windsock

[ZOTMA]

oil on canvas 24"x24"
and a detail shot (please excuse the glaze glare in the left)
I'm always interested to hear your emotional take, thoughts, crits, etc.
(lets see if I can operate this new site...)

[Smileawhyl]

OMG Zotma, this is incredibly astounding!!

Breathtaking turbulence. Windsock (perfect title, too) at full sail. A privilege to see this today, or any day.

[geminidream]

:clap: I really love this painting, i like the way it looks like its from another place, planet... like fantasy you look at it and wonder what kind of people would be there. its way cool, the contrast of the red flag sets it off, and i love the way you have the sparkely texture you showed on the close up
really great work. :) geminidream

[ordie4]

maybe i hit the ripple
a little early today,
but i'm seeing a figure
lying down across this
canvas. kinda "cloudy",
much to see, much to
interpret - or maybe not ;)

like it lots
o

[blkros]

Damn!

[Bisco]

You sunk my battleship.

[mckittre]

Engagingly bizarre. I like bizarre.

The touch of red draws my eye. To the windsock, looking cute, ordinary, and a little forlorn in its otherworldly landscape.

We could be inside a cloud, on a planet of gasses, underwater... (the round form with the dark center reminds me of a closed-up anemone).

I think the monochrome palette with just the one red windsock works well here.

[tadpole]

You sunk my battleship.


Bisco hit it ! It will sink more than one battleship! Captivating!

[Bisco]

pole hears me.
I shoulda said "You sunk my scrabble ship" for the simpsonites (I know youre out there...)
But for real, zot Im not gonna paint for a few days after seeing this.. damn it. :) so F'ing jealous... :) Shouldnt I be inspired by something I like..
I want to wrestle you.

[ejfarrae]

yup. nailed.

not sure if the windsock was an afterthought but it makes the whole thing for me. devilishly surreal.
a tiny blood red drop of realness in that rippling monochrome sea of fantasy.
perfect.

[heh]

it’s true, the lint from mother nature’s bellybutton is not always friendly

[muchfoolishness]

queen of zots
its again remarkable
so easy to want it to be something known
cloudscapes or land or sea or cloth
and yet it keeps moving and defying definition
and that little red thing which one would hope to provide an easy reference to scale just makes it more tantalising
beautiful movement a whole discourse of becomings

[Tamana]

"He is at her oblique left
holding the complete attention of her heart.
The shifting wind in the windsock, the soaring vultures,
the panorama in front of her
hold the complete attention of her mind.
Close up and low,
the line of a granite precipice runs across her field of vision.
Far beyond and below ranches splatter the valley.
Her mind hears only his fussing preparation
and the wind coming up over the edge of the cliff.

Her heart stills the universe..."

(From "Getting High" by jack mothershed)


It's intoxicating...

[reynolds]

i really like this...it feels so mystical.
as i looked i realized that to me the wind sock
felt as tho it was the heart.
at times yes the wind blows right thry me
it both cleanses me and chills me
a cycle of death and rebirth---
suffering and grace
with each shimmering shiver in the breeze.

[ZOTMA]

thanks for the looks and words, sorry bout the bad pic quality. this one's really hard to shoot, it's very monochrome looking but it's got a fair amount of blue and brown hanging out when you get in close. uhhh anyhow.....

smileawhyl; you know, titles always get me. I have working titles for things like 'the blue one', 'the 4x5', 'mayawip' and then I have to stick em with a real title when they're complete. that brainsqueeze I don't dig. this one seemed to get by on the working title thankfully, I like being able to just keep it simple. thank you for your comments.

geminidream; it's satisfying to hear that you were seeing another place/planet/fantasy, that you were caused to wonder. I hope to create just such a place that would lead one to go.....
those speckles are just the wet glaze picking up light. I'm afraid it'll only be that way until the glaze dries up a bit. thanks for having a look.

ordie4; glad that you're hittin the ripple and you know, I saw that too. I didn't initially intend but I didn't supress her either. that happens to me in paintings a lot, does that happen to you? I enjoy walking that line between painting something and nothing. real pleased you like it lots.

blkros; :D

Bisco; I peeked

mckittre; I like what you see, the underwater possibility. as I said to geminidream, I hope one will see what they're spurred to see (could be anything). I like bizarre too, happy this is working that way. thank you for your view.

tadpole; thanks mucho.

