When I first sketched this out in my notebook, I wrote:
The most beautiful – Apollo Belvedere…
diluted and mixed races
– the best of all.
The most admired qualities of life embodied in
fair skies and calm seas, Man’s decline
self-destructs into sameness
the same for every human being in
every aspect of life, a limb made limp
each leaf the same.
In retrospect, its really not that dramatic this climate change.
Nature’s Recompense: Part II, 2016, oil on canvas, 16″ x 20″
Still working, and thinking that a crow perched on that hand would bring a bit more context to the piece. Not to mention, I like blackbirds. Here we have Apollo Belvedere’s hand bobbing along, the extension of his torso as depicted in Nature’s Recompense (posted last week.)
work in progress (tentatively Nature’s Recompense: Part II, oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches
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Nature’s Recompense, 2016, oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches
work in progress, oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches
I have succumbed to pressure from my muse…my keeper….my buddy and pal….who declared that I had “cheaped out” by not putting neon lights in the window and detailing the woman drinking wine. He said that woman looked like a cartoon. I guess that’s how I’m motivated….by comparing my work to cartoons. Thanks. I changed it—-I hope he’s happy.
Dana Doran 