River and City Theme

River and City Theme

A month went by before this next painting was produced and that for me I think shows to a certain degree.  Once you get your nose in a good art book, the influences might leak in and that isn't a good thing.  As far as I can remember there was a need to divide this painting into two halves and that was easily done by being so heavily influenced by the previous work (History of the River).

I don't sit there and work out what is going to happen, it morphs out in front of my own eyes and this seems to be the best way forward.  I could never copy another artist's style as I am not a confident enough person to think that I could produce something in the style of Kandinsky or even Turner.  To a certain degree it is not a bad thing to emulate another artist but for me I wanted a style that would scream out my name.  Being influenced by Kurt Schwitters with my collage work meant that I was making art that screamed his influence and I guess that was why I had to sit down and think about calling it a day.

My preferred shape for paintings is square and I loved the finished work when it is that shape.  I have no idea why and it will be something I want to escape from.  This small piece of MDF canvas board that this piece is painted on is for me the sketch for the larger canvas but I know that my style will dictate the end result.  It is like some subconsciousness leaking out from the eye to the hand onto the canvas.  Which is very exciting and something I will develop over time.