Bisco; actually I didn't peek, I never cheat (maybe). but for real, I hope you're painting cause when I'm jealous of your work, I paint. :) thanks for the compliment. hmmmm, this about throwin down....I'll have to bring my mexican wrestling mask out of retirement :evil:

ejfarrae; and you nailed it back pal; a fleck of real in a sea of non. exactly my feel. the windsock was the catalyst, saw one on a roadtrip and had the vision...just had to get it on canvas. thanks for seeing and the kind words.

heh; too true, that's one gnarly nature trail :D

kingofmuch; hearing that was pure gravy. your writing gracefully states what I hope is there and then you go beyond. I was wishing for a full definition implosion with that storm. generous words I thank you so much for.

Tamana; can you imagine hang-gliding in that mess? not good. very cool passage, thanks mucho.

reynolds; what a nice analogy. I can imagine this as the inner as much or more than the outer. the imagery of the wind coming through, the cleansing, the shivers, very cool. thank you for sharing your take.

[pipicacassosso]

Wow, Zot. You really penetrate, expose, unleash, peel, uncover, hide and rock. Wow, wow, wow.

[arourapope]

The Greeks believed it was Boreas that inspired the poets. Boreas, the north wind, would come and "take" them, and in trance, they "saw" what it was they needed to see. Some would jump from the ocean cliffs for the inspiration of Boreas.
That little red windsock, buffeted, blown about, probably torn from it's experience, I'm sure has tales to tell of wonderous things and wild winds that whisper words and dreams and maybe even forbidden things, secret things, that may never pass whisper again. (shhhhhhhhh)
A painting grounded by a wild, red wizend windsock..... what a freaky, wonderful, awesome thing. :) Hello, Boreas.

[osiris]

Striking, powerful, viscerally organic without being specific. Well done. Reminds me of my days as an intern in abdominal surgery, and evokes intestinal operations.

Tarek

[Eugene Veszely]

Requires some time looking at :)

[Tamana]

Tamana; can you imagine hang-gliding in that mess? not good. very cool passage, thanks mucho.


erm....who...me?!?! nuh huh!!!!! No way!!!
Well, maybe....See below... ;)



The Greeks believed it was Boreas that inspired the poets. Boreas, the north wind, would come and "take" them, and in trance, they "saw" what it was they needed to see. Some would jump from the ocean cliffs for the inspiration of Boreas. (emphsis added)

THANK YOU!!! THAT is what I was attempting to convey, thus my use of the word intoxicating!!! I mean what is the name for those people who you read about (no time for research so forgive) who do incredible (right word?) things that are exceptionally dangerous just for the thrill of it?! Like sky-diving or surfing in a hurricane etc.?

Thats what this reminded me of. A hypnotic invitation/intoxification if you look to long (like medusa) and you risk being turned to stone...or in this case, back to dust... ;)



Tamana; can you imagine hang-gliding in that mess? not good. very cool passage, thanks mucho.

[QUOTE=Tamana]
erm....who...me?!?! nuh huh!!!!! No way!!!
Well, maybe....See below... ;)


Ummm....well, now that Ive been sitting here..... looking......

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:cool:

[kelly]

A small passionate voice in the midst of a turbulant and dark world....however waving the flag and fighting the good fight.



oil on canvas 24"x24"
and a detail shot (please excuse the glaze glare in the left)
I'm always interested to hear your emotional take, thoughts, crits, etc.
(lets see if I can operate this new site...)

[Bisco]

Yah im still painting I dont know what i was sayin... :rolleyes:
But that windsock, windsock!? heh...
oi! that is somthin at the back of the brain.
Its in the "pillowcase" catagory..
The human delicacy in it, just a thin layer under the foreign.
An earth corner rep.
If that makes sense.

