The one on top is “One Large Bird” and the one on the bottom is titled “Two Small Birds”. Pastel on paper 11″ x 19″ or 28 cm x 48.26cm . Spoiler alert: I think of triangles in these works as bird abstractions. It goes back to the first Elements of Form pictures I did in undergraduate school. I’ve also taken up with watching the birds in my backyard. I don’t start off thinking of abstracting the bird shape . It happens after I’ve finished the work. This also is in keeping with the overarching idea of the formation of an image whether it is gestural strokes such as the angel pics or shape on top of shape to form an approximation of an organic entity i.e. birds. For me, it is all the same. When do those shapes become something else, those brushstrokes something recognizable representing the ordinary world where the spiritual and physical meet?
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