Seriously: It's time to put winter away. My winter doldrums paintings lingered on past the equinox but, just in time for some warm weather, I wrapped them up at the end of April.
Both of these were started in January, inspired by strong contrasts in colours against the (psychological?) surroundings of winter darkness. And in the tiny quick studies I made, they looked promising.
The idea for the first one hit me one
day as I stepped into the commuter train. Everyone was wearing black and almost-black garments -- a wall of blackness, with the exception of the female in the
foreground with knock-out blue coat and red scarf, along with her
magenta hair, and the guy with the black-white plaid scarf. When
I came to plan the painting, I added some more colour with the female
on the right, another commuter I'd sketched on another day. My crowd scene is called inevitably "Rush Hour."
The second originated with another strong contrast. Looking into a coffee shop window near a bus stop, I was struck by the warm golden wood
table contrasting with the young woman's all-black garments and hair. It
also amused me that with all the hype about offices (and coffee
shop offices!) becoming "paperless" she was still dealing with a
lot of paper. And so emerged "The Not Quite Paperless Office."
I'm not crazy about either of these, but they presented some learning opportunities -- that overworked phrase! (Could we somehow blend Learning Opportunities with LOL !?) And despite the winter of my discontent that I'm leaving behind, they at least confirm my continued interest in working with faces and figures.
Now let's head for the garden!
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