First Real Project

Painting is only worth the time if I find a concept I'm really excited about. Usually, ideas start with something that I like in general. Then I improve the concept several times until it becomes so awesome that I have to create it.

I really love brainstorming at night, because I come up with a lot of fantastic ideas. But then, without fail, I wake up and find that only about 20% of the ideas are actually decent. Pre-sleep alpha waves are like my LSD.

With this painting, I knew I wanted to do galaxy colors, and the gradient concept added the uniqueness I wanted.

An unexpected result of the gradient was that it made execution ten times more complicated. Triangles had to be pretty small for a smooth fade. However small triangles in random patterns looked wonky and jarring, so I had to adjust each tape line over and over until it looked right.

Despite the time-consuming and onerous effort, I love how it turned out and I'm very proud of it.

It's hard to tell, but the yellow bits are metallic gold paint.