there’s another new post over at my artist journal on livejournal.com
subject:
cultures of past, present, and future at once
snippet:
…Past is represented by the Tooloon Mosque soffit. Present is represented by the modern day astronaut. Future is represented by the combination of the two. Star Wars Battlefronts II has an influence in defining how the future is represented in this painting…
link to artist journal homepage
permanent link to specific post (I prefer that people visit the homepage. The layout of the page for the specific posts are kinda fugly.)
I am very happy with the start of this series. I finally feel that I have a series that has strong artistic integrity. The Pollock and AIN’T series are up there, but the value of each piece in this particular series is considerably higher.
It’s definitely an interesting technique in that it allows the viewers mind to merge not only the individual dots into a cohesive image, but also the different colors. Ultimately the mind of the viewer takes the place of the artists brush in this respect.
“The mind actually does the recognizing/interpreting, not the eye.”
Yea, i thought about that. i initially had “human eye/mind” then i changed it to “human eye” just for simplicity’s sake.
Yeah, sometimes that Psychology minor from college just has to come out. My apologies.
you had a psych minor? huh. i didn’t know that. I kinda remember that.
I really like the astronaut.