2008 Acrylic on canvas 30 x 40 inches
Life One is an original, signed acrylic painting on canvas by artist Michael Arnold. I dont pretend to know or understand how life formed around us; whether through spontaneous generation, omne vivum ex ovo (everything living from an egg) or intelligent design. My painting, in fact, could be interpreted as all three; Ill leave that to the viewer to decide. Instead, Ill talk about how I created �Life One.� First I picked a focal point and began drawing random diagonals through the focal point. Once I had covered the canvas in diagonals, I alternately painted the spaces formed by the diagonals in watered down magenta and green. I chose those two colors because I felt they would recede and make the yellows, oranges and reds pop more once they were painted over them. Then using a white colored pencil I freehand sketched the approximation of the Fibonacci Spiral beginning at the focal point. I then began drawing amorphous shapes following the outline of the spiral. Once the drawing was complete I began painting in two shades of yellows, two shades of oranges and a shade of red. I chose their placement by feel with no real plan of where each color would end up. I built up a half dozen layers of paint through glazes before mixing thicker layers of paint to create the shadows and highlights for the shapes.
Width, height, depth:
76cm x 102cm x 5cm
Weight:
2KG
Type:
Original
Year Created:
2008
Framed:
No
Mounted/Matted:
Yes
Packaging:
shipped stretched canvas on stretchers ups insured. canvas painting
Payment Methods accepted by this artist:
Other
Artist: Michael Arnold
Medium: Painting
Ships from: United StatesDeliver To: United States
Delivery: £49.52 ($75.00)
Deliver To: Rest of the World
Delivery: £82.53 ($125.00)
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