Monday, February 25, 2008

Inspire me Thursday: Action Painting - Spring aka the indestructable pea!

I just came across a site called "Inspire me Thursday", and just had to take the challenge right away! The theme is action painting, a “style of painting in which paint is spontaneously dribbled, splashed or smeared onto the canvas, rather than being carefully applied.” Posted above is one of my few abstracts titled "Spring". I was doing a study in acrylics on canvas paper, decided it wasn't working and proceeded to drip and swirl some paint around until I saw a seedling sprouting and went with it. I tend to be very tight with my work and it was quite liberating!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

This has so much energy! It really does make me think of life returning in the spring. You have some really wonderful work on your blog!

Unknown said...

Wonderful Painting ...so much action and love the idea of spring...life and all the wonder..

Glad you found IMT...always fun to see the weekly themes...

Have a wonderful day..

Cheers,
Diana

Unknown said...

Old stuff again!!!! That's ok, I like this one. And you know why. Hee Hee. Keep focusing on moving forward my dear, the rest will come.

Cynthia DiBlasi - Fine Art said...

Ok Dawn, glad you like something I've done. Finally, geesh! And in your honor I've re-named it the indestructable pea. :-)
NOW, when are you going to start your art blog? While your at it, you should sell your crafts on Etsy too! That's my next task.

Richard Cardona said...

Nice! looks like you had a lot of fun!

Anonymous said...

Hmmm, I've been hearing a lot about this Inspire me Thursday, need to check it out. Especially since it inspired you to do this terrific painting. I really love the movement and the colors. Very cool!