The beginning of a new series of works begins. Combination of remembering a dream and thinking about how I feel sometimes has set this new series into motion. In my dream I was painting a bunch of canvases that depicted the buildings cut in half, but still standing and people in the foreground split as well, in movement or as ghostly apparitions. The name that came to mind was "Schism" denoting the fractured state of the buildings and in some ways the fractured state of how my country has become.
Tonight I watched a Nova documentary on dreams on Netflix. It's interesting how some of the mystery of dreams is finally being revealed, but how much we still don't know about them. I do know that I'm often painting in my dreams, which usually leads to the creation of new work. I've come to the conclusion that I'm always doing art. Even when I'm dead asleep.
This painting has a great many challenges though. To begin with I had no photos in the perspective I wanted and the facade I wanted was actually a combination of the side and front of a particular building in San Francisco. My solution is simple I will draw the building out referencing the photos. Looking through my photos I realize I will be doing this often. There are many instances where my photos are ready to go, but most of the time they'll need work to become a work of art. Next up will be finding the figures to work with that I want.
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