Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Flame Azalea - 12

I cannot see the forest for the trees.  Or in this case, I cannot see the flower cluster for all the petals.  I can only see edges, fine shaddows, layers, filaments, and strange colors that are not orange and not yellow.  Time to step back and try to see it as you do: a Whole Thing.  Interestingly, the best way for me to do this is to put a frame around it.  I look at the painting through the lens of my camera.  And somehow, surrounded by a crisp, black rectangle, the form reveals itself.  Oh there it is!  Beginning to turn in space and take shape there at the end of the branch.  There's a long way to go yet, but it is coming. . . . Isn't it?

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