Fracturing from the Imagination ll -Demo

Flowers from the Imagination

6x8in  oil on canvas panel  $125.

After scrutinizing fruit for the last few days I needed to do something for the
pure pleasure of using paint.
I am receiving more and more inquiries about the
fracturing technique and this is another way of starting than the one I showed here
http://juliefordoliver.blogspot.com/2012_05_01_archive.html


Artist Note.

Painting from the imagination is a lot of fun and you can make alterations
all the way through because you respond to what happens.
I started with flat shapes of color on oil primed linen.

I picked up what was on the palette
from yesterday's painting of fruit.
Using a knife I pressed and twisted
until the random shapes suggested
something to me. The green next to the
orange suggested the center of a flower.

Still not committed, but working with
flowers in mind, I started to add
more colors remembering to
neutralize some with
complementary colors
so the pure colors would pop.

Okay - I could really see the flowers
now so the commitment was made
and the thinking had to begin.
The negative shapes at the left I
liked so I kept them and added color.
Filling in the backgroundwith transparent dark colors
to bring it together. I do not usually
paint this way and I was enjoying
responding and making decisions to what was happening.
After this stage, I worked all over with my angle brush and
handy tool, but a shaper will do. It is easy to see the surface marks I made
on the finished piece. I decided to take the vase right out at the bottom.

Please let me know if you enjoyed this or have any questions.