Art at a Glance, Interpretation and Limits
Hoe Dance – Digital Painting 2005
This digital painting is another piece from the NEW Figures Art Gallery. The piece is based on a drive by glance at two field workers hoeing in unison – no one else close by – working one in front of the other – the motion a dance.
Whether I pulled off their synchronicity or not, I can’t very well say. But I did manage to get their proximity and aloneness in the field.
From an art perspective, the fields have this wonderful texture – creating a blanket which we don’t normally view fields as – but it is often how I see.
The figures also have something pretty unusual going on. Though not intended to be anatomically accurate – they nevertheless carry a power and resolve which I am pleased came through.
When I do figures, I generally create them in one stroke of the mouse and then fill in and embellish as necessary. This partly came about because of the medium itself – not allowing for more than one correction back – as though oil painting were less forgiving. Though to some extent I can fix and patch and correct – there are limits to it – and as I keep saying limits are valuable.
There is complexity and naiveness in this art. The medium, my physical skills, and vision all provide limits and this gives the work a lot of its unique character.
See Also
- Dream Anatomy: Visible and Visionary: Dreaming Art Anatomy
Liked the title – interesting drawing cutting between scientific and artistic - Anatomy – LInks
Extensive links to various – anatomical art and life drawing etc.
Tags: Art, field workers, fields, painting, perspective, texture
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