This piece began with an exercise called "Eleven Dots" in Creating Abstract Art, by Dean Nimmer. You randomly place 11 dots on a blank page, connect them as you wish, and then intuitively go from there. I like the colors and contrast in this, and my husband says that it's "Picasso-esque." (Love is blind.) If it's turned on its side, it resembles a fancy fish. I could call it "Cosmic Fish" or "A Fish out of Water." It's bothersome to me though, because I feel it lacks complexity. It may be time to "bury my darlings" and cover parts of it with other layers. I'll share the results, but I think I'll look at it for a few days first.
So, I decided to scrape some white across parts of the piece. I put some plastic wrap over that and let it dry overnight. This is the result:
I filled in some of the shapes left by the plastic wrap and I do like this part of the piece. It reminds me of mysterious ancient writing:
Next I mixed titanium white and ultramarine blue, and scraped them over other areas. Now It's becoming more interesting.
I also added magenta paint, and then I outlined prominent shapes with black India ink. This is the final painting, which is entitled "Spirit Bird Spoke" (Someone also saw a Spirit Fish.)
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