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kramus · 06-17-2009, 10:47 AM

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.

Jetée · 06-17-2009, 11:03 AM

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.

kramus · 06-18-2009, 06:05 AM

Hey, anthropomorphism is my byword

Manic_Skafe · 06-19-2009, 10:04 AM

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

Shell · 06-19-2009, 10:39 AM

...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

Tully Mars · 06-20-2009, 04:51 AM

Very nice. You're very talented.

blahblah454 · 06-20-2009, 08:53 PM

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

kramus · 06-21-2009, 06:37 PM

Ha, Manic, those Treeple are a bit - more robust - in their presentation and intent than I have so far done

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

little_tippler · 06-22-2009, 03:14 AM

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!

genuinegirly · 06-22-2009, 07:08 AM

Beautiful. I dream of dancing druids.

Baraka_Guru · 06-22-2009, 07:13 AM

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

amonkie · 06-22-2009, 12:42 PM

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.

cellophanedeity · 06-22-2009, 01:44 PM

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

Kasey · 09-02-2009, 04:56 PM

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

kramus · 09-04-2009, 08:53 PM

I have been lax in getting work done on this stuff, and lax in following my own thread

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

kramus · 10-01-2009, 11:09 AM

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

DaniGirl · 10-01-2009, 07:49 PM

Beautiful artwork, thanks for sharing!

kramus · 10-03-2009, 06:00 AM

Thanks Dani

seamaiden · 10-18-2009, 04:18 AM

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

kramus · 01-13-2010, 01:16 PM

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

06-17-2009, 11:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	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. __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

06-18-2009, 06:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
kramus loving the curves Location: my Lady's manor	Hey, anthropomorphism is my byword __________________ And now to disengage the clutch of the forebrain ... I'm going with this - if you like artwork visit http://markfineart.ca

06-19-2009, 10:04 AM	#4 (permalink)
Manic_Skafe More Than You Expect Location: Queens	Much different style but it reminds me of Alex Pardee's Treeple. Nice work, Kramus. Very inspiring. __________________ "Porn is a zoo of exotic animals that becomes boring upon ownership." -Nersesian

06-19-2009, 10:39 AM	#5 (permalink)
Shell Cheers Location: Eastcoast USA	...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 __________________ ..."Say what you think. Those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind" ~ Dr. Seuss

06-20-2009, 04:51 AM	#6 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Very nice. You're very talented. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

06-20-2009, 08:53 PM	#7 (permalink)
blahblah454 Let's put a smile on that face Location: On the road...	As always I am impressed with your work! Hope to see more of it as it comes out.

06-21-2009, 06:37 PM	#8 (permalink)
kramus loving the curves Location: my Lady's manor	Ha, Manic, those Treeple are a bit - more robust - in their presentation and intent than I have so far done 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 __________________ And now to disengage the clutch of the forebrain ... I'm going with this - if you like artwork visit http://markfineart.ca

06-22-2009, 03:14 AM	#9 (permalink)
little_tippler Leaning against the -Sun- Super Moderator Location: on the other side	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! __________________ Whether we write or speak or do but look We are ever unapparent. What we are Cannot be transfused into word or book. Our soul from us is infinitely far. However much we give our thoughts the will To be our soul and gesture it abroad, Our hearts are incommunicable still. In what we show ourselves we are ignored. The abyss from soul to soul cannot be bridged By any skill of thought or trick of seeming. Unto our very selves we are abridged When we would utter to our thought our being. We are our dreams of ourselves, souls by gleams, And each to each other dreams of others' dreams. Fernando Pessoa, 1918

06-22-2009, 07:08 AM	#10 (permalink)
genuinegirly Eat your vegetables Super Moderator Location: Arabidopsis-ville	Beautiful. I dream of dancing druids. __________________ "Sometimes I have to remember that things are brought to me for a reason, either for my own lessons or for the benefit of others." Cynthetiq "violence is no more or less real than non-violence." roachboy

06-22-2009, 07:13 AM	#11 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	I always found dryads to be the most intriguing of mythological creatures. I like the exaggerated movement you've captured here. Very nice. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

06-22-2009, 12:42 PM	#12 (permalink)
amonkie Drifting Administrator Location: Windy City	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. __________________ Calling from deep in the heart, from where the eyes can't see and the ears can't hear, from where the mountain trails end and only love can go... ~~~ Three Rivers Hare Krishna

06-22-2009, 01:44 PM	#13 (permalink)
cellophanedeity Heliotrope Location: A warm room	I love the third one. The white silhouettes, the sense of movement, and the clarity of colour is superb.

09-02-2009, 04:56 PM	#14 (permalink)
Kasey Upright Location: China	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

10-01-2009, 07:49 PM	#17 (permalink)
DaniGirl Addict Location: Fucking Utah...	Beautiful artwork, thanks for sharing!

10-03-2009, 06:00 AM	#18 (permalink)
kramus loving the curves Location: my Lady's manor	Thanks Dani __________________ And now to disengage the clutch of the forebrain ... I'm going with this - if you like artwork visit http://markfineart.ca

10-18-2009, 04:18 AM	#19 (permalink)
seamaiden Psycho Location: With the man of my dreams in Halifax Nova Scotia	Your paintings are so fluid and full of life. I can almost hear a heartbeat.

01-13-2010, 01:16 PM	#20 (permalink)
kramus loving the curves Location: my Lady's manor	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 __________________ And now to disengage the clutch of the forebrain ... I'm going with this - if you like artwork visit http://markfineart.ca