Today I have to add to some of the pieces to support the compositions. When you crop this tightly from a larger work, you end up with several strong pieces and others that are very weak because there's nothing left to anchor them. You might think that a smaller work would need less in it, but that is not what has happened. I've posted two that need a lot of help. I plan to spend much of today in the studio working on to success, hopefully.
I'm thinking about adding a faint photo transfer of my grandmother holding a baby over the lower right. It needs human presence.
There seems to be too much recognizable print in this. I like the bottom section. It is strong enough to support the image . Right now, I don't have one clue what else it needs. It just is not working.
4 comments:
you are doing good not screaming and having a tantrum....over cutting, getting rid of too much of something makes me feel like a small explosion is going on in my head over and over again. its MADDENING. hope you find a way to find your way!!!
Great potential here! Almost all of my small collage paintings come about because I cropped something that wasn’t working. Then I already have a depth of texture to play with. Enjoy! I’ll look forward to seeing what comes of these!
I love this idea of cropping one larger piece into several smaller pieces. Brilliant!
Margaret, I like these pieces, too. Great starting points for experimenting or adding stuff, but pretty neat just like they are.
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