The Red Bridge
The Red Bridge
Bridges are beautiful and architecturally challenging. I
paint a lot of bridges because they are highly symbolic for me. They make the
perfect focal point in a painting. Did you know the first bridge was designed
by nature? A tree fell over a brook and humans used it to cross over to the
other side. From a natural occurrence, we began designing our own bridges. I
had a dream about a beautiful bridge a few weeks ago and the structures have
been on my mind ever since. In my dream it was a bridge to heaven that I could
not cross but one day will see again.
In this painting, I wanted a mythical, mystical landscape
that added to the surreal, foggy landscape. I create a lot of images this way
simply because I'm fascinated with fog and how it obscures the world around us and referencing the feeling of "the unknown." Fog is really a cloud
floating down to earth which alludes to another world joining our world. It implies
all things hidden.
Atmospheric perspective is a technique used by artists to
show far reaching space in their paintings. It's a realistic perspective since
this is how we see things naturally when viewing a vast distance. Have you ever
stood on the side of a cliff and looked towards the horizon line? Off in the
distance, things get "foggy." We lose details and color. It looks as
if the earth is absorbing the atmosphere and it actually is.
This watercolor on 140 lb Strathmore paper is available on ebay:
posted by birdbluff @ 7:37 AM
1 Comments
1 Comments:
For this moment, this afternoon in particular, this piece speaks to me— currently I am working (and reworking) a long poem which utilizes a metaphor of a natural bridge—and a bridge which forms in music. (The secondary metaphor deals with Bach.)
But my point, your use of multiple hills and numerous natural curves keep the viewing eye busy—reminds me of those geodes, once split apart reveal multi-colors and abstracted prisms.
Helps me rethink my earlier approach to my own work.
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