Imagine this conversation - "Hey, so what's your piece called?" "The Smelting of Dante's Soul" "Great, sounds deep" "Yeah. Urgh."
I could've made it sound less 'powerful' or less 'spiritual' but hey, it represented what I'd actually painted, however there is a problem there-in; the fact that I had given the name implies something, I had dishevelled the mystique of the piece, thrown up a wall so a peep whole represented all the possibilities the piece could be about, instead of amalgamating any thoughts the viewer might have. Why take that away from the viewer? Infact, why would you not want to embrace a viewers opinions, thoughts and possible insanity, whatever they can get from your piece, let them do it justice in their own mind, do not take that away from them. That is when injustice ensues. Either that or they just hated it from the start, but atleast this way you give them a chance.
NO TITLES, NO IMPOSSIBILITIES. And no, I do not want you to put upon the wall "Untitled 1" - THAT IS A TITLE, JUST BY NAMING IT AS UNTITLED, YOU'VE GIVEN IT THE NAME OF 'UNTITLED 1' YOU IDIOT. IT HAS NO TITLE, DON'T GIVE IT A TITLE, THAT'S MY DECISION.
Rant, over.
So here's the piece -
I'd suggest this is around 3"6 by 4" so not all that large in size - I've thrown up a massive canvas in place of this now however - it's loose canvas pinned to the wall, house paint base coat with ink and bleach foreground.
Oh, and here's my space, it's a mess, and you haven't seen the wall to the right of this shot, or the floor, that's where I actually do my pieces - next post will feature a lovely messy shot.
Definately my two favourite pieces up to now and the canvas thrown on the wall to the right is my next piece. It's quite adventurous, a good metre and a half + either way, with building and sky and portrait... Let's just see how it goes I guess.
By the way, yes I am messing you about, the layout of this post is different to the last, or most of them... Go me.
