Pilot, Woman with a City II20 x20 inches, acrylic on canvas
commission
Finally OH Sweet Jesus in Heaven, finally! "The Woman with a City" piece, the first one and this commissioned piece were making me nuts. The posture and shadow of the figure dominated in the composition - being at the half way mark of the painting, it really became, "A painting about an Ass" the city was completely lost. As much as my good pal, L.Rooke liked that aspect of the piece, it had to change and through magic of hard work, skill and toning ( lightening the top and bottom of the work, shortening the arms, reducing shadow) - the piece now works, and works well - so disregard the post from a few days ago.
I have a ton of work to do this week, so I may not post tomorrow, but wanted to get these two very successful pieces up for you to see.
And of course something I should've added months ago, but forgot, I was asked what was the name of the show at the Cameron House, and I said, "Silver" and whoever it was (I talk to alot of people) asked why I chose that title, there was nothing "silver" in the show really, it wasn't a dominant colour, it was just a title, I realized I never told anyone why - here are the lyrics to "Silver" by the Pixies, this song inspired the beginnings of Silver - mostly the lyrics, the song was playing in the studio, actually I think it was playing while I was sketching at the Done Right Inn (which is a great place to sketch because people leave you alone, unlike the Cloak *strangle* *strangle*) and scribbled off at least ten pages of ideas. There's also a link to the video on YouTube.
Silver"
'in this land of strangers
there are dangers
there are sorrows
i can't see this lady
it is shady
i am leaving
tomorrow
tomorrow
tomorrow
even there's a reason
it's silver
it's gone
in this land of strangers
there are dangers
there are sorrows
sorrows
sorrows
sorrows
-The Pixies
Yes, I know I could just post the video, but this is not a video site, go check out Ryeberg for that, this is a site for my work.
A.S Hahn
