Illustration Friday – Immovable
This week’s topic over at Illustration Friday is Immovable. The first idea that came to me was stone – but then I got to thinking that even stone isn’t really immovable. Sure, it might take a long time but even stone is worn away by weathering and water. So that was my inspiration for this painting – stone being worn down by water:
Please forgive the horrible photo – I took it at night without flash so it’s pretty grainy. I’ll try to upload a better version when I get time to take a good daylight photo – but that probably won’t be till the weekend and I didn’t want to miss out on Illustration Friday!
One of my favourite books of all time is First Light by Richard Preston, which is about the Hale Telescope (and is a fascinating read for anyone interested in astronomy). One of the passages that stuck with me was this:
“There is a saying among those who polish astronomical mirrors for a living that an optician never finishes a mirror – you take it away from him.”
I think that pretty much sums up how a painting like this is for me – I can’t guarantee the picture above is the final version because every time I walk past it I think about adding another brush stroke here or there, another layer or another detail.
I managed to remember to take pictures as I went for this one – here’s how it looked as it progressed:
What do you think?
Tags: abstract, acrylic, blue, brown, immovable, original painting, rock, water
September 1st, 2010 at 8:22 am
This is stunning! I live in earthquake country, so I’ve never thought of the earth’s crust as an immovable thing, but this is a wonderful view of what’s beneath the surface.
April 10th, 2013 at 2:15 pm
I do accept as true with all the concepts you have presented in your post.
They’re very convincing and will certainly work. Still, the posts are very quick for newbies. May you please lengthen them a bit from subsequent time? Thanks for the post.