Monday, 11 February 2019

Sea of Abstraction

I initially wanted to create a background for a mobile by  Alexander Calder entitled "Fish" 1944, Hirshhorn Museum.

So I started tearing out pages from A Golden Nature Guide entitled:

SEASHORES
A Guide to Shells, Sea Plants, Shore Birds, and Other Natural Features of American Coasts

After I assembled the background I thought Calder's "Fish" would DISTRACT from the ABSTRACT I had just created!

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  1. Wow! So much going on down in Davy Jones Locker! Excellent!

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  2. I love the way the lines on the sea surface and the sea-bed, continue across totally different elements... looks like it might be giving the octopus a headache though, trying to keep up with those ever-changing environments!

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    1. That's a funny observation (about Mr. Octopus)! yeah, this was a happy accident. I usually agonize over abstract and I made one quite by accident!

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  3. Swirly and sea-scapy and fun—I love it!

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  4. Fine colour palette...and that octopus is looking for his garden and some shade!

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    1. Ron...Great comment and you gave the collage a better title than I did! "In an Octopus' Garden"!!

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