.
    Every brushstroke and decision informs the next.
    xoox

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  3. verna vogelMarch 25, 2015 at 11:53 AM

    I like the blue! I also really like the lower right corner of the table with its loose white-red pattern. Appeals to my abstract-loving nature, hehee.

    Enjoy the process & thanks for sharing!

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  4. Barbara MuirMarch 25, 2015 at 10:24 PM

    Hi Sally,

    Thank you. I was going to ask my blog friends to help me decide how far to go with the blue, but you are right, I should listen to myself and to you. The blue stays, but it may grow!

    XOXOXOXOXO Barbara

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  5. Barbara MuirMarch 25, 2015 at 10:25 PM

    Hi Flora,

    Thank you so much, I've been painting all night in a kind of trance. (I think it's called exhaustion). I wasn't sure what I was doing, I just was, and
    everything seemed to go so well. It goes to show you -- you never know.

    Love your work.

    XOXOXOXOXO Barbara

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  6. Barbara MuirMarch 25, 2015 at 10:28 PM

    Hi Verna,

    Thank you so much. I'm keen on the pink and white corner too. Sometimes I wonder if I
    hold onto a first thought out conceptmor decision out of nostalgia. But I do like that corner too. I like the contrast between realist and that.
    It may stay!

    XOXOXOXOXOXO Barbara

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