I'm less inclined to paint now that I have moved. No space, no time, no mom saying "I liked your other one better, but you can give this to me anyway". So I prefer simple designs that I can complete in two days, even if there's a 1.5 month gap between the days. This painting was meant to be sad and symbolic, but day 2 ended up being very calming.
Painter's notes:
The background -- yet another galaxy that never comes out as enveloping as envisioned. But there is a warmth here that I like.
The cracks were difficult as anticipated, hence the procrastination. At completion, I was surprised to find it slightly creepy, as opposed to the brokenness that I intended. It resembles "eyeball", "lightning", "web", that I wonder whether dark lines would have mitigated. However, the accidentally beautiful upside of light lines is the optical illusion, appearing lighter in the center and darker outwards on the SW-NE diagonals, which are a single shade in actuality.
Per usual, I was struggling to appreciate the piece at completion but quite happy with it after several days. The lines are clean as heck, and the swirls are my specialty. Swirls represent intuition, balance and calm -- all things I like.
Below are also a couple pieces I did for home decor, aluminum light gold birds completed in June and a cloud painting from October 2021. My apartment is sky-themed.
"Unforeboding Joy"
This painting is quite large actually. The width is longer than my entire arm. Probably not longer than yours.