4x4 Paintings, Continued

 

Ask The Crow

4" x 4"

Mixed media on wood

 

Playing Games

4" x 4"

Mixed media on wood

 

Sleeping Bird

4" x 4"

Mixed media on wood

4x4

Going large, going small. I have 100 4x4 squares and I'm going to paint on them all. I started out using the 4x4's as warm ups for the larger paintings I'm working on but I've become rather enthralled with the small pieces. It's surprising how much impact fits into a 4x4 square. It's also nice to test imagery for addition to my "visual language". Some things have fit well, others haven't fit so well and have been painted over. Here are some of the first batch, more to follow.

Sleeping

4" x 4"

Mixed media on wood

God Hates

4" x 4"

Mixed media on wood

Arresting

4" x 4"

Mixed media on wood

Untitled

Untitled

12" x 12"

Mixed media on board

I started trying to stop making sense of collages, instead focusing on form and visual interest (the last two posts are along the same lines). I don't know what a painting means without its meaning being justified prior to painting it? Does a painting even have to have meaning, I mean, can it be vague and indecipherable? Does it take on meaning if there is none, creating its own? Likely so.