I think this must be six months on the easel. It is undoubtedly still a work. In progress. A fancy little oil on canvas, 18” x 24”. With the working title, Joe’s Last Ride, part of the /Life in the Matrix series, because this cannot be real. Yes, that is a Chinese flag.
Apparently I dreamt about a paper piece I sculpted ( yes, the dyed fibers were sculpted into an image then pressed by hand) some thirty years ago. I didn’t realize the two pieces were so similar until yesterday.
The Baroness is certain she’s spent more than 60 hours hard at work at her easel on this piece. It is obviously not done….you see, in order to avoid falling off a ladder, the Baroness turns the canvas sideways to work, and then reorients the position to check progress! It’s definitely a work of love!
The Baroness must admit we’re a bit cocky today…
I could just keep painting and painting and painting…but, the vision wouldn’t become any clearer. So. Here. And, that’s not an angel….it’s Kewpie with wings. Context is everything.
Invasion: [/life in the Matrix], 2016, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches.
That’s it. I’ve spent days trying to capture just what it is that makes up my vision. This, is as close as is necessary, I think. No, I’m sure. So, one can now ponder just how this matrix thing works. Ha!
Acceptance: [/life in the Matrix], 2016, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches
the sky has proven to be the most challenging, but even that is not complete
work in progress……until it’s done! An oil on canvas. 40 inches tall and 30 inches wide….I wish it were bigger.
A work in progress. I think the sunflowers are too small….or there are too few of them.
work in progress, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches
The completion of a painting always just jumps up, seemingly as if out of nowhere….(but, of course, it isn’t) even though
[/life] in the Matrix: Anarchy, 2016, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches.
tedium.
I don’t know what I expected when I set about to paint what should appear to be an infinite number of Barbie dolls…rolling ashore with the tide. This piece shall remain a work in progress for some time I fear, as some believe it is not Barbie, but, Lucille Ball!
work in progress, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches Are those lenticular clouds? or, the transportation for the landing party? Nevertheless, it appears to be an invasion.
Dana Doran 