Creativity and Contemplation

SO I started this piece thinking I needed to make something warm and full of colors I usually avoid while making any art simply because I felt like I needed something warm and sunlit and springlike. I even thought I could paint the shadows in warm tones. I was already thinking in terms of objects instead of freeing myself from the gravity of those things. But I like objects, creatures, some people and things that often cast shadows. So I started with a landscape idea and made it warm and full of yellow sunlight and purple shadows and the further I got into it, regardless of the warmth I was putting into it, the landscape started to feel desolate. Melancholy. It wasn’t supposed to feel like this. I wanted to put a warm fuzzy, happy creature in there somewhere. Instead it called for something else. I didn’t fight it. I let it be where it wanted to be. So it turned out to be a purple old man, baby gargoyle thing contemplating the universe while his skin glowed with some spacy way out galaxy stuff. I did enjoy making the painting and I’m glad this guy found a home and the landscape found something to appreciate it. You can watch the series of videos on you tube HERE from start to finish.