I didn’t have any ideas in mind when I started today’s painting. My main impetus was to see how the pigments interacted. I know, for example, that cobalt blue and quinacridone nickel, when combined create a very pleasing range of colors. Another color that I use is called Moonglow (by Daniel Smith) displays a range of colors from purple to blue, without mixing it with any other color.
Abstract Brain
12″x9″ 140# Cold Pressed Watercolor Block
I had no idea that I was painting a portrait of a brain, in profile.
cool
Thanks
For some reason I want to hold it.
I just have this odd impossible urge to stick my hands into this painting and pull out the brain as it turns three dimensional and just hold it. It makes me feel an odd sensation in my hands like I already am holding it feeling its lines, textures, and temperatures.
…. quite strange and interesting.
I like it. I am not able to tell why, in particularly, I get such an odd experience looking at this. I just do and so I thought I’d share that tidbit.
This painting is really cool and and that Moonglow paint seems cool too.
Wow! That is really interesting! Have you had this reaction to other paintings before? I am so glad you shared this.
Regards,
Jack
Thanks. I get strong feelings, memories, smells, or sensations sometimes when looking at art or listening to music however this reaction to your painting is unique and caught me off guard.
You may want to check out something called synesthesia. There is a book called ‘The Man Who Tasted Shapes”, which explains this phenomenon very well.
J
Sounds interesting, I think I will. Thanks 🙂
-Morganne
I looked into Synesthesia and was quite surprised with what I found. Synesthesia has been loosely linked to a couple of other things that I experience, also. That was a great recommendation! Thank you. I didn’t know that wasn’t exactly normal lol. The brain is a wonderfully intricate thing.
It must be a great thing to experience art (life) in that way! You’re lucky, Morganne.
best,
j
My first thought here is rainclouds. But the brain can feel like that sometimes! (K)
That foggy feeling is the worst though.
J