Here are a few images I created for Contextual Studies. This piece is a recreation of Picasso’s ‘Woman in an Armchair’ and Dali’s ‘Masochistic Instrument’. This is very different in style for me but I really like how it turned out. I painted the background with various streaks of paint then laid down the line on top. The female form within the window is from ‘Masochistic Instrument’, whilst the surrounding lines are from ‘Woman in an Armchair’. Painted in acrylic.
This next piece is a recreation of Picasso’s ‘Woman in a Red Armchair’ and ‘The Studio’ and Dali’s ‘Architectonic Angelus of Millet’ and ‘Face of War’. As you can see the bottom of the landscape is very dark. This is the ‘Face of War’ part. I wanted this to be within the soil and therefore, within the darkness, since the original painting is about the Spanish Civil War. I wanted to show vibrant colour on the left side since this is supposed to be Picasso in the process of painting. In the original piece ‘The Studio’, Picasso is painting a woman, but I chose to represent him in a red armchair, painting the aggressor on the right side, which is taken from ‘Architectonic Angelus of Millet’. Painted in acrylic.
This piece is based on Picasso’s Seated Bather and Dali’s Venus and a Sailor. These elements are very small parts of each painting and I wanted to represent them in some form of seascape. Painted in acrylic with collage pieces and tissue paper.
This final piece is taken from Picasso’s ‘Weeping Woman’ and ‘Seated Bather’, and Dali’s ‘Venus and a Sailor’. I wanted to recreate the frenzied colour of ‘Weeping Woman’ but have again portrayed the various elements in a sort of landscape. This was painted on calico with oil pastels, glue, acrylics, quink and bleach.
On a final note, I have added Google Friend Connect to my page, making it easy for people to join the site. It means I can also see who joins, and I can visit their blogs should they wish to join.
OMG. I'd hang the third one in my home. I love the depth in it Heather. That one has all that division of space. I also like the color and the shapes in it. I likethem all but the next one that grabs my attention is the first one. I like the drippy curvey shapes and the complimentary color. I'm impressed!
Oh wow, thank you Leslie! It's funny that you like the 3rd one, as that was so dead looking. I had to come back to it twice before I was satisfied with it. I have to admit, I love the first one. I'm not sure why but it feels very inviting to me. The last one was a bit of a rush, and I'm going to work more on it, but I will be creating new ones from all of them today.
Wow Heather! Wow! STUNNING! I like how you're challenging yourself and creating your own imagery from the paintings that inspired it. Way to go! So cool!javascript:%20showLogin();
Thank you Peggy! The aim of this subject is to take elements from each painting that I'm studying and put them into various images (I think I have painted 16 in total so far), then I will take further elements from what I have painted into a further 8 paintings. I will then develop those towards a final painting, which will look nothing like the original works they came from. It's great fun really!
Heather, just dropped by to say hello. I love the colors on all three of these.
Hi Mark! Thank you so much for stopping by. It's so good to hear from you. How are you? How are things with your son? I can't imagine what you and Cindy are going through just now. I've been thinking about you all, and am keeping you in my thoughts. My love to you and your family.
I love your website design! Your art is fantastic. This makes me want to start sketching and painting again.
Oh thank you so much! There are a lot of amazing free web themes online, including this one. I've just made lots of tweaks to this one. I saw your giraffe drawing, it's fantastic! I'd love to see more.