[LilKitten]

oil on canvas 24"x24"
and a detail shot (please excuse the glaze glare in the left)
I'm always interested to hear your emotional take, thoughts, crits, etc.
(lets see if I can operate this new site...)

What a fantastic concept. You've really done well with the merging of the realistic component to enhance the concept of the abstract work. Very, very well done.

lilkitten

[bottleman]

Each corner seems to be forming a shape; a triangle to be specific. This is especially apparent in the upper right and lower left. As a result, a new square is forming within the painting; a diamond shape to be exact. Although this painting has an organic (clouds, sand, etc.) outwardly appearance, I find the underlying structure to be geometric.

Perhaps this "diamond" shape was your way of dealing with (counteracting) the inherent tensions of the square format. The inevitable question, at least for me, when dealing with a square, is weather or not the painting was in any way compromised in an effort to deal with this surface. Could there have been even more fluidity if, say, the white areas in the upper left and lower right where directly attached/linked to the central white area?

[scorpio32]

awesome piece.....just speechless......thx zotma.... :cool:

[sidhartha11]

oil on canvas 24"x24"
and a detail shot (please excuse the glaze glare in the left)
I'm always interested to hear your emotional take, thoughts, crits, etc.
(lets see if I can operate this new site...)
It reminds a little of what it looks like when you close your eyes while in bed. Interesting and imaginative shapes and contours appear behind your eyelids.

[sue ellen]

simplicity among the chaos.
Your values pack a tremendous amount of power!
I love the way you don't hesitate .......you just go ahead and attack those values!

[Stephanie]

Fantastic mood--thick and rich-- love the texture--I get great vibes viewing this piece. The red windsock perfect against the drama of the swirls and vortices. Excellent :)

[ZOTMA]

pipicacassosso; thanks thanks thanks, that's just what I'm going for, but ya never do know when you're painting. just keep painting, just keep painting. appreciate your feedback.

aurora; whoa, how totally cool that info is, thanks for posting it. they're right, the wind is charged, I love being enveloped (except when cycling :D). so the windsock as you say is exposed, but for all the getting worked it also reaps the benefits on the wind. great view, thanks so much.

osiris; you know, without sounding totally morbid, there's something really beautiful about the way insides are made. I'm betting your experiences with the operations gave you a chance to see some pretty incredible stuff (I'm envious). thank you for the comparison and the kind words.

1chameleon; reckon so? :)

Tamana; ha, then aurora hit your vibe eh? very good then, taking the hangliding plunge into that for artistic reasons would be totally understandable (why, I guess that's sort of what it was like making the thing). and yes, your comment about medusa; there's a risk factor in the creation, the reflection....can see that inherent. thanks for coming back.

kelly; I really like what you see, thanks for sharing that.

Bisco; of course you're still painting. the back of the brain, I love that place. doncha you dig it when things/visions strike you like that? sense yes. :)

Lilkitten; nail on the head 'merging of the realistic component to enhance the concept of the abstract', messing with the possibilities therein interests me right now. thanks for seeing.

bottleman; subconsciously I'm betting the solution of the square is exactly why I got that composition. I paint automatically during the underpainting period trying all the while to keep a compositional balance. the points you make with the fluidity and compromise are good ones, I've been eyeballin the piece since reading your post. The last pass on this piece is pretty fat, don't know that it could take another glaze/additions. This is a great crit, I'll be taking to the next square on deck (tomorrow or wednesday). thanks very much for coming by.

scorpio32; aaah speechless is nice, thanks a lot. :)

sidhartha11; isn't that the best picture show; closing your eyes at the end of the day? always a treat. thanks.

sue ellen; that's interesting that drew your attention, is it something you're paying attention to in your work? I appreciate your feedback, that the attack is working, thanks.

Stephanie; thank you about the mood and texture, that was one reason I chose to lean towards monochrome. glad you dig the vibes, thanks for having a look.