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It is Day 15 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge. My fifteenth offering is “140º” (acrylic on 5″×7″ unstretched canvas). Will be available in my Etsy Shop.
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As a xerographist, my work tends to be, almost exclusively, representational. The 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge offers me an opportunity to revisit abstract painting as an alternate voice. It seems fitting that the end (at least temporarily) to the traffic circle paintings would unintentionally resemble a sunset. Sometimes we unconsciously move with intent. Tomorrow I will begin again. I’ve decided to move to square canvas for a while to force a different perspective. I like painting inside a theme, but I don’t know that will happen. Time will tell.
140º is the fifteenth AND FINAL of a number of paintings inspired by traffic circles: “As a frequent traveler, I am both comforted and amused by the familiar behaviors found while traversing the traffic circle. Well-intentioned drivers lean forward to afford themselves a better view of street signs, use their right turn signal despite all options being right turns, momentarily hit the brakes not quite certain of their choice before barreling ahead often without noticing the presence or location of other drivers on the circle or having to go ’round again because they missed the mark the first time. It is sort of a perfect metaphor for navigating life.”
Remember, this canvas is available for $50 in my Etsy Shop.
A new adventure begins with… Day Sixteen.
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