"Shopping Cart Tango"
by Larry LerewAcrylic on 12" x 36" gallery wrapped canvas (sides painted)
www.LarryLerew.com
Really wanted to paint this for days. Had to run errands and attend a few meetings but kept thinking about what I wanted to paint. I compose paintings in my head all the time. When I got to actually paint I tinted my ground, in this case canvas, with gold paint for a change. I did a couple of quick gel pen sketches in my sketchbook and dove in. I didn't want everything lined up like ducks in a row so I kept thinking "Variation" in size, shapes, color and direction. This kind of painting is very spontaneous but there is a lot of thinking going on before anything begins. It's really fun to see your interpretation appear on canvas. I am taking this painting to Brath & Hughes Fine Art, LLC - Gallery today and if accepted you can see it "LIVE" during their February featured group exhibit "Food & Fruit".
6 comments:
A lively scene and I can imagine the chaos! Clever idea.
I saw this today at B&H. The photo doesn't do it justice. I loved the gold background and all the movement.
Thanks Linda and Sharon. I love to see paintings in person and up close so you can see brush strokes and texture. I liked the contrast between the shiny gold and the flat acrylic, which is also hard to see on a photo.
Love the gold, too!
SO "DANG" CLEVER-WONDERFUL HORIZONTAL COMPOSITION-IT REMINDS ME OF ANOTHER HORIZONTAL,LINEAR WORK BY[I THINK] BEN SHAUN. IT WAS OF AN ORCHESTRA REHERSAL ROOM--RECENTLY EMPTIED CHAIRS AND MUSIC STANDS, ALL PUSHED BACK AND LEFT HELTER SKELTER.EXCEPT THE ARTIST HAD PAINTED AND ARRANGED THEM TO RESEMBLE NOTES ON A SHEET OF MUSIC. GREAT JOB, LARRY.
Love Ben Shaun...he's a fellow Lithuanian!
It does look like his work. I saw his work in person in Baltimore 2 years ago...AWESOME!
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