Devoid of Vitality

[truarts]

8 x 18"

Next week I will be dropping this piece off to a local show: Creative Expressions for Peace and Justice.

Blue and red oil paint on aluminium leaf on art board.

Any thoughts or comments welcome.

[Katie Black]

Hi, I like it....I bet it looks great irl.

[truarts]

Katie Black, thanks. I am currently preparing to do another on a larger size.

[briansommers]

very mysterious... love it!

I always like something you can look at and just barely make it out - then you keep staring hope to find the next little bit.

[truarts]

brainsommers, Thanks. This piece is about the emotional emptiness that a child experiences after they have been neglected or abused by a loved one and/or caretaker. I didn't want to just paint black on canvas or art board and that represent the emptiness because its not the cut and dry, its much more complex than that. I opted to paint the deep marroon in layers because it better reflected the emotion and complexity I was after; starting with a thin wash of blue and the subsequent layers being of transparent red.

[Sean T.]

You are probably the same artist who did those other studies in red that I liked so much (I can't remember the names here yet). Unfortunately, this one is too dark for me to make anything out for comment.

[truarts]

Sean T, yep that is me I think. This piece is about emotional emptiness of abused and neglected children, therefore it required colors of lower key. Thanks for taking the time to comment.

[Eraethil]

Nice job. This one immediately implied dried blood to me. The variations of the colour are effective and I bet the texture is compelling in person.