To give a look "under the hood," I am posting the page of color experimentation that preceded this piece. Getting a blue, a yellow, and two mixed browns to balance took a good bit of patience and paint, as you'll see.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Under the Hood: "Lady Soul"
To give a look "under the hood," I am posting the page of color experimentation that preceded this piece. Getting a blue, a yellow, and two mixed browns to balance took a good bit of patience and paint, as you'll see.
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Thanks for showing the color studies as well. This image has a lot to say and I am curious about the story behind it. The six spirit representations are intriguing...
ReplyDelete"Lady Soul" is one of the great Aretha Franklin recordings. (I was actually listening to her CD "I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You." when the original sketch emerged.)
ReplyDeleteThis piece is my reaction to Aretha's voice, which transmutes pain into beauty and transcendence. So in the art, the black burst of despair from the woman's soul gives birth to golden spirits, swimming up in ecstasy.
I really enjoy your experimentation page, Brian. You do really interesting work. there's a lot of passion behind it. I admire that a great deal. Good work, my friend :)
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