Post #293180 by woofmutt on Mon, Mar 19, 2007 7:15 PM

Another great piece.

I like the combination of various styles in your pieces. (As I've told you before in PMs or in person.) I really like your approach to traditional "primitive" subject matters, not just aping the originals or going for a more commercial/popular appeal. Your sense of balance is excellent.*

I like the use of splatter/drip painting. It's not an uncommon illustration technique (Ralph Steadman, Gerald Scarfe) but it can come off as contrived and heavy handed. I think you use it well. The drip painting and the rendering of the birdman in a graffiti like style imply the primitive in a raw way that goes straight to the unconscious.

A really solid piece which I hope to see in person. (Your photographs of your pieces don't do justice to them...But that's not just you, I've seen professional photographs of works and not cared for them only to be blown away when I saw the pieces in person.)

*Good balance in "abstract" type paintings is far more important than the average viewer realizes. Prints of Picasso's "Guernica" have been wildly popular fer years and I don't think it's because of the gruesome images of carnage...I'd guess a lotta folks have never even really considered the subject matter. But its balance is excellent making the piece visually pleasing and leading to countless living rooms being tastefully decorated with images of trampled bodies and cries of anguish.