Dreams of Flight
 

I have been putting some time into this painting while my Tree Figure (working title) has it's face to the wall awaiting a fresher approach.

I've posted the colour pencil mock-up sketch, and a couple of stages in the painting including what it looks like right now.

Comments and criticism always welcome, of course. I hope folks like how it is going :)

24" x 36" acrylic, again a glacial pace but at least not a lot of repainting.

Intriguing. I didn't know the trees had a humanoid shape to them until I gazed upon the third picture, and it was only whilst looking at the far left tree in the background did I think about it.

Hey, anthropomorphism is my byword :)

Much different style but it reminds me of Alex Pardee's Treeple. Nice work, Kramus. Very inspiring.

...i like the way it carries your eye in swirls and twirls throughout the composition like a dance on the wind. It's coming along beautifully.

...i also like your layering of color as you go, giving it a transparency as light and playful as the subject.

...i like paintings that make me take a second look, that have a surprise element...yours does...on many levels...like the abstract white shapes that make me go, hmmm, eggs? nest? playful bubbles being carried by the wind? orb-like reflections from the sun?

...and, lastly, i like how it makes me feel free and happy to be alive :)

Very nice. You're very talented.

As always I am impressed with your work! Hope to see more of it as it comes out.

Ha, Manic, those Treeple are a bit - more robust - in their presentation and intent than I have so far done :oogle: But thanks for the link. Interesting viewpoint, for sure.

That is almost poetic, Shell. Thanks for the consideration and the comment :)

Thank you Tully :) I post stuff that I want other people to enjoy, and doing the work well is part of that.

Hey blahblah - give me time and I will be glad to show the endgame of this one. Maybe even put a closeup or 2 if my camera gives me decent shots :)

I like how the blue swirling shapes in the middle kind of draw you in and give the painting a blue depth. Curious to see how it ends up. Looks fluid and dynamic so far. I like it!

Beautiful. I dream of dancing druids.

I always found dryads to be the most intriguing of mythological creatures. I like the exaggerated movement you've captured here. Very nice.

I have always been a big fan of your work because of your infinitesmal attention to detail. I really like the 2nd stage with less of the minute detail. It has your touch and your vision, but the ability to see the same style in a different way is refreshing. I could definitely see you taking inspiration from yourself and molding a new style strictly for canvas. Finding more details in shading and light instead of surface changes.

I love the third one. The white silhouettes, the sense of movement, and the clarity of colour is superb.

i always have a feeling that i could see the flight,but when i want to paint,i could not do.the pictures are very beatiful

I have been lax in getting work done on this stuff, and lax in following my own thread :o A bit of an update - the painting is coming along, but there is a way to go yet. With school starting there may be more time in the middle of the day for me. We shall see.

I am very appreciative of the comments!
Fluid and dynamic is an important part of this one little_tippler. The movement and depth I am trying to explore is fun in how it happens in the painting as opposed to the mind's eye/inner vision.
genuine girly, I too often dream of dancing druids. That brilliant bastard Caesar must have been truly spooked by them to do what he did in Britain ;)
Hey Baraka - dryads are gorgeous and intriguing elementals - or whatever it is you categorize such entities. The world seems full of life forces that the female form expresses well. I want to keep exploring those forces both in art and in life. The painting has evolved from the sketch, hasn't it. I am curious to see how I continue to develop it, actually. We shall see.
That is interesting, amonkie. The painting is indeed intriguing, and I am finding the idea of letting the colour and form and shape do the talking instead of crawling deep inside of a piece and crafting it from every angle. This is all new to me.
Thanks for the comment cello. I am constantly worried about the colour, whether it is over worked or underworked, whether I am doing it justice or being a hack - and the colour changes depending on where in my room and at what time of day I work on the painting. It is all rather new to me.
Thank you very much for coming by and commenting Kasey. Let us work out our ways of dreaming and seeing so we can share here in this forum. I wish more people would - it would be really cool to see what is out there in TFP-land :)

Calling it done. And about time, I guess. I have a variation I'm setting up, but this one is leaving my Lady's attic studio and headed for parts unknown. Thanks everyone for looking and commenting - it was fun to dream :thumbsup:

Beautiful artwork, thanks for sharing!

Thanks Dani :)

Your paintings are so fluid and full of life. I can almost hear a heartbeat.

Thanks for having a look at Dreams seamaiden. I've been told a couple of times that the paintings lack the touch and feel of my drawings, but I think this piece was able to capture some of that same sense that I think my friends were talking about. My favourite painting to date :)