| This
painting has since been sold.
Now
that's a title! I can't really recall where it came from, other
than a need at the time to conjure up complicated, long titles for
my paintings.
This
may have been directed at one or more of the girls who lived in
a house next to mine, but it's really not that important. They were
another one of those popular social cliques that will never accept
outsiders. If you find yourself on the outside, there isn't much
you can do beside resolving to be more accepting and welcoming toward
others. But what do I know? This is more romantic sentiment than
reality. It's human nature to treat "kindness" as a weakness,
and "power" as a strength.
Now,
ahem, Nice Girl is another red painting, mainly because
I've always liked warm color tones. Also, to be really honest, it's
easier to mix warm watercolors on a canvas. Red, orange, yellow,
that's about all you need. It's pretty easy and it looks good; using
the cooler tones is more difficult, and doesn't appeal to me as
much. Red is livlier.
Notice
the patterns from the Liquid Paper on the canvas. That comes from
its interaction with water. The Kinko's brand is the only one that
mixes with water like this, achieving a cream-in-coffee effect.
The canvas may hold a lot of water, and when the water dries off,
these patterns are what's left. It's like painting in slow motion
with an oil slick.
Finally,
the
b-side was largely devoted to my thoughts about Pearl Jam's albums.
Having just bought a used copy of the Binaural album, I
was in just the perfect mood. A terrific album by the most consistently
good band of our time. And, oh, yes, Riot Act was a great
record, too. |
