Quote by: Morning Light
Do I dare mentioned my giant "abstract" acrylic painting, that I worked on prior to 9/11...? I worked it on , on and off from about Feb -July 2001. I always like to paint beautiful things, but this was an abstract experiment which thru the months went thru a few subtle changes. When I finally decided i was done working on it, I could only look at it with a perplexed curiousity....An ariel view from above and simultaneously from the ground, where right in the middle was a morning sunrise over water, a fireball that had slowly made its way from the side of the painting to the middle, during all the reworking. I just could not figure out why i would have a large firery explosion there by the sunrise over the water. To make matters worse, my painting knife made a large decending line thru the middle and it took the shape of a jetplane. Going up from the middle of this fireball was a large area of light done in matalic silver with gold flecks splattered all over. In my mind, I knew that was symbolizing the connecting of the material relative world with the spiritual absolute realms. The thing bothered me, but i didn't know what to do with it.
After 9/11 , I looked at it and quickly covered it and hid it away....it was so completely obvious then what it was, and I could not figure out why I had painted that, so I felt guilty , like I was somehow part to blame....because somehow I "knew" about it on some level, but didn't know i did, or do any thing about it.
The painting now lies on the other side of the world from me, covered up, in my parents basement. I gave away my eisel and paints and brushes.
Maybe just a coincidence, but when i heard about that album, I thought wow, they must have had the same strange feeling I did.....
Do I dare mentioned my giant "abstract" acrylic painting, that I worked on prior to 9/11...? I worked it on , on and off from about Feb -July 2001. I always like to paint beautiful things, but this was an abstract experiment which thru the months went thru a few subtle changes. When I finally decided i was done working on it, I could only look at it with a perplexed curiousity....An ariel view from above and simultaneously from the ground, where right in the middle was a morning sunrise over water, a fireball that had slowly made its way from the side of the painting to the middle, during all the reworking. I just could not figure out why i would have a large firery explosion there by the sunrise over the water. To make matters worse, my painting knife made a large decending line thru the middle and it took the shape of a jetplane. Going up from the middle of this fireball was a large area of light done in matalic silver with gold flecks splattered all over. In my mind, I knew that was symbolizing the connecting of the material relative world with the spiritual absolute realms. The thing bothered me, but i didn't know what to do with it.
After 9/11 , I looked at it and quickly covered it and hid it away....it was so completely obvious then what it was, and I could not figure out why I had painted that, so I felt guilty , like I was somehow part to blame....because somehow I "knew" about it on some level, but didn't know i did, or do any thing about it.
The painting now lies on the other side of the world from me, covered up, in my parents basement. I gave away my eisel and paints and brushes.
Maybe just a coincidence, but when i heard about that album, I thought wow, they must have had the same strange feeling I did.....
out of morbid curiosity i'd like to see this pic. and you should post future paintings - especially if they pertain to the vancouver area. ;)
